Chart Royale
Tencent’s PUBG: Exhilarating Battlefield tops the mobile battle royale stakes in February
Tencent's Playerunkown's Battlegrounds duo make top five most downloaded for February
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Wee Door talks striking OIL at The Big Indie Pitch
We speak to Wee Door, who came third at The Big Indie Pitch at Abertay University in Dundee 2017
Job News
Football Manager firm Sports Interactive hires Disney vet Matt Carroll as first chief operating officer
"A COO is something that Sega has been telling me that I've needed for a few years now," studio chief Jacobson says
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Rules of Survival battles its way into the top 10
Rules of Survival leaps up 11 places in this week's charts
Pocket Rumble
Sony unveils Xperia XZ2 phone with built-in rumble and 4K HDR filming
4GB of RAM and 64GB internal storage and oh so much more
Ready To Ignite
How PlayIgnite's £100 million warchest aims to jumpstart new games through UA
We speak to MD Matt Frenchman about how it plans to jumpstart games that show big potential
Arcore In The Wild
Google launches its augmented reality SDK ARCore on Android
Available now on 13 different devices
New Nokia Phones
HMD Global unveils five new Nokia phones including relaunched 8810 feature phone
Four new smartphones for high-end, mid-range and low-end devices
Take Your Pick
The interactive narrative games taking over the App Store
Why are story-based games on the rise?
Most Read
Mobile PUBG games are killing it, Small Giant raises $41 million, and the irony of Supercell's financials
The hottest articles of last week
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Ant Workshop talks micro studios and twin stick shooters
We speak to Ant Workshop, who won the Big Indie Pitch at Abertay University in Dundee 2017
The Week In Jobs
Mobile game jobs weekly: New studio Playrmakr hires chief design officer, InnoGames' new PR team, Jam City recruitment drive
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
Big Indie Pitch
Nood Climbrs grasps first place at the Big Indie Pitch at the White Nights conference in Prague
FINIFUGU && friends becomes the first ever back-to-back winner
Mobile Game Trends
China mobile game trends in H2 2017: Tencent and NetEase claim nine of top 10 mobile revenue generators
Niko Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad on what the charts tell us about the local games industry
Iap Inspector
How does Rules of Survival monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Competitive Gaming
Vision Esports raises $38 million to power competitive gaming investment
Plans to fund more companies in the space
Say What?
Trump says US needs video games ratings after blaming them for gun crime
Commander-in-chief rambles about system its games industry has had since 1994
Boom!
My.com partners with Pushkin Games Studio to bring Armored Warfare to mobile
PvP title has players duke it out in 3v3 and 8v8 matches.
Awards Nominees
Lineage 2, Animal Crossing, Arena of Valor and more pick up IMGA Global nominations
Winners to be announced at ceremony in San Francisco on March 20th
Business News
Rovio issues profit warning as company plots big Hatch investment and UA costs rise
Revenues also anticipated to be well down from forecasts
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
Most Wanted
Our top 10 most anticipated mobile games: from Assassin's Creed: Rebellion and Exiles of Embermark to The Sims Mobile and Brawl Stars
The biggest games we can't wait to play
Keep Your Receipts
Norwegian Consumer Council claims Nintendo's "no refunds" policy on Switch eShop is not compliant with EU law
Nintendo says that it is fully compliant
Ultra Educational
New educational mobile games studio Ultra Creative Games sets up shop in Vancouver
Headed up by former IGG senior game designer Matthew Tomporowski
Performance Index H2 2017
Apple's Search Ads fall in rank in latest AppsFlyer Performance Index due to higher costs and lower ROI
Facebook and Google still on top
Poopdiepie
Bulb Boy developer Bulbware partners with YouTuber PewDiePie for upcoming mobile game Poopdie
PewDiePie providing creative direction with Bulbware handling development
New Fyber
Fyber absorbs Heyzap and Inneractive as part of its rebranding efforts
Also launches new product FairBid
International Expansion
Mobile esports platform RewardMob opens new European office
Start-up wants closer ties with developers in the region
Making Of
The making of Nekki's mobile brawler Shadow Fight 3
Nekki's Dmitry Terekhin and Nikita Korzhavin break down how the game's development
New Ipad Rumours
Report: Apple to refresh its line of iPad products in March 2018
Filings with the Eurasian Economic Commission suggest new models are coming
Improved Recipe
Save the date: Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 is set for January 21st to 22nd return
Europe's largest mobile games industry confirms sixth appearance in UK capital
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
Join Us
Meet the PocketGamer.biz team at GDC 2018 and Game Connection
Journalists, ad sales, business development and our top execs are flying out to San Francisco
Nvf To Bgi
British Games Institute hopes to "turbo-charge" industry agenda with National Videogame Foundation merger
Will operate out of the NVF's headquarters in Nottingham
Cash Slinger
Rovio partners with GSN Games for real-money tournament game Angry Birds Champions
Play Angry Birds for cash on the WorldWinner platform
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
Outplay Refresh
Outplay Entertainment refreshes its brand with new logo and focus on "limitless fun"
Partners with design agency JDO on the rebranding
Qualcomm Fights Back
Qualcomm ups bid for NXP Semiconductors to $44 billion to fend off Broadcom acquisition
The increased price has Broadcom "evaluating its options"
Fire Emblem Heroes Revenue
Fire Emblem Heroes generated almost $300 million in revenue in its first year
Sensor Tower estimates it's still generating $10 million each month
Game Jam
Creating a game concept without coding skills: Pixonic's very first PixJam
Chief strategy officer Nikita Guk on creating quick prototypes
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
Selfie Clash
Winner revealed for PGC #RealityClash photo contest
Quincy Williams nabs £300 worth of cryptocurrency
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Accidental Queen's Diane Landais on giving credit where it's due and moving on from lost phones
"My typical day is mostly not what I expected it would be before I actually founded an indie studio."
Bafta Fusion
Lightseekers developer PlayFusion partners with BAFTA to accelerate awareness of new technologies
PlayFusion CEO Mark Gerhard joins BAFTA VR Advisory Group too
Nintendo's Potential
Nintendo could grow revenues by $2.5 billion from IAPs and subscriptions, says Newzoo
Market research firm looks into the ways Nintendo can improve its revenues
Giant Investment
Finnish developer Small Giant Games raises $41 million
Success of Empires & Puzzles leads to significant funding round as studio plots further growth
Up In The Clouds
Mobile games-on-demand service Hatch partners with Qualcomm to power cloud-based gaming
Finnish firm to utilise 48-core Qualcomm Centriq 2400 server processors
Trends Survey
What are the hottest mobile gaming trends right now? Tell us in our developer survey
You could win a free ticket to an upcoming PGC event
Innogames Financials 2017
Forge of Empires developer InnoGames' revenues grow to $200 million for 2017
Elvenar's mobile release to be a key focus in the future