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
Read 5 Now
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
Politics X Games
Games design lecturer Zhia Zariko on the importance of politics in games
Positive GCAP 2019 session
Neat Nsfw
Disruptor Beam creates Archer mobile game based on edgy FX animated series
Now available on iOS and Android
Reboot
PayDay: Crime War will shut down before being relaunched with a new publisher
Current version will cease operations on December 16th
Get Nice Angry
10 years on, Rovio looks to turn Angry Birds' anger into positive thinking
Anniversary is in December
Gotta Design Fast
Sonic Mania designer helped create Sonic movie's new look
Tyson Hesse said he was “honoured” with task
Top Secret
Blue Sky Studios partners with Denali Publishing for mobile game based on Will Smith’s Spies in Disguise
Endless runner is arriving soon
Show Reel
Video highlights from Pocket Gamer Connects London
A look back at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 and a look ahead to 2020
Testing Times
Epic Games suing former Keywords tester for leaking Fortnite Chapter 2
Lucas Johnston worked at Keywords' Montreal office
Tech Tock
Apple's gaming-focused AV/VR headset expected by 2022
AR glasses in 2023
Event
G-Star 2019 starts on November 14th
Featuring talks from the likes of CCP, Bungie, Gearbox and Creative Assembly
Crazy Name Crazy Guys
TabTale changes its name to Crazy Labs
It reflects the company's focus on hyper-casual
Acquisition
Epic Games acquires Megascans outfit Quixel
Company claims to have the “world's largest photogrammetry asset library."
Sonic Boom
New Sonic movie trailer shows off improved redesign after fan backlash
Shadow of its former self
Dime A Dozen
Google Stadia 12-game launch line-up revealed
Including Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Destiny 2, Red Dead Redemption 2 and more
Home Sweet Home
Playrix’s Homescapes surpasses $1 billion in lifetime revenue at $4.60 per download
More than 223 million downloads in just over two years
Tag Team
Bandai Namco revealed as a development partner for Mario Kart Tour
“Partially implemented in-games and 3D visual assets for courses, characters and machines”
Combining Talents
Tencent reportedly looking to use Nintendo IP as it expands internationally
May focus on a female audience
Overtakes Mario Kart
Call of Duty: Mobile racks up almost $60 million in launch month
Also does 148 million downloads
Read 5 Now
Hot Five: Vainglory changes hands, what's next for Playtika? and Rush Wars' weak KPI revealed
The hottest stories
Stream In
Madfinger Games demoing new Shadowgun War Games gameplay on 15 November
Building the buzz
Its A Ton
Apple Arcade hits 100 live games
Another six added
Financials
Activision Blizzard and King revenue drops as Candy Crush stays top-grossing franchise in US
Free-to-play title had a monthly active user base of 247 million over the previous quarter.
Red Hot
Call of Duty: Mobile blasts Activision to #3 on global download list
October's data revealed
Ro-block?
Roblox survey says 60% of teens don’t report inappropriate online behaviour to parents
Information asymmetry
Cooking It Up
Tilting Point prepping for the launch of SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off
Co-dev deal with Nukebox Studios