Rumble In The Jungle
Frogmind launches real-time multiplayer Rumble Hockey after short soft-launch
Anthropomorphic animal sports title is available on iOS and Android
Open Source Defold
King is making its Defold game engine open source
Establishing the Defold Foundation to help it grow
Better Data
IronSource adds new functionalities to its UA dashboard
"These latest additions to the platform are the first of many steps in our road map to providing our partners with actionable data"
Laying Seige
Ubisoft sues Apple and Google over a mobile "copy" of Rainbow Six Siege
"Ubisoft's competitors are constantly looking for ways to piggyback on R6S's popularity"
Where's The Fire?
Garena's Free Fire records 80 million daily active users
Its previous record was 60 million in March 2020
Money Money Money
US games spending achieved an all-time quarterly high in Q1 2020
Market generated $10.83 billion
Rebranded
Minecraft's creator rebrands itself as Mojang Studios
It's unveiled a new logo to go with the new name
Social Distancing Measures
Update: Apple set to reopen nearly 100 stores worldwide
"The road back will have its twists and turns"
Most Read
Hot Five: Rooster Teeth partners with Yogscast, Supercell celebrates 10 years, and AppLovin acquires Machine Zone
The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week
This Week In China
This Week In China: ChinaJoy 2020 goes ahead and FriendTimes Inc. changes its name
The biggest stories direct from Beijing
Next Steps
Apple acquires virtual reality specialist NextVR
Unwilling to discuss its reasons
Mel-lionare
Former King chairman Mel Morris tops the 2020 UK gaming rich list
Worth over $1 billion combined
Rt X Yogscast
Rooster Teeth forms strategic partnership with The Yogscast
The deal will see both media companies collaborate on new content
Team Up
Critical Force partners with Gizer for its Critical Ops community tournament program
Building a better community
Support The Indies
Humble Bundle has rebranded its publishing label for indie devs as Humble Games
"We have always been in the business of supporting indie developers"
Future Acquisitions
Keywords Studios is raising $122 million to purchase businesses struggling with the pandemic
"This is likely to result in an increased number of acquisition opportunities for Keywords Studios"
New Acquisition
Sumo Digital purchases Snooker 19 studio Lab42
Terms of the deal were not disclosed
Allo-homora
Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells debut trailer glimpses iconic locations
Zynga, Warner Bros. and Portkey Games for a new mobile game based on the Harry Potter license
I'm Ready, I'm Ready
Tilting Point rebrands as free-to-play publisher, launches SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off
Company looks to form relationships and work with developers on projects
Building Bank
Fortnite battles its way to $1 billion on mobile in two years
Free-to-play title generated $44.3 million in April alone
Lovin Zone
AppLovin acquires Game of War developer Machine Zone
Mobile marketing firm will be moving in with the developer
Class Has Started
Supercell celebrates its 10th anniversary by taking a look at what its learned
10 lessons across 10 years
Offering Support
App Samurai creates new $250,000 Resilience Grant to support mobile developers
Up to $10,000 will be given to each studio chosen for the grant
China Hit Worst
Nexon's revenue and profit falls year-on-year in Q1 due to Covid-19 pandemic
"Nexon has been spared the turbulence due to minimal physical contact with consumers"
Discount Ending
Just one week left to save with our Mid-Term prices for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
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Pgbiz Roundtables
Join us on May 19th for the next PocketGamer.biz RoundTable session
Watch industry experts discuss hot topics in these free sessions
Strong All Around
Sega profits rocket by 421%, video games up 50% too
"Strong competitive mobile enviroment"
Square Enix Financials
Dragon Quest Walk and Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe help lift Square Enix mobile revenues to almost $1 billion
Profits rise by 9.38% overall
10 Years On
56% of iPhone apps sell less than 10,000 copies
It's a topheavy market where less than 10% do 100k+
It's Unreal
Epic Games gives a first look at Unreal Engine 5
It's also launched Epic Online Services
A Good Deed
Riot Games has raised $10 million for its Social Impact Fund so far
"This is a unique philanthropic venture fund"
Rebooted Event
New meeting platform announced for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Plus extra themed conference, live Discord chat and much more - here’s what’s new and improved for your next online games industry event
Gonna Subscribe
Multiscription is launching a new subscription service for free-to-play mobile games
Offering publishers the ability to add subscription services to their games
Tencent Financials
Tencent sees a 26 per cent revenue increase year-on-year in Q1 2020
Mobile games generated ¥34.8 billion ($4.9 billion)
Better Together
Twitter acquires playable ad outfit CrossInstall
Building a strong monetisation channel
Hard To Bell-ieve
Animal Crossing: New Horizons shifts nearly 4 million units in Japan
Best-selling Nintendo Switch game in the country yet
Winner Winner
App Annie: PUBG Mobile generates largest consumer spend overseas for China-based developers in Q1 2020
Rise of Kingdoms from Lilith follows in second
Mobile Dominance
The mobile games market faces the least disruption from coronavirus according to Newzoo
It will generate $77.2 billion in 2020
What A Save
Lion Studios' puzzler Save The Girl tops global downloads for April 2020
Mobile game accumulated more than 50 million installs
Component Shortages
Report: Nintendo Switch production facing delays due to Asia lockdown
"Nintendo wouldn't be able to produce enough units for the shopping season"
Enough To Afford A Butler
Gardenscapes helps grow Playrix's downloads to 1.1 billion
$1.9 billion revenue accumulated from player spending
Igda Insight
Free mentorship available to indies with IGDA Finland and Pocket Gamer Connects Digital
Register now for online advice at the IGDA Finland Mentor Café on Thursday 11 June
Event
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Chinajoy Goes Ahead
ChinaJoy 2020 is still taking place despite the coronavirus pandemic
Shanghai event still scheduled to take place from July 31st to August 3rd.
Welcome Aboard
Retro Studios hires Adad Morales as its new VFX lead artist
Known for Battlefield and Star Wars
Island Living
Animal Crossing: New Horizons experiences 135% increase in UK sales
It shifted 13.41 million copies in six weeks
Allons-y
BBC partners with Maze Theory and Kaigan Games for new Doctor Who mobile game
Set to materialise next year
Three-day Event
Media Indie Exchange partners with Kinda Funny for digital indie event Guerrilla Collective on June 6th-8th
Part of IGN's Summer of Gaming
Ubisoft Forward
Ubisoft to host digital showcase on July 12th
Exclusive game news, reveals and more
Special Milestone
Top Eleven celebrates 220 million downloads and seven-year partnership with José Mourinho
Developer Nordeus reveals stats surrounding 10-year anniversary of football management game