New Frontiers
The Canadian games market is booming -- see how you can get involved this July 6-7!
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Hot Five
Hot Five: Diablo Immortal makes over $24 million in first two weeks, a third of gaming app businesses expect to close, and Beatstar's exclusive over Spotify
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Advice Please
Nordisk Games appoints Audrey Leprince as senior advisor
Audrey Leprince, a veteran of 23 years in the gaming industry, has joined Copenhagen studio Nordisk games
May 2022 Downloads
Subway Surfers and Garena Free Fire top most downloaded games in May 2022
Second consecutive month that both titles have topped the chart
Diablo Declines
NetEase stock plummets following Diablo Immortal delays
Declines of more than nine per cent, from 151.50 HKD to 136 per share, as the firm announces a delay just days before its intended release date
Chipset Court Case
Qualcomm wins four-year battle against $1 billion fine from EU antitrust regulators
Following accusations of paying Apple for exclusive use of Qualcomm chipsets
Further Commitment For Indian Gaming Industry
Kunal Mordekar joins Bombay Play as chief operating officer
Previously held positions at Yoozoo Games India
Cause To Captivate
User acquisition to be dominated by three key factors: predictive analytics, automation, and data privacy
Tempr. report suggests casual mobile games will especially benefit from predictive analysis
Track Rundown
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The metaverse is taking off! Discover how you can be part of it this July at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto!
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Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Genvid Entertainment hires Jerry Heinz as EVP of global publishing platforms
Working on monetisation and publishing platform for Genvid’s Massively Interactive Live Events
Latest Hires At Gadsme
Admix and Happydemics execs join Gadsme
Nina Mackie and Antoine Clairet to lead in-game ad sales and EMEA demand in French adtech company
Star-studded Lineup
Connect with powerhouses from King, Space Ape, Nitro Games and more at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki!
Meet just some of the speakers of our Helsinki show this September, and don’t forget to book your Super Early Bird ticket before prices rise next week!
Competition
Publish Me! Festival announced by AppQuantum and WN Conference
Top three winners to receive publishing offers from AppQuantum
More Transparency
Apple ATT policies under investigation by Germany’s cartel office
Cartel office proceedings follows investigation against Google in January 2022
Welcome To Hell
Diablo Immortal has made over $24 million in first two weeks
Five million downloads for the first F2P title in the Activision Blizzard franchise
Android Out
Android games struggle to retain players, states Pushwoosh report
A new study revealed that 75.4 per cent of Android players uninstall gaming apps within 30 days
Netflix Numbers
Netflix mobile games exceed 13 million downloads
Subscription service titles have seen five million downloads since January 2022
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Blockchain experts share their priceless insight this July at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto!
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Multimedia... Maybe?
Nexon eyes a multimedia western expansion for its biggest franchises
Discussions between the publisher and independent film and television production company AGBO to translate MapleStory and Dungeon & Fighter beyond games
Find Your Funding
Secure funding for your game at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto with Investor Connector!
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Liveops Unleashed
Heroic Labs releases LiveOps service Satori
Alim Jaffer, the Vice President of Product at Heroic Labs tells PocketGamer.biz about the company’s new LiveOps service, Satori.
Deep Dive In Dislyte
How Dislyte took over half of the battler market in its first weeks of release
AppQuantum's Julia Kara looks at Lilith Games' latest RPG team battler, and whether its streamlined onboarding and polish will provide the same sustainability as its mid-core competitors
About An Acquisition
Uncapped acquires gaming finance provider Sugar for undisclosed amount
New brand name "Sugar powered by Uncapped"
Prediction Positivity
McKinsey & Company report predicts $5 trillion in metaverse earnings by 2030
Between $2 trillion and $2.6 trillion could come from e-commerce
App Extinction
Almost a third of gaming app businesses may close due to new regulations, says Bango
Around 31% of games dev respondants believe their businesses will cease to exist when new ad regulations and privacy changes come into effect
Track Rundown
What do top developers keep in their toolkit? Find out at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto this July!
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Ua Eye
Will yoga influencers entice you to play Angry Birds Journey?
Rovio's Claire Rozain looks inward to an ad campaign with Angry Birds Journey, and how vital it is to reflect the players' own interests
Wild At Heart
Words with Friends, Age of Empires devs launch Web3 game franchise
Wildcard Alliance, a hybrid MOBA, RTS, and CCG, will involve a live audience "spectator sport" component
Word Up
PeopleFun’s Carol Miu: “It’s been exciting to see and experience the success of browser-based games like Wordle”
Miu provides a brief snapshot into how the Wordscapes creator is committing to faster iteration and the true appeal of word browser games
Investment With Intent
MSA Novo invests in Tamatem Games' Chinese expansion
New partnership forged between companies to bring "top-tier" mobile games to the Arabic-speaking market
Bringing The Beats
A mobile games and music industries first: Beatstar releases early exclusive of Black Eyed Peas, Shakira new single
Space Ape's Simon Hade speaks with PocketGamer.biz on how the new single became available to play through Beatstar two days ahead of global release
Coming To Your City
Jam City expands executive team to broaden F2P portfolio
Lisa Anderson promoted to executive vice president, will oversee all F2P activities, as well as former King and Playtika leads, Brent Blazek and Dan Lipa
Unmissable Sessions
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Learn the secret sauce to a successful multiplayer game at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto
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Audio In
Mobile gaming audio tech startup Odeeo receives $9 million, becomes DAX’s sales partner
Odeeo co-founder Amit Monheit speaks with PocketGamer.biz on the unrealised potential of the mobile games industry for advertisers
Spending On Subscriptions
Liftoff and AppsFlyer report considers untapped potential in subscription-model mobile games
11% of subscription-model apps are games
European Expansion
Wargaming opens new studios in Poland and Serbia
Officially pulled out of Russia and Belarus
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry
One of the earliest mobile games pioneers celebrated by peers and friends alike
Predicting And Projecting
Sensor Tower: player spending on mobile games reaching $117 billion by 2026
Apps to outpace games in terms of spending, but gaming predicted to remain the largest individual category.
Invest In Ai
Candy Crush creator King acquires AI software company Peltarion
Activision Blizzard subsidiary aims to become a ‘game AI hub’ in the gaming industry
Hot Five
Hot Five: Supercell makes first NFT commitment, Apple Arcade execs leave tech giant, and only 16% of mobile players want blockchain games
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Browser Bash
Google and Apple’s mobile browser dominance investigated by UK regulator
UK competition regulator announces plans to take action against the tech giants' hold over browsers and cloud gaming
Financial Findings
Netmarble’s Q1 2022 results show 43% fall in EBITDA year-over-year
Casual games found to be Netmarble’s most lucrative genre
Next Netflix Games
The Queen’s Gambit mobile game and more announced during Netflix’s Geeked Week
Working with developers such as Ripstone, Nanobit, and Chimera Entertainment
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Muesse To Lead
Andy Muesse to lead Rovio’s global game studios
Muesse to lead the company's global game studios in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Canada
New To Netflix
Desta: The Memories Between announced in Netflix partnership
A new title in partnership between ustwo and Netflix