Lobbying Guide
Your guide to the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2020
How to submit a game and help us celebrate the best of the global mobile games industry
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Battle Of The Best
Nominations for the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2020 are now open
Lobbying ends on November 15th
What's Next?
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"2019 has been a difficult year for the games industry"
Best Of 2019
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2019
Revealed: The movers, shakers and moneymakers!
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Timo Ylikangas will be on a panel discussing the benefits of using existing IP vs creating your own
"It was and still is a forerunner industry"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Cuneyt Unar will be hosting a session about using blockchain technology in mobile gaming
"This is an ever-evolving and growing industry"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Zsuzsa James will be on a panel discussing funding strategies at the show
"We are truly spoiled for choice these days"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Rosemary Lokhorst will be presenting a session called Leveling up to remission - A clinical study of playing toward your strength
"I hope that there will be more focus on serious games and alternative uses for gaming"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Alexey Sazonov from Panzerdog will be part of a panel discussing mergers and acquisitions
"The time to enter can't get any better"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Luai Mahjneh will be discussing the problems that game companies face, and how to overcome them
"We are inspired by our mission: to make the best real money games in the world!"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Alina Gribanova will be on a panel discussing trends in global publishing and business
"It remains my favourite industry in the world"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Emilia Machuca will be part of a panel discussing being a foreign employee in a new country
"We need to improve diversity and inclusiveness within the games industry"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Sami Liukka will be part of a speed panel discussing the potential pitfalls game studios face
"Be ready to learn a tremendous amount of new information"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Marek-Martin Matyska will be talking about game design for competitive gaming and more
"Smaller indie studio are actively thinking about how to make the game better post-launch by utilising analytics"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Gustavo Viegas talking about Strategies for Dealing With an Ever More Expensive UA Funnel at the show
"Time flies when you're having, and making, fun"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Joel Julkunen from GameRefinery will be leading a session about getting the most out of third party IP
"Be brave, open minded and do everything you can to get connected"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Nam Dinh Nguyen will be talking about being a foreign employee in a new country
"Catch up with new tech and tools to see how game development processes can benefit from them"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Ted Verani from Wappier explains IAP Pricing Optimization: Time & Place
"It is the fastest and most effective way to improve profitability"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Dean Day will be presenting a session that asks the question To Switch or Not to Switch
"Games have become bigger but buggier"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Dr. Mari-Sanna Paukkeri will lead a session about using AI to keep the gaming community safe
"Increase engagement and safeguard your community through the power of AI"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Jelle de Jong from Game Transactionz will be talking about monetisation through competitive play
"It's a unique way for studios to create an additional revenue stream while offering a new player experience"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Aurelien Merville will be part of a panel discussing mergers and acquisitions at the show
"Persevere and try to identify what you are good at"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Alexander Krug from Softgames will be part of a panel talking about instant gaming
"Our vision is to enable everybody to instantly play great casual games"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Falko Boecker, Senior Publishing Manager at JoyPac will be part of a panel discussing Asian markets
"There really is a place for any kind of skill set"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Andy Wood will be leading a session about creating virtual digital humans for games and other media
"It's grown from a cult to bigger than Hollywood"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Gauthier Zuppinger will be hosting a session about analysing and understanding the behaviour of cryptogamers
"This industry is one of the most exciting I know, mixing fun and huge business potential"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Kay Gruenwoldt will be leading a session about changing business models in the games industry
"At the core of Paladin is the belief that our people are our strongest and most important asset"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Redhill's Miloš Jeřábek will be discussing people management and making teams work
"This is the biggest beauty of our industry: it never stops evolving"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Matti Palosuo will be part of a panel discussing how to keep games alive
"Getting started with game development is not that hard, but you cannot really just study it"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Pollen VC CEO Martin Macmillan talks on scaling UA
"We provide lines of credit to game developers to help them scale their business"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Chris Hong from Ubisoft Red Lynx will discuss the challenges of real-time multiplayer games for mobile
"I'm glad to be at any area or level of the event if I can share and learn"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Pascal Luban will be part of a panel discussing game dev life lessons
"This choice gave me the opportunity to work on nearly all platforms and genres"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Jussi Autio from Resistance Games will discuss whether the fashion for indie publishing has ended
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PGC Helsinki: Justyna Gil will be talking about ASO: compelling visual store assets
"Learning from others' experiences is the best way to broaden your mindset"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Max Sjöblom from Kast will be talking about future trends in videogame streaming
"Games are an intriguing mode of media to convey a wide range of very intense experiences and emotions"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Sulake's Simo Piispanen will be part of a panel discussing hybrid monetisation
"I found my professional calling in game balancing and economy creation"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Sonja Angesleva will be talking about how Zynga handles product management
"Product planning, player validation, and analytics"
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Jestercraft’s Klaus Kääriäinen to deliver talk on hybrid monetisation
“When learning to make games the sooner you start to create something the sooner you can realize what it takes to make full-blown entertainment products”
Pgc Helsinki Videos
13 top videos from PGC Helsinki 2018 to whet your appetite for 2019's event on October 1st and 2nd
A look back at some of last year's great talks
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Funday Factory’s Emil Kjaehr to discuss game developer life lessons
“First thing I'd say is that you should be willing to relocate! In the Nordics, for instance, studios mostly cluster around a few large cities”
Obituary
Night in the Woods developer Alec Holowka dies
He had worked on titles such as Aquaria and TowerFall Ascension
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Full HP Ltd’s Murad Musakaev to discuss balancing priorities between growth and retention
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki is being held from October 1st to 2nd
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Quicksave’s Elina Arponen to host a talk on the challenges of games as a business
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki is being held on October 1st to 2nd
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Gametapas’ Juan Gril to host talk on game depth in hyper-casual games
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki takes place from October 1st to 2nd
Jobs News
Adjust eyes Israel expansion with new GM
Former Rakuten Viber head of user acquisition Moshi Blum to spearhead the company's planned growth in the local market
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Homa Games’ Jon Hook to discuss the future of hyper-casual games
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki takes place from October 1st to October 2nd
Welcome To The Party Pal
Kayleigh Partleton joins PocketGamer.biz and PCGamesInsider.biz as our new staff writer
She'll be reporting on breaking news across the mobile and PC game sectors
Join Us
Come and meet China's top publishing companies at our free mini-summit in Cologne
Get important insights from the people on the ground at our event on Tuesday, August 20th
G-star
East meets West at G-STAR 2019, Asia's largest game exhibition in Busan, Korea, on November 14-17th - early bird registration now open!
Join over 2,000 trade visitors from 36 countries and nearly 700 exhibitors at Asia’s most accessible show
Mobile Art Style
PGC Hong Kong: GameRefinery chief analyst Kalle Heikkinen to discuss mobile art styles across different regions
Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong 2019 will take place on July 17th to 18th