Watch Out Wii
As Switch nears 85 million units sold, Nintendo FY21 revenue grows 37% to $16 billion
Set to overtake Wii in next financial year
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Big Deal
Zynga acquires adtech outfit Chartboost for $250 million in cash
Vertical consolidation happening
More Jobs
Kwalee plans to invest $30 million into India over the next five years
Hypercasual co continues to grow
Upsell
Skillz's Q1 FY21 revenues jumps 92% to $84 million
Raises full year guidance
Zeitgeist Fusion
Ensuring the inclusion of people with disability in gaming and esports, with Big Karma's Pascal Clarysse
"We want to give them a platform through which they can shine for their merits rather than condescending pedestals."
Ua Expansion
Supercell lends Metacore $180 million to scale Merge Mansion
Mobile puzzle game aiming for the big league
Just Do It
Building the user-generated metaverse - Wormhole Labs' Phil Ranta on COVID's silver lining
"Gaming has shown itself to be a powerful tool for building social connections when forced to shelter in place."
Growth Spurt
‘Smart growing’ – Ten Square Games’ secret sauce
CGO Anna Idzikowska explains
Xr Ftw!
XR Games' Bobby Thandi on the social impact of VR during social distancing
"Think about what extra value you can offer to a games studio."
More Cinematic
League of Legends animated series Arcane streaming on Netflix this fall
Prepare for a visually spectacular thrill ride
Creative Companies
SYBO CEO Mathias Gredal Nørvig on why the games industry is 'the best place to be'
"Practice makes perfect"
Not Idling
East Side Games partners with Game Masons to make sports-themed idle game
Expected to launch sometime in 2022
Big Bangs
Call of Duty: Mobile hits 500 million downloads, over a $1 billion revenue
Milestone hit in 19 months
The Future Of Xr
There's still work to do to ensure diversity extends beyond race and gender
"The industry needs people from all walks of life to provide perspective to make better games and apply game design theories and psychology to other fields."
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Shooting Up
Activision Blizzard's Q1 FY21 sales up 27% to $2.3 billion
King's revenue up 22 per cent YoY
Masterclass
Pascal Luban on upcoming PocketGamer.biz MasterClass: Setting Up and Managing Your In-house Playtest Campaign
“Nothing beats the responsiveness and relevance of playtest sessions run within the development studio”
Out The Nest
IronSource launches Supersonic Graduate Program to help hypercasual devs self-publish
Learn how to operate independently
Better By Miles!
Genvid Technologies' Chris Cataldi on going the extra MILE - a Massively Interactive Live Event
"Pick your specialty and be prepared to spend the time and effort required to hone your craft."
The Boom Of Games
Rovio’s Joseph Knowles on how the games industry has been perceived in recent years
“Cross Platform play has blossomed, which is great."
Cross-checked
Admix verifies its inventory with new IAS deal
A first for third party measurement
More Options
GameBake launches alternative global app distribution service
Beyond the app stores
Score For Foreign Games?
Master the Meta: Do new Chinese regulations spell trouble or opportunity?
China market entry consultant Owen Soh breaks it down
The Content You’re Looking For
How May the Fourth drives growth for Star Wars content
Crunching the data with App Annie
New Market
Carry1st secures $6 million in Series A funding to scale mobile games in Africa
Konvoy Ventures led the investment round
Zelda When?
Nintendo looking to make more IP-based movies
Super Mario movie due 2022
Computer Money
Xsolla integrates VCOIN cryptocurrency to scale the metaverse
IMVU token expands
Walled Garden Assault
Epic vs Apple trial begins, Tim Sweeney takes the stand
The trial will run for approximately three weeks
Get Connected
Gaming's next big step will take it into CTV
Playcent Games' CEO Sergiy Mishchenko explains
On The Up
My.Games grew Q1 FY21 revenues 42% to $147 million
EBITDA grew by 165%
Most Read
Hot Five: Game M&A high, Apex Legends Mobile in soft launch, and Sega's NFTs
Hottest articles of the week
Strategic Deal
Electronic Arts completes acquisition of Glu Mobile for $2.1 billion
Adds 800 staff and 15 games
Ready Portal One?
PortalOne raises $15 million for its mobile game-TV show mash-ups
Launching with reimagined Atari arcade games
Event In Numbers
The sixth sensational Pocket Gamer Connects Digital was absolutely amazing
An incredible week of networking, learning from experts and deal-making
Sony Beast
Fortnite revenue dominated by PlayStation at 47%, iOS just 7%
Android, Switch and PC make up 19 per cent
More Store
GoodGame Studios releases Empire: Four Kingdoms via Huawei's AppGallery
Second title to hit that app store
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Future Now
Bitkraft partners with Delphi Digital to invest in blockchain games
Strategic deal now in place
Long Term Hits
How Kwalee helps hypercasual developers to fail fast on the road to success
Giving developers the guidance and security to make hits
Standing Tall
Zynga-owned Rollic acquires High Heels dev Uncosoft
Hypercasual M&A
Business Booming
Apple revenue up 54% year-over-year as iPhone sales soar
Almost $48 billion from iPhones in three months
Adtech Boom
Adtech company Moloco raises more funding at a $1 billion valuation
Shinhan GIB led the round
Soaring
Angry Birds 2 breaks $600 million in lifetime revenue
Detail from Q1 2021 financials
Wizards Divide
As Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery crosses $300 million, Wizards Unite is moribund
92 million installs since launch
New Brush
FunPlus appoints Wei Wang as Chief Creative Officer
Also acquires Imagendary Studio
Looking Smart
Why fashion increasingly plays well with gaming
Crunching the data with App Annie
Kick-off
NFL and Skillz's Game Developer Challenge is now live
Developers must submit proposals by 31 May
Superstar Speakers
The essential speakers you won't want to miss at next month's Beyond Games online summit!
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Fast-growing Wildlife opens second US studio SuperWoW
Working in a distributed model