Taking Over
Mobile gaming bigger than ever at Gamescom 2016
Mobile industry attendance up 20% on last year, representing 1/8 of all exhibitors
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Matt Suckley
About Matt is really bad at playing games, but hopefully a little better at writing about them. He's Features Editor for PocketGamer.biz, and has also written for lesser publications such as IGN, VICE, and Paste Magazine.
Articles by Matt Suckley
Jurassic Going Premium
Why Bebopbee shifted from F2P to premium for Jurassic GO - Dinosaur Snap Adventure
CEO Rajeev Nagpal explains all
Get Hired
How to get a job at Avakin Life developer Lockwood Publishing
CEO Halli Bjornsson shares insights
Branching Out
Lockwood Publishing opens VR and AI-focused studio in Brighton
Ex-EA Tech Director Bruce Heather to lead the studio
Join Us
Pocket Gamer publisher Steel Media hiring B2B Events Sales Professional
Boasts remote working, flexible hours, and incredibly good-looking colleagues
Instant Community
KTplay launches its instant in-game community platform for western developers
SDK already boasts 150 million active users in China
Iap Inspector
From guns to girls and gacha: The monetization of Rival Fire
Frontline Commando goes meta
Not In My Backyard
Nintendo and Niantic facing lawsuit over Pokemon GO trespassers
Is Pokemon GO encouraging trespass, and is it profiting from it?
New York To Montreal
Jesse Divnich leaves Tilting Point to join Hibernum as VP of Product
Former Tilting Point and EEDAR man confident for Hibernum's future
Apply Now
Toronto studio Get Set Games hiring Unreal Engine 4 Blueprint Scripter
Full listing available on PocketGamer.biz
Long-term Partnership
Flaregames acquires Nonstop Knight developer Kopla Games
Locks down its most successful partnership to date
Made In Vancouver
Kabam teams up with Hasbro for new Transformers mobile game
Transformers: Contest of Champions
From China To Israel
Chinese consortium trumps Netmarble to acquire Playtika for $4.4 billion
Includes Giant and Jack Ma's Yunfeng Capital
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Singapore publisher GoGame hiring for development, marketing, and business development roles
Sega Networks-backed firm now hiring
Ea Targets Asia
Devin Nambiar leaves Kabam to join EA as Head of Product Management, Asia-Pacific
Kabam's ex-Director of Product jumps ship
Gsn Layoffs
GSN Games trims a small number of staff working on live games
"These changes are necessary to support our long-term goals"
Join Janeious
Frankfurt indie Janeious hiring Senior Unity Developer
Join the team on upcoming strategy title Fusion Guards
Mechanical Marvels
More than meets the eye: the making of Transformers: Earth Wars
Space Ape CEO Simon Hade on a subtle transformation
Time To Open Up
Throwback Tuesday: Why Nintendo's making a big mistake in not adopting Android
Nintendo needs devs more than they need Nintendo
Gunning For Flare
How to get a job at boutique German publisher Flaregames
HR Manager Melanie Ebelle shares insights
More To Come?
What does Pokemon GO mean for the future of location-based gaming?
Our Mobile Mavens discuss
4-minute Esports
London-based "coffee-break eSports" developer Koyoki seeks Multiplayer Map Designer
Craft the battlefields in the upcoming Forces of Freedom
6-8 Week Contract
Sydney studio Not Doppler seeks 3D Artist for short-term contract
Remote workers welcome
Challenges Ahead
With shareholders wising up to Nintendo's small stake in Pokemon GO, pressure on its next mobile games is higher than ever
A true one-off
All Developers Welcome
User review aggregation platform Player XP adopts freemium model
Opens customer satisfaction rankings
Underdog Comes Good
Mumbai-based UnderDOGS Gaming Studio funded for undisclosed amount
Intelli Reboot Digital acquires stakes
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Lisbon developer Bica Studios hiring Product Manager
Smash Time developer seeks a new recruit
More Than Crossy Road
Hipster Whale sets up as a publisher, hires new president
Clara Reeves joins from Film Victoria
Beyond Japan
Japanese App Annie competitor Fuller raises $4 million from Sega and others to go international
Expanding analytics and making apps easy
Indian Mavens
Indian Mavens discuss the value of Indiagames founder Vishal Gondal's new early stage game investment fund
And is Vishal Gondal the one to provide it?
Fast Forward
Shifting gears: the making of CSR Racing 2
GM Julian Widdows on making racing social
War Chest
DFJ Growth leads Unity funding round of $181 million
Barry Schuler joins the board
"craft Games Studio"
Monument Valley lead designer founds Mountains, a new Melbourne games studio
Three-person team focused on premium mobile games
Mobile Mavens
Does Pokemon GO's success validate Nintendo's approach to mobile games?
Mobile games industry reacts to the location-based smash
180 And Growing
How to get a job at Trivia Crack developer Etermax
Recruiting Lead Fernanda Rodriguez shares insights
New Hat
TinyBuild's Twitch guru Mike Rose joins Ripstone Games
Seeking third-party PC, console, and mobile games to publish
After Hours
Pocket Gamer's Develop:Brighton 2016 party and networking guide
Rounding up the best extracurricular activities
Going Strong
In the US, Pokemon GO is bigger than Tinder, and it's on track to have more DAUs than Twitter
AR game rivals messaging apps for usage
Off To A Flyer
Pokémon GO making $1.6 million per day on the US App Store
Topping both Downloads and Grossing charts
Worth Spending?
How does Pokemon GO monetize compared to Miitomo?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Mobile Focus
Turbine cuts jobs as it focuses on free-to-play mobile development
PC MMO teams cut significantly
Games Meet Movies
SGN targets big brand "gamertainment" with TinyCo acquisition
Gateway to new genres and working with IP
One Special Day
UK studios making 15 July One Special Day by offering revenues to disabled gaming charity SpecialEffect
Bossa Studios, Tag Games, and many more on board
Choked By Bureaucracy
Chinese government's new mobile game approval rules already drawing the ire of indies
Indie devs take aim at SAPPRFT regulations
Up And Up
Indian studio Nazara announces revenues of $32 million
Domestic market focus pays off
Gunning For The Top
How Canada-made FPS Kill Shot Bravo hit #5 in Chinese App Store downloads with little culturalization
Hothead Games Director of Development Vlad Ceraldi shares insights
$0.82 Difference
India's paying mobile consumers spend almost as much on IAPs as global average
Smaller, more frequent purchases
From 2015
Rewind Wednesday: Nintendo's $30m Niantic Labs investment shows it's not taking the conventional mobile approach
Deal shows that Nintendo remains bold
Iap Inspector
How does CSR Racing 2 monetize?
IAPs from the players' perspective
London Calling
How to get a job at Ubisoft's Future Games of London
HR Manager Amarpreet Lidder shares insights