Hello La
Goodbye Kansas Studios opens new Los Angeles office led by former DICE staff
Fredrik Löving and Tobias Dahl head up the new operation
The Search Is On
Aardvark Swift and Grads in Games launch 2018 edition of student dev competition Search for a Star
Prove yourself, get an interview for a job or placement
Blizzard Arena
Blizzard opens dedicated eSports arena in Los Angeles to host its own Hearthstone tournaments
Bring the viewers in, sell them merch on the way out
Amazon's Next Top Hq
Amazon begins public search for city to host its planned $5 billion second headquarters
Promises to bring 50,000 jobs to the city
Switch Noire
Rockstar Games tests the Nintendo Switch waters with an L.A. Noire port
Not the most obvious choice for a port
Pokemon Long Way To Go
Pokemon CEO claims it has only accomplished 10% of what it wants to do with Pokemon GO
Tsunekazu Ishihara talks design philosophies and Switch releases
Mumjam 2017
Rovio reveals first ever MumJam to take place November 11th-12th
Designed to bring mothers into the games industry, but all are welcome
Nfts Scotland
National Film and Television School to open new location in Scotland in January 2018
It offers game design courses too
Party On
Two conferences, one trip: visit 4C straight after Pocket Gamer Connects
Russia's Wargaming-backed event promises first-class talks just a short hop from Helsinki
That's The Spirit
Middleware firm Spirit AI hires Peter Alau as its new Business Development Manager
First hire the company has made in San Francisco
Who Thinks Of This
Jump from a plane and pitch to investors at Slush's Skydive Pitching event in San Francisco
Can you sell your idea and remember to deploy your parachute?
App Annie Hires
App Annie shuffles senior management with new President and Chief Financial Officer
CRO Ted Krantz gets promoted, Sujain Jain joins
Ahead Of The Pack
Hutch's car-focused CCG Top Drives races past one million downloads in its first week
Tops downloads charts for Racing and Card genres
Imga Sea Finalists
International Mobile Games Awards unveils nominees for second SEA competition
Public Choice awards open for voting
Marketplace Millions
Minecraft Marketplace creators have generated over $1 million in revenue since June 2017
Microsoft still looking to expand its creator roster
A Wonderful Partnership
Steel Media and G-STAR celebrate successful Gamescom and look ahead to next Big Indie Pitch
The Pocket Gamer company continues its partnership with South Korea’s flagship game show G-STAR
Switch Boost
Nintendo Switch surpasses 1.5 million units sold in Japan thanks to boost from Splatoon 2
500,000 units sold in the region since its last financials
All 4 One
All 4 Games spins off from Channel 4 into independent mobile game publishing label
Business as usual, but with more creative control
To The Moon
Gamee partners with NASA for Voyager game following successful Mars Rover title
Previous game had over 50 million plays
On The Warpath
Wargaming Mobile acquires Copenhagen-based casual mobile game developer Hapti.co
Former Square Enix studio rebranded as Wargaming Copenhagen
A Growing Business
Swedish games industry generated revenues of $1.7 billion in 2016
Swedish Game Developer Index spills the beans
Rovio Ipo
Rovio officially unveils plans for an IPO on Nasdaq Helsinki
The rumours were true
Romanian Return
Dev.Play 2017 kicks off in Bucharest next week
And PocketGamer.biz readers get 20% off all tickets to the popular Eastern Europe games conference
Free Bus To Pgc Helsinki
Developers in Finland: sign up for your free bus to PG Connects Helsinki now!
And there’s 30% off tickets to the 19-20 September games conference available to all IGDA Finland members
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Cut the Rope and Angry Birds make a sudden return
Rankings from August 21st to August 27th 2017
Casual Sale
Animoca Brands sells 13 of its casual games to Maple Media for up to $2.9 million
TicBits gets its non-core components sold on
Seeing What Sticks
Glu Mobile licenses Deer Hunter for console game developed by GameMill
First time the developer has explored outside of mobile
Social King
King enters social casino space with soft-launched game Royal House Slots
Partnership with PlayStudios kicks off
Mix It Up
Microsoft’s Mixer Create mobile app lets players stream games from their phones
Co-streaming also available across PC and console
Job News
Oculus hires new Chief Marketing Officer
Rebecca Van Dyck steps in after Liz Hamren's departure to Microsoft
Women In Games
Nominees revealed for inaugral Women in Games Mobile Awards to be held on September 6th
A Normal Lost Phone and South Park Phone Destroyer among the nominated
Keywords Board
Keywords Studios appoints two new Non-Executive Directors to its board
Charlotta Ginman and Georges Fornay join the team
Humble Promotion
Jam City promotes former EA exec Rod Humble to CEO of TinyCo
Suleman Ali leaves, Matt Gaiser takes over San Francisco office
Money Truck
Indian developer Nukebox Studios generates $500k revenue in 45 days from new game Food Truck Chef
Title secures three million downloads in just 10 days
Tech Update
GameMaker Studio 2 launches on MacOS
Includes same features as PC build
Rock On
Hard Rock partners with Israeli developer for match-3 mobile game
Hard Rock Puzzle Match out now on the App Store and Google Play
Pitches, Prizes, Professionals
The Very Big Indie Pitch returns to Helsinki for Pocket Gamer Connects
The Very Big Indie Pitch is back once again!
Gree Global
GREE partners with Crunchyroll and Sumitomo to globally distribute games based on Japanese anime
Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Memoria Freese goes first
Match Me
Angry Birds Match launches worldwide after nine months in soft launch
Making use of The Angry Birds Movie characters
Pc Connects
Remedy, Housemarque and Bossa head up PC Connects Helsinki 2017
Event takes place on September 19th to 20th in, you guessed it, Helsinki
Esports Royale
$1 million Clash Royale Crown Championship attracts more than 27 million participants
Supercell's big competition attracts a big audience
Indie Festival
Google names 20 finalists for Indie Games Festival in San Francisco
Free event open to the public
Stack 'em Up
PlayStack snaps up former Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Creative Director
Another senior hire for the UK publisher
In Heaven
Influencer marketing firm Matchmade scores $1.73 million in funding to grow business
Global Founders Capital, London Venture Capital, and Reaktor Ventures all chip in
Core Blimey
Google faces off against Apple's ARKit with ARCore for Android
Aims to target over 100 million devices by the end of its preview period
Feline Fine
ZeptoLab's C.A.T.S. smashes 60 million downloads in four months
Three trillion cars destroyed so far
The Dead Walk
The Walking Dead shuffle into real life with new location-based AR mobile title from Next Games
Launch date to be announced later this year
Welcome Stats
Glu Mobile’s Design Home welcomes one million daily active users
Revenues remain strong in new flagship game for publisher
Investment News
360-degree VR eSports platform Sliver.tv secures $9.8 million funding round
Total investment in company now stands at $17.5 million
Tekken Mobile
Bandai Namco unleashes Tekken on mobile
Title soft-launched in Canada for iOS and Android