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PGC Digital: So Real Digital Twins head Kelly Vero on the benefits of machine learning with game art
"We're creating a solution for a problem for something everyone has or will have"
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PGC Digital: Caracal Games' Ricchiuti explains why motivation is important for monetisation
"Motivation has lots of meanings and lots of ways of being translated"
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PGC Digital: "I believe as an industry we’ve become too data-driven," says Boomzap Entertainment co-founder
Christopher Natsuume was part of a panel discussing 'Workflow Tricks for Growing Teams'
Your Next Job
Get your next job at Rovio with Pocket Gamer Connects Digital's Career Week
Plenty of roles open in Helsinki and Stockholm
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PGC Digital: A look at free-to-play monetisation with Multiscription's Teis Anker Mikkelsen
"As a game developer you trust the player to continue to be a subscriber"
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PGC Digital: AppMagic CEO Max Samorukov on building a product strategy from market research
"What games make up the majority of these downloads in this genre?"
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PGC Digital: Unity's Slava Taraskin makes some bold predicitions for H2 2020
Q3 will see an increase in use of all game types
Last Week In China
Last Week in China: Bilibili plans to launch a satellite and One Punch Man takes the Taiwanese mobile market by storm
The biggest stories straight out of Beijing
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PGC Digital: Netmarble's Baris Ozistek outlines the evolution of hypercasual using RPG mechanics
Hypercasual 2.0 is coming, and Netmarble wants to be the ones leading the charge
#blacklivesmatter
EA Sports states that it won't "tolerate racism of any kind"
Firm outlines measures it is taking to cut out hate speech
Loot Boxes
The UK government is asking for evidence to determine if loot boxes are a form of gambling
Concerns are rising over child gambling addiction
Stay Healthy
Riot Games forms partnership with Crisis Text Line to battle mental health
"Suicide is a leading cause of death for people under 35 around the world"
Claim A Freebie
Goodgame Studios teams up with Amazon for exclusive Big Farm: Mobile Harvest content for Prime users
Expected to run for six months
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PGC Digital: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp experiences its best month for downloads ever
Over 7 million downloads for the month
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PGC Digital: Games-related acquisitions down 45% year-on-year in Q1 2020
Declining activity in China across the period
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PGC Digital: Lockwood Publishing on promoting growth even during lockdown
The Lisbon team worked together for three days before lockdown
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PGC Digital: Social, IP and localisation pivotal when launching in the West, says Tencent's Aras Senyuz
Netmarble's partnership with Marvel on Marvel Future Fight cited
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PGC Digital: Fueling growth through user-centric UA design
"If you want someone to see something, make it stand out"
Pgcd Careers Week
Pocket Gamer Connects Digital Careers Week is live - and it's not too late to get involved
Get your next job as part of this week's conference
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PGC Digital: Rovio's Alexei Ryan outlines industry shortcuts on hiring and why recruiters should improve
A third of hires take place internally globally today
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PGC Digital: Now is the time to enter the MENA market, says Sandsoft Games CEO Mo Fadl
"The market is growing like no other"
Sandsoft Launch
New MENA game publisher Sandsoft Games opens its doors
Former Wargaming head of global esports Mo Fadl leading the company
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PGC Digital: The state of the mobile games industry in 2020
"The mobile economy is doing some positive things"
Most Read
Hot Five: Zynga acquires Peak Games, Playrix soft-launches Puzzle Breakers and picks up Cateia Games
The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week
Cook Out
99Games launches Star Chef 2 as first game from N3twork's Scale Platform Partner Growth Fund
The first Star Chef has generated over $30 million in lifetime revenue
Journalist Bar
The Journalist Bar heads online for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Get on the experts’ radar as our PocketGamer.com and PocketGamer.biz journalists offer feedback on your games digitally next week
Done Deal
Animoca Brands finalises the sale of its mobile games library to iCandy
The rest of the settlement is paid in shares
Money Money Money
Activision Blizzard shareholder claims firm has 'unnecessarily enriched' CEO Kotick
Executive director of CTW Investment Group Dieter Waizenegger says that the exec is compensated too highly
To The Future
NetEase sets up a new studio in Tokyo to focus on next-generation games
The studio is hiring PC, console and mobile specialist
Sponsor Shoutout
Special thank you to the sponsors for next week’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Celebrating the incredible companies supporting us for our second digital conference
Pay The Price
HyperBeard agrees to a $150,000 settlement with the US FTC
For alleged violation of child protection rules
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Discover Incredible Indies and Industry Vision & Values at Pocket Gamer Connects #2
One of 10 featured tracks
#blacklivesmatter
The Pokemon Company, Double Fine, House House, and more join in to show support for #BlackLivesMatter
Through statements and charity donations
Going Indie
Indie enthusiast Kirk Scott leaves Nintendo of America
He was there for five years
#blacklivesmatter
Niantic is donating all proceeds from Pokemon Go Fest 2020 to fight racism
With a promised minimum of $5 million
Delayed Content
Epic Games postpones Fortnite's upcoming event and Season 3
In support of #BlackLivesMatter
New Subsidiary
Playrix welcomes Cateia Games to its Croatia team
"Becoming part of the Playrix family is a great honour for Cateia Games"
Developer Toolkit
Discover the Developer Toolkit at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
One of 10 featured tracks
Neat Trick
Luna Labs launches new video ad optimisation tool Replay
It automates production and editiong for videos
Oh Dear
Game Workers Unite UK member leaves after being accused of "exclusionary behaviour and bullying"
Didžgalvyte allegedly said GWU wouldn't condemn racism for fear of alienating developers
Talking Heads
Facebook, Activision, Agora.io and Crunchyroll confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
The speaker lineup for our second online-only conference reaches its final form - read on to see who you’ll be learning from next week!
Feel The Music
Gismart is launching a new music partnership program called Games for Artists
Designed to help musicians get exposure through games
That's Epic
Epic's Tim Sweeney claims free games on Epic Games Store result in higher sales on other platforms
"It's been a benefit for game developers"
10 Years On
Unity developer support tops 170,000 as platform turns 5
Platform claims to be #1 engine on the market
#blacklivesmatter
Update: Electronic Arts, Supercell, Team17, and Square Enix are making donations to support #BlackLivesMatter
Employee donations will also be matched by the companies
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Discover Big Screen Gaming at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
One of 10 featured tracks
Going Retro
Sega continues mini console trend with upcoming Game Gear Micro
Comes to Japan on October 6th
New Acquisition
Rovio acquires Darkfire Games for an undisclosed figure
It will now be known as Rovio Copenhagen
Seed Funding
Swedish firm LootLocker raises $250,000 in seed funding
Investment comes from various individuals in Sweden's games industry
A Step Back
Double Fine Presents is "winding down" after being acquired by Microsoft last year
Its future remains uncertain