Bloc Party Cancelled
Update: Roblox responds to $200 million lawsuit over alleged music misuse
Ariana Grande, Deadmau5, Ed Sheeran and more
Essential Insights
Unravel the secrets of Sega, Sulake, Samsung Next, Jagex and more at next month’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7
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Idle 'em Up
Homa Games is looking for a mix of idle and arcade-adventure experiences in next game jam
Homa Games running a one month global game jam to find new' Arcade Idle' titles
Speed Machine
IronSource boosts playable ads toolset, launching Luna Elements
Integrates alongside Playable and Replay options
Bid Accepted
Voodoo acquires user-acquisition expert Bidshake
Company launched in January 2020
Here Comes The Boom
Update: Space Ape Games and Supercell collaborate for Boom Beach: Frontlines
Open to 15,000 players in North America and Europe
No Slowing Down
Honor of Kings tops global revenue for third consecutive month
$264.5 million from player spending
600 Million Users
App Store developers have been paid 48% more since 2020
Apple has paid out $230 billion since 2008
Multiplayer Metaverse
233 Playground - the power of the platform
MetaApp looks to offer multiplayer titles a key to China
Not So Sweet
Update: King investigated by PayPal for holding back funds via Royal Games portal
"The issue has proven more complicated than first anticipated…"
3,600 New Hires
Finnish games industry grows by 9% to nearly $3 billion in revenue
46 studios made a turnover of more than $1 million dollars
Hypercasual Have-a-go
Voodoo offering $1 million for new hypercasual hits
Summer Games Competition takes place between June 10th to July 15th
You Have My Sword
Phoenix Games takes over Knighthood publishing rights from King
Five million downloads since February 2020.
Presumably Late 2022
75% of mobile games activity growth under the pandemic is expected to stay
63% began playing more as a result
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$447 Million
Sina Corp is looking at acquiring an 18% stake in Yoozoo Games
Encouraged by games growth under COVID-19 pandemic
Panel Smarts
PickFu streamlines testing services to provide better feedback
Pre-written poll questions speed the process
Crushed It
Stillfront acquires idle role-playing game Crush Them All from Godzilab
Deal signed and closed on June 7th, 2021
Sponsored
ByteBrew open beta attracts over 1000 developers
The ByteBrew platform offers a suite of features to help developers and publishers better understand their games and players.
Career Boost
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40 Million Players
Black Desert franchise exceeds $2 billion revenue, Pearl Abyss expands Western presence
Amsterdam and Los Angeles growing
Warzone Mobile?
Activision building internal mobile games studio for "triple-A experiences"
New studio is based in Santa Monica, California
Top Talent Networking
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Industry Veterans
Jagex goes on hiring spree with experience from PlayStation, Bethesda and Insomniac Games
"Each of these new hires brings a wealth of industry experience…"
Growing Space
Quicksave Interactive raises $1.3 million to scale its HTML5 games
Konvoy Ventures led the round
Move Over, Glastonbury
Niantic confirms Pokémon GO Fest 2021 will be music-themed
Taking place on July 17th and July 18th
Pitch Your Game
Calling indie developers - pitch your games in the Big Indie Pitch at next month’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7
Showcase your games to a panel of our expert judges for feedback and the chance to win amazing prices - open to mobile, PC and console developers
527 Individual Deals
Game deals in 2021 have reached $49 billion in value so far
Drake Star Partners digs into the data
Data Is Power
Skillz acquires Aarki for $150 million
First move since joining the New York Stock Exchange
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Like Clockwork
Estonian developer Clickwork Games raises $1.2 million to "rejuvenate" idle genre
Headed up by former Hypestar games co-founder Marko Mänd
All That Potassium
Minion Rush races to one billion downloads and 90 trillion bananas collected
The runner was launched in June 2013
One-year Anniversary
Riot Games is bringing hero shooter Valorant to mobile
14 million active players
People Power
Has your game made the Pocket Gamer People's Choice Award 2021 finalists?
Get your players to vote for it until June 30th if so
Transfer Market
Take-Two scores Top Eleven developer Nordeus for $378 million
$225 million paid upfront
Expert Voices
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Tel Aviv Hold’em
Comunix raises $30 million to scale video chat mobile game Pokerface
Series A was led by March Capital
425 Characters
Dark Horse Comics launches gaming division, Dark Horse Games
Hellboy, The Umbrella Academy, 300 and more
Honor At Stake
Tencent facing lawsuit over 'inappropriate content' in Honor of Kings
"The game characters have tampered with the image of historical figures…"
"nintendo Gallery"
Nintendo to convert Hanafuda card factory to museum in Japan
Uji Ogura Plant was built in 1969
Deal To Die For
Dead Cells mobile publisher Playdigious acquired by Fragbite Group
100 per cent of shares purchased
Find Your Funding
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New Era
Outfit7 looks to grow 430 million MAU with new IP expansion
Mythic Legends and Swamp Attack 2 unveiled
Good Works
SpecialEffect's One Special Day will return in October 2021
Building up for the big day
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Life Finds A Way
Jurassic World Alive roars to $100 million-plus revenue and 25 million downloads in three years
Over 300 million dinosaurs unlocked
Big Data
GameAnalytics launches new market intelligence platform GameIntel
Over 140,000 games leveraged for data
Sonic Rangers?
Sonic Central debuts Sonic Colors: Ultimate, Sonic 2022 and mobile partnerships
Sonic Dash, Sonic Forces and Sonic Racing all receive new content
Seeing Is Believing
Unreal Engine 5 is now in early access
Full launch in 2022
It's A Whopper
Ten Square Games' Q1 2021 revenue up 83% to $46 million
Fishing Clash continues to drive growth