Mobile Dominance
The mobile games market faces the least disruption from coronavirus according to Newzoo
It will generate $77.2 billion in 2020
What A Save
Lion Studios' puzzler Save The Girl tops global downloads for April 2020
Mobile game accumulated more than 50 million installs
Igda Insight
Free mentorship available to indies with IGDA Finland and Pocket Gamer Connects Digital
Register now for online advice at the IGDA Finland Mentor Café on Thursday 11 June
Event
Blockchain games - unmissable expert insight & practical advice with Blockchain Gamer LIVE! Digital #1
6 Sensational seminar tracks, 60+ stunning speakers and 600+ spectators for July's online-only event
Welcome Aboard
Retro Studios hires Adad Morales as its new VFX lead artist
Known for Battlefield and Star Wars
Leaning In
Zynga in the time of Covid-19
COO Matt Bromberg considers the new era
Three-day Event
Media Indie Exchange partners with Kinda Funny for digital indie event Guerrilla Collective on June 6th-8th
Part of IGN's Summer of Gaming
Digital Calendar
Steel Media goes online! Join us at our upcoming digital events
Connecting the global games industry through our digital conferences, pitches, round-tables and more
Free Webinar
Free online PG.biz RoundTable discussion series launches tomorrow
Register for a Work From Home panel featuring experts from King, Tilting Point, Voodoo, Tamatem and more
Most Read
Hot Five: Zynga posts record sales, Gary Whitta discusses his Animal Crossing talk show, and Gardenscapes dethrones Candy Crush Saga
The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week
Level Up
Rogue Games raises $2 million to expand to console games
Also announces new title Coreupt
Mmorpgs Rule
South Korean mobile games market still grinding
Crunching the data with App Annie
Media Partner
European game developers: sign up now for next week’s European Games BizDev Gathering event
There’s still time to register for our media partner event next week, which is two days focussed purely on developer and publisher online networking
Welcome Aboard
Annapurna Interactive hires Capybara Games co-founder Nathan Vella
"I'm really excited to leverage my experience to help these awesome creators make the best games they can."
Performance Advisor
Catch performance issues early with profiling and optimization insights for your entire team in Arm Mobile Studio Performance Advisor
A detailed look at how Arm Mobile Studio Performance Advisor can help you improve your game
Uncertain Times
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick thinks people will turn to free mobile games during economic uncertainty
"Having free games on phones is going to probably be a big way to grow the audience"
Jump In
Fortnite draws in over 350 million players
As of April, people have spent 3.2 billion hours in the battle royale game
Finns Are In
Posting record sales thanks to Empires & Puzzles, Zynga pays $122 million earnout to Small Giants
Q1 2020 financials are booming
Discount Ends
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Round The Track
Forza Street races onto mobile devices after nine months of soft launch
The game was first teased back in March 2019
In The 80s
East Side Games teams up with Sony for The Goldbergs mobile game
Based on the TV show
Ollie Ollie
Rumour: Skate 3 could be grinding its way to mobile
As revealed by pro skater Jason Dil
A Good Deed
IGDA Foundation launches Stay in the Game Relief Fund
"The work of our organisations is more important than ever right now"
Digital Conference
Save the date: Blockchain Gamer LIVE! Digital online-only conference, July 13-17
Early Bird discounts available now for July's blockchain gaming industry event premiere
Candy Crush Growth
Activision Blizzard revenue drops but profit increases over Q1 2020
Two new games utilising existing IP revealed too
"prove The Value"
EA's faith in live services rewards a nearly 200% increase in profit
Revenue rise of 11.9 per cent year-over-year
The Art Of Publishing
Discover the Art of Publishing with the pros at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Dedicated content for developers looking to get their games out there delivered by top publishers at June’s online-only conference
Bolt From The Blue
Unity acquires scripting tool Bolt
"Bolt becoming an official Unity product is a major and exciting leap forward for visual scripting"
Animal Talking
Interview: Why Rogue One screenwriter Gary Whitta started a talk show in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
"I honestly don't care if I ever make a penny out of it"
Sweet Investment
AppLovin invests in Supercell-backed developer Redemption Games
Terms were not disclosed
10 Years On
Infinite Lives on dropping CastleCraft's subscription model and going freemium
Players just didn't like it
Ea Play
EA Play goes digital-only for 2020
Now part of Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest
Money Money Money
iPad in-app consumer spending hit $2.1 billion in Q1 2020
With 1.11 billion new installs
Helping Veterans
Activision Blizzard donates $2 million to help veterans find employment during the COVID-19 pandemic
"We've seen a huge increase in veterans asking our partners for assistance since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic"
Sensor Tower Funding
Sensor Tower secures $45 million investment from strategic partnership with Riverwood Capital
First investment since 2013
Knocked Out
Fighting games tournament Evo 2020 gets cancelled
Due to – you guessed it – coronavirus
Worthy Cause
Roblox is donating up to $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts
Limited-edition items are on sale until June 30th
Excited Yet?
Sega Europe, Tencent, King, Nordeus and NCSOFT all join the talented lineup for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Revealed: Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 adds more top industry speakers to the already incredible line-up of talent
Series A Funding
Guilded raises $7 million for gaming chat platform
"We're building the world's best platform for connecting communities"
Summer Party
Games companies band together to create the Summer Game Fest
Featuring news, announcements, interviews and more
Get That Data
Newzoo teams with Reddit for games engagment data
"Gaming communities on Reddit are incredibly engaged"
Cancelled Cup
Epic cancels Fortnite World Cup 2020
"We're hopeful to be able to put on some form of Fortnite World Cup in 2021"
Gdc Summer
GDC scraps physical presence in favour of all-digital event
"Available to everyone with an internet connection"
All Chill, No Sweat
Update: Fortnite launches weaponless Party Royale mode
"Experimental and evolving space"
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Beta Booming
Microsoft's Project xCloud accumulates "hundreds of thousands" of active users
"Commercial cloud revenue generating $13.3 billion"
New Studio
AuthorDigital launches new IP development studio Adept Games
Funded through $5.5 investment partnership
Pitch Your Game
The Big Indie Pitch returns to Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 - sign up now!
The ever-popular pitching competition takes place completely online alongside the week-long digital conference this June
High-yield, Low Effort
Getting more with less: Six high-yield design patterns
Mobile games consultant Matthew Emery looks at some easy ways to boost profits with the least amount of effort
Consuming Content
Twitch streamers have created 89 per cent more sponsored content since the start of 2020
Content consumed has risen by 79 per cent