Hacker News
- Nintendo made $10.8B in FY24 with mobile and IP income up 81.6% https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/83949/nintendo-made-108-billion-in-fy24-with-mobile-and-ip-income-up-816/ 24 comments
- Gamedevs not baking in monetization are “fucking idiots”, says Unity CEO https://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview/79190/unity-ironsource-john-riccitiello-marc-whitten-merger/ 356 comments
- Apple Cracks Down On Offerwall Ads https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/70610/devs-lose-thousands-of-dollars-as-apple-cracks-down-on-offerwall-ads/ 4 comments
- CC/iTunes Hackers Laundering Money? http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG%2EBiz/iTunes/news.asp?c=37761 2 comments
- Why the Granny Coder decided to make her first iPhone game aged 77 http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Gelex/feature.asp?c=15588 17 comments
- Developers issue collective ultimatum to Unity. "No more ironSource or Unity Ads until RunTime conditions are reviewed." https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/82426/developers-issue-collective-ultimatum-to-unity-no-more-ironsource-or-unity-ads-until-runtime-conditions-are-reviewed/ 7 comments unity3d
- Neopets dumps the metaverse and crypto as TNT goes mobile https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/81994/neopets-dumps-the-metaverse-and-crypto-as-tnt-goes-mobile/ 18 comments cryptocurrency
- EU calls for greater player protections in video games https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/80455/eu-calls-for-greater-player-protections-in-video-games-on-all-platforms/ 35 comments technews
- 1% of publishers are responsible for 91% of app revenue - The publishers also generated 79% of downloads in H1 2022 https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/79656/1-of-publishers-are-responsible-for-91-of-app-revenue/ 11 comments gamedev
- Meta-Games in the Office https://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview/49788/halfbricks-luke-muscat-talks-tank-turn-tactics-the-prototype-the-studio-was-forced-to-ban/ 2 comments gamedev
- Epic Games has given $42 million to 600 developers as part of its MegaGrants scheme https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/74014/epic-games-megagrants-scheme-600-developers/?fbclid=iwar2pz0gnmwzws_eskgjyov2n4azpawpm_w5jynj70foyuehdx5ixjxsq-uq 130 comments gamedev
- Developer of Xenko game engine acquires the company who makes Enlighten, Unity's lighting engine middleware. What does this mean for Unity? http://www.pocketgamer.biz/asia/news/65997/silicon-studio-acquires-enlighten/ 4 comments gamedev
- China bans all new games developed in South Korea from launching in the country. http://www.pocketgamer.biz/asia/news/65242/china-bans-korean-developed-games/ 3 comments gamedev
- Problems facing Indie Devs http://www.pocketgamer.biz/stateside/60246/want-more-women-in-games-then-start-embracing-f2p/ 49 comments gamedev
- Skipping Windows Phone? You're missing out on an extra 10% of users | Pocket Gamer.biz http://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/59332/skipping-windows-phone-youre-missing-out-on-an-extra-10-of-users/?utm_content=bufferd292f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 21 comments windowsphone
- Develop 2013: Games dev not a 'hit driven' business anymore http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/pg%252ebiz/thomas+was+alone/news.asp?c=52273 6 comments webdev
- Microsoft: Windows Phone 7.8 to launch on 31 January http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Windows+Phone+news/news.asp?c=47951 16 comments windowsphone
- Why the Granny Coder decided to make her first iPhone game aged 77 http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/pg.biz/gelex/feature.asp?c=15588 22 comments programming