August 16, 2019 Job News Activision Blizzard recruits new chief marketing officer and chief people officer Firm brings new chief people officer and CMO on board
August 15, 2019 New Studio Epic Games opens new studio in Cologne The company is currently hiring for 200 positions globally
August 15, 2019 Gamescom 2019 PocketGamer.biz's Devcom and Gamescom 2019 party and networking guide The best parties and events in Cologne
August 15, 2019 Cloud Gaming Head of Xbox Phil Spencer thinks it’s a long while before the cloud replaces traditional consoles "I think this is years away from being a mainstream way people play”
August 13, 2019 Prize Payment New esports payment solution Prize Payments launches Company estimates that $300 million will be paid out in prize money in 2019
August 13, 2019 Bomb Threat Bandai Namco investigates potential bomb threat at Santa Clara office This follows recent acts of violence across the US
August 12, 2019 Top Publishers Tencent was the top grossing global apps publisher in July Tencent grossed $679 million in revenue
August 12, 2019 Going Mobile The Chinese Room’s first game Dear Esther is set to hit iOS devices later this year Over one million units have been sold since its launch in 2012
August 9, 2019 Company Acquired Animoca Brands acquires digital marketplace Quidd for up to $8 million $8 million was raised in strategic capital funds
August 9, 2019 Winner Winner Sensor Tower: PUBG Mobile is making more money than Fortnite July saw sales increase by 748 per cent year-on-year
August 9, 2019 Guns Or Games!? Walmart orders its staff to remove signage for violent video games following mass shootings But, of course, stores are still selling guns and ammo
August 8, 2019 Market Value The US will overtake China as world’s most lucrative games market this year Global games market estimated to be worth $152.1 billion by the end of 2019
August 8, 2019 Video Game Tax UK video games tax relief pays out $392 million to devs Over 1,075 games have made claims since 2014
August 7, 2019 German Games Market Employee numbers in the German games industry on the decline despite market growth Number of games companies also rose from 524 to 614 in 2018
August 7, 2019 Esports Park NetEase plots $725 million esports park investment in Shanghai The facilities will be located in Shanghai
August 6, 2019 New Partnerships Tencent Cloud chases new partners in South Korea and Southeast Asia as it plots international growth The division has set a goal for five-fold international revenue growth
August 6, 2019 Coming To China Tencent and Nintendo reveal plans to localise Switch games in China The companies appeared at a conference together in Shanghai
August 5, 2019 Game Shut Down Pokemon Duel is shutting down on October 31st Gems can still be spent but can no longer be purchased
August 5, 2019 Milestone Roblox hits 100 million active monthly users Over one billion hours of engagement are recorded in the game each month
August 2, 2019 Actor Playing Games Zynga brings in Alec Baldwin to celebrate Words With Friends 10th anniversary. The game launched in 2009
August 2, 2019 Going 5g Tencent and Qualcomm team up to work on various mobile technologies Other projects include the Qualcomm Snapdragon elite gaming enhancements
August 1, 2019 Having A Blast Toy Blast dev Peak Games blasts past $1 billion in player spending Toy Blast has earned 51 per cent of the total revenue
August 1, 2019 New Company Bandai Namco opens new mobile games-focused branch in Barcelona The new company will open its doors in 2020
July 30, 2019 Cloud Partnership Cloud partnership is driven by Sony according to Microsoft CEO Historically Sony and Microsoft are rivals in the games industry
July 30, 2019 $$$ Sega Sammy Holdings sees a 246.6 per cent increase in operating income this quarter Games, animation and arcade continue to be the company’s biggest earner
July 30, 2019 Augmented Reality PuzzlAR: World Tour is the first game released from Magic Leap’s independent creator programme More apps and games are set for release in the coming weeks
July 29, 2019 New Deal Intel sells its smartphone modem business to Apple Around 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple
July 29, 2019 Dragalia Found Dragalia Lost becomes Nintendo’s second most successful mobile title grossing $100 million worldwide Fire Emblem has grossed $591 million worldwide
July 29, 2019 Tax Credits Rockstar North hasn’t paid corporation tax in the UK for 10 years Grand Theft Auto V earned $800 million in its first 24 hours of release
July 29, 2019 Winner Winner Fortnite World Cup drops $30 million in prize money A teenager won the solo competition taking home $3 million
July 26, 2019 Seed Funding Strafe gets $3 million in seed funding for esports companion app The app currently covers eight games
July 26, 2019 Magic Number Harry Potter: Wizards Unite generates $12 million in revenue in its first month Pokemon Go was downloaded 182m times in its launch month
July 26, 2019 New Investments Unity Technologies makes a tender offer of up to $525m to shareholders The company recently signed agreement investments
July 24, 2019 Girl Power Girls’ Game Lab wants to encourage more women to get into games The first workshop takes place at Forza Horizon maker Playground Studios on August 3rd in Leamington Spa
July 24, 2019 Blending In Ubisoft joins Blender Development Fund as corporate gold member French publishing giant will assign developers to contribute to the foundations open source projects
July 19, 2019 Streaming Service Ubisoft: Cost of porting games to Stadia not that high Uplay+ subscription service will launch on Stadia in 2020
July 18, 2019 New Competition Skillz reveals $25,000 Global Game Development Challenge First competition was won by the CodeCube Brothers
July 18, 2019 Moving Location Zynga India moves to new studio in Bangalore Developer currently hiring for multiple roles
July 17, 2019 Switching Up Nintendo unveils new Switch model with longer battery life Offers up to nine hours of portable play
July 17, 2019 $$$ Detective Pikachu becomes highest grossing video game film Warcraft drops from top spot after the Pokemon movie generates $436m at the box office
July 17, 2019 Site Opening Pole To Win opens Montreal office New location will offer QA, customer service, engineering and translation services
July 16, 2019 Mobile Gaming 18.6 million people in Germany play games on their smartphones Mobile games and in app purchases earn €1.5 billion
July 16, 2019 Top Sellers The top 20 best selling games on Nintendo Switch in Spain Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the top seller
July 15, 2019 App Shutdown Niantic is shutting down its first app Field Trip Field Trip has already been removed from app stores
July 15, 2019 Dev Fund ROKiT launches $50 million development fund for indie games Developers are being encouraged to contact ROKiT games for a chance to secure upto $500,000 for their game.