Pgc Digital Next
PGC Digital: How to make a top performing ad creative for any game
Adside VP of data and growth Sergei Riabov talks scaling ad creatives
Block On
Mobile game devs part of blockchain gaming platform Forte's $725 million raise
Sea Capital co-led the round
Speaker Spotlight
What will the mobile space look like as we head into 2022?
Anzu's director of mobile games, Lev Kommisarchik looks to the future at PG Connects Digital NEXT
Get The Loot
Payday Crime War to enter limited beta on Android in early December
Scheduled for global launch on iOS and Android in 2022
Happening Now
It’s today - Pocket Gamer Connects Digital NEXT is here!
The leading B2B mobile games industry conference is kicking off today, there’s still time for you to join!
Mega Casual
3.5 billion hypercasual games downloaded in Q3 2021
Hypercasual games were the number one global genre in the third quarter of the year
A Slow Bloom
Pikmin Bloom generated $473,000 from two million downloads
The seedling is growing
By The Numbers
Pangle and Newzoo release The Mobile Game Genre Report
This first report focuses on mobile puzzle games
Sponsor Thank You
Pocket Gamer Connects Digital NEXT goes live next week! Don’t miss out
Giving thanks to the sponsors making next week’s conference possible
Lock And Load
Free Fire Pro Series in US enters second stage, $50,000 up for grabs
More than 300 teams registered for the qualifiers
A-o-k
Tai Verdes and Roblox announce an exclusive avatar-led concert
Performance will include new single Let’s go to Hell
Time To Network
Meet with more than 650 companies at next week's PGC Digital NEXT
Find out more about all the amazing companies you can start meeting right now
Creating Casual Titles
Turkish dev studio Hadi raises $5.2 million for casual mobile games
Currently working on several unannounced titles
Winner?
Pokémon Go is the only mobile game shortlisted for Golden Joystick’s Ultimate Game
Other shortlisted games include Minecraft and Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Back Again
Honor of Kings snatches back first place for October worldwide revenue, reaching $329 million
Global player spending reaches $7.5 billion
Such Great Heights
Cloud Games on Facebook Gaming: A Closer Look at Facebook Gaming and Gameloft’s Cloud Partnership
Facebook sits down with Gameloft to discuss cloud gaming
The Journey Continues
Netmarble launches Seven Knights 2 worldwide
Set 20 years after the original game
M For Mobile
Lineage 2M launches in North America and Europe on 2 December
Based on the 2003 MMORPG of the same name
Event Latest
Games Gathering 2021 Kiev takes place on November 30th to December 5th
The conference will be held in the hybrid format
New Boss
Saad Choudri appointed as Miniclip CEO
The role has been taken over from Jurgen Post
Xmas Mixer
Reconnect with industry friends and meet new faces at the Pocket Gamer Xmas Mixer
Celebrate the start of the festive season and network with games industry professionals on December 7th
Welcome Home
Playrix launches new studio with Daily Magic as co-developer
Working remotely between US and Europe on Homescapes
Mobile Games Index
Bagelcode and Socialpoint dominate new Mobile Games Index from adjoe and Statista
Data experts adjoe and Statista take a deep dive into the global mobile games leaders with the first edition of the Mobile Games Index
Tale Of Two Oses
UA cost for core games are rising, especially on iOS
But casual games are getting cheaper to advertise
Eyes On China
Swrve now gives Western mobile game devs a full picture of their performance in China
Swrve is fully operational in China on AWS
News
Playtertainment announces $5 million funding round
Previous seed funding round raised £3 million
New Worlds
Classic MMORPG remake Ragnarok Origin now live
Gravity's got a new game
Add On
Anzu adds David Cox as a strategic advisor
Ad platform strengthens team
Rethinking Ua
Paving the way for success without the IDFA
The numerous benefits of tapping into non-personalised ad traffic
Green Fingers
Sybo Games partners with Ecologi to plant 200,000 trees
Play 2 Plant event in Subway Surfers will see players contributing to tree planting goal
Key Period
Tapjoy’s report highlights the importance of advertising to mobile gamers during the holidays
Two-thirds of users will play mobile games at least three times per day
Starring Role
Unity acquires Weta Digital, its tools and 275 staff for $1.6 billion
A cash plus stock deal
More Eyeballs
Zynga sees Q3 FY21 sales up 40% to $705 million
Hypercasual games boost ad revenues
Hypercasual Hit Factory
Introducing PlayEmber - a new hypercasual heavy hitter
Join-venture between App Design Company and Boomhits is aiming to shake up the hypercasual games market
On The Up
Roblox sees Q3 FY21 revenue rise 102% to $509 million
Roblox was played for more than 11 billion hours this quarter
Mark-up
AudioMob raises $14 million at $110 million valuation
Will scale recently opened offices in London and Abu Dhabi
Merging The Worlds
Niantic to license its Lightship ARDK dev kit to developers
Also establishes $20 million fund to invest in devs
Open All Hours
App Store developer submissions to remain open during Christmas
Previously Apple would close down for the holidays
Making Of
How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game
New Star Games' Simon Read talks the making of a touchdown mobile game
Nfts Everywhere
Ready Games goes live with NFTs in Icon: Avatar Fashion Metaverse
Epik is the exclusive NFT technology provider
Minting
Zynga appoints its first VP of blockchain gaming
Matt Wolf will lead the charge
Easy Play
Zynga announces TikTok-exclusive music dance game Disco Loco 3D
Now entering soft launch
Millions For Mods
User-generated content platform Mod.io raises $26 million
Forecasts user-generated content will increase by 400% by 2025
Vroom
Nascar’s crossover with Roblox sees the addition of next gen race car
Follows a contest held on Reddit
Drowzee Delays
Pokémon TCG Live release pushed back to 2022
To provide players with a "more polished" experience
Event Latest
Gamesweek Zurich launches this week - sign up now
Gamesweek Zurich will take place for the first time from November 8th to 14th, a games festival turning the city of Zurich into a gaming experience
Reasons To Attend
Six reasons why you won’t want to miss Pocket Gamer Connects Digital NEXT
Book your spot at the leading virtual B2B conference for the mobile games industry
Diversify & Optimize
Apple’s privacy changes have reduced advertising costs for mobile puzzle games
Moloco's Henry Wang on planning for the future
Last Chance
Meet your next business partner via curated matchmaking sessions at PGC Digital NEXT
You could meet your next publishing partner, investor or unearth hidden gems in game developers at our next online conference
Id Now
Niantic introduces Niantic ID allowing players to link accounts across titles
In-game usernames will not change