Epic X Houseparty
Epic Games acquires social network Houseparty
The app will still remain available as a standalone platform and data won't be shared across accounts
Available Now
Marvel collaborates with Kuato Studios on new educational storytelling app Marvel Hero Tales
Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel and more appear
Animal Crunching
E3 2019: Nintendo's Doug Bowser speaks out on crunch culture and game delays
“One of our key tenets is that we bring smiles to people's faces”
Instant Hit
Casual RPG AFK Arena surpasses six million players as it climbs top grossing charts
Lilith Games-developed title only launched in April 2019
Lawsuit
Ex-Unity VP files lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and wrongful termination
Tech firm denies claims of wrongful termination and other allegations
Nintendo E3 Roundup
E3 2019: The key Switch announcements and all the games from Nintendo Direct
Breath of the Wild sequel announced, Animal Crossin: New Horizons delayed, and Banjo-Kazooie return to a Nintendo platform
Bird And Bear
Nintendo and Microsoft collaborate to bring Banjo-Kazooie home in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Dragon Quest XI's Hero also revealed as third DLC character
The Bells Toll
Animal Crossing: New Horizons delayed to 2020
Had originally been slated for a 2019 release
Breath Of The Wild 2
E3 2019: Nintendo developing sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Follow-up to the 2017 hit
Shopkeeper Trick
E3 2019: Link’s Awakening gets September release on Switch
Draw your sword on September 20th, 2019
The Switcher
E3 2019: The Witcher 3 lands on Nintendo Switch in 2019
Comes four years after PC, Xbox One and PS4 release
Square At E3
E3 2019: Square Enix reveals new Final Fantasy mobile game, a Katy Perry partnership and Stadia lineup
We round up the key announcements from the publisher's press conference
Mythic Quest
E3 2019: Ubisoft partners with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia stars for new comedy series Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet
Show pokes fun at games development and the wider industry
Growing Warchest
Zynga looks to raise $600 million through proposed private placement
News comes shortly after publisher took in $600m from the sale of its San Francisco HQ
Ubisoft Stadia
E3 2019: Ubisoft's UPlay+ PC subscription service will be available across devices when it comes to Google Stadia in 2020
Library of over 100 100 games will cost $14.99 a month
Mobile Elite
E3 2019: Ubisoft reveals Tom Clancy's Elite Squad mobile game
5v5 squad battler coming soon to the App Store and Google Play
Weekly Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: NetEase resurgent with four top 10 grossers on the Chinese App Store
Rankings from May 27th to June 2nd
Head In The Clouds
E3 2019: Ubisoft's Guillemot on why the firm is early on Google's Stadia games streaming platform
"People are open to new technologies, and so you can try new things"
Roundup
Games industry roundup: Behind Total war: Three Kingdoms' success, blockchain game Project Genesis heads to Steam, and YouTube defends targeted harassment
15 articles from PCGamesInsider.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockhainGamer.biz
Hot Five
Devs sue Apple over App Store fees, Stillfront acquires Kixeye, and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite conjures up 100k installs
The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week
Fallout Milestone
E3 2019: Fallout Shelter surpasses 150 million downloads
Number of installs rises 30 million in a year
Streaming Tech
E3 2019: Bethesda's new Orion technology designed to optimise game streaming across platforms
Publisher shows Doom 2016 streaming on a mobile device at 60 frames per second
Helmet To Helmet
E3 2019: Commander Keen IP returns on mobile this summer
Game set for soft launch in the summer
Switch Blades
E3 2019: Bethesda opens E3 press conference with The Elder Scrolls Blades mobile game
New update goes live for mobile today; Blades coming to Nintendo Switch
Next-gen Xbox
E3 2019: Microsoft unveils next generation Xbox console Project Scarlett
"When we think about the future of gaming, it's not just PC, it's not just console, it's not just mobile, it's really all of the above"
Gears Pop
E3 2019: Pre-registrations open for Gears Pop mobile game
Title looks to take inspiration from Clash Royale with added cover mechanics
Xbox At E3
E3 2019: Microsoft acquires Psychonauts 2 dev Double fine
Developer joins growing number of in-house studios
Going Public
AppLovin wants to raise $1bn in 2020 IPO
Marketing platform and publisher has ambitious plans
Divesting Shares
Tencent sells $56m worth of Glu Mobile shares
Chinese publisher reduces stake in US developer to 14.46 per cent
Ad Fraud
Don’t let fraudsters dictate your user acquisition strategy
Scalarr's Olga Bazarova on how to combat ad fraud
Spectating Trends
Mobile the most popular games platform among millennials
Millennials are also spending the most money on games per month
E3 2019
E3 2019: Livestream schedule for the biggest press conferences
Days and times for this year's keynotes
Stadia Games
Here are the games coming to Google Stadia
And other developers confirmed to be supporting the platform
Google Stadia
Google Stadia games streaming service launches in November for $9.99 a month
Service will be available across devices, however mobile access will initially be restricted to Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a
Doors Open
Stack open-sources ad software BidMachine mobile apps publishers
Technology has been made an open source resource
Collaboration
Hatch and Samsung team to bring 5G cloud gaming to the US
Two companies continue to collaborate after bringing service to South Korea
Seeing Double
Temple Gates Games CEO accuses DoubleJump of cloning Cannon Brawl
Theresa Duringer claims the studio cloned her game after she entered it in a competition
Another Lawsuit
Developers sue Apple over App Store fees
“This isn’t the first time we’ve taken Apple to task over anti-competitive behaviour”
Bluestacks Inside
BlueStacks Inside SDK lets mobile devs release games on PC
One-step SDK designed to make it as easy as possible to launch games on Steam and Discord
Snap Royale
Zynga launches Snapchat exclusive game Tiny Royale
Battle royale title is the publisher's first release on the Snap Games platform
Job News
Jam City names former Disney exec Lisa Anderson as senior VP of game operations
Responsible for overseeing operations at company's LA area studios
Meet Us
Meet the Pocket Gamer team at E3 2019
One of the year's biggest games industry events takes place on June 11th to 14th
Job News
SuperData co-founder Janelle Benjamin departs
"You were the one who brought the discipline and structure to this whole operation that allowed us to grow," said fellow co-founder van Dreunen
Still Together
Tencent denies overseas marketing and sales team was disbanded over Arena of Valor woes
But does not touch on whether it will continue to support the game in Western markets
Weekly Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: NetEase's top 10 grossing dominance diminishes on the Chinese App Store
Rankings from May 20th to 26th 2019
Casual Expansion
WeQ: Investment in ad tech, development and publishing sets us apart from hyper-casual competition
Ad tech company has acquired Booster Studios to develop and publish in-house and third-party hyper-casual games
Good Day For A Swell Drive
Cuphead arriving in Tesla cars this summer
Made possible through the use of Unity and Unreal Engine
Avengers Gather
Avengers directors to adapt Magic: The Gathering for Netflix
Avengers directors the Russo Brothers will helm project based off the collectable card game
Stadia Direct
Google to reveal Stadia pricing, games and more on June 6th
First new details since original unveiling
Ios 13
iOS 13 gets faster app downloads, better Apple Maps and a Dark Mode
Raft of new features incoming for the latest operating system