Top 50 Game Makers
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Long-life Hypercasual
Beating the myth of hypercasual: creating long-term retention and success
Garawell Games' Nebih Başaran and Supersonic's Mark Ratchin share their tips on combatting the stereotypes surrounding hypercasual games from their developer and publisher perspectives
Ctrl Alt Match
Flexion Mobile signs agreement with Magic Tavern
Developer's top-grossing Matchington Mansion hits the 'alternative app stores' in just six weeks thanks to Flexion
Spotlight From The Store
Smaller European developers are given the spotlight in new App Store series
Developers selected on the basis of growth potential and more
The Coming Crypto Storm
Q&A with Storms’ CEO David Yin: Navigating the Web3 gaming space
Is Web3 coming? Is it already here? What does crypto bring to the world of games? PocketGamer.biz sat down with the Storms CEO for his take on the future of games
Polish Expansion
Amber to open Polish studio following 56% revenue growth
Studio to be headed by game designer Greg Ciach
Big Bid
Meta Audience Network bidding hits Appodeal Stack
Appodeal Stack integrates Meta Audience Network making it available to all app creators in its Growth Platform
Developer Deals
Keywords Studios enters conditional $32.5 million acquisition of Forgotten Empires
Maximum value of the acquisition, with initial cash consideration of $15.75 million
Roblox Role
Roblox hires former Zynga and Twitter exec Nick Tornow
Former Zynga CTO joins Roblox as vice president of technology
Developer Dash
Liniad Unleashes Playable Dashboard
New 'power dashboard' enables app marketers unlimited variations across all channels
Live On Tv
Exclusive industry interviews from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2022
Hear from the industry leaders, professionals, and pioneers across the global mobile games market about the latest trends, case studies, best practice, and business opportunities
Let's Jam
The new HomaJam offers participants a 50/50 publishing revenue share
Homa Games announces the 5th edition of the games jam together with Google to continue on the mission of educating & supporting the developer community.
The Gamekit Cometh
AWS Gamekit support is coming to Android and iOS games developed with Unreal
Features include cloud saves and achievements
Moving To Santa Monica
Kong Studios moves HQ to Santa Monica following unicorn status
The home of Naughty Dog, Respawn Entertainment and Infinity Ward
Moving To Modernise
The latest App Store notice is causing concern for indie devs
Updates required to keep titles on App Store, says Apple
From Concept To Completion
Code Coven and Facebook Gaming’s Game Developer Program will guide under-represented talent
Teaching coding to individuals from marginalised communities
Game On 2022
Korea’s PlayX4 games event returns as a hybrid in 2022
The 2022 event will build upon the success of the virtual 2021 event which attracted 329 companies and delivered over $110 million of business
Build A Better Business
Appodeal Stack introduces a new round of its Accelerator Program
To celebrate two years of its successful accelerator program, Appodeal Stack is opening a new round, with more features and opportunities for mobile game developers
Core Competences
How HMS Core empowers game developers to deliver better, more high-quality experiences
Find out more about Huawei Mobile Services core capabilities including 3D Modelling, Computer Graphics, Scene Kit, and Augmented Reality engine
Hypercasual School
Voodoo Academy is training the next generation of hypercasual developers
Launching April 14 with up to $3000 prizes for "high-potential" prototypes
Productising Publishing Process
ironSource surpasses two billion downloads across 50 published games
Two years since the launch of publishing solution Supersonic
Gdc
GDC: Niantic talks keeping redlining out of the metaverse
The metaverse cannot recreate the prejudicial problems of the games industry, says Niantic’s John King and Kellee Santiago
Games Dev In Ukraine
iLogos on games dev in Ukraine: "Working in days of war is a heroic act. We call this a fight, not on the battlefield but on the economical frontline."
Games solutions provider discusses continuing full-cycle games production during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Partner Up
Google Play brings new features for higher earning developers
Developers must generate over $5 million monthly and must be in "good standing" to qualify
Collaborative Challenge
GameRefinery and CrazyLabs begin developer challenge with prizes up to $35,000
Testing marketability and retention
Sharing Support
Updated March 8: game companies offer support for Ukraine
Supercell, InGameJob, and John Romaro among others
Calling On Developers
Ukraine appeals to games industry to close Russian studios
Apple, Google, Riot, Wargaming, and Gameloft among mobile entities approached
Angered Attorneys
Attorneys seeking $27 million for securing $100 million settlement against Apple
Fallout of the Apple antitrust class action suit
Tentacle Zone
Payload Studios and Exient open applications for 2022 Tentacle Zone Incubator
Developer incubator returns for second year
Audience Accessibility
Unlisted apps now allowed on the App Store
Intended for apps ready for distribution
Push It Good
ByteBrew launches push notifications for its 2,500 game developers
ByteBrew has launched push notifications on its free all-in-one platform which now boasts 2,500 game developers
Best Year Yet
App Store developers earned $260 billion since launch
Up $60 billion from start of 2021
Winter Games
Voodoo announces new winter game competition with coaching and resources on offer
Studios around the world can enter and access top coaching and resources from Voodoo, alongside exclusive up-to-date product knowledge
Sign Up Today
Huawei launches winter developer giveaway and accelerator programmes
Huawei launches two new programmes to support developers, inspire creativity, and help game creators grow in 2022.
Inside Track
Voodoo shares the secrets of hypercasual development at Paris HQ
The mobile publisher's real-world educational events have returned
It Could Be You
Yodo1 mobile game competition: enter today and win up to $1000
Cash prizes and coaching on offer to winning developers in gameplay, game design, music and monetisation categories
Live And Online
Highlights from the 2021 Huawei Developer Conference
The highlights from the 2021 Huawei Developer Conference (HDC) are now live and online to enable developers and publishers to catch up with all of the keynotes
News
Sentry begins catching and monitoring issues in Unity
More than 800 game development companies currently use Sentry
Huawei Global
Register now for the Huawei Developer Conference
The mobile giant offers three days of insight and learning into the tech, tools and techniques for achieving mobile gaming success
What's Next?
Get future trends now with our Mobile Game Developer Trends Survey 2021
Our 2021 trends survey has all the answers
Decade Of Development
A decade of Dice Clubs with B-Interaktive
PocketGamer.biz spoke to founder and CEO Eugen Barteska about the studio's recipe for success
Counting Down
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Reach millions of gamers and take your game to the moon with our consumer-facing digital event
Stadia Splits
Google Stadia to give revenue share based on how often games are played
Developers who add their games to the service will receive 70 per cent cut of overall revenue
Jam Hot
MyAppFree Launches a mobile games jam on Itch.io
Up to $1,000 up for grabs for developers to create new mobile titles
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Holistic Hypercasual
Publishing for all: CrazyLabs offers publishing for the other 99%
Hypercasual expert offers developers a revenue stream for games outside the top tier
Asia B2b
PlayX4 Online emerges as alternative event for global business
South Korea's leading business-to-business games event found success with its first online only conference
Espansione
Italian game industry headcount up 45% since 2018 to 1,600
Maturity of companies also rising
Better Together
IronSource picks up creative management platform Luna Labs
"Our vision at ironSource is to build the most comprehensive growth platform for app developers"
Game Drive
Introducing Game Drive: the acceleration programme from MY.GAMES and Google that promises to fuel mobile developers
The new initiative will see successful mobile studios rewarded with consultation on how to level up their business