Hey, Listen
PGC Helsinki Digital: 86% of UK adults dislike video ads in mobile games
"Most innovations in ad tech are none intrusive"
Hutch Jobs
PG Connects Helsinki Digital Careers Week: Check out some of the latest roles available at Hutch
Product manager, art outsource manager, and QA embedded tester roles available
Pgc Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: How the Finnish games industry has grown over 25 years
"We are not in our teens anymore; we are a mature industry"
200 Partnerships
PGC Helsinki Digital: Homa Games exceeds 250 million lifetime downloads
Sky Roller and Nerf Epic Pranks dominate
Day One Complete
Missed day one of Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020? Don’t make the same mistake again!
Day one of the online-only conference got off to a flyer, book your tickets now and make sure you catch the rest of the week!
Apple Streaming
Apple revises App Store policies to allow Stadia and xCloud on iOS
New policies include major caveats which Microsoft disagree with
New Normal?
PGC Helsinki Digital: "Every day was like a weekend" - the impact of Covid-19 on mobile games
Second Wave of Games - Coming Back from Covid-19 panel
K-factor
PGC Helsinki Digital: Tracking your game's "K-factor" and understanding organic growth
A panel of experts discuss how UA campaigns can help your game in other ways
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: get up to speed on mobile ads at PGC Helsinki with AdInMo CEO Kristan Rivers
PGC Helsinki takes place September 14th - 18th
It's What's Happening
PGC Helsinki Digital: Nearly 17 million Animal Crossing 'Tweets' were sent in 12 days
"Twitter loves gaming and gaming loves Twitter"
Rapid Growth
PGC Helsinki Digital: How Belka Games adjusted its strategy and grew from 30 to 300 employees
Changing company culture and business development strategies to ensure you grow properly
Only 3% Of Downloads
PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020
Five billion global downloads were made in the genre of hypercasual too
Aging Art
PGC Helsinki Digital: How app store optimisation saw Lab Cave's Love & Dating Story increase installs by 314%
Aging up art and using colour psychology to boost installs
Prepare For The Future
PGC Helsinki Digital: N3twork director of UA Matthew Saunders on preparing for an IDFA-less future
Learning lessons from the past to deal with the future
Most Read
Hot Five: Sybo Games partners with the NFL, Ludia launches Lovelink, and how Cuphead found ever-lasting success
The hottest articles of last week
Arm Acquisition
Nvidia to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion
Preparing for the "age of AI" with the acquisition
Starts Today
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020 and Blockchain Gamer LIVE! Digital #1 starts in less than an hour!
Our biggest online-only conference yet featuring unlimited 24-hour networking, 1,500+ attendees, 21 conference tracks, roundtables, fringe events and more
Pgc Digital
Brush up on Big Screen Gaming at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 tracks at the show
Pgc Digital
Take a look at the live ops landscape at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 tracks at the show
Pgc Digital
Go Beyond Games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 featured tracks
Find Your Next Job
FREE entry for games industry jobseekers with careers week at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020, Sept 14-18
Looking for the next step in your professional career? Be the first to find new job adverts and get advice from recruiters at next week’s online conference
Takin' Care Of Business
Mobile games jobs weekly: Rovio hires former Wargaming head, Kwalee expands in China, and Hutch looks to bolster team
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
"oversight"
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot apologises for Tom Clancy's Elite Squad backlash and toxic company culture
Video was uploaded online hours before second Ubisoft Forward event
Event
CGC | LIVE – the all-new digital edition of Cutting-edge Games Conference announced
CGC LIVE goes online on September 22-26 - make sure you sign up now!
Player Very Well Known
PUBG Mobile fires past $3.5 billion revenue, accumulates $500 million in two months
Battle royale has picked up 770 million installs
Special Shoutout
Special thank you to the sponsors for next week’s Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020
Celebrating the finest companies backing us for our annual Helsinki conference gone online
Industry Visions & Values
Learn all about industry visions and values at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of fifteen tracks at the event
Event
Network with the talent behind the BIGGEST games next week at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
Amazing 250+ speaker roster includes the studios behind smash hits and stellar success stories! You can meet them all online, September 14-18
Third And Thirty
Sybo Games partners with NFLPA to bring NFL players to Subway Surfers
For three weeks only
Competitive
Guild Esports to become first esports firm to become public through LSE
"Guild will be the first esports franchise to join the London stock market"
Pgc Digital
Discover the Incredible Indies at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 featured tracks
In Or Out?
Mobile Dev Memo launches the MDM Investment Syndicate
"Members of the syndicate can decide whether they want to invest in any given deal or not"
Quiet Clash
Nifty Games soft-launches NFL Clash in UK and Germany
Had quietly been available in Mexico and Brazil since August
Going Digital
Apple to host "special" event on September 15th
"I wouldn't count on the iPhone 12 being part of any unveiling"
It's A Date
Ludia launches first interactive dating game Lovelink
Available on iOS and Android
Switched
Nintendo increases Switch production by up to 30 million units in its current fiscal year
Has also asked developers to prepare games in 4K
Schedule Revealed
Final conference schedule revealed for Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020
Plan your time at next week’s online-only games industry conference
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Miniclip's Anh Luong demonstrates publishing prowess at PGC Helsinki
PGC Helsinki Digital takes place on September 14th - 18th
Welcome Aboard
Rovio hires Andy Muesse to head up its Stockholm studio
"It's awesome to officially welcome Andy into the Rovio flock"
Court Case
Apple files counterclaim against Epic over Fortnite's direct payment option
It is after "restitution and disgorgement of all earnings"
Hdc 2020
Huawei HDC 2020 begins September 10th with development updates, product reveals and expert keynotes
The annual conference will showcase news and updates from the mobile giant
Pgc Digital
Learn more about esports and influencers at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 featured tracks
Switched
Update: Nintendo is bringing the Switch to Brazil on September 18th
Available through select retailers
Making Money
The video games market will generate $200 billion by 2023
It will generate $155 billion in 2020
Pgbiz Roundtable
The PocketGamer.biz RoundTable is LIVE! Watch here
Join our panel of experts as we discuss pitching to publishers
Talking Heads
Agora, Rovio, Google, Miniclip and App Annie all confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020
The speaker lineup is now complete! Find out who you will be learning from online next week
Pgc Digital
Get involved with investor relations at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 featured tracks
Money Money Money
Gameye secures $2.4 million in seed funding
It's set to host a second Industry Insights Conference
Such Joy
Nintendo files patent for a new Joy-Con design
Was internationally registered in April
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: MAG Interactive's Chris Peters brings live ops finesse to PGC Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital takes place on September 14th - 18th