New Direction
Ubisoft to focus on triple-A free-to-play games going forward
"This is purely a financial communication evolution..."
The Big 5
Voodoo crossed five billion downloads
Hypercasual keeps on growing
Listen Up
Keywords opens new localisation studio in Paris
To meet European demand
Cloud Nine
Blacknut now offers 500 games via cloud platform
Latest additions include Asphalt 9: Legends
Indie Spotlight
Kosmoon Studio solo developer Benhaddou Malik on the importance of respecting the players
"Use your mistakes as a learning process."
"new Rhythm"
Indie Spotlight: How developer 8SEC is coping in France under Covid-19
"Sometimes it's hard to let go of a concept or feature we are invested in but the numbers don't lie"
200 Partnerships
PGC Helsinki Digital: Homa Games exceeds 250 million lifetime downloads
Sky Roller and Nerf Epic Pranks dominate
Cell-ing Well
Making Of: Evil Empire CEO Steve Filby on the ongoing success of Dead Cells
"I’d say that we’ve got a few years left in the game"
Job Opportunity
Steel Media is hiring for a new writer at PocketGamer France
Fluent in French? Know your way around a keyboard? Then step right up...
Ubisoft Forward
Ubisoft to host digital showcase on July 12th
Exclusive game news, reveals and more
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Voodoo's Sophie Vo on the misconceptions of being a game lead
Vo has spent time at Gameloft, Wooga and Rovio before making the move to Voodoo.
C'est La Vie
Anime, Supercell and Playrix dominate the French lockdown charts
Crunching the data with App Annie
20 Years Of Gameloft
Staying agile in an ever-changing industry: Gameloft chiefs look back on the company's 20 years in games
CFO Alexandre de Rochefort and COO Baudouin Corman speak to us about adapting to shifts in technology and monetisation
"take Care Of Yourselves"
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot pens supportive letter to staff regarding coronavirus
Uplifting message sent to all employees worldwide
Price Fixing Allegations
Apple fined record $1.23 billion by French antitrust regulator
Tech Data and Ingram Micro both fined €76 million ($84.4 million) and €63 million (69.9 million) respectively
Pride, Gluttony, The Rest
Netmarble heralds Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross a "great success" as game surpasses 3 million downloads
Adventure RPG launched on mobile on March 3rd, 2020
Live And Kicking
Live and Kicking: How Dragon Mania Legends has thrived for five years with "close to zero crunch"
DML game manager Botond Szalacsi tells us about the game's biggest achievements
Ubi-down
Ubisoft's Q3 revenue drops, mobile accounts for 7% of net bookings
26 per cent decrease year-over-year
Tres Bien
Nintendo Switch surpasses 3.3 million units in France
Pokemon Sword and Shield rank as best selling games
Foresight
Dead Cells' Steve Filby on why you need to design games with an audience in mind
Think about what you’re going to build before you build it
Acquisitioon
Unity Technologies snaps up Furioos cloud engine firm Obvioos
Building out the stack
Million Dollars
French start-up Million Victories raises $1.4m to shake up strategy genre
Studio claims debut title Million Lords has 35 per cent day one retention and average revenue per daily active user of $0.50
Brexit Shenanigans
UKIE says UK government needs to support industry as France launches campaign to attract companies
'Our reputation can be eroded in a globally competitive industry. The emergence of a programme designed to poach talent and businesses from the UK should remind policymakers of this fact'
Alerte D’emploi
Ubisoft promotes from within for chief financial officer
Current CFO Alain Martinez will retire at the end of the year
Ban
France bans mobile phones during school
Phones, tablets and smart-watches banned during school hours for under-15 students
Loot Boxes
French regulator concerned about loot boxes but concedes it isn't gambling
Paris proves less hostile to the practice than its Dutch and Belgian counterparts
Oh Mymy
After early struggles French dev Oh BiBi has its eyes on the big time with $21m investment
Studio set to launch multiplayer shooter FRAG
Join The Club
Millennial Esports buys majority stake in Gear.Club developer Eden Games for $10.5 million
Deal could rise based on the studio's performance
Rebooting
Is Gameloft on the road to recovery?
Ranking the start of the Vivendi era
Not For Your Eyes
From game jam to indie hit: The making of A Normal Lost Phone
Accidental Queens' Diane Landais on the smartphone as a setting
Back Of The Net
Eight Pixels Square tops UK and France App Store charts with Retro Soccer
Midcore studio finds success with simpler title
Plug In Publishing
Plug In Digital launches indie publishing label Playdius for all platforms including Switch
Six games signed, four coming to Nintendo's new console already
Creative Thinking
Virtuos opens mobile game design studio in Paris
Ex-Kobojo Marketing Manager Jean-Baptiste Fleury heads up new team
Self-help
Book publisher Hachette Livre acquires majority stake in Peak developer Brainbow
Diversification is key
There's Hope Yet
Tiny Lab reclaims rights to its own game from Bulkypix as publisher remains silent on closure
A small victory in a sea of misery
Vroom Vroom
Eden Games' Gear.Club races to one million downloads in five days
Coming to Android later this month
Gameloft's Next Four
Gameloft outlines its first four game releases following Vivendi's hostile takeover
Three sequels and one original IP
Family-owned
Guillemot family buying up another 3.5% of shares in Ubisoft to ward off Vivendi takeover
Unnamed bank backing the purchase
Liquidation
French publisher Bulkypix goes into liquidation in a move that could leave devs out of pocket
Everyone left in the lurch
New Boss
Vivendi COO Stephane Roussel is Gameloft's new CEO
Vivendi instates own board following mass exodus
Clash Of Visions
Gameloft appoints Alexandre de Rochefort as temporary CEO
Board rejects "strategic vision and managerial values it does not share"
Consolidation
Mobile Mavens discuss Vivendi's risky Gameloft acquisition
And will it be a good thing for either party?
Gallic Quest
Vivendi promises Gameloft staff a "great collective adventure" as its takeover bid gains majority
Bid has gained 56% of voting rights
Loft Conversion
Vivendi gains backing of Gameloft shareholders for takeover bid
Paying €8 a share
Ua To Pr
Why paid UA startup PocketWhale pivoted to employ the power of the press
From performance to brand UA
Jam Tomorrow
Gameloft attempts to fight off Vivendi, announcing 2018 sales target of $390 million
The plan for 2016-2018
Now In 8 Cities
Mobile data outfit Adjust opens Paris office
Aline Reiniche named Country Manager
Iap Inspector
Churning waves: the monetisation of Pirate Power
IAPs from the players' perspective
Not Exactly Plain Sailing
3 years, two people, 1 vision: the making of Pirate Power
Godzilab on being a small indie with big ideas
French Fancies
Vivendi makes a formal takeover offer for troubled Gameloft
30% shareholding triggers move