Wild Investment
Supercell invests $1.1 million in new Stockholm-based developer Wild Games
CEO Robert Wasser tells us why he's moving from console AAA to mobile indie
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Ric Cowley
About Ric is the Editor of PocketGamer.biz, having started out as a Staff Writer on the site back in 2015. He received an honourable mention in both the MCV and Develop 30 Under 30 lists in 2016 and refuses to let anyone forget about it.
Articles by Ric Cowley
Apple Q1 2020 Financials
Apple posts record quarterly sales of $91.8 billion thanks to iPhone and wearables growth
Profits grow 11.4 per cent year-on-year for Q1 2020
From Mmo To Hypercasual
Netmarble EMEA chairman Baris Ozistek on why the publisher is turning to hypercasual
After major time-sink titles like Lineage 2 Revolution, Netmarble EMEA is looking for something smaller
Nintendo's Billion
Nintendo's mobile games have cleared $1 billion in revenue combined
Fire Emblem Heroes still leads the pack at $656 million
...what?
Atari pens deal to launch branded hotels across the US
First hotel breaking ground in Phoenix, AZ this year
Kwalee Pr Hires
Hypercasual studio Kwalee shakes up PR team with two new hires
Richard Paul and Matt Suckley join the team
Amplified River
Leo's Fortune creator opens new studio River End Games with Amplifier Game Invest
Anders Hejdenberg heads up the new developer with Karl Broström
Fogbank Closure
Report: Disney to shutter FoxNext-owned Fogbank Entertainment following Scopely acquisition
60 jobs reportedly affected by studio closure
Most Read
Hot Five: Clash of Clans has its best month ever, Bernard Kim becomes a Mobile Legend, and what we learned at PGC London 2020
The hottest stories of last week
Playful Layoffs
Playful Studios "significantly" reduces full-time staff as part of studio restructuring
Pivoting to "a more streamlined production model"
Keep Clashing
Clash of Clans had its best month for revenue ever in December 2019
Generates $158.2 million in revenues for the month
Seeing Stars
Stardew Valley clears 10 million sales in just under four years
Not bad for a mostly solo-developed indie game
Topping Out
Update: EA to shutter its mobile Tetris games as N3twork takes over license
New N3twork developed Tetris game lands on iOS and Google Play
Stillfront Buys Storm8
Stillfront Group acquires casual developer Storm8 in deal worth up to $400 million
$300 million upfront, with $100 million if financial targets are met
Environmentally Friendly
What game developers can do to help the environment
Sam Barratt, chief of education and youth at UN Environment, explains how we can help
Games For Good
How developers can start making games that make a positive impact on society
Elite Founders CEO Joakim Achren leads the panel
Hypercasual Art
How to make the right art for your hypercasual game
Rollic creative director Inci Alper gives a crash course in hypercasual art
Unique Identities
Riot Forge on how to find your own unique identity as a studio
Head of studio Leanne Loombe talks finding your own path in the development world
What Is Hypercasual?
Kwalee on what exactly makes a hypercasual game
Head of publishing Simon Prytherch on building a game for the fastest-growing genre
Good, Bad, Future
Quicksave on the good, the bad, and the future on instant gaming
CEO Elina Arponen talks download sizes, messenger bots, and a lack of market data
Instant Gaming
Facebook Gaming on optimising Instant Games design
Joy Marianowicz discusses the "super powers" Instant Games have that other platforms don't
Game Changers
Learn how hypercasual and social games are changing the industry at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
One of 15 tracks at the conference
The Indie Track
Come along for The Indie Track at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
One of 15 tracks at the event
Cocos Play
Cocos launches Cocos Play for easy integration of HTML5 game centres
Launch your own mini-game centre in whatever app you please
E3's Big Players
Microsoft confirms E3 attendance as Sony bows out for second year
What does this mean for mobile?
Phoenix Rising
Phoenix Games acquires German developer Sixteen Tons Entertainment for its growing development group
Emergency series creator joins the flock
Ua Universe
Join our UA Universe at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 next week
One of 15 tracks at the conference
Closing The Loop
Mobius Final Fantasy is being shut down after nearly five years
Western players get longer to see the end of the story
Develop:brighton Speakers
Develop:Brighton 2020 opens up to speaker submissions
Looking for talks on Apple Arcade, influencers, and more
Women In Gaming
Women in Gaming Breakfast @ PGC London returns for a second year in 2020
An informal breakfast event to help clear the hangover of the party
Acquire, Retain, Monetise
Learn all about acquiring, retaining, and monetising users at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
One of 15 tracks at the conference
Cloud Gaming
Learn all about cloud gaming, 5G, and subscriptions at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
One of 15 tracks at the event
Exit Strategy
Enter the Gungeon shoots past three million units sold
Follow-up mobile title Exit the Gungeon being ported to PC and console
Sayonara Mutazione
Simogo's Sayonara Wild Hearts steals three nominations at the Game Developers Choice Awards
Die Gute Fabrik's Mutazione nabs four noms in the Independent Games Festival awards
Awesome Games Do Good
Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 raises $3.1 million for Prevent Cancer Foundation
Super Cat Tales the only mobile game showcased at the event
Hot Five
Hot Five: Miniclip buys Ilyon, Nifty Games goes on recruiting spree, and how Riot avoided backlash from going mobile
The hottest stories of last week
Bytedance Levels Up
TikTok owner ByteDance picks up Beijing AI developer LevelupAI
Expanding its games portfolio even further
Better Mental Health
China to crack down further on violence in games to improve children's mental health
Healthy China 2030 plan backed by 12 government departments
A Few More Knights
South Korean dev Npixel raises $25.9 million in series A funding
Reportedly the largest series A round ever for a South Korean game dev
Interactive Futures
Interactive Futures 2020 confirms Brenda and John Romero as headline speakers
Two-day conference taking place in Leamington Spa on January 31st-February 1st
The Whole Package
Classic UK games celebrated by Royal Mail with new line of stamps
Influential UK-designed games from the '80s and '90s featured
Pgc London Editors Picks
PGC London 2020: Our editor's top picks on what to do at the conference
Take in some talks and have a drink (or two)
Hot Five
Hot Five: Look back on 2019 and looking forward to the games of 2020
The hottest stories of last week
Read 5 Now
Hot Five: Brawl Stars revenues, Devil May Cry on mobile, and Playrix's stellar 2019
The hottest stories
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Arcane Circus’s Molly Heady-Carroll on the accessibility of the mobile market and finding the balance in life
"Defining what you want and don’t want is vital to creating a clear plan for yourself to reaching your goals. This definition can be surprisingly different for each person"
Pocket Rumble
Sony unveils Xperia XZ2 phone with built-in rumble and 4K HDR filming
4GB of RAM and 64GB internal storage and oh so much more
Arcore In The Wild
Google launches its augmented reality SDK ARCore on Android
Available now on 13 different devices
New Nokia Phones
HMD Global unveils five new Nokia phones including relaunched 8810 feature phone
Four new smartphones for high-end, mid-range and low-end devices
Most Read
Mobile PUBG games are killing it, Small Giant raises $41 million, and the irony of Supercell's financials
The hottest articles of last week
Most Wanted
Our top 10 most anticipated mobile games: from Assassin's Creed: Rebellion and Exiles of Embermark to The Sims Mobile and Brawl Stars
The biggest games we can't wait to play