Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Funorama's David Pich discusses consolidation impact in the games space
PGC Digital #4 kicks oof November 9th
Webinar
2021 predictions and growth strategy - an industry conversation with Facebook Audience Network
The webinar will take place on Thursday 3rd November at 3pm
What A Goal!
Electronic Arts is pushing its mobile division forward with FIFA at the helm
It has "six new soccer mobile games in development for new genres and new markets"
Special Shoutout
Special thank you to the sponsors for next week’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4
Celebrating the finest companies backing us for our fourth online-only conference
Money Money Money
Take-Two generates net revenues of $841.1 million Q2 FY21
"Our positive momentum continued in the fiscal second quarter with operating results that significantly exceeded our expectations"
Apocalypse Now
Post-Apocalyptic games brought in $384 million in the first nine months of 2020
An increase of 106 per cent year-on-year
It's A Goal
Tappx forms partnership with pro football league LaLiga
“Team Tappx is thrilled to have LaLiga onboard. LaLiga enlisted the support of Tappx to plan, execute and manage a comprehensive monetisation strategy"
One Of Us
Among Us will get accounts as early as next month
Move from developer Innersloth will help fight cheating and toxicity
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Get involved with Game Development 101 at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4
One of 16 featured tracks
An Imposter!
Among Us clone storms to the top of the charts in China
Werewolf Among us was released on October 28th
Switched
The Nintendo Switch closes in on 70 million sales worldwide
Software sales have reached 456.49 million
Networking Heads
The incredible companies you could meet online at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4
Connect and network online with the world’s top games companies: an amazing lineup awaits you, from talented indie studios to top investors, publishers and platform holders
Welcome Aboard
Keywords brings in Fumiko Okura to head up Tokyo studio
She joins with more than 15 years of experience in the business
Money Money Money
Nintendo sees net sales of $7.4 billion in first six months of fiscal year
Mobile games generated $256 million
Unbelievable Support
SpecialEffect raises more than $651,000 through One Special Day
"All of us at SpecialEffect are delighted and humbled at the outcome of our fifth and most successful One Special Day 2020 ever
Investment
Aptoide receives $1.5 million investment from 200M
In partnership with Faurecia
Money Money Money
Newzoo now projects the games industry to generate $174.9 billion this year
Mobile games revenue has increased to $86.3 billion
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Master the art of publishing at Pocket Gamer Connects #4
One of 16 featured tracks
Money Money Money
Lockwood Publishing secures $25 million in Series A funding round
The investment was led by Tencent
Welcome Aboard
Kwalee hits 100 members of staff as the company continues to grow
"We're extremely proud to have expanded the Kwalee team to more than 100 people – particularly in such a challenging year"
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Tilting Point's André Cohen on IDFA and the evolution of data in games
PGC Digital #4 kicks off November 9th
Court Date
Judge denies Google's move to have its Epic Games case start in 2022
Epic has suggested a date of February 2021
Mental Health
Hutch teams with Movember for special F1 Manager event
"Movember is a wonderful cause, and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to support them on their drive to help men around the world"
Partnered Up
Lab Cave forms marketing partnership with Invictus Games
"We have decided to stay with the development and will partner with Lab Cave on how our games appear in the marketplace"
Going Old School
Old School RuneScape hits new concurrent record of 157k players
Follows launch of new Leagues II: Trailblazer content
Four Years In
Pokémon GO soars past $4 billion in player spending as it hits $1 billion in 2020
The majority was earned in the US
Hdc
Discover how to break into China's app market with the Huawei Developer Webinar on November 9th
The Huawei Developer Webinar will feature representatives from successful Chinese developers and partners, including Tencent, iDreamSky, Jinke and Feiyu
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Be in the know with Show Me The Money at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital
One of 16 featured tracks
Some M&a
Acquisitions are changing up the mobile games landscape
Zynga, Scopely and AppLoving have made acquisitions this year
Schedule Revealed
Final conference schedule revealed for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4
Plan your time at next week’s online-only games industry conference
So Sweet
Sugar raises $1.9 million in pre-seed funding
"With this round of funding, we can focus on developing our platform, growing the team and ultimately giving studios quick and easy finance to scale up"
What Thing?
Apple to hold "one more thing" event on November 10th
Rumoured to feature Apple Silicon Macs
Gaining Independence
Light Brick Studio splits from Lego following an investment from the company
"We're very excited to be able to expand and continue our journey to create new and interesting experiences"
Making Amends
Lab Zero vet Zaimont suspended from work on Guilty Gear
Follows accusations of misconduct at his studio
Outta Here
Tencent pulls PUBG Mobile from India after government ban
"We deeply regret this outcome, and sincerely thank you for your support and love for PUBG Mobile in India"
Going Mobile
Activision Blizzard will bring more franchises to mobile
"We need to make sure that we're enabling our franchises on the billions of mobile devices that are available right now"
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Get competitive with the esports and influencers track at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4
One of 16 featured tracks
Voodoo
Voodoo opens Android testing to all partner studios
"Until this year, Voodoo was not immune to the charm of the US gold standard of iOS exclusive testing"
Welcome Aboard
Retro Studios hires Marisa Palumbo as it looks to remodel Texas HQ
She has worked for Rockstar and Blizzard
For Honour!
Honor of Kings hits 100 million daily active users
"Honor of Kings is only available in China, yet it is one of the most successful mobile games in the world"
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: PeopleFun's Carol Miu talks topics, trends, and tenure as a Wii Sports champion
PGC Digital #4 kicks off November 9th
Financials
Sony generates $20 billion in its second quarter
"Expected strong performance of game applications for mobile devices"
Next Week
Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4 goes live next week!
Connect with the global games industry and learn from experts all throughout next week
Fringe Events
The deadlines to sign up to the fringe events at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4 are fast approaching - don’t miss out!
Sign ups for Investor Connector, Big Indie Pitch end today while the Publisher SpeedMatch, Games Jobs Live and IGDA Mentor Café end next week
Growing Market
Scottish games industry experiences 17 per cent growth across 18 months
"Scotland represents the fourth largest games cluster in the UK"
Financials
Rovio sees a drop in revenue as it generates $79.3 million in Q3 2020
"As a result of the moderate level of UA investment and stable games revenues, the profitability continued to be at a high level and improved significantly year-on-year"
Come One Come All
Activision Blizzard hiring for over 2k staff following 800 layoffs last year
CEO Kotick says it needs more employees to help meet its production demand
Sponsored
Best practices for growing your video game in Thailand
Mobile accounts for 69% of SEA’s overall video game revenues
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Take a dive into hypercasual and social games at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4
One of 16 featured tracks
Takin' Care Of Business
Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Starbreeze CEO steps down, Niantic jobs aplenty, and Annapurna Interactive opens new LA studio
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming