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October 20, 2022

Interview

Make Games Not War - the organisers of DevGAMM on their charity initiative for Ukraine

Ahead of Game Fest 2022 we spoke to Anastasia Oleynikova and Lerika Mallayeva about how the war in Ukraine has directly affected the industry in the region

October 10, 2022

Cease Of Operations

Playrix closes its offices in Russia and Belarus

Staff from these offices will be relocated to other countries as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues

August 23, 2022

Best Of 2022

The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2022

The movers and the shakers of the last 12 months

July 18, 2022

Hiring Now

Top 10 mobile games industry job vacancies this week

King, Zynga, Rovio, Hutch, Chimera Entertainment, and more

July 6, 2022

Pgc Toronto

InMobi: Explore modern monetisation, with mediation, in-game advertising and audio ads

Meet the mobile games and Web3 experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto on July 6-7 2022

July 5, 2022

Pgc Toronto

Pollen VC: "User acquisition costs remain stubbornly high"

Meet the mobile games and Web3 experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto on July 6-7 2022

July 4, 2022

Pgc Toronto

Solsten: Keep your thinking "human-centric" if you want Web3 to flourish

Meet the mobile games and Web3 experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto on July 6-7 2022

June 23, 2022

Bye Bye Beta

Unity Gaming Services tools now live for game developers

Introduced in October 2021, several Unity Gaming Services tools are now exiting open beta

June 23, 2022

Blizzard To Blockchain

Former Activision Blizzard exec joins Catheon Gaming as co-CEO

Blockchain gaming firm Catheon Gaming has appointed former Activision Blizzard APAC Head Mark Aubrey as the company’s new co-CEO

June 14, 2022

Audio In

Mobile gaming audio tech startup Odeeo receives $9 million, becomes DAX’s sales partner

Odeeo co-founder Amit Monheit speaks with PocketGamer.biz on the unrealised potential of the mobile games industry for advertisers

June 14, 2022

Invest In Ai

Candy Crush creator King acquires AI software company Peltarion

Activision Blizzard subsidiary aims to become a ‘game AI hub’ in the gaming industry

June 10, 2022

Muesse To Lead

Andy Muesse to lead Rovio’s global game studios

Muesse to lead the company's global game studios in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Canada

June 8, 2022

Html5

Playable Factory announces launch of HTML5 service for mobile games studios

H5 Games will support mobile devs without the experience, ability, or funding to create HTML5 titles

June 8, 2022

Do Cross The Streams

Stream Hatchet Brands launched to track 2,300 brands on streaming platforms

Logo detection and chat analysis used to identify media value

June 6, 2022

Apple Core Out

Apple Arcade’s senior team keeps shrinking

Apple Arcade execs Mark Bozon and Kathy Astromoff leave to pursue very divergent paths

June 6, 2022

Committing To Casual

Turkish mobile puzzle games developer Cypher Games raises $3.2 million

Investment will be used to expand the team sixfold, open a new office in Berlin, and create the firm's first casual title

June 6, 2022

How To Say "welcome" In Simlish

Playstack acquires Magic Fuel Games, reunites EA veterans

The deal brings Magic Fuel's exec team, including Kevin Shrapnell, together with Playstack CEO Harvey Elliot, following previous collaboration on the SimCity franchise

May 31, 2022

Ash Cashem

The Pokémon Company celebrates a record fiscal year

Net profit increased by 123%, with sales reaching $1.6 billion

May 31, 2022

Greener Games

Gamigo Group joins Playing For The Planet Alliance

The European and North American publisher is the latest in the 43-strong games industry environmental advocacy group

May 30, 2022

Be Seeing You

Founded by Rovio and Zynga veterans, Village Studio has raised €2.1 million

Will Luton, Cyril Barrow, and Tak Fung's Village Studio aims to confront the issue of interoperability in blockchain and Web3 games

May 26, 2022

Join The Collective

Game economics platform Machinations.io raises $3.3 million

Machinations.io has announced a $3.3 million Series A funding round led by Hiro Capital

May 26, 2022

Get In The Sea

Infinite Arcade partners with blockchain gaming community YGG SEA

Collaboration with Southeast Asia subsidiary of Yield Guild Games intended to bring half a million players to Web3 gaming

May 23, 2022

Regulate This

US to tighten advertising guidelines against “fake reviews” and manipulative advertiser behaviour

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking to strengthen its guidelines in an effort to stop advertisers from posting fake positive reviews and abusing social media platforms

May 20, 2022

Soulful

Former Codemasters, Jagex execs establish new studio

Soul Assembly will explore games for VR and the metaverse

May 20, 2022

Backing Blockchain

Azra Games raises $15 million for former Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes exec's blockchain gaming project

Azra Games has secured $15 million in a seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz from both its games and crypto funds

May 12, 2022

Infinite Appointments

Infinite Arcade appoints former Visa exec Andrew Dubatowka

Dubatowka held senior positions in Intel, Google, Visa, and AdColony among others

May 12, 2022

Frvr Pitch

FRVR acquires F2P first-person shooter Krunker.io

Title acquired for an undisclosed amount

May 11, 2022

Supporting Indigenous Storytelling

East Side Games joins programme for Canadian Indigenous games scholarship

Blackbird Interactive, East Side Games, and Timbre Games Studio will partner with the Vancouver Film School on bringing Indigenous voices to the games industry

May 11, 2022

Fi-fuh?

Electronic Arts sees 82% increase in mobile revenue in fiscal year 2022

FIFA Mobile sees 80% growth in new players, as EA ends partnership with the football association

May 11, 2022

Where Is The Money

Call of Duty Mobile’s $1 billion consumer spend attributed to China despite highest spend in US

Activision Blizzard states 650 million downloads for mobile title now rivals console/PC player bases

May 9, 2022

Speaker Spotlight

$15 billion is spent on UA, only for 90% of players to fall off by day 30, says Snapyr's Manu Gambhir

Meet the mobile games and Web3 experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle right now

May 6, 2022

Speaker Spotlight

Play-to-earn is key, but security issues must be dealt with now, says Edgegap's Jeff Tremblay

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

May 6, 2022

Speaker Spotlight

With the crumbling of the walled gardens, now is the time to market directly to players, says Xsolla

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

May 5, 2022

Speaker Spotlight

NFTs in games is completely different to public perception, says WAX Studios' David Kim

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

May 4, 2022

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: PlayEveryWare’s Zak Whaley on why Seattle is a hotbed of innovation

Why is Seattle the perfect place for games innovation? Find out when PG Connects visits the city next week

May 4, 2022

Speaker Spotlight

Will the Mythical Games team persuade you to enter Web3 at PGC Seattle?

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

May 3, 2022

Speaker Spotlight

Solsten's Josh Rivers on the elusive nature of “finding the fun” and the future of player-centered games

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

May 3, 2022

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Irreverent Labs’ Rahul Sood on the future of gaming

What will gaming look like in 10 years time? Hear what Rahul Sood has to say at PG Connects Seattle

May 3, 2022

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: WINGS’ Corina Diaz on gender-diversity in the games industry

Hear the importance of having diverse teams in the games industry at PG Connects Seattle

May 3, 2022

Speaker Spotlight

User acquisition is the biggest challenge in mobile games, says InMobi's Jobie Tan

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

April 29, 2022

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Litesprite’s Swatee Surve on the crossroads of gaming and health

How can developers expand into other spheres? Hear from Swatee Surve at PG Connects Seattle

April 28, 2022

Speaker Spotlight

Photon Engine's Mark Val wants to spark your competitive spirit

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

April 28, 2022

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Hyper Hippo Entertainment's Sam Fisher on the effective methods of growing your business

How can communities take your company to the next level? Hear what Sam Fisher has to say at PG Connects Seattle

April 27, 2022

Pg Connects Seattle

Speaker Spotlight: Will Freeverse.io's Living Assets NFTs bring real value in play-to-earn?

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

April 26, 2022

Pg Connects Seattle

Speaker Spotlight: stand out in the international mobile market with TransPerfect's Semih Altinay

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

April 25, 2022

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: ZEBEDEE's Ben Cousens on the impact of game payments as a native experience

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

April 8, 2022

Mobile Games Awards 2022

Updated: the winners of the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2022

Championing the mobile games industry at the prestigious MGA 2022

March 24, 2022

People Power

Voting closes at midnight for the Pocket Gamer People's Choice Award 2022

Get your players to vote for your game before the deadline!

March 10, 2022

Pg Connects Interviews

Video interview: AWS Game Tech on the diverse functionality of cloud gaming

AWS Game Tech's Eric Morales details the evolving needs met by cloud gaming and functionality, both for the developers and players

March 8, 2022

Sharing Support

Updated March 8: game companies offer support for Ukraine

Supercell, InGameJob, and John Romaro among others