Up Close And Persona
Perfect World is bringing Persona to mobile
Confirmed for release in China
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Kayleigh Partleton
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Pick Me Up
Testing platform PickFu launches PickFu for Games
Allowing developers to conduct consumer research
Back You Up
LEGO Ventures invests in learning platform Area9 Lyceum
Shared ideals
That's Epic
Epic raises $1 billion at a $29 billion valuation
To fuel its vision for the metaverse
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Get competitive with the esports and influencers track at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #6
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Play Time
One year on, games industry recommits to #PlayApartTogether
Zynga is one of many partners
Welcome To The Family
Creative Solutions snaps up streaming tech specialist Lightstream
For an undisclosed amount
Start Up
Oliver twins team with Neil Campbell to form Panivox
Working on undisclosed digital media
Surprise
Siri says an Apple event is taking place on 20 April
Believed to be a pre-recorded online only event
Going Public
AppLovin files for IPO at a $30 billion valuation
Taising $2.1 billion
Switched On
Nintendo to focus on creating new IPs and new experiences
President Furukawa on the future
Pgc Digital
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Mobile Madness
PlayStation hiring for new Head of Mobile
To adapt PlayStation IPs to mobile
Milestone
After 500 million hypercasual downloads in China, Ohayoo looks to go global
Looking to expand to the global market
What A Clash
Join Clash 3D remains the most downloaded mobile game
Followed by Crash Bandicoot: On The Run
New Territory
Wargaming expects to hire +100 in new Lithuanian studio
The team will be part of development studio MS-1
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Be in the know with The Developer Toolkit at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #6
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Welcome Aboard
Morgan McGuire joins Roblox as chief scientist
Previously worked for Nvidia
Proving Popular
PUBG: New State exceeds 10 million pre-registrations on Google Play
The game will launch later in 2021
Card Play
Konami launches open beta for new soccer game Pitch Clash until 20 April
A card-based strategy game
Dot Dot Dot
Tripledot Studios closes $78 million in Series A funding
Takes total raised to $86 million
That's Crazy
CrazyLabs exceeds 4 billion downloads
Launches its fifth CrazyHub in Warsaw
Be Safe
Twitch could suspend or delete accounts for actions outside of Twitch
To keep the platform safe and inclusive
War Good For?
Garena Free Fire does $100 million in US in Q1 2021
Growing faster
Pgc Digital
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Getting Competitive
Apple insists it faces fair competition in Fortnite row with Epic
The companies are due in court next month
King Of The Hill
Honor of Kings top-grossing mobile title in March 2021 generating $257 million
Followed by PUBG Mobile and Genshin Impact
Walking Dead
PUBG Mobile studio working on cross-platform zombie survival game Undawn
Coming to mobile and PC later this year
Game On
Mobile games platform Struckd surpasses one million games
With more than six million players
A Lot Of Loot
Brazil considers whether to make loot boxes illegal
Could define them as gambling
Pgc Digital
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It's A Goal
Konami's eFootball PES 2021 Mobile scores 400 million downloads
Celebrating with a Lionel Messi interview
Going Digital
E3 returns with an all-digital format for 12-15 June 2021
Takes place in June
Established Product
Developers to rely more on IP-based games post-IDFA
Disney owns three of the top five IPs in the US
Switch Exclusive
Monster Hunter Rise ships five million sales
Franchise has exceeded 70 million shipped units
Pass The Time
The average US iPhone user spent $76.80 on games in 2020
Up 43% YoY
Welcome Aboard
Krafton adds four new board members
Ahead of its launch of PUBG New State
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Listen Up
Keywords opens new localisation studio in Paris
To meet European demand
More Games!
Apple Arcade expands with 30 new games
Now offers more than 180 titles
Money Money Money
Tencent's Timi Studios hit revenues of $10 billion in 2020
The largest Tencent-owned studio
Big Injection
Play Ventures secures $135 million in funding
Backing start-ups
Running With It
Crash Bandicoot: On The Run soothes the wounds inflicted by Crash 4
The runner we've been waiting for
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Hey Big Spender
Mobile game spending hits $22 billion in Q1 2021
Downloads grew by 15 per cent
Get Connected
Kwalee to host 16 April event to connect with Indian developers
Offering one-to-one mentorship
Making Bank
Three Kingdoms Tactics hits $1 billion in lifetime revenue
96% of player spending is from China
Welcome To China
Supersonic Studios expands to bring hypercasual to China
Going global with extra bonuses
Pgc Digital
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Down, Down
Hypercasual downloads peaked in Q1 2020
Have dropped every quarter since