What A Surprise
Indivisible launches on Nintendo Switch without Lab Zero's knowledge
"This launch does not represent the quality standards of Lab Zero"
Covid-19 Impact
AppsFlyer: Mobile game revenue has risen 35% since February
Casual and social games have seen an identical jump
More Games In 2021
Google and EA partner to bring Star Wars, FIFA and Madden NFL to Stadia
Set to launch later this year
Speaker Submission
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Drop In
Epic Games's $2 million Fortnite Champion Series Invitational announced for May 9th
Mobile, PC and console players will be invited
Dropping Numbers
SuperData reduces XR spending estimates by $1.4bn for 2020
Firm reckons $6.3bn will be spent this year
Scrabble Success
Scopely acquires Scrabble GO developer PierPlay
Now working on an unannounced project
Astronomical
Update: Fortnite's Astronomical Travis Scott concert gathers 27.7 million unique players
12.3 million concurrents on the first day, the largest number of concurrent users in the game's history
A Little Help
Bethesda donates $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts
Shared between Direct Relief, UNICEF, and local communities
Big Indie Pitch
Show us your indie games in the new monthly Digital Big Indie Pitches
Following the success of the online Big Indie Pitch during Pocket Gamer Connects Digital, we're inviting you to even more digital pitch sessions
Network With Speed
Network with top publishers and indie developers at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2. Sign up now!
The Publisher SpeedMatch session returns at June’s online-only B2B games conference
10 Years On
Four million downloads makes Doodle Jump the best selling iPhone game ever
And an iPad version is on the way
Team Up
Zynga teams up with Amazon for free in-game content for Prime members
Starting with Words with Friends
Esports And Ua
Esports audiences: A UA marketer's dream
AdColony senior director of global marketing and communications Jonathan Harrop breaks down the opportunity
Find Your Funding
Find funding for your games and projects at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 - sign up now to meet top investors
Our ever-popular matchmaking event Investor Connector makes a return at June’s online-only B2B games conference
So Much Money
Transcend Fund raises $50 million for games companies
Firm wants to write cheques between $200,000 and $2 million
Tilting Bear
Tilting Point signs multi-year publishing deal with GameBear for Nova Empire: Space Commander
China-based developer has generated $25 million from its game since late 2017
Incredible Indies
Perfect for indies: FREE opportunities for independent developers at Pocket Gamer’s next online conference
Fantastic opportunities await indie developers at June’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2, our online-only conference, enabling them to connect with the global industry
Live And Kicking
Live and Kicking: How Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery graduated to its sophomore year with flying colours
Game director Sarah Wolf looks back over the last two years of magic
Helping Charity
Scopely is making donations to charity No Kid Hungry with Scrabble Go
Share-athon is running until April 30th
Digital Talking Heads
Wargaming, Square Enix, THQ Nordic, The Pokémon Company and Wizards of the Coast all confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Our expert speaker lineup for our second digital conference begins to take shape - who will you learn from this June?
Lay Offs
AR firm Magic Leap lays off staff at "every level"
"I have determined this is ultimately necessary to give us the best chance for future success"
Good Start
Hello Neighbor TV pilot has nearly 11 million views
"An animated series was the next logical step after books and games"
Everyone Loves A Comeback
Google Stadia mobile app surpasses one million installs in five months
50 per cent increase over launch week
Record Sales Smashed
Animal Crossing: New Horizons sells more digitally in one month than any other console game ever
SuperData states that New Horizons is the best selling game in history digitally
Super Effective
SuperData: Pokemon GO revenue evolved by 18% to $111 million in March 2020
Honor of Kings tops mobile digital sales
Experience The Magic
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery players conjure up 35 billion minutes of gameplay
An outfit design contest begins April 25th
Breaking Records
Nintendo Switch doubled its Q1 sales year-on-year in March 2020
Best Q1 hardware sales for 10 years
Staying Safe
Unity isn't attending physical events for 2020
Firm's own Unite show goes digital-only
Bellionaires
Animal Crossing: New Horizons achieves third-best US launch ever for a Nintendo game
Best-selling entry in series to date
Under The Sea
NASA launches ocean research game dedicated to mapping coral reefs globally
Aiming to help preserve these environments and better understand threatened ecosystems
Digital Conference
What hot topics will you be talking about at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2?
Revealed: ten tracks covering essential games industry insight, from indie development skills to esports, coming your way in June
18 Months After Launch
Epic Games begrudgingly rolls out Fortnite on Google Play
"We hope that Google will revise its policies"
Sharp Drop
Kickstarter experiences a 35% drop in live projects
"We must look more broadly at ways to restructure the business including potential layoffs"
For Charity
Games Done Quick raises $400k for coronavirus relief
Replaced summer 2020 show, all proceeds being donated to Direct Relief
Adjust Report
Mobile game downloads have shot up by 75% in Q1 2020 due to Covid-19 impact
132% rise in installs over the last week in March 2020
Traction
Beamable launches its Unity-based commerce and social game toolkit
From the team at Disruptor Beam comes a new venture
Astronomical Event
Epic Games partners with US rapper Travis Scott for Fortnite virtual tour
Scott will debut his new song in-game
Big Moves
Apple rolls out App Store to 20 new countries in Africa, the Middle East, and more
Apple Music similarly being expanded to same countries
A Good Deed
Playtika's Bingo Blitz is donating meals to Feeding America
10 meals for every virtual meal made by players
Streaming Competition
Facebook is launching a mobile gaming app to compete with Twitch and YouTube
Coming to Android devices first
Milestone
Devolver Digital confirms Gris has exceeded one million sales
Originally launched on mobile in August 2019
Welcome Aboard
Niantic hires Megan Quinn as its new COO
She has a background in leadership and investment
Digital Conference
Meet and learn from companies like Wargaming, Pokémon, Paradox, Gameloft and more - here’s what you can expect from Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
The leading mobile B2B games industry event goes online-only again for a week-long event of talks, pitches and networking
Time's Up
Sega Heroes and Crazy Taxi Idle Tycoon shutting down following Demiurge split from Sega
Servers close May 21st
Kick Your Bot
Adjust's new survey finds that 41 per cent of mobile gamers have used bots
Bot spending is $65 on average
Heating Up
Planet Entertainments hits back amongst Cooking Mama drama
"By contract Planet is fully within its rights to publish Cooking Mama: Cookstar"
Digital Conference
Don’t miss your second chance to do business online at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital
Cancel all other plans for June 8-12. The essential B2B games conference will return for another week after its amazing 2020 debut
Farewell
Indie Megabooth shuts down for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic
Will still be running a Steam sale in May
Four Of A Kind
Indie Spotlight: How Foursaken Media upped the ante for War Tortoise 2
"Knowing where to draw the line between polished enough to be great and over-polished is one of the most important things"