Pgc London
Good Job Games has the highest amount of video ad share on the App Store
Mobile Action's Aykut Karaalioglu shared details during PGC London
Game Changers
Learn how hypercasual and social games are changing the industry at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
One of 15 tracks at the conference
Next Big Thing
Rollic, hyper-casual publishing star of 2019, launching its SDK equipped with analytic features powered by AI
Rollic co-founder and managing director Burak Vardal tells the story behind the huge scale his company achieved in less then a year, and Rollic's plans for 2020
Sensor Tower
Hypercasual specialist SayGames sees a 453% rise in downloads over 12 months
Facebook and Google top non-specific mobile game publishers
Circle Complete
Hyper-idle dev Fumb Games adds Paul West as new CEO
London developer scaling up
2019 In Review
Exient CEO Dave Hawkins on what follows peak hypercasual
UK company moved into publishing
Pvp = $$$
Casual drives downloads but competition is what you need for monetisation
Crunching the data with App Annie
Fast Fingers
SayGames' Sand Balls was the most downloaded hypercasual game in October
Developer had two games in top five
New Location
Update: Voodoo expands 'beyond hyper-casual' with new Montreal studio
Mehdi El Moussali will lead the team
Top Game
Gismart's Cool Goal! rakes in 35 million downloads
The game was one of the top three hyper-casual titles in September
Moving Fast
Following the success of Cool Goal, Gismart is looking to partner with more hypercasual game devs
New strategy is paying off
Zynga Zooming
M&A, hyper-casual and chat app gaming: Zynga COO talks future strategy
Zynga has had a busy few years
East And West
What we learned at the Bridge between East and West summit in association with Mintegral
Speakers deliver sessions on hyper-casual, monetisation and the opportunities available in China’s mobile games market
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Gametapas’ Juan Gril to host talk on game depth in hyper-casual games
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki takes place from October 1st to 2nd
Seed Funding
Hyper-casual competitive gaming platform Ready secures $5 million in seed funding round led by Bitkraft
The money will be used to expand the company’s audience of engaged players
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Helsinki: Homa Games’ Jon Hook to discuss the future of hyper-casual games
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki takes place from October 1st to October 2nd
Sensor Tower
Good Job Games’ Fun Race 3D tops downloads for hyper-casual games in July
Voodoo’s Aquapark.io slides to second spot
Jaffajam
New Zealand hyper-casual start-up JaffaJam wants to shake up the sector
Studio soft-launches new title Mountain Madness built on its own BubbleGum toolset
Hyper-casual
Voodoo’s ad monetisation and the recipe for hyper-casual success
Thanks to the Mintegral-led campaigns, the ad fill rate for Voodoo’s titles increased from 30 per cent to a high of 75 per cent
Acquisition
Ubisoft acquires majority stakes in Green Panda Games
70 per cent stake in hyper-casual mobile specialist
European Expansion
Interview: Hyper-casual specialist Voodoo opens new Istanbul studio
“The move to Istanbul follows recent studio openings and that growth really demonstrates our drive to develop the sector and expand the hyper-casual market”
Hyper-casual In China
Google, Voodoo, JoyPac and more to speak at hyper-casual games summit in Shanghai on August 1st
Google, Voodoo, JoyPac, App Annie and Tenjin to speak at seminar
Indie Investment
Crazy Labs investing $500,000 in hyper-casual indie developers
“Hyper-casual is by far the most dynamic line of games we ever worked on”
Pgc Videos
5 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Instant Games and Hyper-casual track
The series of talks from the track, which was sponsored by Facebook Gaming, features speakers from Mintegral, Double Coconut, Microsoft, East Side Games, Metamoki and more
Instant Games And Hyper-casual
Check out the Instant Games and Hyper-casual track at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong
Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong will run from July 17th to 18th
West Meets East
Global trends, market insight and hyper-casual games: Inside West Meets East at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong
Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong will run from July 17th to 18th
Region Focus
Region Focus: How China’s big game freeze has made local developers more internationally minded
“It has been a battle to survive the approvals drought and studios have had to get creative”
Interview
“Hyper-casual isn’t a phase, it’s a culture shock for the whole mobile industry”
Kwalee publishing manager Jack Griffin dives into the state of hyper-casual games publishing
Hyper-casual
4 videos analysing China's lucrative hyper-casual games market and how to get user attention
Mintegral presents The Bridge Between East & West covering all things China
Casual Expansion
WeQ: Investment in ad tech, development and publishing sets us apart from hyper-casual competition
Ad tech company has acquired Booster Studios to develop and publish in-house and third-party hyper-casual games
New Studio
Gismart opens internal hyper-casual game development studio
Studio aims to deliver 10 games within its first year of operation
Expansion
Playtika eyes rapid development with new casual games division
The Casual games Lab will be based in Tel Aviv, Israel
Impressive Numbers
Voodoo outpaces hyper-casual rivals with 771 million downloads in six months
Lion Studios and Playgendary follow in second and third
Network Effects
How hyper-casual games use network effects to supercharge growth
Tenjin CEO Christopher Farm discusses the attention economy and how publishers attract returning users
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Voodoo’s Wesley Clarke on how to get a job as a technical lead
"Finishing projects should be your goal"
Mobile Trends
Key mobile games industry trends for 2019 and how they’ll affect the sector in 2020
An overview of leading genres and new user acquisition formats and strategies for the year ahead
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Double Coconut’s David Fox to share the secrets to success in hyper-casual at PGC Seattle
Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019 will take place on May 13th to 14th.
Voodoo Development Magic
Voodoo Development Magic: How UK studio Neon Play made a splash with hyper-casual hit Roller Splat
This special series focuses on how developers have built mobile's biggest hits, with help from publisher Voodoo
Voodoo Development Magic
Voodoo Development Magic: In-house Paris studio highlights the power of the number one publisher’s internal production with Ball Mayhem!
How Ball Mayhem! went from concept to over eight million downloads
Social Gaming
Teatime Games: "Mobile games have lost the value of playing together"
Start-up launches video communication platform Teatime Live with first title Hyperspeed
Facebook Roundtable
Roundtable: Discussing the mobile games market's big 2019 trends in hyper-casual, hybrid monetisation models and midcore's future
PocketGamer.Biz was joined by Facebook, Wooga, Madbox, Supersolid, Firi Games and Two Way Media at a round table during Pocket Gamer Connects London
Hyper-casual
TabTale on the state of hyper-casual and how it’s found success
The inside track on the industry's trendiest genre, and how Tabtale racked up the downloads for Light I
Uh Oh
Hyper-casual in 2019 "may be even more complicated to succeed without the product and marketing help from expert publishers”
Voodoo's Celine Droit spoke about the coming year in hyper-casual at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019
Magic
Voodoo's portfolio of games builds up over 1.5 billion downloads
That number grew 50 per cent over the past four months
Voodoo Development Magic
Voodoo Development Magic: Lighting the spark for Fire Balls 3D’s hyper-casual success
This special series focuses on how developers have built mobile's biggest hits, with help from publisher Voodoo
Killer Apps
Hyper-casual specialist Voodoo taps GameAnalytics to identify hit games
How the mobile publisher utilises data to stay on top
Feel The Hype
Keep it casual: Here’s the lineup for Pocket Gamer Connects London’s Game Changers – Hyper-casual track
Track features the leading lights in the hyper-casual and the chat app gaming sectors
Spellbound
Voodoo Development Magic: Transforming labyrinth puzzler Tenkyu into a globe-trotting hit through simplicity
Over 30 million players have downloaded Tenkyu since its launch in July 2018
Pgc Videos
6 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Hyper-casual and Instant Messenger track
All the sessions from the Hyper-casual and Instant Messenger track
Growth Masters
Hyper-casual games publisher Playgendary's IAP revenue shot up 57 per cent during Q3 2018
Bowmasters and Tank Stars bring Playgendary its best quarter yet for revenue and downloads