Temporary Protection
Judge protects WeChat from Trump's executive order
"It has put in scant little evidence that its effective ban of WeChat for all US users addresses those concerns"
Staff
Kayleigh Partleton
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Articles by Kayleigh Partleton
Switch It Up
Kwalee is jumping onto Nintendo Switch with updated version of TENS! later this year
Was first released in 2017 on mobile
Series A Funding
Bunch secures $20 million in Series A funding
"At Bunch, we are creating one way for players to connect with friends inside and outside of their favourite games"
Money Money Money
Unity makes $1.3 billion through its IPO on NYSE
Company valued at $13.7 billion
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: The current state and the future of mobile esports
"Mobile esports will mainstream esports. Mobile reaches a larger and more diverse audience than PC and Console Games
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PGC Helsinki Digital: The role of esports in education
"The opportunity to engage the demographic of young people"
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PGC Helsinki Digital: Forming partnerships with brands
"Logo placement is 50 per cent of the battle. But in an esports and a gaming world, an audience is far more savvy and will not necessarily be convinced by a logo on a website"
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: Virtualising esports and how it shapes the future of competitive gaming
"Esports is already quite a virtual thing"
Downloads
Scribble Rider secures the most downloads for August 2020
It racked up 44.6 million
Farewell
Nintendo says goodbye to 3DS production
"We can confirm that the manufacturing of the Nintendo 3DS family of systems has ended"
Heating Up
Apple asks the court to prevent Epic's Fortnite injunction
"Epic is a saboteur, not a martyr"
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: The future of live streaming and interactive gaming
"In order for games to be successful in this space, we need to look at the success from other media"
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: Making sales predictions for premium PC Games
"If the game is a success, making some predictions on DLC could bring money in"
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PGC Helsinki Digital: Plotting a path in interesting times
"The actual transition over the first couple of weeks was okay"
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: What is happening at ID@Xbox
"We have a lot of developers reaching out to us to discuss Game Pass"
Proving Popular
Nintendo's mobile games library hits 650 million downloads
Across seven apps
All In One
Apple to roll all services into one subscription
Apple One will have a starting price of $14.95 per month
Acquisition
Gameloft acquires interactive series specialist The Other Guys
"The unique style and the highly immersive stories make the interactive series app increasingly popular"
Join Us
Among Us hits 86.6 million downloads two years after release
It had a huge spike in downloads in August and September
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: Five things about autonomous teams
"If we give our games team the freedom to try new things, they also have to accept the responsibility that goes with that"
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: Why Crazy Labs thinks now is the time to get into hypercasual
"It takes a lot of time and tries and failure on the way. But with talented teams, you can do it very fast"
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: Designing compelling narratives for a mobile audience
"We should make sure that we invest the same amount of time into our characters as we are expecting from our players"
Money Money Money
Pearl Abyss' Black Desert franchise breaks $1.7 billion in lifetime revenue
"We've reached dizzying heights and continue to strive towards making the best games in the world"
Money Money Money
PUBG Mobile shoots through the most revenue in August 2020
It generated $221 million
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: Learning from Fingersoft's new game development funnel
"The best part about this whole funnel is that we can give everyone that works for us equal opportunities to create games"
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: Knowing your customers
"What do people want, that people don't even necessarily know that they want"
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PGC Helsinki Digital: How to hire competitively and proactively in the games industry
"Candidates don't trust us anymore, they don't trust the company, they don't trust corporations"
Pgc Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: How the Finnish games industry has grown over 25 years
"We are not in our teens anymore; we are a mature industry"
Competitive
Guild Esports to become first esports firm to become public through LSE
"Guild will be the first esports franchise to join the London stock market"
Pgc Digital
Discover the Incredible Indies at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 featured tracks
In Or Out?
Mobile Dev Memo launches the MDM Investment Syndicate
"Members of the syndicate can decide whether they want to invest in any given deal or not"
Going Digital
Apple to host "special" event on September 15th
"I wouldn't count on the iPhone 12 being part of any unveiling"
It's A Date
Ludia launches first interactive dating game Lovelink
Available on iOS and Android
Switched
Nintendo increases Switch production by up to 30 million units in its current fiscal year
Has also asked developers to prepare games in 4K
Welcome Aboard
Rovio hires Andy Muesse to head up its Stockholm studio
"It's awesome to officially welcome Andy into the Rovio flock"
Court Case
Apple files counterclaim against Epic over Fortnite's direct payment option
It is after "restitution and disgorgement of all earnings"
Pgc Digital
Learn more about esports and influencers at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 featured tracks
Switched
Update: Nintendo is bringing the Switch to Brazil on September 18th
Available through select retailers
Making Money
The video games market will generate $200 billion by 2023
It will generate $155 billion in 2020
Pgc Digital
Get involved with investor relations at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 featured tracks
Money Money Money
Gameye secures $2.4 million in seed funding
It's set to host a second Industry Insights Conference
Such Joy
Nintendo files patent for a new Joy-Con design
Was internationally registered in April
You're An All Star
Super Mario 3D All-Stars is already a best-seller on Amazon
It is released on September 18th
Battle On
PUBG Corp cuts Indian publishing partnership with Tencent
"PUBG Corporation fully understands and respects the measures taken by the government as the privacy and security of player data is a top priority for the company"
Pgc Digital
Delve into hypercasual and social games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 featured tracks
Money Money Money
Cloud gaming will generate $585 million in 2020
Expected to rise to $4.8 billion by 2023
Funding
Indian games platform Winzo secures $18 million in Series B funding
"Winzo is at the heart of India's gaming evolution"
Put 'em Up
Skillz teams up with Floyd Mayweather Jr. for branded tournaments
"The best of the best, with the best. Who's ready to make some money in my tournaments?"
Case Dismissed
Google to ask court to dismiss Epic Games' lawsuit
It wants the case to remain seperate from Apple's
Round Two
Epic asks court to force Apple to reinstate Fortnite
"Apple is a monopolist. It controls all app distribution on iOS"