The Future Of Esports
Riot Games and Amazon Web Services team up on esports content
Partnership will unlock data analytics integration
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
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A Dream Of Crypto Spring
UK Treasury pushing forward with NFT development
The plans come despite the recent crypto crash
Hiring Now
Top 10 mobile games industry job vacancies this week
King, Zynga, Rovio, Hutch, Chimera Entertainment, and more
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
Contests Galore
Supersonic Superstars 2022 winners announced as ironSource’s SuperSonic SuperSummer begins
Tall Man Run and Move Animals win first and second prize
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
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
Government Clamps Down On Loot Boxes
UK government demands games industry reevaluate loot boxes
The government stopped short of a crackdown
Riccitiello Apologises
Unity's John Riccitiello apologies for calling some devs "fucking idiots"
"To our friends in the Unity community, I owe you this"
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
¥1.1 Million Fee
Shanghai tech firm fined $163,000 for unlicensed game publication
One of the country’s harshest penalties for such cases
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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
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
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
Game Licenses
NetEase and Tencent denied licenses in China
The companies were absent from the list of 67 new game approvals
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
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
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
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
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
Very Big Indie Pitch
Addagrams inventive additions to the word genre see it crowned Mobile Big Indie Pitch champion
Winners breakdown
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
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!
Supersonic Speed
Supersonic Studios’ Danielle Cohen Reich promoted to VP of gaming at ironSource
Reich has spent 5.5 years with ironSource and subsidiaries
Music Meets Gaming
BLACKPINK to hold PUBG Mobile’s first in-game concert
The band will debut their new track at the event
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.
The Future Of Advertising
Mintegral launches playable ad editor
Editor is code-free, drag-and-drop
Bringing The Blockchain
Unity certifies Pocketful of Quarters to bring blockchain SDK to developers
Using the Quarters currency with optional integration into developers’ games
Game Design Document
A Game Design Document can be an invaluable tool for hypercasual studios
Hypercasual development, like the games themselves, moves rapidly. Ludo.ai's Tom Pigott outlines how a Game Design Document can support your hypercasual title, no matter the turnover.
The Games Of Tomorrow
How Hut 8 is powering the blockchain gaming revolution
Gaming is on the cusp of exciting change - Hut 8's Josh Rayner explores the growing impact of Web 3.0 technologies on the games of tomorrow.
Mid-year Review
Gaming investment reached $2.6 billion in Q1 2022
The industry continues to be a top growth sector
Rules And Regulations
Tencent confirms strict gaming restrictions for minors in China will continue
Strict regulations attributed to stagnation of growth in Chinese tech industries
Mid-year Review
Gaming has been in a stage of unsustainable growth, argues Konvoy
Analysts divided on whether growth during pandemic will escalate to $200 billion+ revenue, or normalise as economic and geopolitical tension rises
Hot Five
Hot Five: Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto, Tencent opens four studios, games industry will face recession
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Xr Funding
XR Games raise $7 million in funding round
The studio will use the money to supercharge growth
Insider Insight
Optimising for opportunity: How Google is helping game developers build for long-term success
Greg Hartrell, Director of Product Management at Google Play/Android, tells PocketGamer.biz how Google is helping mobile game developers make their games more successful in the long run
A History Of Success
Supercell and King share war stories from the decade of Clash of Clans and Candy Crush
Ilkka Paananen and Sebastian Knutsson discuss their divergent paths, early days of Facebook Gaming, and Apple's hold on a title's success
Miniclip Acquires Sybo
How will Miniclip's acquisition of SYBO propel the Subway Surfers brand?
Miniclip and SYBO CEOs Saad Choudri and Mathias Gredal Nørvig discuss the seismic acquisition, Subway Surfers IP, and why hands-off is the best approach for support
Top 50 Game Makers
Want to celebrate the world’s best mobile games creators? Nominate them for the 2022 Top 50 Game Makers
Nominations now open for the 2022 PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Game Makers
Outside The Stores
Popular mobile games are bypassing Apple, Google fees for in-app purchases via web stores
GameRefinery explores how Clash of Clans, Marvel Strike Force, Star Trek: Fleet Comamnd and others are circumventing app store fees
Success And Challenges
Israeli industry reached $8.6 billion in revenue in 2021, with mobile the dominant gaming platform
Israeli gaming industry must overcome lack of local talent, youth investment, and government funding to build
Creating Connections
Dream Games, thatgamecompany: building iconic IP creates essential emotional attachments
Royal Match and Sky creators Soner Aydemir and Jenova Chen share their views on connecting with players at Index Gaming Summit