July 21, 2020 Pride Gayming Magazine to host first ever Gayming Awards in February 2021 Celebrating LGBTQ+ representation in the games industry
July 21, 2020 Moving On Mojang is moving Minecraft to Microsoft's Azure servers Title previously posted on Amazon's platform
July 21, 2020 Too Much Money Update: ISS encourages EA investors to vote against pay plan CEO Andrew Wilson earning 56 per cent more than other chief execs
July 21, 2020 Welcome Aboard Homa Games hires Julien Bourhis as its new vice president of operations "Julien is extraordinarily entrepreneurial and creative"
July 21, 2020 Mobile Is Alive Nintendo's mobile earnings hit $474 million for its last fiscal year Mobile is a "target area" for the company moving forward
July 21, 2020 Court Case Gree is suing Supercell for patent infringement in Clash Royale and Brawl Stars A move for dismissal was denied
July 20, 2020 Feel The Music Amanotes teams up with YG Entertainment to bring K-pop music to its games Including iKON, BIG BANG and BLACKPINK
July 20, 2020 Merging Games development agency Amber is merging with studio KaraOkulta "Amber is always looking for outstanding talent and the team at KaraOkulta impressed us"
July 20, 2020 Review It Metacritic places 36 hour waiting period on user reviews "To ensure our gamers have time to play these games before writing their reviews"
July 20, 2020 Defying History Google Play blocks World War II game Attentat 1942 from select storefronts Not available in Germany, France, Austria, and Russia
July 20, 2020 You Have My Download NetEase soft-launches The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War "First regional beta test" available in Australia and the Philippines
July 20, 2020 Round The Track Mario Kart Tour is getting a landscape mode in its next update The control layout is different
July 20, 2020 13 Billion Franchise Installs My Talking Tom Friends hits 100 million downloads as the franchise celebrates its 10th anniversary "Over 400 million fans play with the games every month"
July 20, 2020 Comic Bound Com2us partners with Skybound and Image Comics for Summoners War comic book "We're expanding the IP into new frontiers by partnering with Skybound Entertainment on our first official comic book series, Summoners War: Legacy"
July 20, 2020 Getting Direct Nintendo is hosting its first Nintendo Direct Mini: Partners Showcase July 20th at 7:00am PT
July 20, 2020 Most Read Hot Five: Sonic games slowing down, NetEase soft-launches Marvel Duel, and Nifty Games makes camp in Chicago The hottest articles of last week
July 17, 2020 This Week In China This Week in China: Taptap shows off its next games as Tencent solves its chili sauce fraud problem The biggest stories direct from Beijing
July 17, 2020 Takin' Care Of Business Mobile games jobs weekly: Reggie joins Rogue Games, Tilting Point acquires assets, and Bad Robot appoints Anna Sweet as CEO The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
July 17, 2020 Behave Better Games industry harassment hotline is opening next month "We started the Games and Online Harassment Hotline to ensure that anyone who experiences such abuse can reach out to us to get whatever support they might need"
July 17, 2020 Play A Game The ESA reports that two-thirds of the US population plays games According the trade body's new 2020 Essential Facts report
July 17, 2020 Welcome Aboard tinyBuild acquires the development team behind Hello Neighbor It plans to invest $15 million in the franchise
July 17, 2020 Money Money Money Honor of Kings was the top-grossing mobile game in June 2020 PUBG Mobile came in at second
July 17, 2020 Banned The UK bans Huawei from its 5G networks "The UK can no longer be confident it will be able to guarantee the security of future Huawei 5G equipment"
July 17, 2020 Lawsuit Filed Customers can now make a claim against Apple for slowing down old iPhones They can get around $25 per device
July 17, 2020 Royale Flush Trivia Royale scores over three million downloads in less than a month "We were honestly blown away by the reception"
July 16, 2020 Carbonated Seed Round Carbonated Games closes $8.5 million seed funding round Using AI and in-house live ops tech to make a better shooter experience on mobile
July 16, 2020 Celebrate Nintendo teams with Hasbro for more Mario merchandise ahead of 35th anniversary Monopoly and Jenga sets are on Amazon
July 16, 2020 Welcome Aboard Zynga adds Noel Watson to its board of directors "I am excited to be joining Zynga’s Board of Directors during this dynamic period of growth for the company"
July 16, 2020 Getting Ultimate Project xCloud is becoming part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in September "When cloud gaming launches into Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, you can continue your game wherever you left off on any of your devices"
July 16, 2020 What A Relief Skillz teams up with Comic Relief US for fundraising tournaments As part of the Red Nose Day campaign
July 16, 2020 Top Dog Bad Robot Games appoints Anna Sweet as CEO Her remit is to grow this division at the entertainment firm
July 16, 2020 Get Funded Israel-based games-focused fund VGames committing $30 million to studios in the region "We are privileged to be able to fuel and support new talent"
July 16, 2020 Clash Cash Clash Royale fights its way through $3 billion in lifetime revenue Still behind Clash of Clans
July 16, 2020 Open Beta AudioMob's rewarded audio ad platform enters open beta Already a waitlist to get involved
July 15, 2020 Coming Soon The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers 2020 list is coming... Keep your eyes peeled for more information in the coming weeks
July 15, 2020 Reggie's Coming Reggie Fils-Aimé joins Rogue Games as a strategic advisor Helping the studio with its expansion into console
July 15, 2020 Going Exclusive Harmonix, Konami, Supermassive sign up to bring exclusives to Stadia As part of latest Stadia Connect event
July 15, 2020 New Acquisition Tilting Point acquires mobile games and assets from Playtech Including the assets of FTX Games and Plamee Studios
July 15, 2020 New Acquisition Huuuge Games acquires interactive ads firm Playable Platform "The self-learning creative technology and data-driven playable ads will dramatically improve our marketing efforts"
July 15, 2020 Stepping Up Ubisoft appoints Christophe Derennes as Montreal studio head Follows Canadian development boss Yannis Mallat leaving the company
July 15, 2020 Need A License The App Store sees over 2,500 game removals in China In the first week of July
July 15, 2020 Get In Free Take part in Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020 completely FREE! Get involved with our online-only conference this September without spending a single cent!
July 15, 2020 Rofl Disney Emoji Blitz lines up $100 million in revenue as it celebrates fourth anniversary Match-three puzzler has accumulated over 25 million installs
July 14, 2020 Event Share your knowledge at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital You're the expert; we want to hear from you
July 14, 2020 Welcome Aboard Entravision hires Stephen Chung as its new chief revenue officer "I'm thrilled to join Entravision and help extend the company's global market position"
July 14, 2020 Getting Classic Azerion teams up with Atari to bring five classic games to browsers "We are thrilled to bring these immensely popular games to a new generation of players"
July 14, 2020 Nes-talgic Nintendo and LEGO team up for an NES building set It will be released on August 1st
July 14, 2020 Catch A Cheat PUBG Mobile adds new anti-cheat measures Spectator system updated to catch out players using two screens