Strong Performance
Update: Konami is working with Tencent's TiMi Studios to bring Contra Returns to the West
Debuted in China in June 2017
Scoped Up
Scopely appoints former Activision Blizzard president Coddy Johnson to board of directors
Morgan Stanley executive Marcie Vu joins board too
Lights Camera
Update: Despicable Me producer Chris Meledandri joins Nintendo as outside director
First western director
Launch Better
Miraculous RP: Quests of Ladybug and Cat Noir hits one million players on Roblox
Zag's IP expands and finds more fans
Event
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Still Growing
Mobile games revenue rises by 18% to $44.7 billion in first half of 2021
$26 billion from the App Store alone
New Datacenters
Xbox Cloud Gaming is now available on iOS devices
"Today marks a key milestone in our journey…"
The Gang's All Here
Kongregate and Nickelodeon soft launch SpongeBob’s Idle Adventures
"We're very excited to be working in partnership with Nickelodeon once again…"
End-to-end Ua
BidShake optimises ad creative management
Creative Manager promises seamless cross-channel creative management and reporting
Boom Times
Indian esports app Loco raises $9 million via seed round
Krafton leads the investment
580,000 Nfts Sold
Marvel partners with mobile collectables app VeVe for NFTs
Superheroes are inbound with added AR
Open Windows
Windows 11 to support Android apps via Amazon Appstore
Tech uses Intel Bridge
Event
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Asia B2b
PlayX4 Online emerges as alternative event for global business
South Korea's leading business-to-business games event found success with its first online only conference
Jackpot
Azerion acquires social casino developer Whow Games
"We will take our game distribution platform to the next level"
Grass Tacks
Golf Clash scores $780 million in lifetime revenue, tops US player spending
$185 million in 2020 alone
Rub Of The Green
EA acquires Golf Clash developer Playdemic for $1.4 billion
Warner Bros. agrees to part with UK-based studio
Back From Bird Heaven
Rovio looking to reintroduce classic Angry Birds games to storefronts
"We will find a way to bring these classic experiences…"
Shake Your Moneymakers
Introducing MoneyMaker, an exciting new fringe event for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7
Pairing developers and publishers with monetisation companies
Big The Cat Missing
Mojang and Sega partner to bring Sonic the Hedgehog to Minecraft
Two-week Sonic-themed event
Booming Event
Full schedule revealed for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7, running 12th to 16th July
24 conference tracks feat 250+ speakers from the likes of King, Rovio, Supercell...
Smarter
DeepMind's AI now being tested on Android version of The Battle of Polytopia
Part of the AndroidEnv release
Slam Dunk
AdVenture Capitalist co-creator Tristan Rattink joins blockchain outfit Dapper Labs
Becomes GM of NBA Top Shot
Get Moving
Pokémon GO starts to reset for a post-lockdown world
Changing coming to US and New Zealand in July
Ua Ok Hun?
User acquisition masterclass for app marketers on July 1st
Learn the trade secrets of successful mobile marketing from experts including Bango, Appvertiser, Adikteev and Uptime
Six Year Deal
Rovio gains exclusive rights for Moomin mobile games
Also invests in Gutsy Animations
Fast Forward
Pollen VC now allows devs to borrow four times their game's monthly revenue
Lending outfit has refined its revenue model
Event Latest
Games Gathering 2021 Odessa takes place on June 30th to July 4th
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Expansion
Nazara buys a majority stake in MENA publisher Publishme
Spends $3 million for a 70% stake
Granular Games
GameIntel offers new insight into the global games market
Search across hundreds of thousands of games tagged with new contextual metadata
Everywhere
RuneScape goes cross-platform with mobile release
Hit 1.8 million pre-registrations
Just For You
Moloco launches its personalised ad creative solution Dynamic Creative
Optimisation at scale
Last Chance To Save
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Bountiful
Nintendo debuts new Metroid, WarioWare and Breath of the Wild 2 release date
Advance Wars, Mario Party Superstars, Smash Bros. and more
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Gearing Up
Yield Guild raises $4 million to expand its mobile-focused blockchain gaming model
Bitkraft led the Series A
Recruitment Drive
Educational games platform Lingokids raises $40 million for expansion
Over 30 million families reached weekly
Gen Z Crosshairs
Vungle acquires JetFuel to boost influencer marketing
This is the company's fourth deal in 12 months
Emergency Meeting
Among Us has generated $86 million on mobile in nearly three years
324 million downloads since launching on June 15th, 2018
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190% Faster
Update: Opera launches games browser designed for mobile, Opera GX
Building on desktop success
30% Rise
Over one billion mobile games were downloaded per week in Q1 2021
$1.7 billion in player spending
Ar Shark Repellent?
A new Batman AR game is in development from Warner Bros.
Available to download in Italy on iOS devices
Soft Launch, Roll Out
Niantic partners with Hasbro to launch Transformers: Heavy Metal in 2021
Studio confirms around a dozen games in development
Data-driven Insight
Optimising your mobile campaigns with data
Mintegral, Sensor Tower and Kooapps have partnered to host an online event exploring mobile advertising in 2021
Stellar Support
Leading game developer Game Insight confirmed as PG Mobile Games Awards 2021 headline sponsor
Premier mobile games industry awards ceremony returns this year on July 20th, finalists to be unveiled shortly
Business Booming
5G will power mobile games industry to $272 billion by 2030
178% rise over 2020
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Turkey Thriving
Istanbul-based Hungri Games raises $1.1 million, opening new UK studio
"Hungri Games is revolutionising the core mobile games…"