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King, Moonfrog Labs, Resolution Games and GameAnalytics join the amazing speaker roster at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019
Industry trends, hypercasual games, VR, AR, consoles and the future - it’s all at the January event.
Oh I Wish It Could Be...
Ogury, Tripledot, Lockwood, Jagex and Gram Games on the panel at the PG Christmas Mixer
Join us for an evening of talks, networking and drinks in London next week
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Tencent, Unity, Jumpship, NetEase, FunPlus and Makers Fund to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019
It’s business first with these speakers covering investment, strategy and the global market
Studio Profile
Big Pixel Studios: How this London studio is growing up with Rick and Morty
VP David Burpitt and lead artist Steffie Garcia on ramping up recruitment and a changing culture following its acquisition by Adult Swim Games
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Rovio, CCP, Hutch, Glu and Space Ape Games to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019
More speakers for January conference revealed, 20% Early Bird discount
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Come learn from industry experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's Mentor Lounges
CGX brings its international series of mentor networking sessions to Europe’s biggest B2B event for the mobile games industry
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Could you win the Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects London?
January event kicks off the international series of competitions for 2019 with prizes worth thousands of dollars
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Supercell, Jam City, SYBO, Riot Games and Nerial join first wave of speakers for Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019
January’s 21-track conference schedule already boasts a plethora of top industry experts
New Digs
Cloud games firm Improbable set for London HQ
Soon to be based in Spitalfields
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PC Connects returns to London next year
Pocket Gamer Connects London brings its own backup as PC joins blockchain sister event at The Brewery
Call For Speakers
You could speak at the biggest Pocket Gamer Connects London ever
Open call for speakers from the mobile games industry, as well as PC, blockchain and VR/AR for January event
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Acquisition News
UK publisher PlayStack acquires Finnish developer Hisome
Studio renamed PlayStack Oy and will be responsible for development and finding new partners
Acquisition
Pokemon Go developer Niantic acquires London-based machine learning outfit Matrix Mill
AI research outfit join the augmented reality giant
The Magic Number
Frank Gibeau on why Zynga’s $250 million acquisition of Gram Games adds up
Riding Merge Dragons! to success
Big Hire
Former Rovio executive producer Will Luton joins Big Pixel Studios as director of product
Luton to take a leading role in design and direction for Pocket Mortys
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: State of Play's Katherine Bidwell on art inspirations and spinning plates
"I think with running a small company it’s about making sure all the plates are spinning and keeping the focus on achievable goals"
It's Pickle Pixel
Adult Swim buys London-based Pocket Mortys developer Big Pixel Studios
Network plans to increase investment in the games space
Preparing For Takeoff
Building up to IPO, Flexion adds experienced game exec Chris Bergstresser to its board
Bolt-on experience
New Hires
Recruitment drive at ad sales firm Venatus draws in 10 new staff
The company increased revenue 50 per cent year-on-year in 2017
Regional Expansion
Chinese ads firm PapayaMobile opens London office to extend European reach
CEO Si Shen discusses the big move and future plans
Another Way
Alternative Android game store Flexion raises $10 million prior to 2018 IPO
Levelling up
Going Ape
Space Ape teams up with London universities for Varsity: Masterclass programme in March
UK developer to host a series of seminars in March in association with Universtiy College London and the University of Greenwich
Glispa New Cco
Mobile advertising tech firm Glispa hires Jon Hook as its new chief commercial officer
Formerly the VP of brands and agencies at AdColony
Pit Crew
Hutch bolsters its London studio with four new team members
Adds a programmer, artst, producer and technical designer to the fold
Trailblazing
Supercell invests $4.2 million in new London-based casual mobile games developer Trailmix
New developer founded by former King London heads
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13 reasons to head to Pocket Gamer Connects London 2018 on January 22nd to 23rd
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Here's who's coming to Pocket Gamer Connects London 2018
Well, 350 of the 900+ companies heading to the show
January 22nd Kick-off
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2018 kicks off in one week
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Passion Play
From Japan with a local twist: The making of The Secret Police's RPG Dragon's Watch
How a London startup improved the JRPG
Hutch Hires
Top Drives developer Hutch picks up two new staff from Firefly Studios and NaturalMotion
Mark Ffrench and Jason To join as Senior Programmer and QA Embedded Tester respectively
The Return Of Moshi Monsters
"Who would invest money in a company that's failing?": How Mind Candy plans to build itself back up
CEO Ian Chambers talks developing new products and bringing back Moshi Monsters
A New Dimension
New volumetric and 3D video capture studio Dimension sets up home in London
Hammerhead VR, Digital Catapult, and Microsoft all pitch in
Changing Rooms
Football Manager developer Sports Interactive relocates its studio to Olympia Park tech hub Here East
Closer to previous partner BT Sport
Conspext Hires Kuju
Conspexit Games hires Kuju to develop unannounced mobile AR game
Aiming to aid in bringing about social change
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Develop:vr Speakers
Develop:VR reveals keynote and first round of speakers for next event on November 9th
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Iap By The Gram
Settling in and exploring new avenues: Gram Games on moving from a small studio to a mid-size company
Culture Developer Erin O'Brien talks IAP and settling down after a year of expansion
Mumjam 2017
Rovio reveals first ever MumJam to take place November 11th-12th
Designed to bring mothers into the games industry, but all are welcome
Job News
London names first ever Chief Digital Officer
Mayor names former Ukie Head of Policy and Public Affairs Theo Blackwell in new role
Fake News
Supercell seeks new Builder for Clash of Clans - Apply within
Must speak fluent Barbarian and be comfortable working hands-on with molten lava
Blitz Meets Socom
How Forces of Freedom is shooting for mobile eSports success
Reinventing the coffee-break
Exclamation Marks!
Gram Games launches first IAP-driven title Merge Dragons!
First release from London studio
Fully On Board
Former Yahoo VP Glen Drury joins board of blind accessibility tech outfit Conspexit
Aiming for a more accessible world for the partially sighted
Hutch Hires
Hutch snaps up ex-Splash Damage and Square Enix staff
Rachael Edwards and Corentin Delprat join the studio
Live And Kicking
One year on: Another Place Productions on the evolution of BattleHand
CEO Jeremie Texier on the game's life so far
Power Of Teamwork
SpatialOS developer Improbable hires ex-Disney and GitHub execs as CCO and CMO
Bill Roper and Jason Jhonson join the team