Cultivating Culture
"Without the maintenance of our culture, Gram Games cannot succeed"
Gram Games' Erin O'Brien dishes out advice on studio structure
Steals The Show
Italic Pig's Mona Lisa wins the inaugural Big Indie Awards in association with indieSky
Hidden Folks takes second as The Almost Gone ranks third
Heck Yeah
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp launches a day early
Hasn't changed much since soft launch
Tencent Market Cap
Tencent becomes first company in China to break $500 billion market cap
Bigger than Alibaba, Baidu, EA, Activision Blizzard, and Ubisoft combined
Tappx In China
Tappx strengthens operations in mainland China with new office in Beijing
Bob Wang heads up the new office
Ar-focused
Pokemon GO developer Niantic has no plans to enter the VR space
Prefers to be leader in AR instead
Netease Financials Q3 Fy17
NetEase's launch of Minecraft in China draws in 30 million new users
Onmyoji revenues sliding in China
Star Event
South Korea's biggest games conference G-STAR 2017 kicks off
200,000 consumers expected
Super Movie Bros
Report: Nintendo partnering with Illumination Entertainment for Super Mario animated movie
John Leguizamo to reprise his role as Luigi?
Quiet Progress
How has the Indian mobile games market progressed in 2017?
Reflections from Nasscom Game Developer Conference 2017
Tencent Financials Q3 Fy17
Tencent mobile revenues grew 84% to $2.75 billion in Q3
Honor of Kings remains the key revenue maker
Animoca Game Sale
Animoca Brands sells entire portfolio of 318 casual games to iCandy Interactive for $3.8 million
Performance-based incentives and potential profit shares also thrown in
Launch In China
How to launch mobile games in China
Tappx China Country Manager Bob Wang talks us through it
Mixi Financials Q2 Fy18
Monster Strike clears 40 million downloads following launch in China
Mixi still focusing all its efforts on the game
Razer Ipo
Razer raises $500 million from IPO on Hong Kong Exchange
Share prices briefly exploded by around 40%
Netmarble Financials Q3 Fy17
Lineage 2 Revolution generated 45% of Netmarble's revenues in Q3 FY17
Launching in Europe and North America on November 15th
Nexon Financials Q3 Fy17
FIFA Online 3 M and Dark Avenger 3 boost Nexon's revenues to $532.9 million
Dynasty Warriors Unleashed and DomiNations continue to grow
Chillax
PocketGamer.biz's G-STAR 2017 party and networking guide
Here we go!
Good Choice
Nexon acquires Choices mobile games developer Pixelberry Studios
Choices to be localised for new countries
Come Say Hello
Meet Pocket Gamer at G-STAR in South Korea
We're itching to meet as many people as possible in this exciting market
Nintendo In China
Nintendo still considering launching mobile games in China if it can find a partner
But it needs a partner if it's going to move into the region
Square Enix Financials Q2 Fy18
Square Enix's Dragon Quest Rivals hits seven million downloads in Japan five days after launch
Revenues continue to grow thanks to its strong back-catalogue
Snapped Up
Tencent snaps up 12% stake in Snapchat owner
"We have long been inspired by the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of Tencent"
Great Expectations
Report: Razer IPO set to raise $528 million
Priced towards the high-end of its range
Two Years On
Has Konami's mobile pivot been a success?
How has the 2015 restructure worked out for Konami?
Iap Inspector
How does Lords Mobile monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Capcom Financials Q2 Fy18
Monster Hunter Explore and IP licensing boost Capcom's mobile revenues to $21.9 million
Overall revenues hit $295.4 million
Mobile Game Trends
Taiwan Snapshot: Overseas developers find success in Taiwan
Niko Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad on what the charts tell us about the local games industry
Leaps And Bounds
Super Mario Odyssey sells two million units in its first three days of release
Fastest-selling Super Mario game ever in the US and Europe
Come Together
Kakao Games merger brings total registered users to 550 million
Begins operations with Kakao's games division as of November 1st
New Device
New Razer Phone for gamers set for launch on November 17th
A new contender enters the smartphone manufacturing business
Sega Financials Q2 Fy18
Puyopuyo!! Quest and Hortensia SAGA continue to keep Sega's mobile revenues afloat
Revenues grow to $1.7 billion
Sharpening Plans
Razer officially unveils $550 million IPO plans
Firm has sold more than $1 billion in hardware since start of 2014
Pitching For The Prize
Revealed: The top 10 games shortlisted for The Big Indie Awards
We announce the top ten finalists selected for the inaugural Big Indie Awards
Gungho Financials Q3 Fy17
GungHo revenues drop to $613.9 million as Puzzle & Dragons continues to face decline
Gearing up to launch new titles to stem the decline
Konami Financials Q2 Fy18
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links hits 55 million downloads as Konami clears $1 billion in revenues
Plenty of other games contributing to overall success
Platypus Bifurcation
Nintendo’s Switch trick: Selling like 3DS but selling games like Wii U
Optimised dual use
Sony Financials Q2 Fy18
Fate/Grand Order boosts Sony Music's revenues to $1.81 billion
Sony ForwardWorks goes unmentioned
Ready For Launch
Nukebox and King lead NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2017 full speaker line-up
Full scheduled revealed
Gree Financials Q1 Fy18
Another Eden and SINoALICE promotions push GREE revenues up to $190.6 million
Profits fall drastically to just $16.8 million
Cyberagent Financials Q4 Fy17
CyberAgent revenues reach $3.28 billion thanks to continued strong performances of Shadowverse and BanG Dream!
Investing in the future of eSports and Bitcoin
Switching Up
More people playing Nintendo Switch as a handheld than on TV
Switch on the go
Performance Rundown
Super Mario Run clocks up 200 million downloads but Fire Emblem Heroes has better profitability
Mario gets the reach as Fire Emblem get the money
Sea Ipo
Garena parent company Sea raises $884 million from IPO on NYSE
Share price dips to $14 in the first week
Nintendo Financials Q2 Fy17
Nintendo's mobile revenues grow 426% to $157.8 million thanks to Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes
Switch clears 7.63 million units sold
Art Expo
Webzen's MU Online inspired visual art exhibition is underway and open to the public
Fore Million
Sony ForwardWorks' Mingol hits four million downloads in under four months
Celebrates with in-game rewards and coin discounts
Partner Up
Webzen is teaming up with fashion brand Tokidoki for latest MMORPG venture
MU characters to be used across major business sectors such as fashion, toys and other merchandise avenues
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Raysol Games tell us all about their pachinko inspired monster battler Dungeon Balls
We speak to Raysol Games, the runner-up at The Big Indie Pitch at ChinaJoy 2017
Smashing Records
App Store and Google Play downloads hit record 26 billion in Q3
Consumer spend also at all-time high