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Investment News
Bitkraft Ventures says it will double down on India investments despite real-money gaming ban
Podcast | Episode 65
Gamescom insights and India's shock real-money gaming ban | Week in Mobile Games podcast
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Layoff News
MPL to lay off 60% of its India staff after government ban on paid games
About 300 of 500 employees will be cut
Week In Views
Real-money ban hits India's growth, Destiny lands on mobile and Uma Musume shines overseas | Week in Views
The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
Seismic Shift
India's games companies scramble as real-money ban wipes billions off market
The legislation has seen companies and investors lose hundreds of millions of dollars from a previously fast-rising industry
Regulation Ramps Up
India bans real-money games but looks to legitimise esports as competitive sport
The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill 2025 will ban ads and social media promotion of real-money games, whether skills-based or chance-based
New Partnerships
ZBD brings real-money embedded rewards to mobile games
TapNation’s Idle Bank is among the first to integrate ZBD’s SDK
Company Spotlight
Company Spotlight: WorldWinner
Discover how WorldWinner is using skill-based gaming to deliver valuable opportunities for brands, developers, and players alike
Avia Anniversary
AviaGames celebrates eight years: From garage-based startup to award-winning publisher
The company’s portfolio spans Bingo Clash, Bingo Tour, Solitaire Clash and more
Strict Laws
Australia sets new rules for games with loot boxes and gambling-like content
Games with interactive simulated gambling will automatically receive an R18+ rating
Fintech Funds
LinQ raises $2.3 million in seed funding to publish real-money games
Drive by DraftKings, Sharp Alpha Advisors, MiddleGame Ventures, and a16z Speedrun participated in the funding
Gambling Games
Google's inconsistent app-store gambling regulations come under fire
Mobile game Luck be a Landlord has been banned in 13 countries, and its developer isn't happy
Q&a
FanDuel’s Aaron Champagne on creating a skill based gaming platform for mobile
FanDuel FaceOff features competitive play on games such as Boggle and Breakout Blitz
Q&a
Game Taco CEO Nancy MacIntyre on the creation of skill gaming platform FanDuel Faceoff
With the rise in popularity of esports gaming both Game Taco and FanDuel saw an opportunity for competitive real money gaming on mobile
Gaming In India
India’s gaming industry draws the line between 'online' and 'real money' gaming
The move comes in the wake of India announcing a new 28% tax on games
Ceo Interview
The rise and rise of skill gaming: exclusive interview with new Game Taco CEO Nancy MacIntyre
The boss of WorldWinner and FanDuel Faceoff reveals her philosophy of embracing a diverse gaming demographic
Indian Market
Nazara CEO: Indian market playing catch up with game monetisation
Despite the growth of India’s mobile gaming sector, the country trails in effective monetisation
Mobile Browser Gaming
AviaGames launches a new browser-based gaming service for phones
Pocket7Games WebGame allows players to access the company’s titles on their phones without downloading
Building On Bingo
AviaGames' new Bingo Tour allows players to win cash in online tournaments
Bringing bingo to a new generation of social gamers
Bad Actors
How cheaters are impacting the most valuable currency in the cash gaming market - player trust
Ryu Games' Nick Contino explains
A New Way To Pay
The slow inexorable rise of Skillz
Andrew Paradise on a decade to the tipping point
Take A Crack
Skillz partners with Etermax for new Trivia Crack game
Real-money platform signs new partnership
Pgc Profile
Ryu Games' Nick Contino on the mobile transformation of esports
Contino explore the impact of mobile games and technology on the world of esports
Two Way Transactions
Creativity, community and cash
Papaya Games outlines its unique approach to skill-based gaming
More Cash
Game Taco snaps up GSN Games' Worldwinner
Skill-based gaming consolidates
Big Brain Time
BigBrain raises $4.5 million in funding to launch real-money trivia game
Going live later in 2021
Stiff Competition
Ryu Games is launching its own games tournament platform to compete with Skillz
"The growth of this space has been incredibly exciting to watch"
Igdc 2019
How the Indian mobile games market is progressing in 2019
It is primarily a mobile market
Real-money Competition
Indian esports platform Mobile Premier League raises $35.5 million
Series A to fuel product and user growth
Launch
Real-money competition platform Flashbreak launches with $2 million in seed funding
The app will act as both a publishing platform and a real-money competition hub
Breaking Out
Patents, platforms and IPO: How mobile-first esports platform Skillz is planning for bigger things
CEO Andrew Paradise explains
Skin In The Game
How real-money competition platform Skillz is riding the wave of mobile esports for all
Hits $400 million annualised run-rate
New Subsidiary
India’s Nazara taps real-money games market in Kenya
New company NZWorld formed
Wing A Wager
How a real-money version of Angry Birds has WorldWinner flying high
Jeremy Shea on the success of Angry Birds Champions
Cash Slinger
Rovio partners with GSN Games for real-money tournament game Angry Birds Champions
Play Angry Birds for cash on the WorldWinner platform
Rewarding Competition
Indian publisher BigCode partners with RewardMob for competitive mobile game competitions
Players will get the chance to compete for real money, prizes and cryptocurrency
The Hardest Question
How will HQ Trivia monetise?
It's giving away thousands of dollars, but how will it turn a profit?
Run For Your Money
Millionaire's Run has players competing for a real-world $1 million cash prize
Launches July 13th, now in beta
Gambling Fears
Lineage 2 Revolution trading system shut down
Publisher in hot water over real money trading system
Quality Over Quantity
How real-money skill gaming platform Sparcade is bringing competitive gaming to the masses
Greg Canessa on providing something for everyone
Play For Cash
GSN Games' real-money skill gaming platform Sparcade signs up Centipede and Two Dots
Covering the old-school and the contemporary
Real-money Arcade
GSN Games launches real-money arcade platform Sparcade
Make money playing Pac-Man and more
Real-money Gaming
Swedish real-money eSports company Gumbler raises €5 million from tennis and football stars
Robin Söderling, Andreas Granqvist and Martin Dahlin bet on real-money gaming company
Something From Nothing
Opportunity to build a team from scratch as Head of Studio at "blank slate" startup Skill Nation
Power to recruit own team at Amsterdam-based skill games studio
Bet Him It Won't
XBLA creator Greg Canessa on why real-money gaming portal Sparcade will revolutionize casual F2P game monetization
What GSN Games did next
Bet A Buck
Launching with Tetris and Pac-Man, GSN Games announces its competitive-yet-casual real-money platform Sparcade
A new way to win
Cash In
iWin signs a 5 game eSports deal with Skillz
Can eSports be casual?
The Year Of Esports
#PGC London 2016 speaker GamyTech's Jonathan Swerdlow on the ready-to-boom mobile eSports market
What to expect at PG Connects London
Spectators All
2015 in Review: Skillz's Andrew Paradise on why 2016 is the year of mobile eSports
Future trends from the remembrance of things past