Going Green
ZeptoLab splits out Om Nom business unit as it prepares for new release Om Nom: Merge
Game out 28 November
Channeling
Outerminds partners with PewDiePie again for Pixelings game
Arrives in app stores on November 15th, 2019
Mapping
One million locations nominated weekly for Niantic's Real World Platform
Nine million locations have been adde to-date
Sticky Situation
Glu Mobile grows sales 8% to a record $107 million but still fails to make a profit
Net loss of $5.1 million sees shares drop
Dropping Numbers
Microtransactions down for console, steady for PC, only rising for mobile games
Superdata's data
Ups And Downs
Mobile and DLC maintained US game spending despite a 23% decline in hardware sales
2019 to-date up 1% to $28 billion
Bullseye
PUBG Mobile generated $154 million during October 2019
Honor of Kings in second place
Unite We Play
Why casual games like Homescapes are adding midcore Guild community features
Play together, spend more
Investment
Niantic launches $10 million Creator Program for new location-based AR games
Also opens Pokemon Go sponsored location program for small businesses
Negotiations
US and China agree to roll back tariffs that were set to affect console and mobile
A new deal is pending
Magical Mena
Pocket Gamer Connects launches into MENA with 700+ delegates at PGC Jordan in association with the King Abdullah II Fund for Development
First event in the Middle East and North Africa region
Block By Block
Mobile AR game Minecraft Earth enters early access in the UK
Phased rollout
Crossing The Beams
Rogue Games takes Vainglory as Super Evil raises $10.5 million for cloud game Project Spellfire
Funding was led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz
Full House
Former Rovio EVP Wilhelm Taht appointed to head GSN Games' Bingo studios
From Angry Birds to Two Fat Ladies
Let Them Clash
$400,000 Clash Royale League World Finals 2019 to take place in LA on 7 December
Event will be presented by Google Play
Money For Not Much
Google's Play Points reward program launches in US
Reward system already live in Japan and Korea
Freebies
Here’s how you can get into Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 - free!
Four ways to get involved with B2B expo in January 2020 without spending.
Indie Spotlight
Exospecies creator Eric Zinda on the move from Xbox to mobile
Finding the right way
Hey Little Spender
The hard data behind Supercell’s decision to can Rush Wars
Sensor Tower spills the beans
Delta Force
Call of Duty: Mobile gains top grossing momentum, while Mario Kart Tour’s downloads fall away
Crunching the data with App Annie
Solid Base
G5 Games sees average monthly revenue per payer at $45.80
Hidden objects still paying off
Another One Bites The Dust
Supercell cans Rush Wars
Servers shut down 30 November
Job News
PS Vita advocate Gio Corsi leaves PlayStation
He was with the company for over six years
Learn Coding
GameMaker Studio 2 gets a new educational tool for preteens
The programme is aimed at 11-to-14 years olds
Girl Power
BlizzCon 2019 sees first major female Hearthstone champion
VKLiooon roars
Roster-rific
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now the best-selling fighting game of all time
Move over Street Fighter II
Scary Numbers
How Keplerians saved time and bagged more money with Yodo1's managed ad service
Making more of Mr. Meat
Event Recap
4 Things We Learned at Gamesforum Seattle 2019
Co-development, China, LiveOps and more: last month we were at the multi-format industry conference
Indie Mavens
Will subscription services be good for indie game developers?
The Indie Mavens share their thoughts
New Game
Overwatch 2 officially announced at BlizzCon 2019
Players from the original game can compete in PVP with sequel players
Acquisitioon
Unity Technologies snaps up Furioos cloud engine firm Obvioos
Building out the stack
Switching Up
Switch Lite is already shaping up to be 3DS' worthy successor
Console and handheld strategy
Blizzcon 2019
Blizzard unleashes new Diablo Immortal video
Including all the things you know and love about Diablo
Read 5 Now
Hot 5: A new Harry Potter game, Coin Master's $500 million and Gen Z loves Supercell
The hottest stories
New Channels
What Tencent, Amazon and Twitch’s great PUBG Mobile content giveaway means for game developers
Erick Fang discusses
What's Next
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 conference tracks revealed
24 tracks covering mobile, PC, Console, XR & blockchain games
Data
Preteens start with tablets and move to console
87 per cent of parents think games are educational
Download Drivers
Say Games, Voodoo and Good Job Games the most downloaded gamecos
Sensor Tower's Q3 2019 data
Big Guns
World of Tanks Blitz's global championship to offer $100,000 prize pool
Winners take home $50,000
Strap In
Mario Kart Tour multiplayer beta launching this December for Gold Pass subscribers
$4.99 per month subscription fee will give users access to new mode
Game On
DevGAMM lands in Minsk on 21-22 November
The two-day games industry conference heads to the capital of Belarus
Special Offer
The Song Of The Witches - or - 25% off Pocket Gamer Connects London
Don’t miss out on our Halloween offer or you’ll feel hung, drawn and quartered...
For The Kids
Red Interactive CEO steps away to launch mobile game studio Red Games
Creating family-friendly titles for mobile and VR
A Good Cause
The American Red Cross and Skillz team up to aid US wildfire victims
The competition platform is holding a tournament
Speaker Line Up
The India Game Developer Conference 2019 reveals speakers
It is being held between November 22nd and 23rd
Financials
Zynga achieves best quarterly revenue and bookings in 12-year history
Empires & Puzzles and Merge Dragons both drive quarter
$$$
New Zealand game industry gets $6m cash injection from government
Dunedin is the country's new Centre for Digital Excellence
Super Smashed It
Switch sells over 41 million as Nintendo's profits jump 53%
The power of Switch Lite
Cultural Fit
The geographic fault lines of mobile game art style
GameRefinery on which games appeal where
No Magic Formula
What makes Summoners War a successful esport?
Gamevil Com2uS' David Mohr explains