Meet The Experts
Speaker Spotlight: Snap's Gracia Pozo on the next gen of hypercasual games
Meet the mobile hypercasual experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London, February 14-15
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Meet The Experts
Speaker Spotlight: Bidstack's Antoine Jullemier on native in-app advertising
Meet the mobile gaming ad experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London, February 14-15
Meet The Experts
Speaker Spotlight: AppLovin's David White on creating authentic and engaging ads
Meet the mobile gaming ad and branding experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London, February 14-15
Meet The Experts
Speaker Spotlight: TransPerfect Gaming Solutions' Kayla Madsen on localisation, the secret to accessing new markets
Meet the mobile gaming localisation experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London, February 14-15
People Power
Have your players nominated your game for the Pocket Gamer People's Choice Award 2022?
Submissions close at midnight on February 11
Meet The Experts
Speaker Spotlight: Meta Audience Network's Thomas Coulon on finding hypercasual success
Meet the mobile gaming casual and hypercasual experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London, February 14-15
Meet The Experts At Pg Connects
Speaker Spotlight: Bango Audience's Brett Orlanski on apps successfully marketing post-IDFA
Meet the mobile gaming marketing experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London, February 14-15
Meet The Experts At Pg Connects
Speaker Spotlight: AppTweak's Simon Thillay on essential App Store Optimisation trends in 2022
Discover the latest ASO knowledge and strategies at Pocket Gamer Connects London, February 14-15
Meet The Experts At Pg Connects
Speaker Spotlight: Facebook Gaming at Meta's Cheryl Savage on reimagining games advertising
Meet the mobile gaming ad and branding experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London, February 14-15
Making Of
How Heck Deck shot its way to the top of the App Store
torcado walks us through the development of Heck Deck, from game jam to top-ranking new game on the App Store
Predictions
Mobile Mavens: expert predictions for the future of the mobile games industry
Web3, more acquisitions, and new working models
Industry's Best
Nominations for the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2022 are now live
Lobbying for the 23 categories – the largest number yet – closes on March 1st
Largest Gaming Acquisition [again]
Mobile Mavens: industry reactions to Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Industry responds to near-$70 billion acquisition
Largest Gaming Acquisition
Mobile Mavens: Reactions to Take-Two's acquisition of Zynga
Industry responds to $12.7 billion acquisition
Most Anticipated 2022
PocketGamer.biz's 22 most anticipated mobile games of 2022
A peak into the crystal ball
Introductions
Meet the PocketGamer.biz team
The PG.biz team changed a lot in 2021. We want to say hi.
Passion To Start
Standing up for the female perspective through storytelling
Pixel Federation's Patricia Pribolova tells her story
Asia's Finest
Tickets for G-STAR conference available now
Korea's games event returns this November with b2b discounts available when you buy a Pocket Gamer Connects ticket
Meet The Investor
Ludus Venture Studio’s İsmet Gökşen on the benefits of early-stage investment
“We can invest at a very early stage, close to ground zero if we see potential from co-founders and the business plan that they are pitching.”
Best Of 2021
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021
The movers, the shakers, and all those funky moneymakers
Top 50 Reveal
Join us today for a first-look at the Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021
Tune to see which creator are making waves in the mobile games industry
Affordable Training
PocketGamer.biz MasterClasses: Early Bird offer ends at midnight
Invest in your professional development, enhance your skills and discover new business practices from top games industry mentors
Developers Wanted
Show us your game for a chance to win big in the new Big Hypercasual Pitch
With the help of Sunday we're expanding our pitching series with the Big Hypercasual Pitch, running digitally on September 29th
2021 Mobile Legend
The life and times of mobile legend Chris DeWolfe
Jam City CEO and co-founder scoops Mobile Legend trophy at Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards
Seventh Heaven
The seventh sizzling edition of Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7 was amazing
July's online conference connected the global games industry together
Industry Best
Genshin Impact, TiMi Studio, Tencent win big at the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021
Industry celebrated in 22 categories during live/digital hybrid central London event
Live & Digital Event
Final days to grab a ticket to the PG Mobile Games Awards 2021
Come mix winners, drinks and canapes in central London on July 20th
Top Talent
The Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021 finalists
Shortlist unveiled progressively, with winners revealed during central London ceremony on July 20th
Meet The Investor
Project A Ventures’ Jack Wang on the kind of companies and projects they’re interested in investing in
“Most founders I have spoken to are very well-rehearsed on development calls"
Stellar Support
Leading game developer Game Insight confirmed as PG Mobile Games Awards 2021 headline sponsor
Premier mobile games industry awards ceremony returns this year on July 20th, finalists to be unveiled shortly
People Power
Has your game made the Pocket Gamer People's Choice Award 2021 finalists?
Get your players to vote for it until June 30th if so
Work With Us
Jobs available! Come and work with the Pocket Gamer family
Flexible entry-level contracts are available on our websites and events now
Masterclass
Celia Hodent on the importance of cognitive science and a UX framework to improve your game
There is no guaranteed formula for crafting games but clear ingredients do exist
Ending Soon
Final 36 hours to nominate for the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021
You have until midnight Friday May 21st
Masterclass
Xbox Game Studios’ Crystin Cox on designing for liveops success
Success is more and more focused on effectively operating and caring for a live game
Working Your Pitch
Mediatonic’s Arran Topalian on building a pitch from concept to doc
A great pitch provides the foundation needed for incredible things to be built upon it
Data-driven
Poornima Seetharaman and Vimal Sathish on mastering data for engaging game design
“Games, as a business of entertaining people, is booming... but so is the competition.”
Lobbying Time
10 days left to submit your game or team to the PG Mobile Games Awards 2021
Nominations close midnight Friday May 21st, people
Ugc’s Importance
Mod.io’s Scott Reismanis on the importance of UGC communities
“UGC will become a feature studios optimise and plan for early, as monetisation further shifts towards content and events”
A Metaverse For All
Genvid’s Dan Pearson on ensuring the world has access to the metaverse
“We connect people and give them valuable cultural experiences”
History And Development
Prof. Kawal Rhode on the link between home computing and video games
The development of video games and video game technology has had a huge impact on the development of healthcare technology.
New Worlds
Epic Games' Paul Doyle on populating the Metaverse with digital humans
Why ML-driven approaches to artist augmentation are taking off
Make It So
So Real Digital Twins' Erinrose Sullivan on the future of interactive media
"When I work in other sectors, I'm surprised by how behind they are technically..."
Zeitgeist Fusion
Ensuring the inclusion of people with disability in gaming and esports, with Big Karma's Pascal Clarysse
"We want to give them a platform through which they can shine for their merits rather than condescending pedestals."
Just Do It
Building the user-generated metaverse - Wormhole Labs' Phil Ranta on COVID's silver lining
"Gaming has shown itself to be a powerful tool for building social connections when forced to shelter in place."
Xr Ftw!
XR Games' Bobby Thandi on the social impact of VR during social distancing
"Think about what extra value you can offer to a games studio."
Creative Companies
SYBO CEO Mathias Gredal Nørvig on why the games industry is 'the best place to be'
"Practice makes perfect"
The Future Of Xr
There's still work to do to ensure diversity extends beyond race and gender
"The industry needs people from all walks of life to provide perspective to make better games and apply game design theories and psychology to other fields."
Masterclass
Pascal Luban on upcoming PocketGamer.biz MasterClass: Setting Up and Managing Your In-house Playtest Campaign
“Nothing beats the responsiveness and relevance of playtest sessions run within the development studio”
Better By Miles!
Genvid Technologies' Chris Cataldi on going the extra MILE - a Massively Interactive Live Event
"Pick your specialty and be prepared to spend the time and effort required to hone your craft."