July 20, 2022 Home Of The Hoyoverse miHoYo selects Singapore as metaverse division headquarters HoYoverse development will be focused in the city state
July 20, 2022 What’s Your Persona? EA patents player-centric content framework Gamers could get an individualised in-game experience in a manner akin to ad personalisation
July 20, 2022 Anniversary Achievements Outfit7’s My Talking Angela 2 celebrates first anniversary and 300 million downloads Anniversary celebrations include game update and song release
July 20, 2022 200 Microsoft Points The Horse Armour conundrum Fundamentally Games' Glyn Fairweather looks at one of the most infamous examples of early in-game monetisation, Elder Scrolls Oblivion's Horse Armour, understanding value, and how to exchange it with your players
July 20, 2022 Making Changes Google Play to allow alternative billing systems, but only for non-gaming apps Changes to be made as a result of the Digital Markets Act
July 20, 2022 Stranger Things Have Happened Netflix remains tight-lipped on mobile games plans in Q2 financial report Loss of 970,000 subscribers significantly less painful than 2 million predictions
July 20, 2022 Ua Eye How accessible, responsible, and inclusive ads are already breaking open your CPI Rovio’s Claire Rozain looks at the myriad benefits of accessible, progressive mobile games ads in her weekly column, UA Eye
July 19, 2022 Hot Launch Joyride Games' Solitaire Blitz is the fastest-growing Web3 mobile game Publishing platform's debut is #1 app on Flow blockchain
July 19, 2022 Rift Up League of Legends: Wild Rift exceeds $500 million in lifetime revenue The company’s mobile portfolio has exceeded $828 million to date
July 19, 2022 A Studio In Seattle NetEase Games’ new studio Jar of Sparks hopes to build "new franchises" Founding member of Xbox Live Jerry Hook to lead the studio
July 19, 2022 Xr Appointments XR Games expands executive team The company has appointed a new chairman and non-executive director
July 19, 2022 Connect At Gamescom Connect with metaverse experts at the Metaverse Mixer at Gamescom! Meet both the Pocket Gamer team and metaverse experts at the cutting edge of this growing field during Gamescom 2022!
July 19, 2022 Deal Me In Drake Star: 2022 games industry deals on track to exceed $150 billion Drake Star partner Michael Metzger speaks with PocketGamer.biz on the highs and lows of games industry deals in H1 2022, and why IDFA is driving deals in the mobile sector
July 19, 2022 Apple Exodus 15 games set to leave Apple Arcade service Over the Alps and Spidersaurs among those leaving the service
July 19, 2022 Salary Transparency InnoGames publishes salary bands for 80% of employees Salary transparency is a matter of fairness, says COO Michael Zillmer
July 18, 2022 The Future Of Esports Riot Games and Amazon Web Services team up on esports content Partnership will unlock data analytics integration
July 18, 2022 Hot Five Hot Five: Unity's John Riccitiello describes some devs as "fucking idiots" amid merger with ironSource, bypassing app store fees, and Tencent denied new games licenses The hottest news articles on PG.biz
July 18, 2022 A Dream Of Crypto Spring UK Treasury pushing forward with NFT development The plans come despite the recent crypto crash
July 18, 2022 Hiring Now Top 10 mobile games industry job vacancies this week King, Zynga, Rovio, Hutch, Chimera Entertainment, and more
July 18, 2022 New Zealand Game Awards Grimguard Tactics wins New Zealand Game Award for Excellence in Audio The latest mobile game to be honoured at the ceremony
July 18, 2022 Contests Galore Supersonic Superstars 2022 winners announced as ironSource’s SuperSonic SuperSummer begins Tall Man Run and Move Animals win first and second prize
July 18, 2022 Swedish Success Sensor Tower: Embracer Group takes the top spot for Q2 Google Play downloads in Europe Ranking fifth of all publishers worldwide for the quarter
July 18, 2022 The Future Of Fashion? Supermodel Karlie Kloss partners with Roblox The Fashion Klossette Designer Showcase profiles a team of designers in temporary pop-up shops within the metaverse platform
July 18, 2022 Government Clamps Down On Loot Boxes UK government demands games industry reevaluate loot boxes The government stopped short of a crackdown
July 18, 2022 Riccitiello Apologises Unity's John Riccitiello apologies for calling some devs "fucking idiots" "To our friends in the Unity community, I owe you this"
July 15, 2022 Value Ad Adverty launches industry-first streaming video technology for In-Play ads Adaptive streaming video advertising from the partnership between SeenThis and Adverty brings innovative programmatic video ad formats to the gaming world for the first time
July 15, 2022 ¥1.1 Million Fee Shanghai tech firm fined $163,000 for unlicensed game publication One of the country’s harshest penalties for such cases
July 15, 2022 South Korea's Gamer Surplus Newzoo finds three-quarters of South Koreans are gamers, and mobile is the most popular platform 59% of gamers in South Korea play on mobile
July 15, 2022 Bytedance And Meta Reign Supreme Apps are earning more revenue than games for the first time ever Spending in non-game apps has grown more than twice the rate as games
July 14, 2022 Mobile Mavens How much do Unity and ironSource need each other? Tenjin, LifeStreet, Metanomic, Mintegral, and Frameplay discuss the recently announced Unity and ironSource merger, and how it differs from the influx of high-profile acqusitions in Q1 2022
July 14, 2022 Upstream Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – July 14 2022 PocketGamer.biz and Stream Hatchet break down the monthly stats on mobile games making waves on streaming platforms and esports events
July 14, 2022 Pgc Seattle ZEBEDEE: We need to prevent the “hyperfinancialisation” of play-to-earn ZEBEDEE's Ben Cousens talks supporting crypto-compatible games on app stores, and ensuring speculation and investment does not cross into “hyperfinancialisation”
July 14, 2022 Technically Correct Why gaming is increasingly important to tech companies Mintegral's Hector Almeida details the allure that gaming has for tech companies including TikTok and Netflix in the face of economic uncertainty
July 14, 2022 The Power Of Partners Netflix and Microsoft partner for new subscription plan The ad-supported Netflix subscription plan aims to provide "more options" to consumers
July 14, 2022 Listen To This Spotify acquires Heardle for an undisclosed sum The acquisition has hit a sour note with some consumers, with it no longer available in multiple territories
July 14, 2022 Life, The Metaverse, And Everything 44% of gamers would accept advertising in exchange for free services in the metaverse Globant and YouGov polling reveals gradually escalating interest in advertising and play-to-earn models in the metaverese
July 13, 2022 Unity X Ironsource John Riccitiello: devs who shun monetisation are "pure, brilliant" and "fucking idiots" Unity's John Riccitiello and Marc Whitten discuss the merger with ironSource, demystifying monetisation and feedback, and bullishness towards the mobile market
July 13, 2022 Game Licenses NetEase and Tencent denied licenses in China The companies were absent from the list of 67 new game approvals
July 13, 2022 Tracks On Tracks Get an exclusive look into the content at the highly anticipated Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2022 From discovering Finland’s Finest to mapping the metaverse, find out what you’ll learn this September
July 13, 2022 Latency And Lag Edgegap: lag and latency are major problems for mobile gamers Mobile gamers experience lag and latency at greater rates than PC/console, with 34% quitting games entirely as a result
July 13, 2022 Event Latest TIGA Awards returns this November - here’s how you can get involved The prestigious awards ceremony to take place on Thursday November 10 th 2022 in London
July 13, 2022 Listen Learn Love The PocketGamer.biz podcast is BACK with Google on games Season 2 of the world’s favourite mobile games podcast is your chance to hear from the pioneers, creators, founders and thought leaders from the world of pocket gaming
July 13, 2022 Merger News Unity and ironSource announce merger The companies will collaborate on a new platform that will embed Unity tools with monetisation indicators during games creation
July 13, 2022 Very Big Indie Pitch Addagrams inventive additions to the word genre see it crowned Mobile Big Indie Pitch champion Winners breakdown
July 13, 2022 Insight Weather the storm: global games market forecast to decline in 2022 Ampere Analysis' Piers Harding-Rolls investigates the anticipated downfall in the global games market: a reversal in fortune after the market’s 26% expansion during the pandemic
July 13, 2022 Twitter Top Ten Mobile leads Twitter's most discussed games conversations in 2022 Seven of the top 10 most discussed games on the platform are mobile titles, including Genshin Impact and Ensemble Stars!
July 13, 2022 Supersonic Speed Supersonic Studios’ Danielle Cohen Reich promoted to VP of gaming at ironSource Reich has spent 5.5 years with ironSource and subsidiaries
July 12, 2022 Music Meets Gaming BLACKPINK to hold PUBG Mobile’s first in-game concert The band will debut their new track at the event
July 12, 2022 Up Next Get ready for our biggest conference in Helsinki yet this September! Pocket Gamer Connects returns to Helsinki in 2022 – here’s all you need to know about this unmissable conference.
July 12, 2022 The Future Of Advertising Mintegral launches playable ad editor Editor is code-free, drag-and-drop