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Apple Arcade
Will Apple successfully capture the midcore gamer market with Apple Arcade?
AdColony APAC MD Vikas Gulati expresses his doubts about Apple's subscription service for games
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Clash of Clans the US top grosser thanks to new Gold Pass
Charts from April 1st to 7th
Roundup
Games industry roundup: The big Tim Sweeney interview, Animoca Brands' $12m warchest, and the cost of influencer marketing
15 articles from PCGamesInsider.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockhainGamer.biz
Apple Arcade
Apple investing $500 million in Apple Arcade games
Tech giant pulls out the cheque book for its new subscription service
Hot Five
Inside Kolibri's strategy for success, Zynga soft-launches Game of Thrones Slots Casino, and Clash of Clans gets Gold Pass
The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week
Event
How to get into Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle - free!
Four ways students, indies and the media can attend the leading B2B event for the mobile, PC and blockchain games industry this May without spending a buck
Company Roundup
Meet 31 of the top most exciting Washington state games companies
Get a chance to meet with the state's finest at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle on May 13th to 14th
Stadia Versus Xbox
Microsoft: Google has technology and community, but Stadia needs content to succeed
Xbox marketing boss Nichols is first Big M exec to weigh in on the platform
Why Was Six Scared?
Bandai Namco dreams up Very Little Nightmares for iOS
Players can pre-register for the game now
Blood And Truth
Google Play home to numerous inappropriate games aimed at kids
36 games submitted to Google for violent or inappropriate content
Event
Top 20 reasons why you need to be at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle this May
From 13 conference tracks by 125 expert speakers to networking, pitching and the Global Connects Party. You can’t afford to miss this one!
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The Elder Scrolls: Blades made available to anyone with a Bethesda account
Fantasy action RPG has already amassed one million downloads
Live Ops
Disruptor Beam unveils live ops platform for mobile games developers
New chief product officer and first chief financial officer appointed
Redundancies
13 jobs lost at NantG Mobile as Z1 Battle Royale development returns to Daybreak
Unclear if NantG-developed mobile editions are still in the works
Choose Your Own Adventure
YouTube invests in Bandersnatch-like choose your own adventure games
Joins Netflix in the interactive entertainment space
For The North
Zynga soft-launches Game of Thrones Slots Casino on iOS
What do we say to the God of death?
Gamewisp
Lightstream acquires technology behind retired streamer subscription platform Gamewisp
The tech will go into expanding Lightstream Studio, as well as additional products set for release in 2019
Roll On 100
Roblox surpasses 90 million monthly active users
Firm also adds USK managing director Elisabeth Secker to its Trust and Safety Advisory Board.
Job News
Sumo Digital co-founder Porter becomes board COO of parent company
Gary Dunn replaces him as MD
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent continues its dominance as China’s top grosser but Perfect World drops to second
Charts from March 25th to March 31st
Job News
Jen MacLean leaves IGDA executive director role
Just over one year after permanently taking the job
The Debate Continues
FTC to hold loot box workshop in August
Due to be held at the Constitution Center in Washington, DC on August 7th, 2019
Hot Five
20 $1bn mobile games, Brawl Stars South Korea success, and the top April Fool’s Day gags
The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week
Going Public
Scientific Games subsidiary SciPlay files for IPO
Readies itself for potential acquisition spee; has entered into $150 million revolving credit facility
Huge Growth
Global mobile user spending to reach $156 billion by 2023
Latin America and Africa were both noted as most likely to see the biggest increase in growth revenue
Wahooo
Mario Odyssey and Zelda: Breath of the Wild VR support coming to Nintendo Labo
Experience Breath of the Wild in full through virtual reality
New Ad Network
Snapchat to launch the Snap Audience Network for third-party apps
Set to launch in the coming months
Predicting Trends
SuperData launching digital game forecasting tool
The Forecaster can predict metrics such as MAUs, revenue and in-game spending
Acquisition News
Jam City acquires Berlin studio 231 Play
Opens new Berlin studio where the team will operate from
Snap Games
Snap Games is a new real-time multiplayer games platform for Snapchat
Zynga, ZeptoLab, Spry Fox, Game Closure and PikPok the first development partners
Chicago To Asia
Niantic details worldwide summer events for Pokemon Go in 2019
I will travel across the land, searching far and wide
Wild
Gamigo acquires casual games developer WildTangent
WildTanget’s portfolio features over 4,000 games including the Fate series
You Have My Sword
The Elder Scrolls: Blades reaches one million downloads in first week of early access
$500,000 already generated in revenue
Competition
Win Indie Showcase space at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle
Demo your game to the global games industry FREE this May, worth $650
Rethinking Paid
Monetizer Mavens on what Apple Arcade needs to do to be successful
A new way to play and pay
Software
Epic Games unveils simultaneous multi-user editing for Unreal Engine 4.22
Google Stadia support out now
$4 Million A Day
Pokemon Go surpasses $2.5 billion in worldwide player spending
Augmented reality title yet to reach third anniversary
New Job
StreamElements names former Twitch veteran Chase as head of communications
Chase will be heading up the communications division at StreamElements
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Ludia studio art manager Serge Mongeau on how to get a job creating art for games
"Your portfolio is your window to the world. You need to let the world know how you think"
Funding
MLB Champions developer Lucid Sight raises $6 million
Investment takes the company’s funding total to $11 million
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: PUBG Mobile hits top spot in the US Google Play grossing charts
Charts from March 18th to March 24th
Focus On Ip
Konami rebrands New York office to Konami Cross Media
Yuta Kose has been named president for the renamed studio
Virtual Apple
Apple patent filing suggests work on VR/MR headset
The document focuses on range finding and accessory tracking for VR/MR head-mounted display system
Eastern Stars
Is Brawl Stars set to knock it out the park in China as Supercell’s latest billion-dollar success?
An analysis of the online multiplayer shooter's Western and Eastern performance
April Fool's Day
April Fool's Day 2019 roundup: The funniest gags from games and tech
Rounding up the best pranks of the day
Studio Profile
FlowPlay on building community-based virtual worlds for social casino and blockchain's integral role in gaming's future
A peek inside the Seattle studio
Jobs Losses
More than 1,500 people have lost their jobs in the games industry in three months
Estimates suggest total already exceeds 2018
Roundup
Games industry roundup: EU votes to pass Article 13, what art assets to use in marketing, and Blockchain Gamer Connects heads to Hong Kong
15 articles from PCGamesInsider.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockhainGamer.biz
Switch Prime
Twitch Prime members can grab up to a year's worth of Nintendo Switch Online
A free year of Nintendo Switch online will now be added to Twitch Prime