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What to expect at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2025
Pocket Gamer Connects London - the ultimate gathering for games industry professionals to connect, learn, and thrive in 2025
A New Focus
Hasbro aims to invest up to $150m a year in games
The company has already invested $1 billion to its gaming division
1000 Apps And Counting
Gamelight Celebrates Milestone of 1,000 Mobile Apps Promoted Worldwide
Gamelight has reached an exciting milestone - promoting over 1000 mobile games and apps through its rewarded user acquisition platform.
Sinking Spending
Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis surpasses $100 million
Square Enix’s RPG hits the mobile milestone after over a year and slowdown in monthly revenue
Very Big Indie Pitch
The Big Indie Interviews: Not A Cult on getting players out the door with award-winning fantasy MMORPG WalkScape
Community building, being active, and MMORPG combine in this PGC Helsinki pitch competition third place winner from a Finnish indie developer
Tiktok Webinar
Watch: How to unlock your game’s next level with TikTok
Gain insights into live ops and marketing through TikTok during Q5 and beyond
Royal Arrival
Dream Games launches Royal Kingdom worldwide as Royal Match nears $4 billion
One of the year's most anticipated releases is here after generating $21.2 million in soft launch
Critical Hit
Game Analysis: The winning formula behind Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
Jakub Remiar takes a deeper look at how the latest Pokémon game is securing more than $4 million a day
Jobs Roundup
November's Mobile Movers and Shakers: PlayStation's new head of mobile, Noice appoints CEO, Ubisoft names CPO, and more
Our regular roundup of the mobile games industry's movers and shakers
New Offerings
Minecraft set for real-world attractions with $110m Merlin Entertainments deal
The strategic partnership will see themed rides, attractions, hotel rooms and retail outlets from 2026 to 2027
Ai Ads
Reforged Labs begins open beta for generative AI-created mobile game ads following $3.9m investment
The open beta allows developers to upload gameplay and automate animated, voiced game ads
Job News
Almedia goes on recruitment drive with 17 new hires
Hires form part of Almedia's growth plans across Europe and North America over the next year
Pgc San Francisco
Save the date: PG Connects will return to San Francisco next year
Join us for the USA edition of our conference series for the global games industry on March 17th and 18th 2025
Adaptation Ahoy
Final Fantasy XIV Mobile is being developed by Tencent’s Lightspeed Studios
Square Enix will publish the mobile iteration of its 2013 MMORPG
Market Growth
Xsolla signs MoU to help transform Busan into a global game development hub
Xsolla plans to open an Asia-Pacific HQ to support game developers
Winners Revealed
Winners revealed for the first-ever Playing for the Planet awards
Gameloft’s Dragon Mania Legends and Trailmix’s Love & Pies each won two awards
Awards And Accolades
AFK Journey, Eggy Party and Squad Busters win big at the Google Play Awards 2024
HoYoverse lands another Google Play win, but not for Zenless Zone Zero
Industry Spotlight
Jobs in Games: Game Hub Senegal's Marie Pierre Thiam on how to get a career as a game designer
In this series, we highlight the talented team members working in the games industry and how they got their break
Layoff News
Job cuts at Kwalee following layoffs made earlier this year
Some of those impacted took to LinkedIn to share that they are now looking for new opportunities
Stars Of The Show
Monopoly Go star-powered ad campaign summons Will Ferrell, Chris Pratt, Jason Momoa and Keke Palmer
Will Ferrell’s role as Mr. Monopoly will be an ongoing one as part of a "long-term creative concept"
Ai Safety
SAG-AFTRA's newest agreement secures protections for game voice over localisation
The union hopes it will create more job opportunities for actors involved in video game localisation
Welcome The Web3 World
Xsolla to launch Xsolla ZK, advancing Web3 adoption for videogames
Xsolla ZK - a bridge between traditional games and Web3
Investment News
Play Ventures secures $140 million to support early-stage game studios
Since closing the funds in June 2023, Play Ventures has already made eight investments
Finding Funds
Embracer to contribute $423 million towards Asmodee’s near $1bn debt repayment
Funds will change hands provided Miniclip’s Easybrain acquisition is successfully completed
Monopoly Money
Monopoly Go revenue falls 58% in October but remains a top 10 grossing game
Scopely’s hit casino game still isn’t board of making bank, and neither are celebrities
Waves And Workflows
Niantic to offer AR services outside games with Niantic Spatial Platform
The Pokémon Go maker is combining technologies to deliver new "spatial experiences"
Trends And Predictions
Kwalee VP John Wright's 2025 predictions: HTML5 is a trailblazer and walled gardens continue to win big
From HTML5 games and alternative stores we hear some of 2025’s potential big trends
Developers Contest
Supersonic launches hybridcasual competition for mobile game developers
Developers can receive up to $10,000 per month based on KPI
Candy Crushed
King stops supporting Candy Crush Blast and Candy Crush 3D
The titles appear to have been used more broadly as gameplay tests
Super Raise
SuperScale raises $1.2 million for analytics service SuperPlatform
New toolset provides datapoints across marketing, product and finance into a single AI-powered platform
Job Changes
PlayStation’s Olivier Courtemanche named head of mobile in executive shakeup
Justin Kubiak has been named as the company’s new head of business development and partnerships
Podcast | Episode 36
Games industry M&A hits overdrive with Plarium and Easybrain deals | Week in Mobile Games podcast
The PocketGamer.biz podcast team give you the state of play every week. Here's where to get it and and what's inside this week's episode 36...
Parental Control
New Roblox safety features give parents more control
Some updates are launching today, with all changes expected to be fully implemented next year
Warcraft Wave
Warcraft Rumble is making the move to PC with monthly mobile earnings down 92% in first year
Blizzard Entertainment plans to launch the game on Battle.net to allow simultaneous play with World of Warcraft
Social Games
How Highrise is cultivating a UGC platform driving $250m in marketplace sales
Pocket Worlds' CEO Anton Bernstein shares on the mobile platform and virtual world Highrise as well as the growing popularity of user-generated content
Hot Five
Hot Five: Royal Kingdom’s soft launch success, Microsoft eyes another acquisition, and Disney considers its next CEO
Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
Week That Was
Microsoft’s acquisition ambitions. Jordan's rising star, and Monster Hunter Now’s event success | Week in Views
The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
London Fringe Events
Thrive in 2025 - Maximise your networking at Pocket Gamer Connects London
Fringe events to level up your networking for indies, developers, publishers, investors and more
Five New Games
New release roundup: Jujutsu Kaisen Phantom Parade, Drest, Nickelodeon Card Clash and more
We highlight five new games that have broken cover and are all set to do big business
Layoff News
AMD cuts 1,000 staff as it pivots to AI
“As a part of aligning our resources with our largest growth opportunities, we are taking a number of targeted steps"
Burning Out
Are developers burnt out on mobile?
Start-ups eye a new future for mobile games
Legal Proceedings
Apple sued for £3 billion over 'anti-competitive' iCloud concerns
The tech giant is accused of charging excessive fees and locking 40 million UK customers into its iCloud service
Jobs News
Ubisoft recruits new chief people officer
Sébastien Froidefond will lead the company's global people strategy
Mobile M&a
Microsoft eyes potential mobile studio acquisition
"We’re not going to grow the market with $1,000 consoles"
C-level Drama
Report: Disney eyes EA's Andrew Wilson as potential CEO
Wilson is one of three external candidates that are being considered for the job
Xsolla Report Autumn 2024
Xsolla releases Autumn 2024 Report on the future of mobile gaming and game development
Latest Report highlights key topics including the growth of web shops, the Influence of women gamers, and the impact of the Digital Markets Act
Investment News
Starform secures $6 million to bolster shooter game Metalstorm
The studio plans to use the new funds to expand its team and reach new players
Web Shop Waves
Neon raises $14 million to create web shops for developers
Funding comes from Thrive Capital, Renegade Partners, a16z Speedrun and others
Mobile Manoeuvre
Capcom partners with Tencent's TiMi for Monster Hunter Outlanders
The new open-world title aims to bring main series gameplay to mobile