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
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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
Circle Complete
Hyper-idle dev Fumb Games adds Paul West as new CEO
London developer scaling up
Cutting Edge
Razer applies for a digital bank license in Singapore
It will hold 60 per cent of the new bank
Rake In The Lake
Untitled Goose Game scares up over one million sales
Just three months after launching on Switch
Big Money
Xiaomi looking to invest $7 billion in AI, 5G and internet technologies in the next five years
It previously promised to invest $1.43 billion
Friend Or Foe
Apple agrees new multi-year deal with Imagination Technologies to utilise IP
The new multi-use license agreement replaces the former, which was announced in February 2014
Christmas Cheer
Mobile games spending reached $210 million this Christmas, increasing by 8% year-on-year
76 per cent of all revenue across the mobile platform
Acquisition
Team17 snaps up Yippee Entertainment for $1.85 million
"Yippee allows us to accelerate our recruitment plans in the North West"
Hmmm
CD Projekt and The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski settle differences
Polish games company retains IP for games
Cut Losses
Nexon sells off mobile developer Gloops for one Japanese yen
Japanese studio was purchased for approximately $470 million in 2012
It's A Wonderful Supercell
PocketGamer.biz's most read articles of the decade (if Supercell didn't exist)
A look back on the last decade (if Supercell didn't exist)
A Decade Of Content
PocketGamer.biz's most read articles of the last decade
The hottest stories of the entire decade
Pgc London
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Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays from the PGBiz team!
And a happy new year for 2020
Pgc London
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Into The Unown
Two new Pokemon games launch exclusively on Facebook Instant Games
Pokemon Tower Battle and Pokemon Medallion Battle are available to play on the platform now
Loot Boxes
Royal Society for Public Health urges new UK Government to legislate loot boxes as gambling
"As with any public health issue, this is one that requires a combination of measures focusing on both education and regulation"
G-star 2019 Record
G-STAR reveals 2019 success: over 240,000 visitors attend the South Korean games event
Record attendance at B2B conference G-CON to boot
The Growth Track
Learn how to grow your mobile games at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
One of 15 excellent tracks at the upcoming event
Rising And Rising
Star Wars mobile games force their way to $1 billion in revenue
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes from EA tops the group at $924 million
Whirlwind Acquisition
Google Stadia acquires indie developer Typhoon Studios
"It will really give us a head start in making the system-defining games everyone is waiting for..."
Fuelled For Success?
Gameloft puts the pedal to the metal with new racer Overdrive City
Asphalt with city-building?
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Words With Hackers
Over 170 million passwords stolen in Zynga breach
"Cyber-attacks are one of the unfortunate realities of doing business today"
Little Acquisition
Embracer Group acquires Little Nightmares dev Tarsier Studios
"Together with Tarsier, we want to invest in developing new projects, in the same manner they have done successfully in the past"
Money Grows On Trees
Gardenscapes grows to $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue
213 million downloads accumulated since August 2016
Supporting The Best
Amber, Lockwood, Recontact, and Rogue confirmed as Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards category sponsors
The third edition of swanky annual industry event returns on January 21st evening
Discount Ends
Save up to $175 on Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 - deadline EXTENDED
Mid-Term prices for January’s two-day B2B conference end at 10am this Sunday!
Racking Up The Views
The Game Awards 2019 draws in over 45 million viewers
Concurrent views peak at 7.5 million
Kicked Out
NetEase to remove Arsenal football star from PES 2020 in China
Player made comments to social media regarding the treatment of Uighur Muslims in the country
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Making Moves
Facebook acquires cloud gaming service PlayGiga for $78 million
"We are continuing our work in cloud gaming, now with a new mission"
Acquisition
N3twork picks up NBCUniversal's abandoned match-three puzzler Funko Pop Blitz
"N3twork’s expertise in creating moments through events that excite fans is a perfect match with Funko"
Friends With Benefits
Niantic unveils major Pokemon GO update with new Buddy Adventure mode
Battle, feed, and play to level up friendship and unlock bonus perks
Top Honours
Global Game Jam executive director Kate Edwards to be awarded the GDCA's Ambassador Award
She has been a continued speaker and mentor at global events
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Join The Monolith
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild developer looking to expand staff for sequel
Monolith Soft has been ramping up since the year's start
Testing Testing
Activision Blizzard unveils "King's Council" group to test mobile ads
Specialist players sought out depending on their playtime and engagement factor
A Long Time Ago
Disney Magic Kingdoms calls on the force with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker update
"It is a dream to welcome Star Wars to Disney Magic Kingdoms"