Women In Games Scotland
Women in Games Scotland appoints new lead ambassador and national coordinator
Rockstar North engine programmer Timea Tabori will lead the program
Close Ties
Cupcake on how to build a great community for casual games
Chief marketing officer Gabriel Stürmer discusses the studio's approach
Unity Probuilder
Unity acquires level design and prototyping tool ProBuilder
Developers can now use ProBuilder, Polybrush and ProGrids directly within Unity
A Good Cause
“We're constantly struggling with whether we could do more and have a more meaningful impact through games”
Muse Games' Howard Tsao on why it remastered CreaVures as a completely free game, with the option to donate to Unicef
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
Vivendi Financials Q4 Fy17
Gameloft averages 2.5 million downloads every day but its MAUs and DAUs are falling
Generates 65 per cent of its revenues from internally-developed games
G5 Financials Q4 Fy17
G5 Entertainment revenues hit $45 million following purchase of The Secret Society
Cashflow heavily impacted by the deal
Trends Survey
Tell us what the hottest mobile gaming trends are right now in our Spring developer survey
You could win a free ticket to an upcoming PGC event
Get Creative
Chartboost looks to 'gamify' mobile ads with Creative Studio launch
New service aims to increase engagement and drive installs
Clash Of Giants
Semiconductor giant Broadcom secures $100 billion for mega Qualcomm bid
Potential $121 billion deal would be the technology sector's biggest ever
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
Unity Ads Partnerships
Unity partners with MediaMath and Moat to bolster its Ads offerings
Metrics already on the up from the Moat integration
Vainglory 5v5 Launches
Super Evil Megacorp launches 5v5 mode in mobile MOBA Vainglory
Switching its competitive scene over to the more traditional mode
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
Supercell Financials 2017
Supercell revenues drop to $2.25 billion due to lack of new games and falling sales in Clash of Clans
Pressing on into China and Asia in 2018
Snatch And Clash
Reality Gaming Group adds Snatch creator Jamal Hirani to Reality Clash advisory board
Opening up cross-promotional opportunities between Reality Clash and Snatch
Chatterbox Pre-seed Funding
Chat app games developer Chatterbox raises $400,000 to develop for Facebook Instant Games
Huuuge Games CEO Anton Gauffin and Reaktor Ventures lead the round
Singular Roi Index 2017
Snapchat emerges as key player for high ROIs in mobile marketing on iOS
Facebook, Unity and Google Adwords still on top
Flexible Friend
Why cryptocurrency mobile gaming platform RewardMob wants players not speculators
Gearing up
Nhn Rooster Teeth Partnership
NHN Entertainment partners with RWBY creator Rooster Teeth on a new mobile game
Thin details on what the game is or what license will be used, but RWBY is a safe bet
Games In An Instant
Why KamaGames is the latest developer to launch on Facebook Instant Games
KamaGames MD Andrey Kuznetsov discusses the potential of the platform and its flagship title Pokerist
Google Play Winner
Bury me, my Love scoops top prize at the second Google Play Indie Games in Europe
Old Man's Journey and Yellow take second and third
Thq Nordic Buys Koch Media
THQ Nordic snaps up Deep Silver owner Koch Media in deal worth $196 million
No changes to happen at either company
Game Dev Tycoon Reviews
Greenheart Games loses 2,000 positive reviews for Game Dev Tycoon on Google Play under mysterious circumstances
Developer blames Google's algorithm, but Google claims it removed the reviews on purpose
Key Figures
The key user numbers behind the rapidly growing chat app games market
Coolgames CEO Laurens Rutten offers the big stats showing off the opportunity of messaging apps
Glispa New Cco
Mobile advertising tech firm Glispa hires Jon Hook as its new chief commercial officer
Formerly the VP of brands and agencies at AdColony
Paradox Ceo Steps Down
Paradox Interactive CEO Fredrik Wester to step down after nine years
Replaced by member of the board Ebba Ljungerud
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Magic Notion's Richard Franke on learning to run a business and making inclusive games
The importance of looking after yourself and handling the expectations of a community
Money Makers
950 mobile games generated more than $5 million in consumer spend in 2017
App Annie's Silvia Buermann shares insights into the growing mobile market
Conference Evolves
Develop:Brighton extends all tracks across three days
The first day will now have expanded schedule
Pit Crew
Hutch bolsters its London studio with four new team members
Adds a programmer, artst, producer and technical designer to the fold
Chicken Dinner?
How well are NetEase's Playerunknown's Battlegrounds-like mobile games grossing?
Looking at Rules of Survival and Knives Out post-monetisation
Ubisoft Financials Q3 Fy18
Ubisoft's China-only mobile game Might & Magic Heroes: Era of Chaos generates over $120 million in revenues
Avoids specifics on the rest of its mobile endeavours
More Funding For Scopely
Report: The Walking Dead: Road to Survival developer Scopely looking to raise another $125 million
New funding round could value the company at $795 million
Up Where We Belong
Peter Vesterbacka leads first PG Connects San Francisco 2018 speakers announcement
Flaregames, Scientific Revenue, MoPub, Facebook, Epic Games and more confirmed for May 14th to 15th conference
Behaviour Of Thrones
Behaviour Interactive partners with HBO and Gaea on new Game of Thrones mobile strategy game
Co-developing with Gaea to make it more appealing for a global audience
Igda Exec Director
IGDA appoints Jen MacLean as its new permanent executive director
Emily Greer and Zoe Bell join board of directors
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Ketchapp's Knife Hit sticks to first place on the iPhone free download charts
Rankings from January 29th to February 4th
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
Thnks Fr Th Bmw
Gameloft partners with Island Records to bring emo legends Fall Out Boy to Asphalt 8: Airborne
Listen to some new tracks from the new album and hang out with the band
Influencing People
Pixonic CMO on how influencer marketing stacks up to UA campaigns through Facebook and Google
But it's still not a simple replacement
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
Investment News
HQ Trivia dev eyes $15 million funding round
Investment would value company behind popular mobile app at $100 million
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Nexon Financials Q4 Fy17
Nexon's Pixelberry acquisition provides immediate boost to US revenues
Some growth in Korea too thanks to old games
Glu Financials Q4 Fy17
Glu's Design Home and Covet Fashion lead revenue growth for "historic" 2017
Still making a loss, but it's making bigger revenues too
Take No Prisoners
Twitch tightens community guidelines to combat hateful conduct
The platform has revealed a 'zero tolerance' policy on hateful behaviour
Gameloft New Orleans Closed
Report: Gameloft shuts down New Orleans studio and lets go of 50 staff at Madrid studio
Gameloft yet to provide an official statement