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Former Unity CEO David Helgason exits company as Bernard Kim joins board

Former Unity CEO David Helgason exits company as Bernard Kim joins boardFormer Unity CEO and founder David Helgason has resigned from the company’s board of directors effective immediately. Helgason has been with the company for more than 20 years and spearheaded the tech firm's fast growth in the game engine space with his co-founders Nicholas Francis and Joachim Ante. ... [ MORE ]

Latest Updates | PocketGamer.bizFeb 11

The relationship between games and AI: Mechanisms, history and constant evolution

The relationship between games and AI: Mechanisms, history and constant evolutionAI Guys CTO Ken Noland appeared on stage during Pocket Gamer Connects London last month to explore the shared technology between artificial intelligence and the games industry. He spoke from a technical perspective, having begun with a definition of modern generative AI as a state machine that operates over a probabilistic space. This means large models are "just a bunch of numbers and vectors". ... [ MORE ]

Latest Updates | PocketGamer.bizFeb 11

Roblox revenue up 36% Y/Y as Grow a Garden and Steal a Brainrot drive multiple milestones

Roblox revenue up 36% Y/Y as Grow a Garden and Steal a Brainrot drive multiple milestonesRoblox generated nearly $4.9 billion in revenue during its 2025 fiscal year, with major growth across a range of metrics thanks to titles like Grow a Garden. Revenue increased by 36% year-over-year, up from $3.6bn in 2024. Furthermore, the latest fiscal year saw growth across each quarter, from $1bn in Q1 to $1.4bn in Q4. ... [ MORE ]

Latest Updates | PocketGamer.bizFeb 11

Australian government calls urgent meeting with Roblox over child safety concerns

Australian government calls urgent meeting with Roblox over child safety concernsThe Australian government has called for an urgent meeting with Roblox following reports that children are being groomed by predators and exposed to sexually explicit material on the platform. As reported by The Guardian, communications minister Anika Wells wrote to the company expressing concern over allegations that children were accessing graphic and gratuitous user-generated content, including sexual and suicidal material. ... [ MORE ]

Latest Updates | PocketGamer.bizFeb 11

Double discount! PGC Summit San Francisco Valentine's offer x Early Bird rate

Double discount! PGC Summit San Francisco Valentine's offer x Early Bird rateAww, is that love in the air already? Guess that will explain our crazy Valentine's Day 20% discount on main tickets to next month's PG Connects Summit San Francisco.And because this special day is (typically) celebrated as a couple, this offer is stackable with the current – but ending! – Early Bird rate for massive savings of up to $290!PG Connects heads back to the USA on March 9th and our 2026 event has been streamlined to a tightly focused, efficient day of networking and learning at the start of a busy GDC Festival of Gaming week.With a deliberate bias towards mobile and AI, you can come and connect with the likes of Scopely, Tencent, SYBO, Second Dinner, Discord, Meta, NBCUniversal, Mattel, East Side Games, Kingsoft and 350 more.We've extended Early Bird prices over the weekend, so you can combine those with our gorgeous Valentine's offer until end-of-play Monday, February 16th, meaning that tickets start at a simply irresistible $108. Tickets are available with the double discount from the official event website. ... [ MORE ]

Latest Updates | PocketGamer.bizFeb 11

Meet Tencent, Scopely, Jam City, Discord and more at PGC Summit San Francisco

Meet Tencent, Scopely, Jam City, Discord and more at PGC Summit San FranciscoIn less than a month, Pocket Gamer Connects will bring a mobile-first games industry summit to San Francisco, right at the heart of GDC week. PG Connects Summit San Francisco takes place March 9th at 715 Harrison (a seven-minute walk from Moscone), bringing together decision-makers and teams from global publishers, platform holders, IP owners, and growth and monetisation companies from the games market’s largest segment. ... [ MORE ]

Latest Updates | PocketGamer.bizFeb 11

Masseka Games founder Teddy Kossoko on why mobile gaming monetisation is failing in Africa

Masseka Games founder Teddy Kossoko on why mobile gaming monetisation is failing in AfricaThe Dubai GameExpo Summit powered by Pocket Gamer Connects returns on May 20th and 21st 2026, offering a chance to gain insights into the world’s fastest-growing games market, MENA. While mobile gaming is often positioned as the continent’s primary growth engine, monetisation remains a persistent challenge. PC gaming, not mobile, now seems to hold the key to sustainable revenue in Africa. ... [ MORE ]

Latest Updates | PocketGamer.bizFeb 11

CMA secures fairness commitments from Apple and Google for UK app stores

CMA secures fairness commitments from Apple and Google for UK app storesThe UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has secured a package of commitments from Apple and Google aimed at improving fairness, transparency and certainty in app store processes for developers. The proposals mark the first changes secured since the CMA designated both companies’ mobile platforms with strategic market status under the UK’s digital markets competition regime in October last year. ... [ MORE ]

Latest Updates | PocketGamer.bizFeb 11

Discord to roll out global safety update with automatic teen protections

Discord to roll out global safety update with automatic teen protectionsDiscord is rolling out a teen by default experience for all new and existing users unless verified as adults as part of its new safety features. The company said the update strengthens age-appropriate protections across the platform, including updated communication settings, restricted access to age-gated spaces and improved content filtering. ... [ MORE ]

Latest Updates | PocketGamer.bizFeb 11

Mattel acquires full ownership of Mattel163 from NetEase for $159m

Mattel acquires full ownership of Mattel163 from NetEase for $159mEntertainment company Mattel has acquired full ownership of the Mattel163 mobile games studio from Chinese publisher NetEase for $159 million. Mattel163 was set up as a joint venture between Mattel and NetEase in 2018. To date, it has released four games: Uno!, Uno Wonder, Phase 10 and Skip Bo. The studio’s portfolio has approximately 20 million monthly active users and has accumulated over 550 downloads to date. ... [ MORE ]

Latest Updates | PocketGamer.bizFeb 10