Nothing Simulated
The Sims surpasses $5 billion in lifetime revenue
Monthly players up 40 per cent year-on-year
Top Dogs
Nova Esports scoops $250,000 winning the first Clash of Clans World Championships
Total prize pot was $1 million
Victory Road
Pokemon Go collects $3 billion in lifetime revenue
2019 on track for highest revenue year to-date
Bullseye
Why Call of Duty: Mobile and Mario Kart Tour top the download charts but only one is top grossing
Crunching the data with App Annie
Mind The Gap
EA's mobile Q2 2019 revenue falls 20% to $177 million
No new games to boost sales
Young Guns
Gen Z plays fewer mobile games but loves Supercell
Conclusions from App Annie report
Gonged
Reggie Fils-Aimé to become a Legend at New York Games Awards
An Andrew Yoon Legend no less
New Face
Anzu appoints ex-Double Fusion co-founder Guy Ben-dov as strategic advisor
In-game advertising growth
Cash Up
Scopely raises another $200 million, taking total funding to over $450 million
Financing led by NewView Capital
Tour De Force
Mario Kart Tour drives 124 million downloads in first month
Generates $37 million
Visit Jordan
What should I pack to attend Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan 2019? And other FAQs
A short guide to visiting Amman for Western attendees of our first full MENA conference
Bug Or Intentional?
Updated: 22 million App Store reviews have been mysterious deleted
AppFigures highlights something strange
Aggressive Roadmap
How Sylvester Stallone-fronted Battle Strike Force hope to shake up 4X gaming
Greater graphics, wider gameplay
What’s Next?
Eli Hodapp on GameClub’s future: deeper community, adding non-mobile games, and supporting Android
How indie monthly subs service will mature
Loose Change
Coin Master cashes in over $500 million in global revenue at $6.20 per download
Moon Active’s title has surpassed 81 million downloads
Read 5 Now
Hot 5: Empires & Puzzles does $500 million, Backflip's closing down, and EVE Echoes' December beta
The hottest stories
Region Focus
Despite geo-political tensions, Iran's mobile game industry is ready to scale
A sleeping giant
Not Jaded
Google Stadia launches first game studio in Montreal
Location will concentrate on making “exclusive, original content”
Back To The Future
Indie subscription service GameClub goes live with 100 iPhone classics
Costs $5 per month
Acquisition
Bethesda acquires mobile developer Alpha Dog Games
"We're excited to have them join the Bethesda family"
Bouldered
Hasbro reportedly closing down DragonVale developer Backflip
End of an era
Mobile Eve Is Inbound
EVE Echoes starts open beta in December
First playable at EVE Fest
Stats
Even in decline, Elex's Clash of Kings boasts $102 ARPPU
Monthly runrate of $17 million
Nice Growth
Mobile games boost My.Games' revenues 27% in Q3 2019
The firm is launching an new store in Q4
A New Chapter
Fortnite’s “The End” event viewed by seven million concurrents
New records set across Twitch and Twitter
Going More Core
Monetization trends for casual mobile games
GameRefinery's Joel Julkunen on what's changing
$$$
Empires & Puzzles storms past $500 million in lifetime revenue
Sales mainly from Android players
Top Game
Gismart's Cool Goal! rakes in 35 million downloads
The game was one of the top three hyper-casual titles in September
Faster $$$
IronSource releases automated adtech LevelPlay so game devs can earn more with less work
It’s time to flatten your waterfall
Jobs In Games
How Hollow Knight composer Christopher Larkin got the gig
From film to games
Your Choices
FoxNext brings Titanic and X-Files IP to mobile narrative game with Storyscape
Is it gonna sink?
Event Preview
Schedule for G-STAR 2019 released
Includes the 2019 Korea Game Awards and Game Investment Market
Brand Extender
Twitch snags Zynga and EA vet Doug Scott as new CMO
The mission: extending beyond endemic audiences
Global Launch
Korean top grosser The King Of Fighters Allstar launches globally
100 million fighters have been collected so far
Smiths World
American Dad! Apocalypse Soon out now
Defend your home from aliens
Casual Competition
Big Run Studios gains funding for its partnership with Skillz
Exclusive games planned
Region Focus
Why Lebanon's game industry is less about opportunity and more about potential
What happens next
Pgc Jordan
Learn how to grow your game in The Growth Track at Pocket Gamer Connects
It one of 10 tracks to feature at the event
Vroom Vroom
Asphalt 9: Legends does 1 million downloads on Nintendo Switch in launch week
Full game available for $20
Parisian Ambition
Casual mobile game dev MadBox raises $17 million
100 million downloads and counting
Pgc Jordan
Discover Trade Trends at Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan
It is one of 10 tracks to feature at the event
Read 5 Now
Hot 5: Halfbrick returns, a new mobile gaming taxonomy, and 6 years of Marvel Puzzle Quest
The hottest stories
Fold It Sharp
Motorola announcing foldable RAZR phone on 13 November
The invitations have been sent out
Best Seller
Switch surpasses 15 million sales in North America
The consoles have exceeded 10 million units in Europe
Raskulls Face Off
Jetpack Joyride studio Halfbrick returns with fast-paced PVP Magic Brick Wars
First game in three years
Pgc Jordan
Learn how to build better companies for sustainable game development at Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan
It is one of 10 tracks to feature at the event
Keeping Up To Date
50% of all iPhone users are running iOS 13
It only took 26 days
Not Entirely Wireless
You'll need a cable to use Stadia's wireless controller with PC or mobile
Stadia launches on November 19th
Less Work More Money
Tilting Point fleshes out its monetisation tools with Gondola acquisition
Machine learning does the heavy lifting
Still Game
Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE
Including Knights and Dragons and Crime City