Into The Unown
Two new Pokemon games launch exclusively on Facebook Instant Games
Pokemon Tower Battle and Pokemon Medallion Battle are available to play on the platform now
Ads And You
94% of mobile devs use ads in their free-to-play games: deltaDNA's in-game advertising study 2019
How in-game advertising shaped the free-to-play landscape over the last year
Eating Too Much
Oliver Kern from Lockwood Publishing on the dangers of all-you-can-eat subscription models
"It's not a great model for developers"
Whirlwind Acquisition
Google Stadia acquires indie developer Typhoon Studios
"It will really give us a head start in making the system-defining games everyone is waiting for..."
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Hot Five: Brawl Stars revenues, Devil May Cry on mobile, and Playrix's stellar 2019
The hottest stories
Changing Times
Jacki Vause, CEO and founder of Dimoso, on the changing state of the games industry
"The games industry is fascinating, innovative and surprising"
Market Overview
Territory report: data and interviews from the UK games scene
The keys to the kingdom: inside the UK industry, market and mobile sector
Cheat Sheet
Michail Greshishchev from Denuvo by Irdeto on stopping cheaters in their tracks
"Building the next generation cheat detection solution"
Words With Hackers
Over 170 million passwords stolen in Zynga breach
"Cyber-attacks are one of the unfortunate realities of doing business today"
Discount Ends
Save up to $175 on Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 - deadline EXTENDED
Mid-Term prices for January’s two-day B2B conference end at 10am this Sunday!
Play Dirty
Nutaku's Tom Greenwood on the explosion of the adult games industry
"It's a tougher industry than ever before"
Racking Up The Views
The Game Awards 2019 draws in over 45 million viewers
Concurrent views peak at 7.5 million
Pgc London Live Ops
Learn more about the Live Ops Landscape in our track at Pocket Gamer Connects London
It is one of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Playables Best Practice
After making hundreds of playable ads, these are the key things we’ve learned
Mindworks' Creative Director Stella Zhu offers best practice tips for playables
Making Moves
Facebook acquires cloud gaming service PlayGiga for $78 million
"We are continuing our work in cloud gaming, now with a new mission"
It's Heating Up
JetFuel CEO Tim Lenardo on the state of influencer marketing
"Achieve success in the dubious world of fake followers, bots, and algorithmic ranking"
Acquisition
N3twork picks up NBCUniversal's abandoned match-three puzzler Funko Pop Blitz
"N3twork’s expertise in creating moments through events that excite fans is a perfect match with Funko"
Friends With Benefits
Niantic unveils major Pokemon GO update with new Buddy Adventure mode
Battle, feed, and play to level up friendship and unlock bonus perks
Bang Bang
Call of Duty: Mobile’s grip on the charts starts to loosen
Crunching the data with App Annie
Top Honours
Global Game Jam executive director Kate Edwards to be awarded the GDCA's Ambassador Award
She has been a continued speaker and mentor at global events
Pgc London
Learn more about influencers at Pocket Gamer Connects London's Influencer Insight track
One of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Vancouver Vips
Ten Vancouver developers you need to meet at PG Connects London 2020
A Thinking Ape, East Side Games, Monstercat... the list goes on
Testing Testing
Activision Blizzard unveils "King's Council" group to test mobile ads
Specialist players sought out depending on their playtime and engagement factor
A Long Time Ago
Disney Magic Kingdoms calls on the force with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker update
"It is a dream to welcome Star Wars to Disney Magic Kingdoms"
Block Booking
Caty Tedman from Dapper Labs on kitties, the NBA and the future of blockchain gaming
"I'm learning more about the challenges to the industry and how blockchain can help solve those"
Subscriptions
Update: Apple Arcade annual subscription launched at $49.99
12 months for the price of 10
Snap Back
Snap Games adds Leaderboard Games to its chat app gaming platform
Two games launched with the feature
Three Of A Kind
Keywords Studios makes $12 million triple acquisition of Ichi, Kantan and Syllabes
"We are delighted to have made three high calibre acquisitions"
Reach For The Skies
KamaGames get innovative as it runs Pokerist ad campaign in US airports
Expects to drive 200 million impressions
Strive To Survive
Funday Factory's Anders Leicht Rohde on the hypercasual bubble
If you know, you win
Kinda Mobile
Kinda Funny's Greg Miller and Tim Gettys on Apple Arcade and Google Stadia
"Google Stadia failed on its first impression"
Surfin' Success
App Annie: Subway Surfers was the most downloaded mobile game of the decade
Clash of Clans tops consumer spend for the last 10 years
Bigby's Back
Telltale revives The Wolf Among Us sequel as its first project since closure
New trailer shown at The Game Awards
Secure Your Investment
Find your funding with Investor Connector at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020!
The ever popular investment match-making event returns to London in January
Time To Connect
MAG Interactive's Chris Peters on the importance of live ops
How evolution can become revolution
Seeking Audience
Mobile games shouldn’t be at The Game Awards - and that’s fine
Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong audience
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Hot Five: Battle Pass trends, Angry Birds' 10 years, and Playrix's new M&A strategy
The hottest stories
Data
Mobile games generated $41.5 billion in 12 months
Liftoff research
Esports Connects
Nancy Basi from the Vancouver Economic Commission on esports potential
A strong ecosystem is key
International Monetisation
LatinDV co-founder Julian Migura on emerging markets' potential
New markets are starting to catch up
Switch Sales
Nintendo Switch outsells Xbox One worldwide
Mario Kart 8 is the console's top-selling title
Cool
Playdemic partners up with UFC for Golf Clash content
It costs $4.99
Mobile Winners
Call of Duty: Mobile claims victory at The Game Awards 2019
Fire Emblem: Three Houses won two awards
Accelerating
Mario Kart Tour downloads slump but revenue shows reasons for optimism
Player spending per download nearly doubled since first month
Brum Brum
Zynga expands NaturalMotion with new Birmingham studio
Will focus on racing games
A New Way To Play
Edge Esports' David Yarnton on dealing with constant change
From Nintendo to what's next
Whole New World
Update: Gameloft delays Disney Getaway Blast until 2020
Game set to launch "very soon"
Turn Up The Volume
Soft launch to worldwide launch: Now it’s time to go big
How to optimize your strategy
Growing Market
Esports platform Game.tv raises $25 million in Series A funding
Adding AI
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PUBG Mobile shoots through $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue
China brought in 40 per cent of total earnings