Iain Harris

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Iain is a freelance writer based in Scotland with a penchant for indies and all things Nintendo. Alongside PocketGamer.Biz, he has also appeared in Kotaku, Rock Paper Shotgun, PCGamesN and VG24/7.

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News Nov 15th, 2018

Supercell's Brawl Stars rumbles up over five million pre-registrations in one day

Players were promised a skin should 2m installs be cleared

Interview Nov 15th, 2018

“We can’t wait to bring Disney stories and characters to life on mobile”: Jam City on its big new partnership

We caught up with Jam City president and COO Josh Yguado following yesterday’s partnership reveal

News Nov 15th, 2018

Tencent’s mobile revenues remain steady in Q3 despite China’s freeze on games licenses

Mobile revenues grew seven per cent year-on-year to $2.8 billion

News Nov 15th, 2018

Supercell’s Brawl Stars pulls in $6.5m from soft launch ahead of global launch

The arena shooter is set to go global next month

News Nov 14th, 2018

Voice-based games developer Drivetime raises $4m in funds to make games for drivers

Funding includes Zynga co-founders Mark Pincus, Eric Schiermeyer and Justin Waldron along with Applovin founder Adam Foroughi

News Nov 14th, 2018

US Senators urge FTC to investigate ‘manipulative marketing practices by apps designed for children’

Also described as “unfair and deceptive”

News Nov 14th, 2018

Disney taps Jam City for multi-year mobile games development partnership

The Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery developer will create a slate of new games based on Disney IP

News Nov 14th, 2018

Supercell set to launch Brawl Stars globally in December on iOS and Android

Players who pre-register will get a free skin if two million signs ups are hit

Job News Nov 14th, 2018

Angry Birds developer Rovio swoops for Gameloft exec to head up games teams

Alexandre Pelletier-Normand joins from Gameloft, where he served as executive vice president of games

News Nov 13th, 2018

Marvel Comics co-creator Stan Lee passes away at the age of 95

Lee was one of the creative forces behind popular characters Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four and The Hulk

Interview Nov 13th, 2018

How an Oscar-nominated animator went from working on The Breadwinner to creating mobile games

“I wouldn’t trade the indie experience for the world"

News Nov 9th, 2018

Activision Blizzard labels Diablo Immortal fan reception as "muted"

The games giant also reiterated that Mobile remains the largest and fastest growing platform for gaming in the world

News Nov 9th, 2018

Revenues at Candy Crush dev King fall by $22m year-on-year

Monthly active users grew to 262 million, however

Interview Nov 9th, 2018

Nanobit on the opportunity for narrative games in China

"If it’s bigger than the US, and the US is our biggest market, and we can make a game that fits into that space then it’s what we need to do"

News Nov 9th, 2018

German games industry set to enjoy $56.7m government games fund from 2019

New fund to be headed up by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure

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G-STAR 2018	Asia	Nov 15th
The PG Party @ G-STAR 2018 in association with Jagex Partners & Persona.ly	Asia	Nov 16th
The Big Indie Pitch at G-STAR 2018 (영어 및 한국어)	Asia	Nov 17th
The PC Indie Pitch at G-STAR 2018 (영어 및 한국어)	Asia	Nov 17th
Indiajoy 2018	Asia	Dec 1st
The India Game Developer Conference 2018	Asia	Dec 4th
Unite India 2018	Asia	Dec 5th
The Game Awards	North America	Dec 6th

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