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Pre-regs Case Study
The challenges of running a pre-registration campaign
A comparison of the App Store and Google Play from the InnoGames team working on Heroes of History
Top Picks
Gamescom week preview: Top Devcom sessions for mobile devs
A look at the key sessions for the mobile games biz
Big Promos
Gamescom week preview: Who’s looking to make a splash at the show?
We take a look around the Koelnmesse to see which games and companies are getting the big promotions
Party Planning
Pocket Gamer’s ultimate Gamescom 2025 party guide
Making the most of every event around Devcom and Gamescom 2025
Podcast | Episode 26
The big stories and trends from Gamescom 2024 | Week in Mobile Games podcast
The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and and what's inside this week's episode 26...
Gamescom Takeaways
5 takeaways from Devcom and Gamescom 2024: Eastern influence, web shops rising, and Monument Valley returns
We look at some of the big stories and trends coming out of Europe's largest games expo
"curse Of The Consumables"
Aggressive mobile game monetisation pushes loyal players to churn, says Battle of Polytopia CEO
Midjiwan CEO Christian Lövstedt criticises the deliberate lack of transparency on in-app purchases
Web Shop Spending
Tilting Point’s Warhammer: Chaos & Conquest makes 50% of revenue from its web shop
Players can purchase web shop-exclusive bundles for up to $1,000
Integrating Story
How to integrate your narrative team into a game’s design and avoid story being sidelined
Game writer and narrative designer Kelsey Beachum gets on the soapbox and offers key advice on integrating narrative into the development pipeline
Devcom Begins
Devcom 2024 kicks off week of conference talks, exhibitions and awards
Prelude to Gamescom set to host more than 250 speakers across 200 sessions and 15 stages
Gamescom 2024
The Gamescom 2024 party guide: Where to go and when
Making the most of the show - outside the show
Speaker Reveal
Devcom 2024 reveals latest speaker lineup including Larian Studios, SIE Santa Monica Studio, IO Interactive and more
Developer conference takes place between August 18th and 20th, with talks starting from the 19th
Events
Devcom 2023 announces final round of talks and speakers
With the event set to kick-off on Monday the final line-up of talks is now in place
It's Happening
Devcom organisers insist the event will take place even if it's digital
Like Gamescom, trade show keeping an eye on the situation and make call in May
Going Ahead
Devcom 2020 is still taking place despite Covid-19 concerns
The organisers exepect the virus to "ease considerably"
Devcom 2020
Devcom returns in 2020 for expanded three-day event
2019 event attracted more than 3,000 visitors for two days of talks
Streaming
Devcom 2019: “Cloud gaming will begin with families”
PlayGiga director of product Juan Carrillo shared how the technology will take over in three phases
One In Four
Devcom 2019: 26% of the US has a disability that affects them playing games
46 million players across the country
Live Ops
Devcom 2019: InnoGames has 35 people maintaining the €500 million revenue Forge of Empires
Stefan Walter discussed the details surrounding live ops for the strategy title
Narrative Design
Devcom 2019: Why mobile game narrative design is more than text and plot
King Berlin studio narrative designer Valentina Tamer offers her advice
Devcom 2019
Devcom 2019: “The best way to get a successful outcome of a publisher signing you is by letting them know your gaps”
Maximum Games CEO Christina Seelye details key elements of obtaining a publisher
Story Tellers
Devcom 2019: Gamebook’s design and monetisation tips for interactive fiction
Gamebook's Nico Nowarra delves into a few key design decisions it's made and shares some stats from its own soft-launched title
Devcom Kicks Off
Devcom 2019: “Let’s use the power of games to make this world a better place”
MD Stephan Reichart kicks off Devcom 2019 with another speech railing against populism and the far right
Devcom 2019
What's new at Devcom 2019?
Ahead of the Cologne show's third year, we caught up with managing director Stephan Reichart to find out more
Getting Kolsch With The Industry
5 things we learned at Devcom and Gamescom 2018
After six days in Cologne we have returned with wisdom to share
Nice
500,000 people fly into Cologne for Gamescom 2018
Devcom, meanwhile, snagged 200,00 for its second annual conference
Devcom 2018
Devcom managing director Stephan Reichart calls for video gamers to be a force for good
Devcom head Stephan Reichart has called for video games to be a force for good in the troubling times we live in.
Event Stats
Inaugural Devcom attracts 3,000 visitors
2018 dates revealed
Influencer Marketing
When working with influencers “it’s all about the engagement”
Devcom panel discusses why influencer marketing isn't just about as wide a reach as possible
A New Reality
"Augmented reality is going to change the world": Tim Sweeney on the future of graphics in games
Epic Games founder talks photorealism and AR glasses
Grand Revival
Grand Cru on how it rebooted its business following the failure of Supernauts
Markus Palusa talks smaller teams and killing projects early
Rising India
Nazara Games on the future of the mobile market in India
Nikhil Birla talks about the 1.1 billion phones in the country and how they're used
Rcp Licensed Ip
Remote Control Productions on licensed IPs and how to secure them
COO Kalle Kaivola on building relationships and not focusing on genre
Ask Yourself
Oscar Clark suggests nine ridiculous questions every game developer should ask themselves
Silly questions with a serious heart
Inherently Streamable
Game Insight on how it's turning viewers into players with Guns of Boom
CEO Anatolijs Ropotovs offers advice for making a streamable game
The New Hotness
HandyGames CEO Christopher Kassulke on chasing "the new hotness"
Why developers need to jump on the latest technology ASAP
F2p Requirements
The requirements for making a free-to-play game in 2017
Freelance F2P consultant Teur Weidemann shares his rules