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Money Money Money
Newzoo: Tencent responsible for 15% of 2018's global games revenue
Chinese tech and entertainment giant saw close-to $20bn coming in last year
Crowdfunding Milestone
$1 billion pledged to Kickstarter game campaigns
More than 17,000 games projects have received donations
Competitive Investment
Will Smith headlines $46 million funding round for esports group Gen.G
Funding to go toward global expansion, youth development and new LA HQ
Location
Scopely’s recent success is bringing the publisher a new Culver City headquarters
An 80 per cent annual revenue increase has pushed the publisher into opening new doors
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Facebook, Roblox, Riot Games, Hyper Hippo and DoubleDown to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle
West coast games industry event adds amazing new speakers to two-day conference schedule
Indie
Family-focused publisher Natsume debuts its new indie program with Cosmic Defenders
"We are proud to support and collaborate with inspiring developers who are building the future of video games"
Grow
Global mobile gaming revenue hit $14.6 billion in Q1 2019
Gaming accounted for 76 per cent of all app revenue last quarter
Gearing Up
Disruptor Beam CEO Jon Radoff on his vision to become the ‘Epic of live ops’
Disruptor Engine will create stronger businesses
Mobile Star
Supercell’s Brawl Stars is making $50 million a month
Sales pass $200 million to date
Interview
Speaker Spotlight: Masquerade Media president Dayan Paul thinks the female gaming audience is still underserved
Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019 will take place on May 13th to 14th.
Wingardium Leviosa
Niantic soft-launches Harry Potter: Wizards Unite in New Zealand
Can be downloaded through the App Store and Google play in the region
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Come learn from the games industry's leading experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019’s Mentor Lounges
CGX brings its international series of mentor networking sessions to the USA for its Seattle debut
Augmented Oculus
Oculus staffing up for new augmented reality glasses
"In the future, our AR glasses will merge the physical and digital worlds"
To Infinity And Beyond
PepsiCo planned space campaign against "unjustified prejudices" towards gamers
Part of a push to promote new Russian energy drink
Twitch Sings
Twitch karaoke game Twitch Sings is now available to everyone
The company has been trialing a beta version of the game among partnered streamers
Electric Turn
Electric Square’s Forza Street takes franchise free-to-play and to mobile
Released on PC, coming to iOS and Android
Competition
Win Indie Showcase space at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle - new closing date
You could demo your game to the global games industry FREE this May, worth $650
End Of An Era
5 best and funniest Reggie Fils-Aime moments Nintendo fans will remember
My name is Reggie. I’m about kicking ass. I’m about taking names and we’re about making games
Strange
Brawl With The Stars brings Stranger Things to Supercell's arena fighter
Brawl Stars bets on fan favourites in a new show hosted by mobile esports influencer Chief Pat
Funding
Mobile tools provider Game of Whales raises $2 million
The esports and gaming firm has made the investment as part of a $2 million funding
Mutiny
HQ Trivia host Scott Rogowsky leaves show amid trouble at studio
Host departs amid a failed mutiny that saw over half of the firm’s staff try to oust CEO Rus Yusupov
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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
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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
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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