Ingress Prime Time
Niantic to reboot its first location-based game Ingress with major update and anime series in 2018
Ingress Prime introduces a new narrative and some serious redesign
Ubisoft Station F
Ubisoft looking for mobile AR and blockchain start-ups for second season of its Station F program
Working with developers to build new tech for the future
Clash Royale World Champion
16-year-old Clash Royale player Sergioramos:) wins first place and $150,000 at Crown Championship World Finals
$400,000 in prizes given out across the competition
All Aboard
Unity co-founder David Helgason joins Lockwood Publishing board
Avakin Life developer opens Leamington Spa studio
Funding Quest
Ex-King staff raise $2.2 million for new Swedish studio Strange Quest
Developer to focus on multiplayer games for mobile
Roll The Dice
NHN Entertainment partners with Sony Pictures on soft-launched Jumanji mobile game tie-in
Jumanji: The Mobile Game due to launch on December 14th
Second Agenda
Developing beyond the second screen: How Supermassive created crime thriller Hidden Agenda for Sony's PlayLink
Senior Producer Jez Harris on accessibility and the opportunity to innovate
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp heads straight to the top
Rankings from November 20th to 26th
Grow Up Time
PG Connects Advent Day Four: Indie Strategies track powered by Hello Games, Curve, Tricky Tribe, White Wolf, Imperia Online and chums
The indie apocalypse is done. Indie survival has been overcome. What's next for the 'little' guys looking to go big?
The Charticle
How does the launch of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp compare to past Nintendo games?
Charting the game's trajectory
Most Read
Mobile Games Awards 2018 finalists, what's happening at MZ, and two PUBG games are coming to mobile
The hottest articles of last week
Battle Royale
How Supercell's Clash Royale Crown Championship World Finals is channelling the Olympic spirit
The developer's eSports man Tim Ebner on taking the games for all philosophy to eSports
Hotels.con
PG Connects Advent Day Three: How to beat the London conference accommodation conundrum
Finding where to stay on January 22nd-23rd a little pricey? Allow us to help…
Special Space
PG Connects Advent Day Two: Why The Brewery is PGC delegates' venue of choice
Second return to celebrated central London Connects conference spot will push space to its limits
Sizzling Speakers
PG Connects Advent Day One: Snapchat, FunPlus, Cherry Pick Talent, MojiWorks and Supercell lead 20-strong 'new speaker' unveiling
From influencer marketing to eSports to funding to monetisation to indie development and beyond
Top Mario
Super Mario Run was the most downloaded new game on Google Play in 2017
Bubble Witch 3 Saga takes second, some dispute over the final three
Skidstorm Sale
Finnish dev Immobile sells Early Access game SkidStorm to Cheetah Mobile after pirated version goes viral in China
Publishing deal turns into an offer too good to turn down
Top Grossers October 2017
Honor of Kings topped the worldwide top grossing mobile charts again in October 2017
Fantasy Westward Journey falls back to second place
Shooting Blanks?
It’s got millions of downloads but what is NetEase's plan to monetise its PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds clones?
First move advantage on hold
Pikachu On The Case
Detective Pikachu movie reportedly signs up Kathryn Newton as female lead
Wait... they're still making the Detective Pikachu movie?
Focus On The Details
"F**k scale": Mark Pincus explains why a focus on product was integral to Zynga's endurance
The Zynga co-founder on creativity, failing fast and why the small details in games matter
Two New Battlegrounds
Tencent reveals two new mobile games based on PC hit PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
One traditional, one a little more action-focused
(red) Candy
King partners with AIDS charity (RED) on three charity IAPs across the Candy Crush franchise
Help fight AIDS and crush some candies while you're at it
Go Money
Pokemon GO generates $16 million in tourism revenue for Japan's Tottori Prefecture in three days
89,000 people arrive in the region's sand dunes to catch Pokemon
Hit For Six
JetSynthesys secures 700,000 pre-registrations for upcoming cricket game Sachin Saga Cricket Champions
Indian developer believes it will be the first ever to hit one million pre-registrations
Stealing Christmas
Jam City brings Dr Seuss' The Grinch to mobile for the first time in Panda Pop
Partnership with Dr Seuss Enterprises adds a heap of new content
War Child Armistice 2017
War Child adds 11 mobile games to its next Armistice fundraising campaign
Dawn of Titans, Total War Battles: Kingdom, and more to donate their revenue
Hatch-y Birthday
Hatch celebrates first anniversary by rolling out to five new countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands can now start streaming games
Decoding Design
Exploring the links between game genres and mobile monetisation part one: Examining match-3 games
Tappx's Ignasi Prat unpacks the hugely popular casual game archetype
Line 'em Up
CoolGames brings classic puzzle game Tetris to Facebook's Instant Games platform
All part of its AAA Instant Games strategy
Newzoo Estimates
Global games market now expected to grow to $116 billion in 2017
Newzoo adjusts its expectations to account for popular trends in games
Mobile Heavyweights
Mobile Games Awards 2018: The finalists revealed
Awards ceremony to take place on January 23rd.
Cracking Crypto
Understand cryptocurrency, blockchain and ICOs in new content track for PG Connects London 2018
Presented by Reality Clash, latest addition to PGC agenda answers all your crypto questions
Good Game, Goodgame
Goodgame Studios surpasses $1 billion in lifetime revenues in eight years
Now has over 340 million registered players
Autodesk Job Cuts
Autodesk cuts 1,150 jobs amid restructuring to focus on digital products and subscriptions
Around 13% of its workforce made redundant
The Return Of Moshi Monsters
"Who would invest money in a company that's failing?": How Mind Candy plans to build itself back up
CEO Ian Chambers talks developing new products and bringing back Moshi Monsters
Two Become One
What the hell is happening at Game of War and Mobile Strike developer MZ?
The baton is passed
Stateside Sessions
Call for speakers - want to join our PG Connects San Francisco 2018 agenda on May 14th to 15th?
Now considering all industry themes, from influencers to ICOs and everything in-between
Cookie Cutters
Jam City launches YouTube influencer campaign for Cookie Jam in time for National Cookie Day
iJustine and Jenna Ezarik face-off to make the best cookies
Jobs News
RuneScape developer Jagex explores investment opportunities with new senior hires
NetEase's Cassia Curran and former NCSoft exec John Burns join studio
Industry Survey
Mobile Games Developer Trends 2017: What’s hot and what’s not
The industry tells us the shape of the sector in 2017
Camp Stats
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp clears an estimated 15 million downloads six days after launch
Sensor Tower says it's double Fire Emblem Heroes but half of Super Mario Run
Mag Ipo
MAG Interactive to begin public trading on December 8th
IPO begins today
Big Indie Pitches
The Big Indie Pitch is heading to Dundee and Colchester
Last chances for developers to get their games in front of mobile gaming experts in 2017
New Funds
European tech investor Balderton Capital raises $375 million fund for next round of investments
Has raised $2.6 billion across six funds
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Walking Summoners
Com2uS partners with Skybound Entertainment on Summoners War comics, animation, and more
Robert Kirkman, Catherine Winder, and David Alpert on board as executive producers
Rawr I'm A Dragon
Ubisoft's Hungry Shark series swaps seas for skies in recently soft-launched Hungry Dragon
FGOL probably developing it, but no evidence to support this
Mobile Hit In-waiting?
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is coming to mobile through Tencent partnership
Set to launch in China first
Western Revolution
Lineage 2: Revolution races to top 50 grossing positions across Europe and North America
Hit MMORPG off to a strong start but failed to replicate South Korea success