January 4, 2021

Investment

Mobile Dev Memo's MDM Investment Syndicate has already made four deals

"The Mobile Dev Memo Syndicate closed its fourth deal just before Christmas, putting it at an investment cadence of one per month since its launch in September"

January 4, 2021

Homecoming

Epic Games purchases a shopping mall to be its new HQ

Construction will begin this year

January 4, 2021

Splash The Cash

Nordisk Games acquires 40% of MercurySteam

This is the firm's first investment outside of the Nordic region

January 4, 2021

Over The Horizon

Animal Crossing: New Horizons closes out 2020 at the top of the UK charts

It experienced a seven per cent increase in sales

January 4, 2021

Big Spender

European consumers spent $54.6 million on mobile apps on Christmas Day

Globally mobile spending hit $407 million that same day

January 4, 2021

Getting The Boot

Apple purges 39,000 titles from its Chinese App Store

As a result of apps not having a license

January 4, 2021

Welcome Back

Huawei returns Tencent's games to its storefront

Following removal due to a revenue share dispute

January 4, 2021

Rip

Yoozoo Games CEO and chairman Qi passes away at 39

Allegedly due to being poisoned

January 1, 2021

2020 In Review

Gismart VP of business development on company growth, expansion, and juggling hypercasual titles

As part of our 2020 in review series

December 31, 2020

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: "I see a bright future ahead for virtual conferences," says Mowhawk Games CEO Leyla Johnson

PGC Digital #5 kicks off on February 8th

December 31, 2020

Event Access

Take part in Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5 completely FREE!

Get involved with our online-only conference in February without spending a single penny!

December 30, 2020

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: HipHopGamer on being 'authentic and fearless' in an ever-growing gaming sphere

PGC Digital #5 kicks off on February 8th

December 30, 2020

Reasons To Attend

17 reasons why you need to virtually attend Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5

250+ speakers, 14 conference tracks, 1,500+ industry professionals, exciting fringe events - February’s digital conference is set up to kick the new year off in style!

December 29, 2020

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: "staying on top of trends involves being a gamer yourself" says Roundhill Investments' Mario Stefanidis

PGC Digital #5 kicks off on February 8th

December 29, 2020

Unlimited Networking

Connect with industry professionals around the world with the MeetToMatch platform at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5

The meeting platform is a core component of the online conference in February, and it’s free to all attendees

December 28, 2020

Mtm 2020

Master The Meta: 2020 in review

A lookback of our MTM column this year

December 28, 2020

One Million

Survival Hunter Games: American Archer achieves over 1 million downloads in five months through AppGallery partnership

The already popular mobile game leveraged AppGallery’s marketing capabilities to boost its growth in new markets

December 28, 2020

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Eaton Smith LLP's Chris Taylor on gaming's endless possibilities

PGC Digital #5 kicks off on February 8th

December 24, 2020

Getting The Boot

Apple is preparing to remove more apps from the Chinese App Store

Continuing from the ISBN issues earlier this year

December 24, 2020

A Good Deed

The ESA Foundation raises $468k for various charities

It will also be used to fund its scholarship programme

December 24, 2020

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Sketchbook Games' Mark Backler on not giving up on getting into games

Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5 kicks off February 8th

December 24, 2020

A Dynasty

Yoozoo launches Dynasty Scrolls worldwide

The series has 200 million registered users in China

December 24, 2020

New Acquisition

Moon Active snaps up mobile games dev Melsoft

"We were searching for a company that has the right products and at the same time shares our culture and values that will allow us to grow together in synergy"

December 24, 2020

Journalist Bar

Get free consultation on your games with the Journalist Bar at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5

Get on the experts’ radar as our PocketGamer.com and PocketGamer.biz journalists offer feedback on your games digitally

December 23, 2020

Loot Boxes

Report: 31% of young gamers don't know how much they spend on loot boxes

"We are calling for parents to be aware of the risks of loot boxes when buying presents this Christmas"

December 23, 2020

What A Year

Voodoo's portfolio saw over two billion downloads in 2020

It also had 300 million monthly active users

December 23, 2020

Winner!

Huawei names Free Fire as the best shooting and multiplayer game on AppGallery

Archero, AFK Arena and Asphalt 9 were also winners

December 23, 2020

Free Falling

Human: Fall Flat hits two million Chinese sales in six days

It shot to the top of the charts

December 23, 2020

Money Money Money

Mobile app marketing specialist Liftoff secures backing from Blackstone

“We’re excited to be partnering with Blackstone, one of the premier private equity firms in the world"

December 23, 2020

Independent

Digital Extremes will maintain creative independence after Tencent takeover

"We will continue to create great content for Warframe, and we will remain creatively independent"

December 23, 2020

Public Potential

Playtika IPO shows revenues and debts of $2.3 billion

It aims to raise over $1 billion

December 23, 2020

Connect With Top Talent

Connect with top publishers and indie developers at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5 with the Publisher SpeedMatch - registration is now open

Sign up to meet the biggest publishers in the game or to scout new talent to take your business to the top

December 23, 2020

Need To Know

Raw Fury makes its publishing agreement public

“We believe having publisher contracts out in the open helps level the playing field"

December 22, 2020

Got Stock

Stillfront and Embracer Group dominate the stock market

Both companies have made various acquistions this year

December 22, 2020

#freefortnite

Epic Games returns to its #FreeFortnite campaign

It sent out packages to journalists and infleuncers

December 22, 2020

Switched

The Nintendo Switch is entering the "midpoint" of its cycle

"We believe we're just at the midpoint of this life cycle on this platform"

December 22, 2020

Positive Influence?

Game influencers could get hit by weird additions to US coronavirus relief bill

Amendments to the legislation could give companies an edge in handling how their IP is used

December 22, 2020

Going Digital

The digital games market grew 15 per cent in November

Mobile was up nine per cent year-on-year

December 22, 2020

Possible Deal

ByteDance is looking to acquire mobile games publisher CMGE

Its company stake would be worth $275 million

December 22, 2020

An Imposter!

Among Us hit 500 million monthly active users in November

Majority of users are on mobile

December 22, 2020

Gobble Gobble

Bandai Namco teams with the NBA for Pac-Man content

"Everyone at Bandai Namco Entertainment is extremely proud and excited to bring Pac-Man together in partnership with the NBA"

December 21, 2020

Welcome To The Family

Voodoo acquires Paris-based studio OHM Games

"We're thrilled to be able to build on our existing relationship with OHM Games"

December 21, 2020

Farm Life

Goodgame Studios opens pre-registrations for Big Farm: Home & Garden

Only avaiable through Google Play

December 21, 2020

Hyped Up

TapNation to host its first $150,000 game jam in January

"We are very happy to host the first hyper-casual game jam of the year, which is also the first one for TapNation"

December 21, 2020

Your Next Job

FREE entry for games industry jobseekers with Careers Week at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5, February 8th to 12th

Looking for the next step in your professional career? Be the first to find new job adverts and get advice from recruiters at our fifth online conference

December 21, 2020

Catch A Cheat

Over two million PUBG Mobile accounts have been suspended for cheating

Due to a variety of cheats

December 21, 2020

Proving Popular

KamaGames hits 150 million unique users across its library

"We're both humbled and proud to say we've hit the 150 million unique user mark"

December 21, 2020

Welcome Aboard

Jagex hires Shaun Rees as its new submission and release manager

Rees previously worked for PlayStation

December 21, 2020

Acquisition

Mag Interactive snaps up Swedish studio Apprope

"We are impressed by Apprope's combination of rapid development and high quality"

December 21, 2020

Top Dog

Rovio names Alexandre Pelletier-Normand as its new CEO

"We are delighted to appoint Alexandre as a new CEO. In accordance with our strategy, we have shifted our focus in the past years to our games business"