Astronomical
Update: Fortnite's Astronomical Travis Scott concert gathers 27.7 million unique players
12.3 million concurrents on the first day, the largest number of concurrent users in the game's history
A Little Help
Bethesda donates $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts
Shared between Direct Relief, UNICEF, and local communities
Big Indie Pitch
Show us your indie games in the new monthly Digital Big Indie Pitches
Following the success of the online Big Indie Pitch during Pocket Gamer Connects Digital, we're inviting you to even more digital pitch sessions
Rovio Financials Q1 Fy20
Rovio profits soar to $14 million as UA spending is cut by almost half
Angry Birds 2 sees a very small increase in bookings despite the lack of UA
Charity Work
War Child UK appoints David Miller as its new head of gaming partnerships
He has over 20 years expereince in games
Network With Speed
Network with top publishers and indie developers at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2. Sign up now!
The Publisher SpeedMatch session returns at June’s online-only B2B games conference
10 Years On
Four million downloads makes Doodle Jump the best selling iPhone game ever
And an iPad version is on the way
Acquisition
Tencent acquires majority share of Huya
It owns at least 50.1 per cent
Team Up
Zynga teams up with Amazon for free in-game content for Prime members
Starting with Words with Friends
Money Money Money
European mobile app market revenues will reach $20.8 billion in 2022
Drop of $3 billion from previous expectations
All Aboard
Sybo Games soft-launches new endless runner Train Riders
Available in Belgium, Netherlands, Canada and the Philippines
Bananas For Everyone
Update: Gameloft's Minion Rush dashes closer to one billion downloads worldwide
"It's insane when you think about it."
"more Successful Than Ever"
Wooga founder and CEO Jens Begemann departs after 11 years
Former Google head of games Nai Chang will takeover position in June
Most Read
Hot Five: Danganronpa coming to mobile, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp downloads skyrocket, and Brawl Stars launches in China in June
The hottest articles of last week
This Week In China
This Week In China: Princess Connect! Re:Dive and Revelation see huge numbers for beta tests
The biggest stories straight from Beijing
Find Your Funding
Find funding for your games and projects at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 - sign up now to meet top investors
Our ever-popular matchmaking event Investor Connector makes a return at June’s online-only B2B games conference
Round The Track
Nexon's KartRider Rush+ races through three million pre-registrations in one week
Due to launch in Q2 2020
Helping Hand
Playrix is giving its staff a $650 one-off payment to help alleviate coronavirus stress
“We hope this money will help relieve some of the stress everyone is now coping with"
So Much Money
Transcend Fund raises $50 million for games companies
Firm wants to write cheques between $200,000 and $2 million
Setting Up Shop
Riot Games opens new studio in Singapore
Headed up by Nathan Beemer, who also established the company's Hong Kong outfit
Tilting Bear
Tilting Point signs multi-year publishing deal with GameBear for Nova Empire: Space Commander
China-based developer has generated $25 million from its game since late 2017
Candy Land
Stillfront Group acquires BitLife developer Candywriter for $74 million
Total deal worth up to $195 million including earn-out bonuses
Incredible Indies
Perfect for indies: FREE opportunities for independent developers at Pocket Gamer’s next online conference
Fantastic opportunities await indie developers at June’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2, our online-only conference, enabling them to connect with the global industry
Money Money Money
My.Games revenues rose 13.4 per cent in Q1 2020
Mobile made up 66 per cent of games revenue
Helping Charity
Scopely is making donations to charity No Kid Hungry with Scrabble Go
Share-athon is running until April 30th
Digital Talking Heads
Wargaming, Square Enix, THQ Nordic, The Pokémon Company and Wizards of the Coast all confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Our expert speaker lineup for our second digital conference begins to take shape - who will you learn from this June?
Lay Offs
AR firm Magic Leap lays off staff at "every level"
"I have determined this is ultimately necessary to give us the best chance for future success"
Good Start
Hello Neighbor TV pilot has nearly 11 million views
"An animated series was the next logical step after books and games"
Everyone Loves A Comeback
Google Stadia mobile app surpasses one million installs in five months
50 per cent increase over launch week
Record Sales Smashed
Animal Crossing: New Horizons sells more digitally in one month than any other console game ever
SuperData states that New Horizons is the best selling game in history digitally
Super Effective
SuperData: Pokemon GO revenue evolved by 18% to $111 million in March 2020
Honor of Kings tops mobile digital sales
Android Only
Educational game streaming service Hatch Kids launches in UK and Ireland
Also available in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway
Investment
Finnish studio Reworks raises $4.3 million led by EQT Ventures
Launches home design game Redecor
Experience The Magic
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery players conjure up 35 billion minutes of gameplay
An outfit design contest begins April 25th
Breaking Records
Nintendo Switch doubled its Q1 sales year-on-year in March 2020
Best Q1 hardware sales for 10 years
Earth Day 2020
Solitaire Grand Harvest launches environmentally-friendly activities for Earth Day 2020
"We want to ensure that, even under lockdown, the 50th Earth Day inspires more people than ever before"
All In The Wrist
Sony is developing a live action One Punch Man movie
It will be penned by Venom writers
Staying Safe
Unity isn't attending physical events for 2020
Firm's own Unite show goes digital-only
Strong Team
Jagex hires three new executive producers to grow RuneScape and other unannounced games
Jesse America, Mario Rizzo and Jendrik Posche
Doubled Revenue
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp downloads have risen by nearly 800% since New Horizons' launch
An estimated 42.3 million downloads to date
Bellionaires
Animal Crossing: New Horizons achieves third-best US launch ever for a Nintendo game
Best-selling entry in series to date
Under The Sea
NASA launches ocean research game dedicated to mapping coral reefs globally
Aiming to help preserve these environments and better understand threatened ecosystems
Digital Conference
What hot topics will you be talking about at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2?
Revealed: ten tracks covering essential games industry insight, from indie development skills to esports, coming your way in June
18 Months After Launch
Epic Games begrudgingly rolls out Fortnite on Google Play
"We hope that Google will revise its policies"
Party Bullet
Spike Chunsoft celebrating Danganronpa's 10th anniversary with mobile ports and Identity V crossover
New site launched for the celebrations
New Feature
GameRefinery adds new ad monetisation tracking feature
Users can see in-app monetisation trends
Rise Of The Bots
The shortage in Switch consoles can partly be blamed on bots
Nintendo wants to increase production by 10 per cent
Sharp Drop
Kickstarter experiences a 35% drop in live projects
"We must look more broadly at ways to restructure the business including potential layoffs"
For Charity
Games Done Quick raises $400k for coronavirus relief
Replaced summer 2020 show, all proceeds being donated to Direct Relief
Adjust Report
Mobile game downloads have shot up by 75% in Q1 2020 due to Covid-19 impact
132% rise in installs over the last week in March 2020