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Pokémon Café Mix generates 2.9 million downloads in first month, tops $1 million revenue
Pokémon Smile accumulates over half a million installs
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Matthew Forde
About Matthew Forde is the deputy editor at PocketGamer.biz and also a member of the Pocket Gamer Podcast. You can find him on Twitter @MattForde64 talking about stats, data and everything pop culture related - particularly superheroes.
Articles by Matthew Forde
Into The Unknown
Making Of: Glu SVP Mike Olsen on tackling the RPG genre with Disney Sorcerer's Arena
"The player community is critically important to the ongoing development and success"
Question Time
Teatime Games CEO Thor Fridriksson candidly reflects on the failures of QuizUp and Plain Vanilla
"We put a lot of our eggs into one basket and then that basket was squashed"
Bringing Back The Dodo
Indie Spotlight: How Moving Pieces pitched Dodo Peak for Apple Arcade
"I think what's really exciting about mobile games right now is that the line is blurring between mobile gaming and games in general"
Worlds Collide
Ludia soft-launches Disney Wonderful Worlds
Available to download across Indonesia and the Philippines
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: How studying Creative Advertising inadvertently lead to Joy Marianowicz joining Facebook Gaming
"The course mainly helped me realise that looking at data and coming up with a concrete plan was much more my strength"
Most Read
Hot Five: Epic hands out MegaGrants, Konami partners with Shenqu on Castlevania, and how does Battle Legion monetise?
The hottest articles of last week
Takin' Care Of Business
Mobile games jobs weekly: Jeff Karp moves to EA, Andrée Cossette leaves Ubisoft, and board directors galore
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
#blacklivesmatter
POC in Mobile: Konsole Kingz founder Cj Peters on the need for more representation in games
"Companies big and small need to proactively seek out the diverse talent they desire to have."
Jiminy Cricket
Why Ludia CEO Alex Thabet believes Disney Wonderful Worlds is different from other match-three puzzlers
"Ludia worked closely with Disney in order to bring players a one-of-a-kind gaming experience"
Mover Over Marvin
Lab Cave partners with Sunnyside Studios to develop Groovy The Martian games
"We have been exploring making games featuring our characters and Lab Cave feels like the right partner"
18,000 Users
Nekki makes open beta animation software Cascadeur free for commercial use
"I'm convinced physics-assisted animation tools will soon be an expected standard."
Eeveelution
Live and Kicking: Four years after launching, Niantic is already planning for Pokémon GO Fest 2030
Niantic senior game designer Matt Ein discusses the mobile giant's four-year anniversary
Big Indie Pitch Winner
Indie Spotlight: Why Mousetrap Games CEO Edward Mężyk believes indies have no boundaries
"I think that without brave indie studios, mobile gaming would be boring"
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: Why internships are important according to Sega associate production manager Jasmin Hernandez
"It wasn’t until I was in college that working in these industries even seemed like an option"
The Iap Inspector
How does Battle Legion monetise?
Does Traplight's new strategy title fight fair or are its tactics medieval?
Takin' Care Of Business
Mobile games jobs weekly: MTG CEO steps down after 26 years, Ubisoft dismisses PR director
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
#blacklivesmatter
POC in Mobile: Peak's Shaneka Jeffrey on her journey to being a QA manager
"Just go for it, don’t doubt yourself and make your voice heard"
Five-year Anniversary
Live and Kicking: How Animal Jam inspired players to become veterinarians, biologists, and researchers
"Average daily playtime is over 60 minutes and we’re seeing millions more lines of chat per day"
Legend Of The Skyfish 2
Indie Spotlight: Crescent Moon Games founder Josh Presseisen on pitching to Apple Arcade as a publisher
"I think premium has really died for most developers over the past few years"
Crash Grab?
Opinion: Crash Bandicoot: On the Run needs to not only look good, but feel good
Can King transition the loveable marsupial over to mobile right?
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: How Hollywood helped Resolution Games' Clint Siu become a game artist
"Definitely build up a solid traditional art foundation"
You Have My Download
NetEase soft-launches The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War
"First regional beta test" available in Australia and the Philippines
Most Read
Hot Five: Sonic games slowing down, NetEase soft-launches Marvel Duel, and Nifty Games makes camp in Chicago
The hottest articles of last week
Takin' Care Of Business
Mobile games jobs weekly: Reggie joins Rogue Games, Tilting Point acquires assets, and Bad Robot appoints Anna Sweet as CEO
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
Cell-ing Well
Making Of: Evil Empire CEO Steve Filby on the ongoing success of Dead Cells
"I’d say that we’ve got a few years left in the game"
Royale Flush
Trivia Royale scores over three million downloads in less than a month
"We were honestly blown away by the reception"
Over $114 Million
Live and Kicking: How Elvenar players amassed more than 43,186 years of playtime
InnoGames' studio director Christian Reshöft and senior product manager Nino Protic speak on the title's five-year legacy
Doomsday Preppers
Indie Spotlight: Flightless' John O'Reilly and Greg Harding on building Doomsday Vault from the "ground up" for Apple Arcade
"Getting to where we are now has been a long path with many ups and downs"
Rofl
Disney Emoji Blitz lines up $100 million in revenue as it celebrates fourth anniversary
Match-three puzzler has accumulated over 25 million installs
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: Why Gismart's level designer Aleksandra Turabova believes "practice is better than theory"
"There were companies I worked for where I was the only female in the game development team"
Building Blocks
LEGO partners with Monument Valley developer Ustwo for LEGO Super Mario app
Launching a "couple of days before" product line
Run Out Of Steam?
Sonic Dash has generated more revenue than the last five Sonic games combined
Free-to-play releases generated less than $9 million from player spending
It's Time To Duel
NetEase soft-launches strategy card title Marvel Duel
Available in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines on Android devices.
Most Read
Hot Five: King shows off Crash Bandicoot, Michael Raeford talks education, and Niantic soft-launches Catan
The hottest articles of last week
#blacklivesmatter
POC in Mobile: FarBridge's Donald Harris on why you shouldn't wait or ask permission to get into games
"We live in a time where you no longer need permission to get into this industry"
Takin' Care Of Business
Mobile games jobs weekly: Magic Leap appoints new CEO, AppLovin bolsters team, and Andy McNamara joins EA
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
From New Zealand With Love
Making Of: Agent Intercept's race to Apple Arcade
"We expect we will always hold a focus on mobile"
Oneman Team
Indie Spotlight: Francis Entereso on launching a game in the middle of a global pandemic
"It often feels like it's impossible for an indie to stand out"
Catan Go
Niantic soft launches next AR title Catan: World Explorers
Available to download in New Zealand on Android
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: Tencent data scientist Jia Wang on running operations from her bathroom
"There are so many challenges for everyone while working and living at home - especially for working moms"
Not A One Trick Ponyta
Four years on and Pokémon GO is still flying high
Niantic's AR title nearly replicates its first-year earnings
Digital Vs Physical
Indie Mavens: Weighing up the benefits between digital and physical events for indies
"I hope that online meetings actually will help us open up the industry and make it more diverse"
Most Read
Hot Five: Discord raises $100 million, Mikko Kodisoja leaves Supercell, and player motivations across Fortnite, Roblox and Candy Crush
The hottest articles of last week
#blacklivesmatter
POC in Mobile: Why Jam City's Michael Raeford believes education is key to diversifying the games industry
"Companies should embrace our differences and use them as a competitive advantage - not as a weakness."
Takin' Care Of Business
Mobile games jobs weekly: Supercell co-founder exits, Scopely snags Mike DeLaet, and Paradox acquires Playrion
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
Brick By Brick
Interview: LEGO Super Mario design lead Jonathan Bennink on bringing Nintendo's mascot to life with bricks
"Our team has been working on this for more than four years"
I'm Ready I'm Ready
Making Of: How Tilting Point made SpongeBob Krusty Cook-Off ready for soft launch in 10 months
"We hit top 10 in terms of downloaded games on iOS in 97 countries and 79 countries on Google Play"
Towerlands
Indie Spotlight: Black Bears CEO Oleg Kapitonov on why the studio is unlikely to return to an office format
"Now that we're completely remote, I'm not sure if we will return to the previous format"
Liftoff
Paradox Interactive's Stellaris: Galaxy Command blasts out of soft launch
The free-to-play sci-fi title takes inspiration from its strategy PC counterpart