Better Mental Health
China to crack down further on violence in games to improve children's mental health
Healthy China 2030 plan backed by 12 government departments
Slideshow Fun
The Pocket Gamer 2020 Sessions land in London this month!
Fun speed-lecture sessions with 20 seconds per slide at Pocket Gamer Connects London
A Few More Knights
South Korean dev Npixel raises $25.9 million in series A funding
Reportedly the largest series A round ever for a South Korean game dev
P.l.a.y
Former footballer Rio Ferdinand teams up with Ukie for parental control awareness campaign in games
"They're easy to use and save a lot of arguments in the long run"
No Slowing Down
Pokemon GO evolves to best year ever at $894 million in revenue from 2019
Over $3.1 billion in lifetime revenue
Industry Vision And Values
Discover the Industry Vision and Values track at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
It is one of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Job News
Casual games publisher Kwalee names Simon Prytherch new head of publishing
"There’s a great opportunity to grow the publishing department"
Schedule Revealed
Final conference schedule revealed for Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Check out what’s happening this month at Europe’s biggest mobile games B2B conference
Tres Bien
Nintendo Switch surpasses 3.3 million units in France
Pokemon Sword and Shield rank as best selling games
Giganta-update
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon plus Sword and Shield expansion pass revealed in Direct
Pokemon Home will launch in February
Hotel Mario
Nintendo's former Kyoto headquarters to become hotel in 2021
20 rooms, including restaurant, gym, bar and spa
Interactive Futures
Interactive Futures 2020 confirms Brenda and John Romero as headline speakers
Two-day conference taking place in Leamington Spa on January 31st-February 1st
New Year's Day
Apple App Store revenue soars to new record of $386 million in one day
$1.42 billion accumulated between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
Gold Pass Success
Clash of Clans achieves first year-over-year revenue increase since 2015
27 per cent increase over 2018
The Indie Track
Discover The Indie Track at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
It is one of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Event
Discover the Top 50 Blockchain Games Companies at Blockchain Gamer LIVE! on Tuesday 21 January
The blockchain businesses making waves in the last 12 months
Closure
Digital tabletop game studio Fantasy Flight Interactive to shut down in February
"It's been an amazing journey"
The Whole Package
Classic UK games celebrated by Royal Mail with new line of stamps
Influential UK-designed games from the '80s and '90s featured
Sensor Tower
Hypercasual specialist SayGames sees a 453% rise in downloads over 12 months
Facebook and Google top non-specific mobile game publishers
Talking Heads
Microsoft, Google, MoPub, Rollic and Enthusiast Gaming confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
The speaker lineup is set for the two day B2B mobile games industry conference to make an incredible return to London
Time For Change?
Communications Workers of America launches campaign to support video game unionisation
Project began after discussions with Game Workers Unite
This Seems Familiar
CES 2020: Alienware and Razer take inspiration from Nintendo's Switch for new device and controller
Razer Kishi and Concept UFO take the spotlight
Top Trends
Sony's Fate/Grand Order was the most talked about game on Twitter in 2019
Second year in a row
Delayed Release
Square Enix partners with JSC and Gaea for Final Fantasy XV on mobile
Set to launch in China before releasing worldwide
Pgc London Editors Picks
PGC London 2020: Our editor's top picks on what to do at the conference
Take in some talks and have a drink (or two)
Pgc London
Learn more about Hypercasual and Social Games at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
It is one of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Neat!
Nintendo announces next Pokemon Direct for January 9th
20 minutes of Pokemon-related information
Vivid Partnership
Real Boxing 2 developer Vivid Games partners with ad platform Anzu.io
Two of the developer's games will be integrated with ads technology
Entering The Ring
Sumo Digital hires Kirstin Whittle as partnerships director
Previously head of business development at Keywords
Fan Outrage
Riot Games reveals how it "avoided backlash" when announcing mobile titles
Staff were concerned after Diablo Immortal reveal
Age Of 5g
Square Enix looking to "relaunch" and expand Indian business presence
Cloud streaming and 5G also touched upon
Gunning For The Top
PUBG Mobile fires to top of worldwide mobile revenue for December 2019
Honor of Kings settles for second spot
New Partnership
Tencent invests undisclosed sum in Bayonetta developer PlatinumGames
"We hope to use this capital to strengthen our foundation as a business"
Badge Party
Get a headstart on Pocket Gamer Connects London with the Badge Pick Up Party!
Dodge the queues - network and drink with the industry while picking up your badge on Sunday, January 19th
Trade Trends
Learn Trade Trends at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
It is one of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Port-astic
Nintendo insider claims two further Wii U ports destined for Switch in 2020
Super Mario 3D Worlds? Star Fox Zero? Paper Mario: Color Splash?
Lucky Seven
Sports developer Nifty Games recruits EA, Warner Bros. and Zynga veterans
A roster of new hires join the LA and Bay Area-based company
Codemasters' New Cook
Codemasters hires Alex Cook as its new global sales director
Previously worked for Jagex
Big Money
Report: Tencent-owned Miniclip purchases Ilyon Games for $100 million
The Israeli-based startup has accumulated over 370 million installs
Still Got It
Mobile is the most popular games platform for Americans over 50
More women than men play games in that age group
Adjust Unites
Adjust becomes Unity's first mobile measurement partner
Easy access to the Adjust SDK in Unity
Journalist Bar
Developers: Meet the Pocket Gamer editorial team at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020's Journalist Bar!
Get 15 minutes with one of the writers to chat about your game
Get Invested
Applications close THIS FRIDAY for Investor Connector at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Find your funding through our ever popular investment matchmaking event when it returns later this month
Hot Five
Hot Five: Look back on 2019 and looking forward to the games of 2020
The hottest stories of last week
Global Publishing
Learn more about Global Publishing at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
It is one of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Rogues' Gallery
Rogue Games brings in new senior business development manager
Jonathan Layton has held roles at NBCUniversal, FoxNext, Disruptor Beam, and Glu
Pathfinder
Respawn head Vince Zampella to oversee EA's DICE LA studio
Rebrand and original games planned for the support studio
Space Pirates
Nintendo wins injunction against Californian man for modding and selling pirated games on Switch
No fines and 10 unnamed defendants dismissed
Don't Forget To Subscribe
Apple Arcade predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by end of 2020
"This will make it the biggest bundled games subscription service globally"
Superdata 2019 Summary
Pokemon GO, Candy Crush Saga and Honor of Kings push mobile to $64.4 billion revenue in 2019
Free-to-play model continues to grow across all platforms