Publishing
Marvel Snap publisher Nuverse follow up with Dragonheir: Silent Gods
Will be working with recently established SRGA studios
Partnerships
Rovio announces IMG as their exclusive agent for books and more
The company will manage publishing deals with book and media companies on behalf of Rovio
Industry Insight
Seven ways mobile games can make the most of direct–to-consumer strategies
Xsolla's Chris Hewish explains how mobile studios can make the most of the direct-to-consumer strategies used by major publishers
Insights
Flexion's Jens Lauritzson on why you should consider alternative app stores
Alternative app store publishing has been a winning model for companies such as Flexion and their partners
Alternative App Stores
Flexion delivers 12x boost to alternative app store revenue
The publisher delivered big gains for Top Games’ Evony: The King’s Return when published to the Amazon Appstore
Porting
Stumble Guys Vs Fall Guys - Why speed is essential in capitalising on mobile
With Fall Guys clone Stumble Guys reaching the upper echelons of the download charts, it looks like a huge case of missed opportunity for the original developers
Pocket Gamer Connects
Voodoo’s Alex Shea: “Hypercasual is dead”
In his talk at PGC London 2023, Alex Shea of Voodoo made a convincing argument for how hypercasual may be going the way of the dodo
Publishing
Flexion to publish Hill Climb Racing on alternative app stores
Flexion is set to publish Fingersoft's Hill Climb Racing 1 & 2 to alternative app stores
Publishing
Huuuge Games bags new studios and new games
Huuuge Games have secured publishing rights for two studios, Square Triangle and Frieddegames and their titles Bowling Clash: New Legends & Cafe Dash: Cooking Diner Game
Investment
African publisher Carry1st reports $27m funding round led by Bitkraft Ventures
One of Africa’s top mobile game publishers, Carry1st has partnered with numerous brands such as Riot Games and Call of Duty, leading to significant investment
Opera Gx
Gaming browser Opera GX surpasses 20 million monthly active users
Opera GX acts as a marketplace for games created using the GameMaker platform
Voodoo Style
Voodoo launches casual and midcore games publishing
Sign up now to find out more about the publishing giant's plans for the future of hybridcasual publishing - and submit your game now
Alternative App Stores
Flexion to sign third alternative app store publishing deal with tap4fun
The games marketing company has been signed on for a third consecutive deal to publish tap4fun’s game Age of Apes to alternative app stores
Pitching Advice
Advice for developers preparing to pitch - what you should, and definitely shouldn't do
Garrity of Secret Mode and Yves le Yaouanq of Focus Entertainment give their tip and tricks for putting your game in front of a publisher
Collaboration
Reliance Games partners with Atari to publish city-builder & management game Citytopia
The Indian developer will partner with Atari to publish the city-builder & management mobile game Citytopia
Publishing Partnership
Jagex and Titan Publishing partnering to create RuneScape comics & books
The partnership between RuneScape publisher Jagex, and Titan Publishing, will include graphic novels, comics, literature and colouring books
Guest Post
Portfolio diversification and publishing - ZiMAD on the varied paths to success in mobile gaming
Magic Jigsaw Puzzle developer ZiMAD discusses how to assess risk, value a game, and make smart decisions.
Guest Post
Ivan Karpinsky Greater China CBO at Azur Games on succeeding in the Chinese market
One of the world’s biggest mobile gaming markets poses unique challenges to developers
Self-publishing
85% of mobile acquisitions in the last twelve months self-published their games
No acquisitions of studios relying on third-party publishers were made
Competition Incoming
Kwalee’s VS Game Jam winner will receive a $500,000 bonus
Online event focusing on versus games running October 24 to November 13
New Partnership
Assemble Entertainment will distribute for Mixtvision Games
The new partnership will drive the success of Mixtvision's catalogue.
Brace Yourself
Developer Brace Yourself Games branches into publishing
Brace Yourself Publishing will focus on a smaller client base
Space Ape X Supercell
What is Space Ape doing with all that Supercell money?
Following Supercell’s $37 million investment, Space Ape Games founder Simon Hade outlines the developer’s scaling plans, including expanding its publishing division with three Beatstar-equivalent titles
Hot Five
Hot Five: Wild Rift breaches $500 million revenue, InnoGames publishes salary bands, and Unity's John Riccitiello apologies for PGbiz "fucking idiots" comment
The hottest news articles on PG.biz
Operatic
Opera and GameMaker launches mobile games publishing platform GX.games in beta
Web platform intended to allow mobile games publishing of GameMaker titles on iOS, Android, and desktop
A Desire To Distribute
King of Avalon launches on alternative app stores with Flexion
The third FunPlus title to be published by Flexion
Competition
Publish Me! Festival announced by AppQuantum and WN Conference
Top three winners to receive publishing offers from AppQuantum
Regulatory Reversal
China approves 60 more games in 2022
58 titles approved by the National Press and Publication Administration are explicitly mobile games, in continuation of regulatory reversal
Hit Publish
Funday Factory's Jeppe Kønig: "I see a clear shift towards cross-platform distribution, subscriptions, and social platforms"
Funday Factory's new head of publishing shares his thoughts on the latest challenges in the mobile games industry, and gazes into the cross-platform future
Independent Thought
Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is taking different inspiration for its mobile games: the indie scene
Michiharu Mori discusses how Shueisha’s new games division is looking at the indie model, and why there is so little movement in mobile gaming’s most popular titles
Flames On The Side Of My Face
Paul Farley’s Firestoke raises $2.2 million
Mobile games industry luminary’s indie games publisher to bridge gap between triple-A and mobile experiences
Taking The Subway To The Factory
Former Kiloo director joins Funday Factory
Jeppe Kønig, former Subway Surfer director of publishing, joins Danish multiplayer studio
Alternative App Store Agreement
Flexion to publish FunPlus’ King of Avalon on alternative app stores
Releasing on Huawei App Gallery and Samsung Galaxy App Store Q2 2022
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.
Mu To Be Renamed Lemuria
International venture fund Draper Dragon invests in ambitious MU project
MU Web3 infrastructure project will bring Web2.0 games studios into Web3
Viva!
Horizon Chase devs reach publishing agreement with Epic Games
Brazil-based AQUIRIS has signed a multi-title publishing agreement
The Top Publishers
data.ai reveals the top mobile publishers in 2021
Prominant publishers in 2021 included Tencent, NetEase, miHoYo/HoYoVerse, and CyberAgent
Open For Business
China lifts games licence freeze, 45 new games approved
New games from XD Inc, Yoozoo Games, and more after nine month standstill
Productising Publishing Process
ironSource surpasses two billion downloads across 50 published games
Two years since the launch of publishing solution Supersonic
More Choice
Flexion to publish King’s Choice on alternative app stores
Will bring ONEMT’s mediaeval RPG to Amazon App Store and Samsung Galaxy App Store
Taking Back Control
Stardew Valley creator to self-publish on Android
Taking over from UK-based publisher Chucklefish on all platforms
Four Finalists
NFL & Skillz Game Developer Challenge finalists revealed
Brainstorm Games, iGamebank, Play Mechanix, and Session Games in for a chance to have NFL-themed title officially published on the App Store and Google Play
Advancing On Apac
Riot Games to expand publishing efforts in APAC
To focus in on a region with a "strong appetite" for mobile gaming
Testing The Waters
Gardenscapes dev Playrix invests in mobile games publisher AppQuantum
Marks the company’s first investment in an independent publisher
Now That's Magic
Voodoo and MagicLab discuss building a successful hypercasual partnership
PocketGamer.biz interviews Ümit Boncukçu, the co-founder at MagicLab and Voodoo's Halil Kaftan about the companies partnership and success in the rapidly evolving hypercasual market
Jotaro...
KLab to distribute upcoming JoJo's Bizarre Adventure mobile game worldwide
Will be the first globally available mobile title from the franchise
Garena Of Africa
Carry1st raises $20 million to create the "Garena of Africa"
Will expand into the co-development of mobile games
Strategic Signing
Azerion extends partnership to exclusively publish Ubisoft Nano titles
Will manage distribution and monetisation of titles
Making New Frens
OP Games launches indie publishing arm GM Frens
Aims to bring indie developers onto the blockchain
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