Weekly Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Clash of Clans the US top grosser again, but it can't beat Coin Master in the UK
Rankings from April 29th to May 5th 2019
News Analysis
US senator introduces bill to ban loot boxes in games played by children
“Social media and video games prey on user addiction, siphoning our kids’ attention from the real world and extracting profits from fostering compulsive habits"
Trade Dispute
US China trade war escalates as Trump raises tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese products
Further duties of $325 billion worth of Chinese goods also threatened, which has the potential to affect tech companies like Apple
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Roblox the top grosser on US App Store
Charts from April 22nd to 28th
Event
Everything you need to know about Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019
Essential info for anyone attending next week’s two-day games industry conference and expo
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Pocket Gems Alex Muscat on how to get a job as an art director
"It’s important to realise that the artists are the tools - not the software"
Gotta Scan 'em All
Pokemon Pass mobile app launches in the US
Claim a shiny Pikachu or Eevee through Pokemon: Let’s Go
Phone It In
Epic Games being sued by musician Leo Pellegrino over dance emote
Fortnite developer has been embroiled in several lawsuits over ownership of dance emotes
Still In Early Access
The Elder Scrolls: Blades generates $1.5 million from player spending in first month
US accounts for $1.1. million of player spending
Event
Fringe events registration open: Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019
There's still time to get involved in the two-day games industry conference on West coast USA
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Clean Road cleans up in the UK in a strong week for SayGames
Charts from April 15th to 21st
Event
Full conference schedule revealed for Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle
More than 100 world-class expert speakers covering the hottest topics across mobile, PC and blockchain gaming
Event
Meet the great and the good of the games industry next month at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle
EA, Tencent, NetEase, Unity, Epic Games and more join us for the two-day B2B conference
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent’s Let’s Hunt Monsters storms China’s free downloads rankings
Charts from April 8th to 14th
Event
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Mobile Star
Supercell’s Brawl Stars is making $50 million a month
Sales pass $200 million to date
Event
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Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Clash of Clans the US top grosser thanks to new Gold Pass
Charts from April 1st to 7th
Roll On 100
Roblox surpasses 90 million monthly active users
Firm also adds USK managing director Elisabeth Secker to its Trust and Safety Advisory Board.
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent continues its dominance as China’s top grosser but Perfect World drops to second
Charts from March 25th to March 31st
The Debate Continues
FTC to hold loot box workshop in August
Due to be held at the Constitution Center in Washington, DC on August 7th, 2019
Chicago To Asia
Niantic details worldwide summer events for Pokemon Go in 2019
I will travel across the land, searching far and wide
Wild
Gamigo acquires casual games developer WildTangent
WildTanget’s portfolio features over 4,000 games including the Fate series
$4 Million A Day
Pokemon Go surpasses $2.5 billion in worldwide player spending
Augmented reality title yet to reach third anniversary
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: PUBG Mobile hits top spot in the US Google Play grossing charts
Charts from March 18th to March 24th
Done Deal
Animoca Brands invests $2 million in creative networking platform Talenthouse
Deal equal to 448,413 shares in art networking platform
Special Offer
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Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent’s Perfect World dethrones Honor of Kings as China’s top grosser
Charts from March 11th to March 17th
More Job Losses
EA lets go 350 employees across marketing, publishing and analytics
“This is a difficult day”
Everyone Is Here
A record 29,000 people attended GDC 2019, organisers say
Convention will return on March 20th, 2020
Stay And We Pay
Apple to fund exclusive games for Apple Arcade
Sims and Final Fantasy creators onboard
Moving On Up
Kabam snaps up Riposte Games & Co
Studio joining line-up of developers currently based in Vancouver, San Francisco and Austin
Dead-ication
NetEase’s LifeAfter passes $125 million in revenue
97 per cent of revenue originated from China
Slang And All
GDC 2019: Clinc unveils voice AI that is designed to understand natural language in games
Will it recognise Yorkshire though?
Rolling Out
GDC 2019: Facebook updates mobile app to include dedicated games tab
Social application looking to take games more seriously
Awards Season
GDC 2019: Florence takes Best Mobile Game at GDC Awards
Storytelling title took home Best Debut too
Investment
GDC 2019: Games for Change launches accelerator program aimed at games and XR industry
Partnering with i(x) investments and Quake Capital to establish program
Developer Tools
GDC 2019: ARM launches Android analysis tools via ARM Mobile Studio
Studio’s starter edition is available to download for free now
Big And Small
GDC 2019: Google launches new first-party studio Stadia Games and Entertainment
Headed up by former Ubisoft and EA executive Jade Raymond
Education
GDC 2019: Danny Bilson named new director of USC Games program
Succeeds award-winning game designer Tracy Fullerton who oversaw the program from 2014 to 2018
Grab Your Ray Gun
GDC 2019: Magic Leap teams with Weta on new AR multiplayer experience
Grordbattle was revealed during Unity’s keynote
Communication
GDC 2019: Cross-platform social app Evasyst offering early access
20 people can stream simultaneously
Camera Play
Report: Snapchat launching games platform in April
Unveiling to take place at company’s first summit on April 4th
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent's Perfect World debuts top in China while Dragon Ball Z falls
Charts from March 4th to March 10th
Global Branding
WeQ launches influencer marketing agency for campaigns on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok
Led by former Live.me senior director Elena Kutsopal and Playcom chief sales officer Olga Wese
Jackpot
Glu Mobile steps into the social casino game with Real Celebrity Slots
Title has been in soft launch since December 4th, 2018
Global Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: MZ's Final Fantasy XV and IGG's Lords Mobile edge into the US top 10 grossing positions
Charts from February 25th to March 3rd
Studio Expansion
Mobile publisher Rogue Games brings in $1.25m from seed funding round
Venture firm Grishin Robotics led funding
Exploits Children
Epic Games embroiled in further lawsuit over loot boxes
Another week, another court case
Global Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Playrix's Homescapes resurgent in the US top grossing rankings
Charts from February 18th to 24th