Cooking Up A Storm
How StormX is using Bitcoin to power user acquisition
A look at the Storm Play app offering a new way to find users
Studio Merger
Nexon merges development studios Ndoors and Nexon Red
Studios to collaborate on game development
Apple Buddy
Apple acquires app development platform Buddybuild
Team to join the Xcode engineering group
Health Concerns
World Health Organisation drafts definitions for video game addiction
Gaming disorder and hazardous gaming outlined in draft of 2018 revision to organisation's International Compendium of Diseases
And The Winners Are...
Facebook names AdVenture Capitalist Best Instant Game for 2017
Beats Golden Boot, Dino Ballz and 4 Pics 1 Word
New Year's Honour
TIGA CEO Richard Wilson receives OBE
Rewarded for services to the UK games industry
Going East
Niantic readies Pokemon Go for China launch
Possible partnership with Chinese publishing giant NetEase
Indie Mavens
How is 2018 shaping up for indie games developers on mobile?
We ask our Indie Mavens what they think the biggest trends were for 2017 and what the year ahead holds for them
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Ketchapp and Voodoo flood top 10 download rankings with eight games
Rankings from December 18th to 24th
Snapped Up
CCP sells Newcastle studio to Sumo as it pivots away from VR
Eve Online developer to focus on PC and mobile
New Advice
New Year, New Job: Offer up some career advice in our jobs in games special
Contributors wanted
Games Of The Year
PocketGamer.biz's Games of the Year 2017
The Editorial team picks their favourite games this year
Best Of The Best
Mobile Mavens' Games of the Year 2017
The big names in the industry tell us their top mobile games of 2017
Why What Happened
The most significant mobile games news of 2017
Trends behind the headlines
Failure To Launch
The five biggest games that failed to leave soft launch in 2017
From SMITE Rivals to Breaking Bad: Empire Business
M&a Mayhem
The most significant mobile game deals of 2017
Who signed on the dotted line?
Wrapping Up
PG Connects Advent Day 24: All you need to know about PGC London 2018
2,000+ delegates, 21 tracks, 200 speakers, 180 sessions, 75-hour programme, endless networking
Tri-conference
PG Connects Advent Day 23: Connects London 2018 is mobile... but also AR/VR/MR... and PC
One ticket gives full content and fringe access to all three events
Good Companies
PG Connects Advent Day 22: Who's coming to PGC London 2018?
A list-tastic selection of the industry players set to turn up to the ball on January 22nd to 23rd
Iap Inspector
Mobile game monetisation trends of 2017
What's been and what's next?
Win Big
Google Play Indie Games Contest open for entries
Submit your title by 6pm GMT on December 31st
World's Finest
10 days left to submit your game to the IMGA Global
Deadline for submissions is January 1st 2018
Start Matchmaking
PG Connects Advent Day 21: The Pitch & Match PGC London 2018 meeting system is live
Let the free-and-unlimited connecting begin
Cracking Down
App Store now requires developers to list loot box odds
Apple cracks down on monetisation model following triple-A game furore
The Charticle
Does Disney plus Fox equal a mobile gaming powerhouse?
Poised to shake up the industry?
A Christmas Miracle
Mixed reality start-up Magic Leap unveils first headset
Magic Leap One set for 2018 release
Awards Sponsors
Game Insight, AppOnboard and Nazara sponsor first ever Mobile Games Awards 2018
First ever Mobile Games Awards takes place on January 23rd 2018
Stellar Insight
PG Connects Advent Day 20: From ESL to Supercell, it's our greatest star speaker line-up yet
Jam City, Space Ape, SYBO, ustwo, Snap, King, Grand Cru, Rovio, Jagex, NetEase and many more to contribute to an unmissable conference programme
It's Like They're Really There
Niantic to improve AR functionality in Pokemon GO with ARKit integration
New gameplay features and more realistic Pokemon on compatible devices
Disruptor Point
Disruptor Beam and Tilting Point form strategic partnership on UA campaign for Star Trek Timelines
Helping Disruptor Beam scale its UA efforts while continuing to work on the game
Unity 2017.3 Update
Unity rolls out 2017.3 update with easier access to Xiaomi's China app store
Also improves various graphics and Cinemachine functions, while dropping support for Tizen
Reality Gizer Partnership
AR developer Reality Gaming Group partners with eSports app Gizer to bring tournaments to Reality Clash
Shoot your friends in AR and maybe win some prizes
Odyssey To Japan
Super Mario Odyssey jumps to one million units sold in Japan
Switch closing in on three million hardware units sold
On The Rise
Social casinos go East
KamaGames' Sam Forrest says there's money on the table right now as the Asia Pacific market grows
America Of Valor
Tencent's popular mobile MOBA Honor of Kings lands in the US as Arena of Valor
Hasn't got off to an explosive start, but there's still time
Wizarding World
A successful spell: How Jam City earned a deal with Harry Potter for Hogwarts Mystery
Head of marketing Andrew Green discusses its plans for the huge licence
Indie Innit
PG Connects Advent Day 19: How to get into PGC London 2018 for free
Step-by-step guide to transaction-less conference access for independent developers
Data Protection
App and game developers have only 60 days to comply with the new Google Play user privacy guidelines
Privacy is the new black! The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be upon us in May 2018
A Clean Operation
Spil Games' surgery simulator Operate Now: Hospital racks up 10 million downloads in six months
95% organic downloads and 50% day one retention rates
Wargaming Gunslingers
Industrial Toys spin-off Gunslinger Studios partners with Wargaming Mobile to publish upcoming mobile RPGs
Exiles of Embermark likely to be the first game to be published
Indie Mavens Goty 2017
Indie Mavens' Games of the Year 2017
From Hill Climb Racing 2 to Breath of the Wild, our Indie Mavens throw their favourites into the ring
Rules Of Survival Championship
NetEase kicks off $650,000 championship for PUBG clone Rules of Survival
$150,000 for the overall winners at the finals in China
Vainglory 5v5
Super Evil Megacorp to bring Vainglory in line with PC MOBAs with 5v5 mode in February 2018
What will it mean for the game's current competitive scene?
Back To The Features
The big 3 mobile game trends you need to know to boost rank and revenues
GameRefinery delves into the data on the most popular gameplay features right now
Downloads Out
NetEase's PUBG clone Knives Out surpasses 100 million downloads in just over a month
Cleared this milestone while still in beta
Press Gang
PG Connects Advent Day 18: Come meet the media
Whether it's real-time feedback from our Journalist Bar or catching up with the leading publications in attendance
Bossing It
Mobile start-up Like a Boss Games secures $1.6 million funding for multiplayer sports title
Debut game set for mid-2018 release
The Charticle
What inspired Fox to double down on mobile gaming?
A look at Fox IP and how it's fared on mobile
Mega-deal
Disney to acquire 21st Century Fox in $52 billion deal
The house that made Mickey Mouse hordes array of IP including Avatar, X-Men and The Simpsons
Pgc Speaker Spotlight
From missile defence to user acquisition: yellowHEAD’s Roy Leiser on advanced predictive technology
Ahead of his talk at Pocket Gamer Connects London, Leiser discusses the company's business and return on ad spend