Saga
Candy Crush Friends Saga smashes past $10 million revenue worldwide
Almost three-quarters of the game's audience is playing on Android devices
Partnership News
DENA partners with Tencent to launch mutli-billion dollar hit Arena of Valor in Japan
Will Japan prove a successful venture for the hit MOBA?
Event
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki videos now live!
Settle in for over 100 seminars from September’s record-breaking event
Hired
Top Drives developer Hutch snaps up trio of hires from Jagex, Firefly and Sega
London studio takes on a new server engineer, embedded QA tester, and brand and marketing director
Ad
Tappx hires Spanish advertising veteran José Pacheco to expand into digital TV and audio advertising
Ad tech company hopes Pacheco hire will help it grow into new digital advertising markets
Online
Old School Runescape launched on iOS to over one million installs
Apple version of the venerable MMORPG joins another million currently playing on Android
Snap
Pokemon Go revenue in October is up 67 per cent year-over-year to $73 million
AR hit has slipped since September but is still performing well over the same period last year
Draw
Hearthstone hits 100 million users as mobile revenue reportedly passes $660m
Blizzard’s Warcraft card game spinoff hits the milestone over four years after launch
Showcase
Lockwood’s Avakin Life snags Game of the Year at the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2018
Elsewhere, PlayFusion’s Mark Gerhard takes home TIGA’s Outstanding Individual Award
Seige
Castle Clash charges past worldwide revenue of over $550 million
Three quarters of the strategy game's audience is playing and paying through Google Play
Check
Tencent will soon require Chinese players to verify their identities against a police database
Publishing giant continues to try and appease a government looking to crack down on gaming addiction
Prime For Release
Pokemon Go dev Niantic goes back to its roots with Ingress Prime launch
"The beauty of having your own IP is it allows you to test the way you want, challenge gameplay and create experiences maybe we couldn't get away with stakeholders"
Shambler
The Walking Dead: March to War shutting down in January
Disruptor Beam's undead mobile strategy will be wrapping up over the next three month
Hell Breaks Loose
All hell breaks loose as Blizzard reveals Diablo Immortal mobile game
Here we go again
To Boldly Go
Scopely taps Star Trek IP for 4X strategy game Fleet Command
Set for global release on November 29th
Funding Chain
CryptoKitties creator Dapper Labs secures $15 million investment to bring blockchain to the mainstream
Blockchain company wants to bring technology into the mainstream
Partnership News
Gree partners with Chinese video sharing platform BiliBili to develop new mobile games
Also plans to explore the virtual YouTuber space
The China Effect
Newzoo's drops 2018 global games industry revenue forecast by $3 billion
Mobile dip by $8bn, PC and console forecasts lower overall decline
Stall
Madden Mobile and underperforming titles are holding back EA’s "stalled” mobile business
EA isn’t phased as it sees this year as a preparation for future handheld success
Brains
Live ops specialist DECA Games acquires Zombie Catchers from Helsinki's Two Men and a Dog
The game's original Finnish developer will move on to developing new titles
"devastating Effects"
Games4EU: “Brexit offers no notable benefits to a sector already operating on a global stage”
Industry campaign group has published a report on the impact of Brexit on UK games
Forever Franchises
Zynga bags Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and Star Wars mobile game licences
Wonka’s World of Candy match-three title set for release this week
Gains
Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot: Asia mobile segment "growing significantly"
Digital and back catalogue drive French firm's H1 18/19 financials
Up
Animoca Brands Q3 revenue rises 283 per cent year-over-year following Crazy success
The Chinese firm has also consolidated its position in blockchain through a string of investments and acquisitions
Found
Dragalia Lost is making four times the revenue per download of Fire Emblem Heroes in Japan
Nintendo’s action RPG has brought in $28 million over its first month
Event
Could you win the Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects London?
January event kicks off the international series of competitions for 2019 with prizes worth thousands of dollars
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Strike
Marvel Strike Force has earned over $55 million worldwide
To date, FoxNext’s superhero RPG has been downloaded over 13.7 million times
Winners
The 3rd International Mobile Game Awards SEA names its winners
In a high-quality competition, no single game stood out above the rest to take home Grand Prix winner
Loud
A live-action Talking Tom movie has begun production
Assassin’s Creed movie producer Jean-Julien Baronnet will help adapt the mobile app for the big screen
Global Charts
Weekly global mobile game charts: Tencent's Command & Conquer Red Alert Online rolls into China as a top grosser
Google Play and App Store rankings in the US, Great Britain and Ireland, and China for the week of October 15th to 21st
Gcap
“In 2018 one of the most punk, transgressive, brave and bad-ass thing you can do is to care about each other”
At Melbourne International Games Week, Mountains creative director Ken Wong delved into the new revolution that the industry needs
Igdc
India Game Developers Conference 2018 reveals its first wave of speakers
Five speakers from studios including Avalanche, Zynga, Geogrify and Tabtale have confirmed attendance at this year's IGDC
Toll
Google will charge phone-makers if they want to use Google Play following European Commission ruling
Following a European Commission ruling earlier this year resulting in a $5 billion fine
Trip
Alto’s Odyssey earns $1 million in its first eight months
Odyssey earned its first million faster than predecessor Alto’s Adventure
Gcap
“We shouldn't see similarity as a requirement for helping each other"
At Melbourne International Games Week, The Working Lunch director Ally McLean delved into how mentorship can better the industry
Just Do It
Nominations for Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2019 close today
Ceremony takes place on the evening of January 22nd
Event
Free expo space for indies at G-STAR
Big Indie Awards open access to free booth spaces at Korea’s leading exhibition and conference
Epic Stuff
Fortnite developer Epic Games raises $1.25 billion in funding from over half a dozen investors
Seven new investors become minority shareholders in the Fortnite and Unreal developer
Tech
Swedish games studio Bublar Group acquires VR/AR outfit Vobling for $5.5 million
Stockholm-based mixed reality developer will use the increased size to push production on next year's Hello Kitty AR project
Hit
Subway Surfers is the most downloaded game of all time on Google Play
App Annie has released a report on the most popular games of Google Play’s first 10 years
Stream
Amazon GameOn expands with Twitch-integrated Tournament organiser
The latest update to the cross-platform API lets viewers play alongside streamers
Freeze
China reportedly halts “green channel” approvals during a government restructure
Local developers and gamers are increasingly turning to Steam to remain active in the space
Looking Fresh
New look for leading mobile games website PocketGamer.com
In the bold new interface, reviews, guides, recommended lists and opinion pieces lie at the core of the editorial mix
Expansion
How the esports landscape will change in Australia and New Zealand over the coming 12 months
ESL managing director and EGAA chairman Nick Zanzetti gave a talk on the topic at the Melbourne International Games Week
Data
GameAnalytics: Fewer than 15% of games retain a third of their players after day one
Analysis firm's latest benchmarking report shows a "winner-takes-all" space
European Expansion
Hugo Games opens new match-three studio in Berlin
Headed up by ex-King technical lead Moritz Voss
Global Charts
Weekly global mobile game charts: Candy Crush Friends Saga inevitably dominates the download rankings
Google Play and App Store rankings in the US, Great Britain and Ireland, and China for the week of October 8th to 14th
Huge
Monster Strike and Puzzle & Dragons have grossed more than $7 billion each
More than five years later, Mixi’s game is still experiencing revenue growth
Hired
Hasbro and Angry Birds veterans join AR toy developer Draw & Code
Brett Page and Becky Jones take on new leadership roles at the SwapBots studio