Welcome To The Family
Netmarble snaps up a majority stake in Kung Fu Factory
The WWE: Champions creator will become a Netmarble US subsidiary
Money Bags
Rovio continues to see good profitability despite drop in revenue
The Angry Birds creator generated $329.7 million in 2020
Most Read
Hot Five: Zynga enters console market, Crash Bandicoot creative lead interview, and LEGO's Ankur Suri explains the difficulties with visas
The hottest articles of last week
Aim, Fire
Rovio confirms April launch for upcoming fantasy RPG Darkfire Heroes
The game has been in soft launch since August 2019
Welcome To The Family
Lucid Sight snaps up multiplayer game engine Colyseus
It will launch a cloud-based version later this month
Crash Grab?
King's pursuit to create "the Crashiest Crash game ever"
Crash Bandicoot: On the Run creative lead talks mobile adaption
You're Out
Velan to make a dodgeball game called Knockout City for EA
Set to launch later this year
Get Connected
Social media platform eFuse raises $6 million in funding
Known as the "Linkedin for gamers"
Money Money Money
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund invests $3 billion in major games companies
Split across Take-Two Interactive, Electronic Arts and Activision
Going Digital
GDC to go all digital again in 2021
In-person plans have been scrapped due to COVID-19
Xplatform Play
Zynga’s plan to accelerate growth in 2021
COO Matt Bromberg on the road ahead
Welcome To The Family
EA completes its purchase of Codemasters
The pair hope to usher in "an exciting new era for racing games"
Mentally Strong
New study finds that 91% of gamers recognise the importance of mental health
Toxic behaviour in games continues to negatively impact mental health
Switch It Up
The Nintendo Switch successor needs to have "new forms of entertainment"
The Switch is at the midpoint of its lifecycle
Gamedev Seminar
Check out the inaugural Mobile GameDev Seminar 2021
Hear from leading industry professionals from Rovio, Facebook Gaming and more
Be Ready
Mobile firms band together to form the Post-IDFA Alliance
To offer support following Apple's IDFA changes
Winning Combinations
Very accessible, highly competitive: the top grossing Bingo games
Crunching the data with App Annie
Welcome Aboard
Room 8 hires Eric Williams as senior director of business development
"Eric Williams shares the team’s values to the fullest"
Your Next Event
Mark it in your calendars! Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #6 goes live on April 19-23
Make new connections and learn from the games industry’s top experts as the biggest mobile games B2B conference returns online this Spring!
Pgc Digital
2021 off to a flying start with last week's Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
Connecting the global games industry to network, do business and learn from experts
On The Hunt
Zynga set to enter console market with Star Wars: Hunters
The FarmVille maker appeared during last night's Nintendo Direct
Switch Direct
Skyward Sword, Splatoon 3, Mario Golf and more coming to Nintendo Switch
Announced as part of the latest Nintendo Direct
Money Bags
Netmarble saw substantial growth in 2020
It generated $2.25 billion in FY2020
Webinar
Webinar: Join Tenjin, Gamejam and Mintegral as we look forward to mobile in 2021
The webinar kicks off on February 18th at 6pm GMT
Keep Watching
Twitch and Facebook Gaming break viewership records
More than two billion hours were viewed on Twitch in January
Top Of The World
Honor of Kings reigns as top-grossing mobile title in January 2021
Followed by PUBG Mobile
This Instant
Artie secures $10 million in seed funding to make instant games
It will eliminate the need for additional app downloads
The Epic Continues
Epic takes case against Apple to EU antitrust regulators
The company wants to "restore competition on iOS"
Let's Get Creative
IGDA teams up with Grant for the Web to create the Diverse Game Developers Fund
$300,000 will go towards aiding with prototypes, scholarships and game jams
Book Your Place
Develop your existing skills and learn new ones with the next series of PocketGamer.Biz MasterClasses
Access essential insight from the finest games industry mentors with these deep-dive workshops
Cold Feet
Microsoft acquiring Bethesda gave Google cold feet about Stadia games business
Search giant talked up how well everything was going just five days before announcing it was closing its first-party studios
Cloud Nine
Gamestream partners with Telekom Slovenije and Bouygues Telecom
"The Gamestream telecommunications partnership network continues to expand at a rapid rate across the globe"
Dream Team
AdInMo partners with digital out of home network Lemma Technologies
"Our partnership with AdInMo is an attempt to offer advertisers easy access to multi-screen audiences across DOOH as well as the mobile ad realm"
Dream Team
Newzoo forms partnership with Apptopia
"Together, we aim to create unique and valuable insights into the world of mobile games and beyond"
Trainers Unite
Pokémon Unite regional beta set to launch in Canada
Players must be over the age of 16 and can only be accessed on Android devices
Welcome Aboard
Admix makes two additions to its global leadership team
"Rob Norman and Nigel Morris foresaw the dramatic shifts to digital and social, long before others in the industry were ready"
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: Why Electronic Arts is acquiring Glu Mobile
The MTM team explains EA's decision to snap up Glu for an eye-watering $2.1B
Top Dog
Kwalee is top British mobile games publisher by downloads
"Our outlook is truly global, and we strive daily to reach hundreds of millions of players around the world"
Remote Relationships
Virtual but not distant: Building strong relationships remotely
Square Enix Montréal producer Derrick Aynaga shares his top tips for remote management
The Best In Mobile Games
Tell your community! Voting is OPEN for the Pocket Gamer Awards 2021
Nominations have closed and the next stage is here: make sure your games are put in the spotlight
Phone Case Study
The hypercasual publishing process: The story of Phone Case DIY
CrazyLabs takes a look at the success of developer Crikey's creative design game
In The Clouds
Microsoft is testing xCloud streaming via browsers
Public trial coming in the near future
Money Money Money
Colossi Games secures $2.5 million in seed funding
"This new funding will enable us to bring the game to life in a more advanced state and create more game-changing entertainment"
That's Just Super
Supercell saw great success in 2020, despite COVID-19 pandemic
"We, of course, are incredibly lucky to work in the games business"
Jobs In Games
"Investors will not give fuel to a fire that isn't already burning," says Shotcall CEO Thomas Gentle
Shotcall CEO and co-founder Thomas Gentle discusses his route into games.
Big Indie Pitch
Behind The Frame paints its way to victory at the Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
We explore the top games from our recent Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
Check Those Ads
In-play ads dubbed 'most exciting format' for developers in 2021
According to a report from Admix
Come One Come All
Link's Awakening dev Grezzo is hiring for "medieval" and "stylish" project
Looking for a programmer, effects designer and UI designer
Game On
Google to bring "more than" 100 games to Stadia this year
"Over the next few weeks and months, players can expect to see everything from action-filled RPGs to competitive co-op titles and nimble platformers"
Competition
Unity claims its "real competition" is companies still making own engines, not Epic
But CFO Jabal points out the firm's dominance over the Fortnite maker in many areas