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POCKET GAMER CONNECTS LONDON

Pocket Gamer Connects came to London for the seventh time on January 21st, bringing over 2,460 delegates from 65 countries together at The Brewery.

2020 was Pocket Gamer Connects’ biggest year yet, with delegates from over 1,000 companies wandering the packed exhibition hall with more sponsors and exhibitors than ever before (over 110 tables and booths).

The event comprised a cross-section of the industry, with indies and student developers rubbing shoulders with investors and C-level execs from the biggest platforms, plus every key tool-maker, service company, platform and consultant were also present, as well as the usual press core.

Four more Connects are planned for 2020: Seattle (May 11th to 12th), Hong Kong (July), Helsinki (September 29-30th) and Jordan (November) before returning to London once again in January 2021.

Left: Ian Livingstone, speaking as part of Hiro Capital, on Emerging Macro Trends in Games and Game Streaming from a VC Investor’s Perspective

Above: Ioana Hreninciuc, CEO of GameAnalytics, speaking on mobile trends

POCKET GAMER MOBILE GAMES AWARDS 2020

Right after Pocket Gamer Connects London closed its doors, guests gathered for an exclusive gala dinner event held at Café de Paris.

The Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards saw 22 category winners being named as the best in their respective  elds for their output over the past year. Winners included thatgamecompany’s Sky: Children of the Light and Activision’s Call of Duty: Mobile, which walked away as recipients of ‘game of the year’ awards, with CoD: Mobile developer TiMi Studios further celebrated as winner in the ‘Best Developer’ category.

GAMES FOR GOOD

Mobile developer Space Ape Games brought industry leaders together on January 22nd at Games for Good: An event dedicated to using games to facilitate change for a day of discussion, networking and inspiration.

Speakers included Playmob’s Jude Ower, Lesley Mansford from Supercell, Jake Manion from Internet of Elephants, Special Effect’s Tom Donegan and Space Ape’s very own Deborah Mensah-Bonsu. The talks centred around how games can help shape the world around us and the initiatives their companies are involved in to better the world.