Streaming Up
Google issues statement over games not playing at 4K and 60 FPS
Improvements expected
Limited Time
Call of Duty: Mobile brings back the dead with Zombies mode
Classic map Shi No Numa makes its debut on mobile
An App For That
IronSource launches mobile app to access game data on the go
First step in a much larger project
Special Offer
Black Friday offer - save up to $675 on Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Amazing 20% double-discount for the UK's BIGGEST B2B event for the games industry
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Hot Five: N3twork's $40 million raise, Zynga's home-grown future, and Free Fire shoots to $1 billion
The hottest stories
Access Granted
Google finally fulfils Stadia Founders Edition orders
Three days of confusion
You Got Game?
Publishing giant IGG expresses intent to collaborate with developers across the world
Expansive business
Going Global
Following US early access, Minecraft Earth hits 2.5 million downloads
1.4 million installs since arrival in the US on November 12th
Pocket Money
Update: Nintendo launches $7.99 a month subscription for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
Offering players access to five fortune cookies and storage for 5000 items
Event
Animoca Brands, Pixowl, Blockchain Cuties and Reality Clash speaking at first Blockchain Gamer LIVE! gaming conference in January
Explore the blockchain games industry at Pocket Gamer Connects London partner event
Growing Up
Why 2019 is the first year Futureplay hasn’t shipped a new game
Something had to give
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Get a 30% discount on GameAnalytics’ new real-time data Benchmarks+ platform
Data from 87,000 mobile games with 1.2 billion active players
Hot Stuff
Indian powerhouse Nazara looking to invest $20 million in gaming and esport startups
Has already invested $50 million in past two years
More Cash
Skillz raises funding from NFL's 32 Equity investment arm
Former Airbnb chief financial officer Laurence Tosi has also been appointed to the board of directors
Sensor Tower
Google Stadia’s mobile app has been downloaded 175,000 times
US residents made up close to 42 per cent of the overall number
Jrpg Money Machine
Fate/Grand Order bucks China’s dominance as the top grossing global mobile game
Crunching the data with App Annie
City Limits
16-city PUBG Mobile US esports tournament kicking off in December 2019
Backed by Super League Gaming, Tencent and OnePlus
Streaming Wars
Amazon reportedly launching game streaming service in 2020
Looking for Twitch integration
Young Guns
N3twork raises $40 million for new games, publishing platform and community app
Covering all bases
Gigantamax
Selling 6 million, Pokemon Sword and Shield is Nintendo’s fastest-selling Switch game
Includes physical and digital copies
Foresight
Dead Cells' Steve Filby on why you need to design games with an audience in mind
Think about what you’re going to build before you build it
Easy Money
Chartboost launches advertising bidding program Helium
More options for in-game advertising
Organic Reinvention
Home-grown success: Why Zynga reckons the best is yet to come
COO Matt Broomberg talks up new releases
Show Us The Money
GDC 2020 announces Game Funding & Investment Summit
Virtuous cycle
Awards Season
Call of Duty, Sayonara Wild Hearts and Grindstone lead The Game Awards 2019 mobile nominations
Event will take place on December 12th, hosted by Geoff Keighley
From Devs For Devs
Social video app for gaming Bunch raises $3.85 million from Supercell, Miniclip, Riot
Industry funding for synergetic NYC startup
Cultural Match
Hill Climb Racing developer Fingersoft appoints Celine Pasula as CEO
Ex-Grand Cru co-founder steps up
Listen & Learn
Join deltaDNA’s free webinar on the reasons F2P games fail and how to avoid them
All happening 11am GMT on Wednesday 27th November
Hex-o World
Location-based Catan: World Explorers mobile game using Niantic's Real World Platform
Pre-registration now live
Deeper Magic
How to further optimize your mobile game's ad revenue
IronSource VP Nadav Ashkenazy's top tips
Emerging Markets Hit
Garena’s battle royale game Free Fire surpasses $1 billion of lifetime revenue
Ranked up the achievement in two years
I Have Spoken
Roblox partners with Disney for Star Wars Winter Creator Challenge
Players can earn limited-edition virtual items inspired by the new Star Wars film
Bulking Up
Google Stadia launches today after doubling games library last-minute
10 additional games added, including NBA 2K20, Trials Rising and Wolfenstein Youngblood
Event
Riot Games, Paradox Interactive, Red Kite Games and Super Evil Megacorp speaking at first Big Screen Gaming conference in January
Explore PC, console, VR and AR at Pocket Gamer Connects London partner event
Fast Fingers
SayGames' Sand Balls was the most downloaded hypercasual game in October
Developer had two games in top five
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Hot Five: Homescape's $1 billion, Voodoo in Montreal, and Candy Crush's art meets diversity
The hottest stories
Let It Go
Jam City launches new mobile game Frozen Adventures
The movie is out on November 22nd
Crossover
Fortnite uses the force with stormtrooper outfit
Previous crossovers include Stranger Things and The Avengers
Event
Want to speak at a Pocket Gamer Connects event in 2020?
Submissions invited for our international series of events next year in London, Seattle, Hong Kong, Helsinki and Jordan
Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft adds 50 more games to Project xCloud
Available now in Japan, Canada and India
Error 404
Google Stadia will have several key features missing at launch
Stream Connect, achievement system, State Share, Crowd Play and more excluding on day one
Mobile Majority
App Annie: Mobile spending accounts for more than 50% of all game revenue
Consumer spending on iOS and Android expected to rise to $105 billion by 2020
For All
SuperGaming raises $1.3 million for new social gaming platform
Building for a casual audience
Job News
John Carmack leaving Oculus CTO position
Will still serve in a consulting role for the VR firm
Subs The Way
Mobile users are more likely to subscribe than make a one-off purchase
10.9 per cent of iOS users use a subscription service
Seed Funding
Wappier raises $4 million to enhance revenue and dataviz platform
Financing was led by New York-based venture group Counterview Capital
“passion Project”
Epic Games launches RPG Battle Breakers
Free-to-play title is available to download on iOS, Android and PC now
New Location
Update: Voodoo expands 'beyond hyper-casual' with new Montreal studio
Mehdi El Moussali will lead the team
Match-3 Rules
Candy Crush Saga still crushing it on the US top grossing chart
Crunching the data with App Annie
Event
One week left to save up to $350 on Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Early Bird prices for the two-day B2B conference are set to end midnight next Thursday