Three Up
Big Idea Games, Golden Parachute and Mustard Games join N3twork's platform
More games, more scale
Pgc Digital #8
PGC Digital: What makes a successful ad creative?
SocialPeta's Summer Liu discusses the key roles of creatives and how to optimise them
Pgc Digital #8
PGC Digital: What do players want today that they will want tomorrow?
Admix CEO Samuel Huber discusses a resilient player-centric business model
Pgc Digital #8
PGC Digital: IDFA effect on UA performance
Four industry pros explain the effects of changes in privacy and ways to adapt
Looking Good
Sulake launching 12,500 Habbo avatar NFTs
Auction for 10,000 will take place this week
Live Events 2022
Steel Media to return to live events in 2022, join us for the Pocket Gamer world tour!
Where will you connect with the global games industry next year?
Continue Spending
Weekly consumer spend on mobile games increases 35% in Q3 2021
Led by Roblox, Genshin Impact and Pokémon Go
It’s Today
It’s here - Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8 is live today
The leading B2B mobile games industry conference starts today and there’s still time to get involved
Special Thank You
We’re giving a special thank you to the sponsors for next week’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Meet and connect with the amazing companies supporting us for our online conference next week
Retro Renaissance
Nintendo introduces additional tier to Nintendo Switch Online
New plan will bring N64 and Sega Mega Drive titles
A Delectable Direct
Bayonetta 3, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak showcased at Nintendo Direct
Bringing a plethora of remastered classics to Nintendo Switch
Event Latest
80 titles picked for indie games exhibit at Tokyo Game Show 2021
Guess the winners from the indie games shortlist for the Sense Of Wonder Night 2021 at the Tokyo Games Show
11% Cagr
Global mobile gaming market to exceed $116 billion by 2024
Still going strong
We Are Venom
Garena partners with Sony to bring Venom to Free Fire
Free Fire’s first-ever movie crossover event
New Studio
Rovio opens new studio in Canada
Will focus on free-to-play casual mobile titles
Best Shot
Big Buck Hunter: Marksman launches on Skillz platform
There's also a $5,000 competition
Go With The Flow
Game blockchain outfit Dapper Labs raises $250 million on a $7.6 billion valuation
Over 600 projects building on Flow blockchain
Meet And Network
You could meet Google Play, Epic Games, Microsoft at next week's PGC Digital #8
Meet and network with the games industry’s top companies at the leading B2B mobile games conference
Record Highs
Nexters' 1H 2021 revenue increases 61%, reaching $196 million
Net bookings rise 29% YoY to $268 million
Idfa Impact
Overcoming the impact of IDFA: How to survive and thrive
Attend these must-see talks at PG Connects Digital #8
Time To Unite
Pokémon Unite lands on iOS and Android
Brings new update and battle pass
Chasing The Indie Dream
FuzzyBot raises $3.5 million for co-op games starting with Switch
LA studio is up and funding
Expert Minds
Learn from Facebook, Square Enix and App Annie at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Revealed: the final speakers for the leading mobile B2B games industry conference
Building Mobile
Townscaper heading to iOS and Android on 20 October
Now open for preorder and pre-registration
Data For Developers
Tenjin and GameAnalytics partner to launch Growth FullStack
Provides access to collect and store data
Quicker, Better
Pollen VC launches its dCPM calculator for better ad revenue transparency
The value of future money demonstrated
Tapping Into Video
Tappx acquires video generation and monetisation platform PlayOn Content
Will expand operations outside of Spain and Latin America
To The Max
Update: Garena's graphically enhanced Free Fire Max to launch worldwide on September 28th
New features, better graphics, same game account
Papa Likes Mamboo
My.Games acquires hypercasual studio Mamboo Games for $2 million
Increases stake from minority to majority
Free Event Access
Here’s how you can attend Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8 - free
There are seven different free ways you can attend next week’s top B2B mobile games industry conference
Card Collecting Craze
Pokémon Trading Card Game to come to mobile devices
Will soft launch in Canada
Pgc Digital #8
Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8: Our top talks
A few of our most anticipated tracks for our eight online event
Sorare Support Soars
Sorare raises $680 million for NFT fantasy soccer game
Largest funding round in French tech history
Eagerly Awaiting
PUBG: New State surpasses 40 million pre-registrations
Recently made available for pre-registration in PUBG-crazy India
Leadership Day
Tune in for the Leadership Day by IGDA Finland at PGC Digital #8
We’re excited to partner with IGDA Finland
Catan Down
Niantic is shutting down Catan World Explorers
Has been in soft launch for over a year
Changing The Industry
Pocket Gamer Connects Digital partners with SpecialEffect for One Special Day
The day the global games industry comes together to support disabled gamers around the world
Acquisition.io
Addicting Games acquires 2D tank arena game Diep.io
Part of the site’s continued growth strategy
Astute Audio Ads
AudioMob finds 75% of consumers prefer audio adverts in game
Suggest audio ads have a 1000% higher click-through rate
Expert Thoughts
Hear industry giants like Ubisoft, EA, Admix, AppsFlyer discuss the hot topics at PCC Digital #8
Exclusive: more expert speakers revealed for the leading mobile B2B games industry conference
Dashing Ahead
Sonic Dash surpasses 500 million downloads
Most played Sonic Mobile game ever
Surveying The System
Ukie launches new UK games industry census
Will expand upon previous survey to cover additional areas of interest
Cross-play Crusade
Elodie Games raises $32.5 million for co-op, cross-platform titles
Unannounced title in pre-alpha testing phase
Just Magic
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened's perfect launch: it's China's top grossing mobile game
Coming to other Asian countries later in 2021
Unicorn Startup
Indian mobile esports outfit MPL raises $150 million on a $2.3 billion valuation
Reached over 85 million users worldwide
Good Looking
Apple announces iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini
Coming September 29th
Use The Force
Zynga reveals more details of cross-platform shooter Star Wars: Hunters
Will be the company's console debut
Diversification
Azur Games acquires minority stake in Neosus for $2.2 million
Setting sights on publishing future app development projects
Inclusive Collective Professional
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In Deep Schmitt
Update: App Annie to pay $10 million following SEC securities fraud charge
Co-founder and former CEO ordered to pay an additional $300,000