February 2020 Downloads
Voodoo saw the most downloads of any mobile game company worldwide in February 2020
Sensor Tower reveals its monthly download ranks
"mixed Emotions"
More red flags for E3 2020 as creative director Iam8bit resigns
No reason was given for the departure
Finger Lickin' What
Update: Tencent's Arena of Valor lets players unlock KFC's Colonel Sanders via meal loot drop in Taiwan
40 per cent chance to unlock with $10 meal
Need A Chat?
GameOn Technology raises $10.5 million for its ChatOS platform
It was led by Quest Ventures' Andrew Ogawa
Event Disruption
Epic cancels Unreal Fest Europe 2020 over coronavirus concerns
Was due to take place in Prague
Milestone
MAG Interactive's Word Domination reaches 10 million downloads
It launched in May 2018
Esports Growth
Esports Players League receives $1 million in funding
Led by VC 500 Startups
Dropping Numbers
Improbable saw operating losses rise by 65 per cent in 2019
Revenue hit $1.5m but cost of sales came in at $20.6m
Words With Lawyers
Zynga struck with lawsuit regarding Words with Friends data breach
Estimated 173 million usernames and passwords hacked
Still Conquering
Five years on, Big Huge Games’ DomiNations generates $200 million
Mobile RTS rolling on
Growing And Growing
Playrix acquires Armenian casual games studio Plexonic
Studio has been renamed Playrix Armenia
Kwalee Hire
Kwalee hires ex-Outfit7 ads director Dilpesh Parmar as new head of ad monetisation
"This is such an exciting time to be working in the gaming space"
Match-three Puzzler
Zynga partners with Portkey Games and Warner Bros. for Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells
Soft-launched in the Philippines
Beach View
Google Stadia recruits former Sony Santa Monica studio head Shannon Studstill to lead new Playa Vista studio
"So excited to build and support a new team of creatives"
Still Happening
Update: E3 is still taking place despite LA declaring a state of emergency
ESA is keeping an eye on the situation
New Behaviour
Behaviour Interactive names former Microsoft director David Reid as chief marketing officer
"The company has a tremendous pedigree built on decades of success"
Massive Savings
Just one week left to save up to $275 on Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2020
Early Bird prices for May’s two-day B2B games industry are set to end at midnight next Thursday
Brains?
Call of Duty: Mobile is losing its Zombies mode
It leaves on March 25th
New Style
Nintendo teams up with Levi's for Mario clothing and accessory range
No launch date yet
Phoenix Firefly
Phoenix Games acquires live-ops specialist Studio Firefly
It's the third acquisition
Further Cancellations
Games First London 2020 and Google I/O cancelled due to coronavirus concerns
Refunds will be issued
Tilting Timelines
Tilting Point acquires Star Trek Timelines from Disruptor Beam
Forms new studio Wicked Realm Games to run it
Flavourworks Funding
Flavourworks raises $4.5 million to further develop its Touch Video technology
Series A round led by Hiro Capital
Interested?
PlatinumGames' The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter campaign was about "gauging interest"
Nothing to do with money
Gismart Ft 1000
Gismart ranked fastest-growing games company in Europe by FT 1000
Places sixth overall on the list
Project: Ban Pan
PUBG Mobile's Project: Ban Pan gets beefed up with two new initiatives
Behind-the-game video and Death Replays will help combat cheating
Potato Play Funding
Singapore-based mobile games publisher Potato Play raises $500,000 to expand operations
Play Ventures stumps up the cash
Give It Up
Zordix acquires Hungarian mobile developer Invictus Games
100 per cent of shares purchased by Sweden studio
International Women's Week
Big Fish Games to feature influential women from history via Gummy Drop
Inspired by Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls book
Neo Cab Nod
Sayonara Wild Hearts nabs two BAFTA 2020 nominations
Awards take place on April 2nd at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London
Coming To Asia
Curve Digital partners with H2 Interactive to bring some of its Switch games to Asia
Publishing deal extends to South Korea and Hong Kong
Super Powered
Netmarble teams up with Marvel for Marvel Future Revolution
First Marvel open-world RPG on mobile
Home Run
Glu soft-launches MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2020 in Canada
Franchise reaches 40 million downloads
Lacking Indies
Developers and publishers are avoiding Stadia because Google isn't offering a big enough incentive
A lack of money and industry commitment
Game Of The Year
BAFTA reveals nominees for EE Mobile Game of the Year Award 2020
Winner to be announced on April 2nd
Gca Goes Ahead
Game Connection America 2020 will still go ahead
Offering support to Chinese companies who can't attend
Gdc Relief Efforts
Games industry joins together for GDC relief efforts and alternative conferences
From Gamedev.world to #notGDC
Share Your Expertise
Speak at the seventh Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki this September
You could join the illustrious speaker roster at the two-day B2B games industry conference in the Finnish capital
Most Read
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The hottest articles of last week
Pause
GDC 2020 "postponed"
A GDC event will be hosted later in the summer
Starting Up
End Game Interactive raises $3 million seed funding from Makers Fund and Supercell
Working on auto-battler Fate Arena
Backing Out
Update: Wooga and IronSource become latest companies to skip GDC due to coronavirus
"Ultimately our highest priority is the health"
"questionable Methodology"
Epic Games disputes SuperData Fortnite performance numbers
"SuperData's reports do not align with reality."
Partnership Paramount
NetEase profit grows by 15% to $4.53 billion for 2019
Revenue also increased by 14 per cent year-over-year
Dig It
Plants vs. Zombies 3 rises from the dead in new soft launch trailer
Ireland, Romania and the Philippines can download now
No Go
Epic and Microsoft join Unity, EA, Facebook and Sony in withdrawing from GDC 2020
Annual games conference loses more key companies
Studio Closure
Swedish mobile games developer Strange Quest is shutting down
Almost three years since opening
Mix It Up
PlatinumGames wants to explore console live ops games with new Tokyo studio
Studio head Atsushi Inaba explains all
How Fun
New studio FunCraft raises $1.8 million in funding
Headed by industry veterans
Join The Battle
Shadowgun War Games shoots past one million downloads
Hit milestone in just two weeks