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A controversial set of new regulations that have been proposed which would regulate video games with the same strictness as iGaming, or digital gambling, has seen Indian game makers pen an open letter to the government. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in India published a set of recommendations and a draft bill […]

By Sophie Riordan, Marketing & Communications at Social First The use of influencer marketing is constantly evolving, as well as what it means to be an influencer. Gone are the days when an influencer can publish a telemarketing-style ad and expect to see conversions, and no longer can a company expect to prioritise follower counts over engagement. […]

We recently looked at the 10 biggest mobile game industry trends in 2023 – and beyond. To follow on from this article we’ve created a series of features that plot the course for what we think will be big for 2023. In this series, I will expand upon themed groups from our trends piece with […]

PGC London 2023 was our biggest event yet, with over 2500 attendees and dozens of talks across tracks covering the breadth of The Brewery, our venue of choice. It was a chilly start on both days as the UK braves an ongoing cold snap, but fortunately it was warm and welcoming inside. Today is Wednesday, […]

PGC London 2023  is now on! Our first Pocket Gamer Connects of the year is officially our biggest and most exciting event yet. With over 2,500 attendees and dozens of talks and panels taking place across the breadth of our venue at The Brewery in London, PGC has never been busier and it’s never been a […]

PGC London 2023 is now on! Our first Pocket Gamer Connects of the year is officially our biggest and most exciting event yet. With over 2,500 attendees and dozens of talks and panels taking place across the breadth of our venue at The Brewery in London, PGC has never been busier and it’s never been a better […]

By Matthew Warneford, Founder, Dubit and Bildrs.io Like an unimaginative university student starting an essay with a definition from the Oxford English Dictionary, I’m opening this article with one from metaverse maven Matthew Ball. In his book, he defines the metaverse as “A persistent and interconnected network of 3D virtual worlds that will eventually serve […]

This article was written by AppQuantum game designers Oleg Lomakov and Julia Kara. The MMORPG genre is quite popular among PC games, but the mobile market has its hits too. New projects can compete with long-established giants. However, to attract a mobile audience, MMORPG games should take a closer look at casual gameplay. AppQuantum’s attention […]

2022 was a turbulent year for the gaming industry  due to a variety of factors. The global normalisation in the market following the pandemic boom brought revenues down while market-specific problems such as China’s implementation of strict limits on playtimes caused uncertainty. As a result the mobile gaming sector saw the first ever year-on-year drop […]