Led By League
League of Legends: Wild Rift pushes Riot Games to $100 million revenue on mobile
The developer currently only has three live mobile games
Animoca Acquires Aussies
Animoca Brands acquires Australian indie developer Blowfish Studios
The companies plan to "change the perception of blockchain gaming"
Belief In The Sword
The Witcher: Monster Slayer grabs one million downloads in first week
More than half a million revenue
Profit Up 93%
Apple sees revenue grow by 36% to $81.4 billion in third quarter
The company reports new revenue records in each geographic sector
Counting Down
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Esports In Mena
Estaz launches esports tournament platform in MENA
"Gen Z is the first generation to make gaming an integral part of their lives..."
Next Level
Turkish indie studio Udo Games raises $420,000 to begin self-publishing
"We will take serious steps to raise qualified human resources…"
Open Letter
Ubisoft staff back Activision Blizzard, demand impactful changes in open letter
The letter accuses Ubisoft of not doing enough to combat workplace misconduct
World Not An Oyster
Dr. Mario World becomes Nintendo's worst-performing mobile game to-date
Less than $14 million in revenue in two years
Cheaters Bewear
Niantic combats wave of false bans in Pokémon GO
The ban prevents players from accessing their accounts for seven days to permanently
Staff Walkout
Activision Blizzard employees set to strike
The employees are demanding several changes be made to the company’s operations
Bitter Pill
Nintendo to close Dr. Mario World after barely two years live
Worst performing mobile game from Nintendo to-date
Signed Letter
Update: Over 3,000 Activision Blizzard staff push back at company’s response to allegations
Staff members call for the "seriousness of the allegations" to be officially recognised
Angry Anaerobics
Rovio and the World Health Organisation are encouraging healthy living via Angry Birds
The game will host a week long in-game event to promote healthy living
Industry Veteran
Sumo Digital director Ian Richardson passes away aged 53
"Sumo has lost one of its brightest stars…"
India Rising
Indian social mobile gaming platform Eloelo raises $2.1 million
The platform has one million users with over 50 per cent female
The Revolution Has Begun
Update: Netmarble confirms Marvel Future Revolution will launch this August
Game set to roll out in second half of 2021
Deserted Deal
Jam City cancels SPAC listing but still hopes to buy Ludia
Deal was valued at $1.2 billion
Imp-erfct
Update: The Witcher: Monster Slayer suffered major issues at launch
4000 technical support tickets raised
A New Horizon
Sony and MiHoYo partner to bring Horizon Zero Dawn's Aloy to Genshin Impact
PlayStation heroine will be available after version 2.1 update
Hiring Now
10 games industry jobs to apply for this week
Job vacancies from Jam City, Rovio, Gameloft and Glu Mobile
Seventh Heaven
The seventh sizzling edition of Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7 was amazing
July's online conference connected the global games industry together
Big Indie Pitch
Relaxing idle game Hello Tokotoko wins The Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7
Winner breakdown
Network For Gamers
Former Pixonic CEO raises $500,000 for new games social network
The new platform will allow people to share information about the games they are playing
Lightning Round
Storm The World competition opens for entries
$560,000 on offer for winning developers
Court Case
Activision Blizzard lawsuit alleges workplace sexual harassment and bullying
The lawsuit follows a two year investigation alleging a "pervasive frat boy workplace culture"
Triple Threat
Tripledot Studios continues expansion with new office in Barcelona
Headed up by former Facebook and Google executive Eran Herzberg
Call To Action
Genshin Impact spurs mobile action games to $435 million in US for H1 2021
The figure shows a 104 per cent rise for the genre year-over-year
A New Verse
Mixi’s Langer Lee joins ByteDance game's division Nuverse
Lee will take over as head of corporate development
Fifth Annual
Pokémon GO Fest 2021 generated over $20 million in two days
$731.3 million in global spending from 2021 alone
Raising The Stakes
Zoom partners with social casino dev FlowPlay to launch in-app games
Starting with Live Game Night Poker
Mission Failed
Ubisoft to shut down Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad less than 12 months after launch
The game will receive one more update before the servers shut down in October
No Extra Cost
Netflix confirms video game expansion beginning with mobile games
"We think the time is right to learn more about how our members value games."
Dark Side Of The Force
LEGO Star Wars Battles cancelled and shut down following beta
Almost two years of testing in soft launch
Winner Winner
Introducing the winners of the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021
Celebrate the big wins and catch up with all the highlights
Pes Is Dead
Konami rebrands PES to eFootball, moving to free-to-play
The game will roll out across multiple platforms
Xcom Goes Mobile
Update: XCOM Legends soft-launched in Malaysia and the Philippines
Being developed by Iridium Starfish
Toss A Coin
The Witcher: Monster Slayer has now launched
The location-based augmented reality game brings the series’ monsters to life
Industry Best
Genshin Impact, TiMi Studio, Tencent win big at the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021
Industry celebrated in 22 categories during live/digital hybrid central London event
Sign Up
Applications now open for NFT game accelerator Launchpad Luna
Animoca Brands and Brinc combine to speed innovation
Three Of A Kind
Konami unveils Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel and Yu-Gi-Oh Cross Duel for mobile
Yu-Gi-Oh Rush Duel also unveiled for Nintendo Switch
Great Guns
Tilting Point raises $235 million to accelerate studio acquisition strategy
General Atlantic leads first equity raise
What A Story
Monster Hunter Stories 2 has already hatched over a million sales
JPRG launched globally on July 9th, 2021
Home Sweet Home
GDC 2022 confirmed to return to San Francisco as in-person event
First in-person conference for two years
Digital Event
Gamescom 2021 roster includes Bethesda, EA, Sega, Ubisoft and more
Taking place between August 25th and 29th, 2021
What’s Next(ers)
Nexters' Q2 2021 bookings up 40% to $154 million
Will float via SPAC in Q3 2021
Scoped Out
Scopely invests $50 million into Omnidrone, Pixel Toys and Tag Games
The three development studios are located in Spain, England and Scotland
Beyond A Billion
Tencent buying UK studio Sumo Group for $1.3 billion
Chinese giant continues global rollup
"correct Understanding"
Nintendo denies Switch OLED profit margin increase
The company also debunked ongoing Switch Pro claims
Live Awards
Join us in London tomorrow for the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021
Our prestigious awards return live for our first live event of the year