Hot Stuff
Indian powerhouse Nazara looking to invest $20 million in gaming and esport startups
Has already invested $50 million in past two years
More Cash
Skillz raises funding from NFL's 32 Equity investment arm
Former Airbnb chief financial officer Laurence Tosi has also been appointed to the board of directors
Sensor Tower
Google Stadia’s mobile app has been downloaded 175,000 times
US residents made up close to 42 per cent of the overall number
Bugtastic
Seriously launches Best Fiends Stars as franchise crosses $285 million in revenue
First release since Playtika acquisition
City Limits
16-city PUBG Mobile US esports tournament kicking off in December 2019
Backed by Super League Gaming, Tencent and OnePlus
Streaming Wars
Amazon reportedly launching game streaming service in 2020
Looking for Twitch integration
Young Guns
N3twork raises $40 million for new games, publishing platform and community app
Covering all bases
Gigantamax
Selling 6 million, Pokemon Sword and Shield is Nintendo’s fastest-selling Switch game
Includes physical and digital copies
Easy Money
Chartboost launches advertising bidding program Helium
More options for in-game advertising
Event
Last chance to save $350 on Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Early Bird prices end at midnight tonight
Show Us The Money
GDC 2020 announces Game Funding & Investment Summit
Virtuous cycle
Awards Season
Call of Duty, Sayonara Wild Hearts and Grindstone lead The Game Awards 2019 mobile nominations
Event will take place on December 12th, hosted by Geoff Keighley
Mobile Leads The Way
Soaring to over $4 billion, southeast Asia is the fastest-growing games market
Up 14% in 2019
Storming
Pokemon Sword and Shield sold 1.3 million copies in Japan within first three days
Third biggest UK launch in Nintendo’s history
Keep It Lean
Turkish startup Dream Games raises $7.5 million for mobile puzzle titles
Makers Fund leads the round
From Devs For Devs
Social video app for gaming Bunch raises $3.85 million from Supercell, Miniclip, Riot
Industry funding for synergetic NYC startup
Cultural Match
Hill Climb Racing developer Fingersoft appoints Celine Pasula as CEO
Ex-Grand Cru co-founder steps up
Listen & Learn
Join deltaDNA’s free webinar on the reasons F2P games fail and how to avoid them
All happening 11am GMT on Wednesday 27th November
Hex-o World
Location-based Catan: World Explorers mobile game using Niantic's Real World Platform
Pre-registration now live
Emerging Markets Hit
Garena’s battle royale game Free Fire surpasses $1 billion of lifetime revenue
Ranked up the achievement in two years
I Have Spoken
Roblox partners with Disney for Star Wars Winter Creator Challenge
Players can earn limited-edition virtual items inspired by the new Star Wars film
Bulking Up
Google Stadia launches today after doubling games library last-minute
10 additional games added, including NBA 2K20, Trials Rising and Wolfenstein Youngblood
On The Up
Majority mobile developer InnoGames surpasses $1 billion in revenue
Hardcore success
Event
Riot Games, Paradox Interactive, Red Kite Games and Super Evil Megacorp speaking at first Big Screen Gaming conference in January
Explore PC, console, VR and AR at Pocket Gamer Connects London partner event
Fast Fingers
SayGames' Sand Balls was the most downloaded hypercasual game in October
Developer had two games in top five
Read 5 Now
Hot Five: Homescape's $1 billion, Voodoo in Montreal, and Candy Crush's art meets diversity
The hottest stories
Let It Go
Jam City launches new mobile game Frozen Adventures
The movie is out on November 22nd
On And On
Geoff Keighley’s Opening Night Live returns for Gamescom in 2020
Cologne repeating
Crossover
Fortnite uses the force with stormtrooper outfit
Previous crossovers include Stranger Things and The Avengers
Gotta Collect 'em All
Tencent spends $30 million acquiring 10% of UK studio Sumo Digital
Invests in Sheffield co-developer
Event
Want to speak at a Pocket Gamer Connects event in 2020?
Submissions invited for our international series of events next year in London, Seattle, Hong Kong, Helsinki and Jordan
Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft adds 50 more games to Project xCloud
Available now in Japan, Canada and India
Error 404
Google Stadia will have several key features missing at launch
Stream Connect, achievement system, State Share, Crowd Play and more excluding on day one
Tick Tock Tick
Final 12 hours to nominate for the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2020
Last chance to flag the best of the past 12 months across 22 categories
Mobile Majority
App Annie: Mobile spending accounts for more than 50% of all game revenue
Consumer spending on iOS and Android expected to rise to $105 billion by 2020
Big Up
Tencent’s revenue grows by 21% thanks to Call of Duty and PUBG Mobile
Total revenue for the quarter came in at $14 billion
For All
SuperGaming raises $1.3 million for new social gaming platform
Building for a casual audience
Job News
John Carmack leaving Oculus CTO position
Will still serve in a consulting role for the VR firm
Subs The Way
Mobile users are more likely to subscribe than make a one-off purchase
10.9 per cent of iOS users use a subscription service
Seed Funding
Wappier raises $4 million to enhance revenue and dataviz platform
Financing was led by New York-based venture group Counterview Capital
“passion Project”
Epic Games launches RPG Battle Breakers
Free-to-play title is available to download on iOS, Android and PC now
New Location
Update: Voodoo expands 'beyond hyper-casual' with new Montreal studio
Mehdi El Moussali will lead the team
Event
One week left to save up to $350 on Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Early Bird prices for the two-day B2B conference are set to end midnight next Thursday
Neat Nsfw
Disruptor Beam creates Archer mobile game based on edgy FX animated series
Now available on iOS and Android
Reboot
PayDay: Crime War will shut down before being relaunched with a new publisher
Current version will cease operations on December 16th
Get Nice Angry
10 years on, Rovio looks to turn Angry Birds' anger into positive thinking
Anniversary is in December
Gotta Design Fast
Sonic Mania designer helped create Sonic movie's new look
Tyson Hesse said he was “honoured” with task
Top Secret
Blue Sky Studios partners with Denali Publishing for mobile game based on Will Smith’s Spies in Disguise
Endless runner is arriving soon
Show Reel
Video highlights from Pocket Gamer Connects London
A look back at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 and a look ahead to 2020
Testing Times
Epic Games suing former Keywords tester for leaking Fortnite Chapter 2
Lucas Johnston worked at Keywords' Montreal office