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A Slow Hatching
Hatch expands its open beta to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland
Also in limited release elsewhere in Europe
Mixi Financials Q2 Fy18
Monster Strike clears 40 million downloads following launch in China
Mixi still focusing all its efforts on the game
Razer Ipo
Razer raises $500 million from IPO on Hong Kong Exchange
Share prices briefly exploded by around 40%
New Script
Early Bird rate for PG (and XR, PC) Connects London 2018 sequel is ending
In a world where getting a discounted conference ticket means everything...
Double Down
How will Peak Games spend its new $100 million warchest?
Spending Zynga’s largesse
Ubisoft Financials Q2 Fy18
Ubisoft's Ketchapp and Growtopia catalogue boost mobile DAUs by 234%
Very little else to mention in its financials
Madrid Mobile Summit
Madrid Mobile Summit kicks off on November 14th - grab a discounted ticket here
Join Spain's mobile developers and speakers from around the world in Madrid
Netmarble Financials Q3 Fy17
Lineage 2 Revolution generated 45% of Netmarble's revenues in Q3 FY17
Launching in Europe and North America on November 15th
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Most Read
Zynga buys Peak Games' card titles for $100 million, a look at how Glu transformed, and Bon Games closes a $1.4 million seed round
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Straight Fire
Amazon's Champions of Fire casual eSports tournament returns on December 2nd
Sonic Forces: Speed Battle, Beach Buggy Racing, Minion Rush and more will be represented
Com2us Financials Q3 Fy17
61% of Com2uS' $98.9 million Q3 overseas revenues came from North America and Europe
Summoners War continues to be the biggest performer
Nexon Financials Q3 Fy17
FIFA Online 3 M and Dark Avenger 3 boost Nexon's revenues to $532.9 million
Dynasty Warriors Unleashed and DomiNations continue to grow
Chillax
PocketGamer.biz's G-STAR 2017 party and networking guide
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Nominate the Best Indie Developer for the Mobile Games Awards 2018
Accolade recognises a team of up to 10 developers that have released or successful grown an existing game during the last year
Good Choice
Nexon acquires Choices mobile games developer Pixelberry Studios
Choices to be localised for new countries
Come Say Hello
Meet Pocket Gamer at G-STAR in South Korea
We're itching to meet as many people as possible in this exciting market
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Nominate the Best Publisher for the Mobile Games Awards 2018
Accolade recognises companies supporting developers who have released a game during the last year
Nintendo In China
Nintendo still considering launching mobile games in China if it can find a partner
But it needs a partner if it's going to move into the region
Uniting People
Unity hires two ex-Insomniac Games lead engineers to head up new Los Angeles studio
Mike Action and Andres Fredriksson take on new jobs as Principal Engineers
Square Enix Financials Q2 Fy18
Square Enix's Dragon Quest Rivals hits seven million downloads in Japan five days after launch
Revenues continue to grow thanks to its strong back-catalogue
Apple Ar Headset
Report: Apple preparing to launch an AR headset in 2020
Ready for use internally by 2019
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Nominate the Best Analytics or Data Tool at the Mobile Games Awards 2018
Accolade recognises tools that support development, marketing campaigns and/or provide data on market performance
Survey And Competition
Last chance to enter our latest mobile games developer trends survey!
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The Next Big Thing?
Pokemon GO developer Niantic making Harry Potter: Wizards Unite mobile game
Studio scores another huge licence
Best Bug Killers
Nominate the best QA and Localisation Service Provider for the Mobile Games Awards 2018
Accolade recognises expertise in bug squashing and localisation
Indie Publishing
Competing with the big boys: Tilting Point on what publishers should be offering indie developers in 2017
Chief Operating Officer Samir El Agili discusses the realities of the mobile game market
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Nominate the year's Best Marketing Campaign for the Mobile Games Awards 2018
Accolade recognises the best developer-run or third-party-run marketing campaigns over the last year
Snapped Up
Tencent snaps up 12% stake in Snapchat owner
"We have long been inspired by the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of Tencent"
Job Losses
Telltale games lays of 90 staff amid restructuring
25% of workforce out
On The Up
Zynga posts profit for second consecutive quarter for first time since IPO
Revenues at highest level in four years
Maximising Value
Win-win: Peak Games sells its casual card game portfolio to Zynga for $100 million
Peak doubles down on match-3, Zynga boosts card sector
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Great Expectations
Report: Razer IPO set to raise $528 million
Priced towards the high-end of its range
Jobs News
Flaregames appoints former PopCap Studio Director as Head of Studio
Todd English will oversee internal studios and drive product strategy
Diamond In The Rough
King soft-launches Royal Boulevard Saga again under new name Diamond Diaries Saga
Still not out of soft launch
More Platforms
GameMaker Studio 2 adds Amazon Appstore support
Devs now have access to most recent and future versions of Amazon's APIs
Funding News
UK messenger games start-up Mojiworks raises $2.75 million
Guildford studio set to grow from 10 to 25 employees
Hidden Success?
Hidden object renaissance? The teams behind Hidden Folks and Under Leaves aren't quite so sure
The indies talk about shaking up the genre
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Pokemon GO creeps up to third in the top grossing rankings
Rankings from October 23rd to October 29th
Two Years On
Has Konami's mobile pivot been a success?
How has the 2015 restructure worked out for Konami?
Sounds Good
Finnish startup Bon Games closes $1.4 million seed round to launch first game Transit King
Fingersoft handling publishing duties
Get It Right
Appodeal launches guide on monetising and launching apps and games for kids
Launching Kids Apps The Right Way makes sure your app is COPPA compliant
Essential Attendance
13 reasons to make PG Connects London your first conference of 2018
A list-friendly 'convince your boss' cheat sheet for January 22nd to 23rd event
Honey, I'm Home
Supersolid partners with Universal Music Group to bring Shania Twain to Home Street
Social game has now surpassed four million downloads
Tram Wobbler
Experimental one-dimensional dungeon crawler Line Wobbler comes to a tram in Helsinki on November 14th
Tickets for the event are already sold out
Tiga Games Industry Awards 2017
Playdemic's Golf Clash scores Game of the Year award at TIGA Games Industry Awards
Space Ape also gets a nod
Soft Power
From snipers to sofas: The transformation of Glu Mobile
Two games that changed everything
Toon Army
Niantic acquires animation platform Evertoon to add new social features to Pokemon GO
Evertoon's community services to shut down at the end of November