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"Flexible working is now a requirement, rather than a nice-to-have" for games industry professionals

Amiqus' Liz Prince discusses how the games industry has responded to the enduring pandemic and the rising demand for flexible and remote working

Hot Five: Mobile to exceed 60% of games industry, Diablo Immortal won't be released in Belgium, the Netherlands, and EA pursues merger with Apple, Amazon, Disney, NBC

Hot Five: Mobile to exceed 60% of games industry, Diablo Immortal won't be released in Belgium, the Netherlands, and EA pursues merger with Apple, Amazon, Disney, NBC

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Updated: Kwalee's Pedro Caria details why Portugal was the right choice for Kwalee's fourth international office

Vamos Celebrar!

Updated: Kwalee's Pedro Caria details why Portugal was the right choice for Kwalee's fourth international office

Winner of Best Publisher at the Mobile Games Awards has opened its first office in Almada, Portugal

Supercell acquires majority stake in Trailmix with $60 million investment

Supercell acquires majority stake in Trailmix with $60 million investment

Majority stake follows 2018 investment of $4.2 million in the London studio

Gucci forms permanent presence in Roblox with Gucci Town

Gucci forms permanent presence in Roblox with Gucci Town

Gucci Town, a “virtual piazza in the landscape of Roblox” follows Spotify, Gap, McLaren, the Brit Awards, and near-countless others

Former King, Wargaming exec joins Kwalee as head of casual mobile games

Bolstering The Ranks

Former King, Wargaming exec joins Kwalee as head of casual mobile games

F2P specialist Callum Godfrey will lead on all internal and external casual games projects for the UK-headquartered publisher

Force of Habit co-founder dives deep into the studio’s closure

Breaking The Habit

Force of Habit co-founder dives deep into the studio’s closure

Twitter woes, commercial failures and porting issues, and fighting burnout among influences towards the one-man studio’s closure in May 2022

Niantic wants you in its social AR network

Niantic wants you in its social AR network

The Campfire social app, currently live in Ingress, and Lightship VPS was revealed at Niantic Lightship Summit

Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene

Independent Thought

Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene

Michiharu Mori discusses how Shueisha’s new games division is looking at the indie model, and why there is so little movement in mobile gaming’s most popular titles

Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield:

Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield: "My only resistance to blockchain gaming is tied up in speculation"

The father of TCGs discusses his first blockchain games venture with WAX Studios' Blockchain Brawlers

Paul Farley’s Firestoke raises $2.2 million

Flames On The Side Of My Face

Paul Farley’s Firestoke raises $2.2 million

Mobile games industry luminary’s indie games publisher to bridge gap between triple-A and mobile experiences

Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales removed from app stores

Taken By The Demogorgon

Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales removed from app stores

Titles to be revamped for exclusive Netflix Games release

Hot Five: Axie Infinity's utility currency value hits $0.004, Apex Legends is the most downloaded iOS game, and former King team raises $3mil for Bitcoin gaming

Hot Five: Axie Infinity's utility currency value hits $0.004, Apex Legends is the most downloaded iOS game, and former King team raises $3mil for Bitcoin gaming

The hottest news articles on PG.biz

Zynga acquisition by Take-Two now completed

Welcome To The Family

Zynga acquisition by Take-Two now completed

Acquisition completed on May 23

Tencent revenue growth slows to a crawl following China’s crackdown on tech companies

Cites Regulatory Crackdown

Tencent revenue growth slows to a crawl following China’s crackdown on tech companies

Net profit fell to 23.4 billion yuan in Q1 2022 – down 51 per cent year-on-year from 47.8 billion yuan

Former Disney and Sony exec appointed president of Genvid Entertainment

Live Action Appointment

Former Disney and Sony exec appointed president of Genvid Entertainment

Andrew Schneider also appointed chief marketing officer of Genvid Holdings

Can we create a more equitable mobile games industry? Niantic’s Karla Reyes may have the answer

Can we create a more equitable mobile games industry? Niantic’s Karla Reyes may have the answer

Code Coven and Niantic’s Karla Reyes details how she found her place in the games industry, and her extensive efforts to make sure the door didn’t shut behind her

Andreessen Horowitz launches $600 million games VC fund

600 Million Reasons

Andreessen Horowitz launches $600 million games VC fund

GAMES FUND ONE established to invest in games infrastructure and technologies as “key building blocks” of the metaverse

Former Kiloo director joins Funday Factory

Taking The Subway To The Factory

Former Kiloo director joins Funday Factory

Jeppe Kønig, former Subway Surfer director of publishing, joins Danish multiplayer studio

Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires 5% stake in Nintendo

Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires 5% stake in Nintendo

Third major investment in Japanese games companies made for “investment purposes”

N3TWORK Studios secures $46 million for Web3 games

N3TWORK Studios secures $46 million for Web3 games

Independent company formed following Forte’s acquisition of N3TWORK technology platform

Apex Legends Mobile is the most downloaded iPhone game in 60 countries

Apex Legends Mobile is the most downloaded iPhone game in 60 countries

Entered the top 10 most downloaded in 89 countries

Minecraft is Angry Bird’s latest official collaboration

Party Like It’s 2009-2011

Minecraft is Angry Bird’s latest official collaboration

DLC created by Oreville Studios

Dead by Daylight developer acquires Midwinter Entertainment

Dead by Daylight developer acquires Midwinter Entertainment

Midwinter founded by Halo and Farmville veterans

Bringing Native American and Black stories to Apple Arcade's The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail

Bringing Native American and Black stories to Apple Arcade's The Oregon Trail

Gameloft Brisbane's Sam Lewis discusses bringing the 1971 classic to a modern mobile audience, and why Apple Arcade was the right platform

Take-Two to release 20 mobile games separately from Zynga

Take-Two to release 20 mobile games separately from Zynga

Mobile release of GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition seemingly delayed, scheduled within fiscal 2023

Eric Seufert launches $10 million investment fund supported by Supercell, Huuuge Games

£10 Million Fund

Eric Seufert launches $10 million investment fund supported by Supercell, Huuuge Games

Heracles Capital fund partners include Supercell, Gamejam CEO Christian Calderon, and Huuuge Games CEO Anton Gauffin

Hot Five: historic first as mobile game revenue decreases, Riot sues Moonton (again), and Facebook and Instagram intergration confirmed

Hot Five: historic first as mobile game revenue decreases, Riot sues Moonton (again), and Facebook and Instagram intergration confirmed

The hottest news articles on PG.biz

Former King team raises $3 million to bring Bitcoin to mobile gaming

Former King team raises $3 million to bring Bitcoin to mobile gaming

Casual mobile studio pnkfrg studios aims to merge video UGC with Bitcoin and the Lightning network into mobile gaming experiences

Krafton: PUBG Mobile accounted for 75% revenue in Q1 2022

Fertile Battlegrounds

Krafton: PUBG Mobile accounted for 75% revenue in Q1 2022

Of record-high $405.7 million revenue for the period, mobile title recorded $307.1 million alone

King’s Diversity Space Tool to be utilised across Activision Blizzard by Q3 2022

King’s Diversity Space Tool to be utilised across Activision Blizzard by Q3 2022

Tool to prevent unconscious bias in game character roster will now be used in Call of Duty and Overwatch 2 teams

Nexon predicts doubling of mobile revenue following Q1 2022 financials

Football And Fighting

Nexon predicts doubling of mobile revenue following Q1 2022 financials

Record year for FIFA ONLINE 4 M and launch of Dungeon&Fighter Mobile bolster Nexon's mobile confidence

Jeremy Bondy named new CEO of Liftoff

Prepare For Launch

Jeremy Bondy named new CEO of Liftoff

Bondy will succeed founder Mark Ellis, who will remain as senior advisor

Despite record Q1 2022 for declared M&A, value of closed deals decreased

Despite record Q1 2022 for declared M&A, value of closed deals decreased

23 per cent decrease in closed deals over 2021, although significant spike throughout rest of 2022 anticipated should MS/Acti, Take-Two/Zynga, and Sony/Bungie deals complete

Ubisoft to bet on mobile, F2P as annual sales fall

Ubisoft to bet on mobile, F2P as annual sales fall

CEO Yves Guillemot moves to quash acquisition rumours in investors call

Rovio targeting one major, Angry Birds Journey-scale, release annually

Take Me On A Journey

Rovio targeting one major, Angry Birds Journey-scale, release annually

Alex Pelletier-Normand and René Lindell, CEO and CFO of Rovio respectively, open the Rovio capital markets day 2022 with a profile of Rovio’s growth opportunities

Building an LGBTQ team requires

Progressive Play

Building an LGBTQ team requires "an environment where everyone feels comfortable being and expressing themselves"

Anarch Entertainment's Ken Tang details how creating an open and accepting space led to the creation of an all-LGBTQ dev team

Riot Games sues Moonton over sustained Wift Rift copyright infringement

Likely More Than 5v5 Lawyers

Riot Games sues Moonton over sustained Wift Rift copyright infringement

Riot Games is again suing Shanghai Moonton Technology Company (Moonton), but this time is alleging infringement on its mobile MOBA, Wild Rift

Monetising music games is an uphill battle. Here are Beatstar's strategies

Dolla Dolla Bills

Monetising music games is an uphill battle. Here are Beatstar's strategies

Space Ape Games' Simon Hade and Charmie Kim discuss the importance of ad monetisation and Beatstar's take on the battle pass

The new wilderness of mobile game monetisation

Monetiser Summit

The new wilderness of mobile game monetisation

AdInMo’s Chris Wright shares his insight from the Pocket Gamer Monetiser Summit, including his excitement at the seismic disruption the ad industry is experiencing

Fingersoft brings Hill Climb Racing 2 to cloud gaming

Running Up That Hill

Fingersoft brings Hill Climb Racing 2 to cloud gaming

Sequel to Finnish studio’s most popular title now playable on Facebook Gaming

EA partners with Middle-earth Enterprises on new Lord of the Rings mobile game

One Game To Rule Them All

EA partners with Middle-earth Enterprises on new Lord of the Rings mobile game

Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth is latest title in EA’s push to expand mobile portfolio

Correction: no change in CEO responsibilities for Nexon or NXC

No Change In Nxc Leadership

Correction: no change in CEO responsibilities for Nexon or NXC

No change in CEO responsibilities for Nexon or NXC

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – May 6 2022

PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on mobile games making waves on streaming platforms and esports events

Fortnite returns to iOS and Android through Microsoft Game Pass

Fortnite returns to iOS and Android through Microsoft Game Pass

Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney continues his broadside against Apple as the battle royale returns to mobile, playable through browser

Ownership of assets provides more freedom – something every gamer wants, states Mythical Games' Daniel Frank

Speaker Spotlight

Ownership of assets provides more freedom – something every gamer wants, states Mythical Games' Daniel Frank

Meet the mobile games and Web3 experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle, May 9-10

NetEase Games launches first US studio

A Cross Between A Jackrabbit And Antelope

NetEase Games launches first US studio

Despite mobile making almost 70 per cent of 2022 revenue, Jackalope Games, a NetEase Games first-party studio, will be PC and console exclusive

New York City files suit against Activision Blizzard

New York City files suit against Activision Blizzard

Suit states acquisition by Microsoft severely undervalues ActiBlizz, and CEO Bobby Kotick “was unfit to negotiate a sale of the company”

How Beatstar survived 24 killed prototypes in five years

Slave To The Rhythm

How Beatstar survived 24 killed prototypes in five years

Space Ape Games' Charmie Kim and Simon Hade detail the journey from strategy specialists to music genre success via Ed Sheeran and Stan Bush

AppLovin acquires Wordle! (no, not that one)

Not That Wordle

AppLovin acquires Wordle! (no, not that one)

Wordle! iOS game, released in 2016, now managed by Lion Studios Plus