Play
A win for accessibility: Google Stadia will support the Xbox Adaptive Controller
Google's open approach to input opens the door for less able-bodied gamers
Jobs
Two dozen new jobs open as Google ramps up Stadia development
Tech giant launches hiring spree across Canada, Germany, Taiwan and Japan
Show Time
It’s Show Time at Apple as it prepares to launch games subscription service
Could be announced tonight or later this year
East Meets West
East Meets West: Pocket Gamer Connects heads to Hong Kong, and Tencent's games make $19bn
Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market
Hot Five
WeChat Mini Games opens up, NetEase's new mobile shooter, and Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle makes $1.6bn
The hottest stories in the mobile games industry from the last week
Gdc Roundup
GDC 2019: All the top news in one place
We chart the breaking news and big interviews from each day at the world's biggest games developer show
Xbox Live
GDC 2019: 4.28 billion game hours played over Xbox Live across platforms every month
64 million monthly active users
That’s Walmart Price
Report: Walmart interested in games streaming service
Firm has been speaking with developers at GDC
Downloads
Nexon’s empire-builder DomiNations hits 50 million downloads
Mobile strategy hits the major milestone just in time for its fourth anniversary
Royale
Mobile was monumental in earning Tencent $19 billion in games revenue
Mobile success offset a decline in PC games revenue
Dead-ication
NetEase’s LifeAfter passes $125 million in revenue
97 per cent of revenue originated from China
Hole In One
GDC 2019: FoxNext Games picks up Big Indie Pitch winner What The Golf?
For people that hate golf
Slang And All
GDC 2019: Clinc unveils voice AI that is designed to understand natural language in games
Will it recognise Yorkshire though?
Rolling Out
GDC 2019: Facebook updates mobile app to include dedicated games tab
Social application looking to take games more seriously
For England
Bidalgo expands into UK with new London office
Former managing director of mobile ad tech company YOC Oliver Gold heads up branch
Special Offer
Dates and venue revealed for Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong
International games industry conference lands in Asia, July 17-18. Super Early Birds save up to $450
Netflix For Games
GDC 2019: Cloud games subscriptions will be worth $1.5 billion by 2023
Data provided by IHS Markit
Location
Irish AR developer WarDucks raises $3.75 million
Veteran-backed studio raises funds to expand and increase development efforts
Shoot
GDC 2019: NetEase takes on Call of Duty Mobile with new shooter Disorder
Disorder to go head-to-head with Tencent-partnered Call of Duty Mobile in China
New Tech
GDC 2019: Denuvo launches anti-cheat solution for games and esports
"It’s time to level the playing field"
You Spin Me Round
GDC 2019: Mobile performance platform HeadSpin partners with NetEase
Zynga, Jam City and Bandai Namco all signup to the platform
Hot Stuff
GDC 2019: Firelight Technologies releases FMOD Studio 2.0
“The release of 2.0 is a major milestone in our journey of innovation as we strive to create the definitive solution for adaptive audio“
Special Offer
Save up to $250 on tickets to Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle
Early Bird offer ends next Thursday. What are you waiting for?
Awards Season
GDC 2019: Florence takes Best Mobile Game at GDC Awards
Storytelling title took home Best Debut too
And The Winner Is
GDC 2019: International Mobile Gaming Awards winners revealed
Florence takes Grand Prix award plus two other
Investment
GDC 2019: Games for Change launches accelerator program aimed at games and XR industry
Partnering with i(x) investments and Quake Capital to establish program
Welcome Explorers
GDC 2019: Tencent’s WeChat opens doors for developers to create games on the platform
Mini Games program boasts 400 million monthly active users
Developer Tools
GDC 2019: ARM launches Android analysis tools via ARM Mobile Studio
Studio’s starter edition is available to download for free now
Report
Mobile gaming brought in 20 per cent more revenue than PC and console in 2018
"That’s what happens when technology improves and mobile becomes ubiquitous"
Fight
Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle passes $1.6 billion during its best month ever
Dokkan Battle beats its previous record by hitting $78.6 million in one month
Unreal Deal
GDC 2019: Epic offers Online Services powering Fortnite to all developers for free
Available for developers working on any platform, store or engine
Another Zelda
GDC 2019: Nindies Showcase reveals Cuphead, Blaster Master sequel and Zelda spinoff
New Double Fine game Rad given spotlight too
Epic Investment
GDC 2019: Epic launches $100 million MegaGrants funding initiative for creators
$5,000 to $500,000 available for successful applicants
Speed
GDC 2019: Google advises a 25 megabit internet connection for Stadia
Phil Harrison also revealed that the Stadia system will adjust its output based on your bandwidth.
Three Colours
GDC 2019: Google’s new Stadia controller connects directly over wifi
“The data centre is your platform”
Music Musings
GDC 2019: Music is going to be more important as mobile games get more immersive, Laced and Cord chief says
"Over the next few years, with how mobile gaming is going, music is should and will be a big part of it. That's definitely something we're approaching about"
Flap
GDC 2019: Angry Birds’ first AR outing is hitting Apple devices later this Spring
Angry Birds: Isle of Pigs will also hit two more VR platforms in the immediate future
Influential
GDC 2019: YouTube head of gaming Ryan Wyatt and YouTuber MatPat discusses Google Stadia creator experience
YouTube's Ryan Wyatt and YouTuber MatPat took to the stage during Google's GDC reveal
Big And Small
GDC 2019: Google launches new first-party studio Stadia Games and Entertainment
Headed up by former Ubisoft and EA executive Jade Raymond
Financial
Team17 wraps up 2018 record revenue and profit results
Worms wranglers turned indie publisher posts year-end revenue of $57.38 million
Gather Around
GDC 2019: Google reveals cloud streaming platform Stadia
Ubisoft, ID Software and Unity all partner with the firm.
Board
25 years of the IGDA brings about new board members
"Our new board of directors will carry that mission forward as we expand on 25 years serving game developers around the globe"
Education
GDC 2019: Danny Bilson named new director of USC Games program
Succeeds award-winning game designer Tracy Fullerton who oversaw the program from 2014 to 2018
Grab Your Ray Gun
GDC 2019: Magic Leap teams with Weta on new AR multiplayer experience
Grordbattle was revealed during Unity’s keynote
Cloud Tech
GDC 2019: Unity partners with Tencent to help bring more developers games to China
The service will become accessible later this year.
Layoffs
5th Planet Games shuts down Nottingham studio
14 employees laid off in studio closure
Unity Foundation
GDC 2019: Unity AR Foundation ties together ARKit and ARCore development
Creators can target both SDKs through one framework
Acquisition News
GDC 2019: Unity acquires texture streaming tools firm Graphine
Company develops Granite toolset
Call Of Duty
GDC 2019: Activision partners with Tencent for Call of Duty Mobile set for release in Western markets
Pre-registrations open on Google Play
We Hungry
Limited time Fast and Furious event cruising to CSR Racing 2
Iconic cars from the series debut this month