Samsung to lose $3 billion in next six months following catastrophic Galaxy Note 7 launch

Will fall back on its Galaxy S7 instead

• Recall
• Galaxy Note 7

Gameloft outlines its first four game releases following Vivendi's hostile takeover

Three sequels and one original IP

• France
• Modern Combat

GameFounders opens submissions for Janaury 2017 round of acceleration

Deadline on November 15th

• Malaysia
• Accelerator

Google to bring App Shortcuts and Image Keyboards to Android 7.1 Developer Preview later this month

Get a sneaky look and make sure your apps still work

• Android
• Developers

18 million US iOS users have explicitly opted out of targeted advertising through Limit Ad Tracking

Less uptake in Asia than in the West

• Advertising
• Marketing
• iOS 10

ESL owner acquires 35% stake in German developer InnoGames valuing studio at €260 million

MTG coulc increase stake to majority 51%

Male millenials are watching as much eSports as they are basketball or hockey

Newzoo says its eating into their traditional sports viewing

• Growth
• Esports

Two million people in the UK will own a VR headset by the end of 2016

Will grow slowly across the next six years

• Oculus Rift
• Virtual Reality
• England
• Gear VR
• Cardboard
• HTC Vive

NCSoft signs $10 million China publishing deal, Finnish start-up wants to bring Moomin games to Asia, and more

Asia mobile gaming news weekly from PocketGamer.biz

• China

Over 50% of Apple devices now have iOS 10 installed

Slower uptake than iOS 9

• iOS 10

Apple opening second China R&D centre in Shenzhen

Strengthening bonds even more

• China
• Development
• Research
• Shenzhen

HoloLens pre-orders open in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and UK

Prices starting at £2,719

• Augmented Reality
• HoloLens
• Pre-Order

Halloween and Thanksgiving are just as important for mobile game marketers as Christmas

So says AppsFlyer

• IAP
• Marketing
• Christmas
• Halloween
• Thanksgiving

Spil Games bags mobile game licence for upcoming sci-fi blockbuster Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Mobile strategy game tie-in launching in 2017

• Licensing
• Movie
• Brands
• Netherlands
• Sci-Fi

Samsung slashes sales forecasts and predicts $2 billion loss in wake Galaxy Note 7 woes

Sales figures affected, but not so much

• Sales
• Revenue
• Profitability
• Recall
• Galaxy Note 7