Ai Development
Ludo AI reveals mobile-friendly website for AI-powered game development
Ludo aims to make state-of-the-art AI to empower and support game developers
Congratulations Patty
4Players appoints Patty Toledo as marketing director
Toledo will help the company expand its brand worldwide
Get Ready To Give
SpecialEffect announce 15th anniversary date for One Special Day campaign
The event will run on October 7th
Stocks And Shares
Tencent reportedly seeking larger stake in Ubisoft
The rumoured stake raise will see Tencent become the single largest shareholder in the company
A New Challenger Approaches
55 per cent revenue share in the new hypercasual developer challenge by CrazyLabs
Studios can test as many games as they like, pass the benchmark and win again and again with different games
A Strong Quarter For Mid-core Titles
The highest-grossing mobile games of the quarter revealed
A new study examines the mid-core, casino, and casual markets
A Bad Period For Growth
Most mobile genres see revenue decline in the first half of 2022
The market saw a year-on-year market fall of 9.6 per cent
Speaker Spotlight
Phantom Gamelabs’ Sonja Angesleva on the importance of focusing on early purchasing behaviour for UA
Learn from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki’s brightest minds as we hear from our speakers ahead of the September conference
Money Moves
Five reasons you need to grab your ticket to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki today!
You can still secure massive savings on your PG Connects Helsinki ticket – act now to save up to £290!
Multiplayer Competition
The Global Game Jam and Photon Engine announces Back to School Multiplayer Game Jam
Players can use any device to compete in the multiplayer game jam from next month
Environment
Xsolla partners with GamesForest.Club to help preserve forests in Germany and Peru
The games industry is going green as more companies take on climate change
New Frontiers
Tencent is developing a handheld cloud gaming console
The device is being developed with Logitech
T3 Market Rises
The evolution of mobile advertising in 2022: higher quality, fewer ads
Upcoming territories such as the Middle East, South America and South Asia lead the market with an increase of 10 per cent, according to new data from SocialPeta
Research
The number of UK mobile gamers increased by 4 million since the pandemic
One Shogun analysis also shows the top ten GameFi cryptocurrencies amounted to at least $8 billion at the end of July
Metaverse Mavens
Get an exclusive sneak peek at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki’s Blockchain Games NEXT Summit!
Get ready to enter the metaverse at our Helsinki show this September 27 to 28 and secure your tickets with our limited time Early Bird offer today!
First Web3 Venue
Solana Spaces unveiled first permanent retail venue
Solana Spaces aims to bring Web3 and blockchain technology to mainstream audience
Indie View
Interview: Noah Rosenfield discusses solo development and the Big Indie Pitch winning game Addagrams
"Experiences. Go have some. Experiences are out there *points nebulously*, not in here *points to phone screen*"
Intrusive Ads
Exclusive: The games sector responds to Google's Ad policy updates
Here’s what the gaming ads sector thinks about the controversial decision
Streaming Giants
New report reveals Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is the seventh most streamed game of Q2 2022
Mobile gaming is doing well on YouTube, despite lagging somewhat on Twitch
Blockchain Gaming
RoboHero launch a self-titled game with metaverse components
The game is implementing NFT heroes and blockchain farming
The Sporting Metaverse
Sports metaverse platform, Stadium Live raises $10 million in Series A
The round was led by KB Partners and Union Square Ventures
Mark Your Calendars
Join us beside the Dead Sea this November for Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan!
You won’t want to miss our grand return to Jordan this November! Secure your seat today with our Super Early Bird discount and save up to £300.
Going Green
Pixel Federation players plant 86,000 trees as part of Green Game Jam 2022
Slovak Company joins the Playing for the Planet Alliance to help the games industry battle climate change
Privacy And Partnerships
Appodeal Stack’s in-app bidding solution BidMachine is officially supported by AppLovin MAX
The partnership will allow MAX publishers easy access to Bidmachine's demand
Cross-platform Collaboration
Sky: Children of the Light collaboration with singer, Aurora
Thatgamecompany promises a "one-of-the-kind-experience" for this music/games mobile crossover
Policy Vs. Profit
Google’s new ad policy could be bad news for hypercasual games
Indie developers might find user acquisition and monetisation hit hard on September 1st
Permission To Play
Playing games doesn't make you mad or bad
Gaming does no harm to mental health according to recent study by the University of Oxford
Tiktok Don't Stop
Pangle launches in 12 new territories worldwide
Pangle, the ad network of TikTok for Business, is now available in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Morocco, Qatar, Jordan, Oman, Bahrain and Lebanon
Prime Mover
Prime Gaming shows 120 per cent user growth in two years
Subscribers claimed 420 million offers last year alone, reveals Dustin Blackwell
Hot Five
Hot Five: August 1st. The mobile games industry's unmissable news, features and more
The HOTTEST stories on PocketGamer.biz in the last week - lowiro indie interview; Diablo Immortal; Space Ape interview; Big Indie Pitch winners; TikTok launches HTML5 games
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Thought Leader
How to make a great Free-to-Play game in three steps [UPDATE]
Director of Product Chase Shi says that 'monetisation is a part of the gameplay'
Speaker Spotlight
Rovio’s Claire Rozain on the importance of diversity and inclusivity in games
Learn from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki’s brightest minds as we hear from our speakers ahead of the September conference
Your Pocket Guide
Your pocket guide to Gamescom 2022: Networking, parties and great times!
Headed to Gamescom 2022? Here’s your Pocket Gamer guide to the amazing networking opportunities available in Cologne this August.
Snapchat Spookery
Snap releases AR game Ghost Phone within the Snapchat app
Augmented Reality horror game stylised as found footage for a modern twist on those Blair Witch Project vibes
Getting Into Gameloft
Gameloft’s Geet Chopra: “Becoming a good game designer is an iterative process”
What does a day in the life of a junior game designer at Gameloft Toronto look like? And why choose a career in the mobile games industry?
Trial On Tiktok
TikTok launches HTML5 games with Voodoo, Nitro and more
Influencer Run, Tap the Difference and Basketball FRVR among mini games included
Getting A Backbone
New iOS PlayStation controller with remote play integration from Backbone
“Regardless of delivery format, having more high-fidelity gaming experiences on mobile is accretive for the ecosystem”, says CEO Maneet Khaira
Predicting Revenue
Mobile games industry to enjoy exponential growth up to 2029
Increasing global demand on smartphones and tablets forecast by Verified Market Reports
Major Breakthrough
Diablo Immortal surpasses $100 million in global revenue
Activision Blizzard’s free-to-play MMORPG passes another milestone
Let's Drive
Adverty and Drive Ahead! developer Dodreams announce exclusive in-game ad partnership
Adverty, in-game ad provider and multi-patent-holding creator of Metaverse-ready ad opportunities signs an exclusive partnership with Dodreams, publisher of Drive Ahead!
4dworks
Hutch's four-day working week successes and failures are for the entire industry to see, says Charmaine Clavier-St John
"We’re not naïve in thinking that we’ll be able to snap our fingers and make this work overnight"
Company Partnership
Alternative financing for game developers from Stardust and Sanlo Partnership
Team-up also brings Web3 infrastructure for blockchain titles
The Power Of A Pitch
Come forth, indie devs! The Big Indie Pitch is heading to Gamescom
A chance for indie games developers to get expert feedback in Koln
Getting Musical
"Players really appreciate having constant access to what they’ve paid for"
Indie dev lowiro's Anton Prydatko discusses development, monetisation models, and weathering changes in the mobile games industry over the last five years
A Handful Of Hires
Hyper Hippo hires new executive producer and SVP
Jonathan Warner promoted to SVP, portfolio
Speaker Spotlight
Nitro Games’ CEO Jussi Tähtinen on the importance of preparing for failure in business
Learn from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki’s brightest minds as we hear from our speakers ahead of the September conference
Booming
Supercell's Boom Beach: Frontlines pre-registration reaches one million players in 48 hours
Second wave of soft launch expanded to 19 more countries including Singapore, Turkey and the UAE
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
Funds For Founders
Concept Ventures launches £50 million pre-seed fund with British Business Bank’s backing
Firm pledges 1% of the total carry pool to a founder’s chosen charities
We're All Gamers!
One-third of Call of Duty: Mobile gamers are playing Candy Crush Saga
New data from Ampere Analysis proves that players don't limit themselves to just one genre