Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Studio Sinkhole talk pitching and playing golf in space
We speak to Studio Sinkhole, who took away the third place prize at the Big Indie Pitch at G-Star 2017
Dash Downloads
Sony ForwardWorks' No Heroes Allowed! Dash! clears 500,000 downloads in three days
Players rewarded with free premium currency in-game
Together At Last
Bandai Namco and Sega partner to bring Pac-Man and Sonic together on mobile for the first time
Month-long cross-promotional event in Sonic Dash and Pac-Man starts now
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: MMZZUU on winning the first ever BIP at G-Star in Korea with arcade shooter Defenoid
We speak to MMZZUU, the winner of the first ever Big Indie Pitch at G-Star
Colopl Financials Q1 Fy18
Colopl's revenues slide despite strong launches for Disney Tsum Tsum Land and Alice Gear Aegis
White Cat Project no longer generating the overall majority of its revenues
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds mobile games are killing it on the Chinese App Store
Battle royale games have been downloaded more than 150 million times on mobile
Gree Gfr Fund
Gree rebrands its VR fund to include augmented reality and mixed reality projects
The GFR Fund is looking to start a new round of funding later in 2018
Mixi Financials Q3 Fy18
Mixi revenues slide but Monster Strike remains one of the world's top grossing mobile games
No plans for the future revealed
Crazy Defense Revenues
Animoca Brands' Crazy Kings franchise generates $1 million in revenue in a month
Crazy Defense Heroes has a very strong launch
Kakao Investment 2018
Kakao Games raises $131 million ahead of planned IPO in 2018
Tencent, Netmarble and Bluepoint all chip in
Chicken Dinner?
How well are NetEase's Playerunknown's Battlegrounds-like mobile games grossing?
Looking at Rules of Survival and Knives Out post-monetisation
Switch And Beyond
Nintendo talks "critical" second year for its Switch and looking beyond a six-year lifecycle
Also discusses China, Super Mario movie, and Switch Online
All Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco plots "full-blown" push into China and aggressive development of new IP
Posts revenues of $4.45 billion for the first three quarters of its FY18
Indian Esports Push
ESL takes minority stake in Indian games publisher Nazara
Also agrees mutli-year licence agreement with esports company Nodwin Gaming
Nexon Financials Q4 Fy17
Nexon's Pixelberry acquisition provides immediate boost to US revenues
Some growth in Korea too thanks to old games
Tencent Invests In Shanda
Updated: Tencent invests $476 million in previous China market leader Shanda Games
Size of stake still unknown
Financial Report
DeNA fails to hit holiday expectations despite Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp launch
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp pinpointed as a highly for the quarter
Rewarding Competition
Indian publisher BigCode partners with RewardMob for competitive mobile game competitions
Players will get the chance to compete for real money, prizes and cryptocurrency
Netease Financials Q4 Fy17
Knives Out and Rules of Survival boost NetEase's 2017 revenues to $8.3 billion
Onymyoji declines, but a global launch and new MOBA should help
Mario Kart Dena
Mario Kart Tour's 'free-to-start' model might not mean what you think
Nintendo has been more liberal with the phrase following Super Mario Run's under-performance
New Direction?
Webzen moves into social casino gaming with Hit the 5 Casino - Free Slots
MMORPG specialist diversifies portfolio
Narrative Of Decline
$6 billion on from Puzzle & Dragons’ launch, whatever happened to Gungho Online?
Fumbling the golden egg
Ncsoft Financials Q4 Fy17
Lineage M's huge success pushes NCSoft's revenues to a record $1.6 billion in 2017
Sales are beginning to die down following the launch
Com2us Financials Q4 Fy17
Com2us scores revenues of over $450 million for the second year in a row
Summoners War to be its main focus of 2018, but it has plenty of other games to launch
Hot Purchase
Hong Kong publisher Animoca Brands acquires Finnish studio Tribeflame
Deal worth up to $433,000
Love Produces Revenue
China-only dating sim Love and Producer generated $32 million in January 2018
From the developer of Love Nikki - Dress UP Queen
Sega Financials Q3 Fy18
Sega revenues fall despite continued success of Hortensia Saga and Puyopuyo!! Quest
Hoping new games released next year will push revenues up again
Netmarble Financials Q4 Fy17
Netmarble's latest game Tera M helps push revenues to $567 million
Lineage 2 Revolution still generating the most revenue
Funding News
Jordanian mobile games publisher Tamatem raises $2.5 million
Plans to extend operations in the MENA markets
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Three Dots Games talks about their 80s inspired rhythm-based platformer
We speak to Three Dots Games, the winner of the first ever Big Indie Pitch in Jordan
Chinese publisher Netease signs partnership with UK tech firm Improbable
Knives Out developer to use cloud-based platform SpatialOS for new games
Gungho Financials Q4 Fy17
Gungho doubling down on Puzzle & Dragons in 2018 despite years of declining sales
Expect a new anime, manga, and esports tournaments in the coming months
Gree Financials Q2 Fy18
Gree revenues stall as it focuses efforts on live ops for SINoALICE and Another Eden
Money saved from closing studios offset by increasing outsourcing costs
Sony Financials Q3 Fy17
Fate/Grand Order helps push Sony Music revenues to $1.98 billion
Overall revenues reach $23.6 billion for Q3 FY17
Kazuo Hirai Stepping Down
Sony CEO Kaz Hirai stepping down after six years as head of the company
To be replaced by current CFO Kenichiro Yoshida
Crystal Ball
What’s next for mobile games? Challenges and opportunities
Hot from PGC London 2018
Cooking Up Something
Animoca Brands working on blockchain-based MasterChef mobile game
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Burning Strong
Nintendo's most successful mobile game remains its most free-to-play focused title
Fire Emblem Heroes sustains
Bang Dream Goes West
CyberAgent gears up for English-language launch of rhythm game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!
Pre-registration is open now
Where To?
Has Aristocrat hit the jackpot with its $990 million Big Fish Games acquisition?
What will it get for its $990 million?
So Long Free
Paid Nintendo Switch Online service goes live September 2018
Switch to subscription will cost users $19.99 a year
Mario Movie
Nintendo reveals animated Super Mario movie in the works from film studio behind Minions
Also partners with Universal Pictures for worldwide theatrical release
Lets-a-go
Nintendo reveals fifth mobile game Mario Kart Tour
Releasing next fiscal year, and that's all we know for now
Konami Financials Q3 Fy18
Konami's PES 2018 and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links drive revenues up to $1.64 billion
The games have 80 million downloads and 60 million downloads respectively
Cyberagent Financials Q1 Fy18
CyberAgent revenues hit $899 million but games business stays flat for sixth consecutive quarter
Gearing up to celebrate anniversaries for both Granblue Fantasy and BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!
Capcom Financials Q3 Fy17
Monster Hunter Explore's continued popularity pushes Capcom's mobile revenues to $31.2 million
The developer is still trying to make a breakthrough in mobile
Mobile Expansion
Hong Kong-listed publisher Ourgame splashes $66 million on trio of mobile acquisitions
Buys up companies in digital card and board game spaces
Summoners Pop!
Com2us partners with Funko for Summoners War figurines and more
Another one to add to your Funko Pop! collection
Nintendo Financials Q3 Fy17
Nintendo's Switch closes in on 15 million units sold worldwide
Revenues hit $7.88 billion on the back of Switch and Super Mario Odyssey sales
Mattel163 Launch
NetEase and Mattel team up to launch game development studio Mattel163
Combining NetEase's development prowess with Mattel's brands