More Games!
Kongregate adds three games from Disney and Pixar to its portfolio
"Each game boasts a strong, loyal fan base that we want to continue to engage with new content, more live events, and continued focus"
Climb The Ladder
Adjust appoints a new CPO and CRO
Katie Madding and Bill Kiriakis have been promoted
Money Money Money
NetEase experiences a strong third quarter with $2.7 billion in revenue
"The strength of our games business is bolstered by our diverse and growing game portfolio with impressive longevity"
Ipo
Roblox officially files for an IPO
On the New York Stock Exchange
App Challenge Victors
The App Challenge winners revealed at last week’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4
With 23 teams taking part, three teams emerged as victors during Game Development 101 in association with King Abdullah II Fund for Development
In The Clouds
Google Stadia to begin public testing for iOS devices in the coming weeks
Via a progressive web application
So Many Ads
Kwalee will utilise AdInMo's advertising platform for Off The Rails 3D
"It's the ideal title with which to explore the potential of integrated in-game advertising with AdInMo, from both player experience and monetisation standpoints"
Oh Joy
Nintendo gets hit with another Joy-Con lawsuit
"This defect significantly interferes with gameplay and thus compromises the Witch and Joy-Con controller's core functionality"
Keep Out
New guidelines will prevent players from bringing politics into Animal Crossing: New Horizons
It follows Joe Biden's use of the game for his political campaign
Fight For Fairness
Epic Games is not fighting Apple "for a lower commission"
"Epic is fighting for fair competition among mobile platform companies, stores, and payment processors"
Money Money Money
Skillz experiences a successful quarter with $60 million in revenue
"These are exciting times at Skillz. During the quarter, we achieved an important milestone by entering into a business combination agreement with Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp"
The Game Awards
Among Us, Genshin Impact and Call of Duty: Mobile are nominees at The Game Awards 2020
Animal Crossing: New horizons is up for Game of the Year
Big Indie Pitch
Rallyallyally takes the crown with its 180 twist on the casual racing genre
We explore the top three games from our recent Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4
Catch Em All
Niantic increases the level cap in Pokemon Go
As part of the Beyond update
Be Tactical
Strategy titles hit $2.8 billion in player spending in the US in the first 10 months of 2020
Clash of Clans was the top-grossing title
Splash The Cash
Embracer acquires A Thinking Ape and 11 other games studios
Company now operates 58 developers
Have Some Drive
My.Games partners with Google for a new accelerator programme
Game Drive is aimed at mobile games studios
New Acquisition
Epic acquires facial animation firm Hyprsense
"Joining Epic gives us the opportunity to deliver new solutions and experiences on a massive scale"
I See You
Epic Games brings video chat to Fortnite through Houseparty
Available on PC, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5
Connects Climax
The last online Connects event of the year was our biggest yet!
More than 2,000 games industry professionals engaged with last week's Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4 and its two new fringe events
Helping Hand
Apple to aid small businesses by reducing its App Store commission
"Small businesses are the backbone of our global economy and the beating heart of innovation and opportunity in communities around the world"
Down Under
Epic Games is taking Apple to court in Australia
"It's another set of laws under which Apple's practices are clearly in violation. And another chance to get this issue really thoroughly examined"
Drive By
Sports and driving games account for 4.5% of iOS games revenue in the US
Japan is the most lucrative market for the category
It's The Law
Media law firm Wiggin acquires digital entertainment practice Purewal & Partners
"We are very excited to welcome Jas Purewal and his team to our digital entertainment practice"
Capture That
Amazon launches mobile games capture app for Android
To come to iOS devices at a later date
Roundtable
Join us on December 3rd for our next PocketGamer.biz RoundTable session
All about the rules of advertising, in association with AdInMo
Under Attack
Capcom hit with a ransomware attack
Past and present employee data is at risk
It's Mario
Nintendo to launch new LEGO Mario sets
Character and power packs will be available too
In The Clouds
My.Games launches a new cloud gaming service
My.Games Cloud is in beta in Russia
Get Hyped
Voodoo selects six winners for its hypercasual competition
They won a publishing contract and $100,000
Money Money Money
Netmarble hit $535 million in total sales for Q3 2020
"We continue to see strong results at the end of our third quarter with significant overseas sales coming from our line-up of existing games"
Switch It Up
Nintendo experiences its best October sales since 2008
"Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite continue to provide one-of-a-kind gaming experiences on the TV or on the go"
Going Virtual
Resolution Games secures publishing deal with Odd Raven Studios
“Resolution Games has proven to be a leader in the VR space by providing top titles and being the most proficient studio at multiplayer and cross-platform games"
Shoot Em Up
Mobile studio Lila Games secures $2.8 million in seed funding
"Lila Games is made up of an outstanding founder team, and they are focused on a very sizable genre that has room for innovation on mobile"
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: With $43M, why VENN has a lot to left to prove
The MTM team dives into VENN, which hopes to be 'MTV for gaming'
An Imposter!
Among Us picks up the most downloads in October 2020
Followed by Sybo Games' Subway Surfers
Raise Your Game
MunkyFun and Zeeppo accepted into N3twork’s $50 million Scale Platform
League of War: Mercenaries and Chaos Road get boosted
New Studio
Zynga opens new development studio in Austin
"We believe that the Austin talent market is highly compatible with our mission of bringing triple-A console visuals and deep, compelling gameplay to mobile platforms"
Go To G-star
G-STAR Global Game Exhibition 2020 starts tomorrow - don’t miss out and save big now!
Join the most important games show in Asia (100% online) and do business with the big names from the Asia-Pacific games space
Accessibility Awards
Alanah Pearce and AbleGamers host inaugural Video Game Accessibility Awards
The show celebrated the games that give high efforts to improving accessibility and inclusion
Growing Industry
Nearly 80% of UK developers work outside London
"The video games industry can play an important role in levelling up the economy"
Money Money Money
Mobile games saw $58.7 billion in player spending between Q1 and Q3 2020
An increase of 26 per cent year-on-year
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Bringing creative media and social media together to create the metaverse
"The metaverse is best defined as a future iteration of the internet, made up of persistent, shared, 3D spaces linked into a perceived virtual universe"
Money Money Money
Unity experiences 53% revenue increase in first quarter since IPO
“We are very pleased to start our public company journey with such a strong quarter"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Forming music and gaming partnerships
"Travis Scott and Fortnite have set the bar quite high for what partnerships can look like"
Make An Impact
Genshin Impact reigns supreme as the top grossing game in October
Tencent had three entries
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: The importance of diversity and inclusivity in teams
"Protect the culture. Get rid of the bad and grow the good"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Zynga lead game designer Poornima Seetharaman discusses how to balance gameplay
"Don't add complexity for the sake of it."
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Working with charities
"The best partnerships are the ones that start with the why. Why should we have this partnership?"
Pgc Digital
Tencent generates $18.4 billion in Q3 2020
Online games revenue grew 45 per cent year-on-year