Making Headway?
One year on: What is Facebook's strategy with Instant Games for Messenger?
Monetisation is being trialled, but what's the end goal?
Arppu Up
Top grossing games on mobile have seen ARPPU increase by over 60% since January 2016
GameAnalytics digs into the data
Nintendo Financials Q2 Fy17
Nintendo's mobile revenues grow 426% to $157.8 million thanks to Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes
Switch clears 7.63 million units sold
Power Of Nemesis
Authentic yet distinctive: How Middle-earth: Shadow of War came to mobile
Spanning worlds
Most Read
Kongregate shakes up its management, King partners with Snapchat, and Adam Telfer talks deconstructing games
The hottest articles of last week
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Lucky Kat Studios talks about their 90s inspired beat 'em up Beat Street
We speak to Lucky Kat Studios, the runner-up at The Big Indie Pitch at Gamescom 2017
Art Expo
Webzen's MU Online inspired visual art exhibition is underway and open to the public
Iap Inspector
How does Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Fore Million
Sony ForwardWorks' Mingol hits four million downloads in under four months
Celebrates with in-game rewards and coin discounts
Partner Up
Webzen is teaming up with fashion brand Tokidoki for latest MMORPG venture
MU characters to be used across major business sectors such as fashion, toys and other merchandise avenues
A New Dimension
New volumetric and 3D video capture studio Dimension sets up home in London
Hammerhead VR, Digital Catapult, and Microsoft all pitch in
Unlocking Mobile
The iOS principle: Croteam on porting its puzzle hit to iPhone
Lead Programmer Karlo Jež on how the Metal API enabled the team to squeeze the game onto iOS
Paladins Strike
Hi-Rez Studios soft-launches mobile MOBA take on PC shooter Paladins Strike
Showing better signs of life then SMITE Rivals
Iphone X
Apple opens pre-orders for iPhone X a week ahead of its release
Already sold out of its initial run
Happy Pocket Camper
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp doesn't experiment and is better for it
Making a smaller version of the core game experience has proven to work in Pocket Camp's favour
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Psyon Games talks about their science inspired strategy game Antidote
We speak to Psyon Games, the developer who came third at The Big Indie Pitch at Gamescom 2017
Get Lobbying
Just over a week left to nominate for the Mobile Games Awards 2018
Not long to go...
Plexchat Royale
Stats Royale partners with Plexchat to bring detailed data to mobile chat platform
Get to know other people better
Top Grossing September 2017
Fantasy Westward Journey overtakes Honor of Kings as top grossing mobile game in September 2017
First time in three months that Honor of Kings hasn't made more money than every other game
A Kind Of Magic
King launches first ever Snapchat content partnership with latest Bubble Witch 3 Saga event
Unlock Snapchat filters by playing Bubble Witch 3
Finland Ipo
Ups and downs: How Finland's biggest IPOs of 2017 are performing
How are this year's IPOs performing today
Indie Mavens
Mobile indie game developer marketing tips
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Fiendish Rivalry
Seriously takes Best Fiends back to its puzzle roots with soft-launched Best Fiends Rivals
A twist on a classic
Pgc Interview
Futureplay on the lucrative potential of view-to-play games
CEO Jami Laes discusses how rewarded video ads can improve monetisation
Universe Of Legends
Firefly Games partners with DreamWorks on multi-IP RPG DreamWorks: Universe of Legends
All your favourite and forgotten characters together at last
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Raysol Games tell us all about their pachinko inspired monster battler Dungeon Balls
We speak to Raysol Games, the runner-up at The Big Indie Pitch at ChinaJoy 2017
Smashing Records
App Store and Google Play downloads hit record 26 billion in Q3
Consumer spend also at all-time high
Mobile Mavens
Is augmented reality for smartphones a gimmick or great for games?
The Mobile Mavens have their say on the hot topic
Rovio Interview
Rovio's Games EVP on building a focused portfolio in new genres
A chat with Wilhelm Taht
Augmented Reality
Unreal Engine 4 gets ARKit and ARCore support
Plethora of upgrades and improvements in latest 4.18 update
Big Step
Services provider GlobalStep acquires Montreal’s Bug-Tracker
Texas firm aims to establish "major presence" in Canada
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Dodreams tells us all about its upcoming arena brawler Drive Ahead! Arena
We speak to Dodreams, who took away the third place prize at The Big Indie Pitch at ChinaJoy 2017
About Time
Nintendo finally unveils free-to-play Animal Crossing Pocket Camp for mobile
Set for late November launch on the App Store and Google Play
First Love
Annapurna Interactive to publish Melbourne dev Mountains' debut narrative-focused game Florence
Title to be published on the Apple App Store in 2018
Unchained
Blockchain-powered mobile game store GPlay gets Unity support
Marketplace claims to offer 90% revenue share split with developers
Me Too
NeoGAF back online as owner refutes sexual assault allegations
Depleted mod team working overtime as users turn on Malka
Best Ad Platforms
App Store Search ads rank high in latest AppsFlyer Performance Index for H1 2017
But Facebook and Google continue to dominate
Pgc Interview
How MobileFreeToPlay's Adam Telfer deconstructs games and why you should too
A look at the process of game analysis and its value to developers
Big Deal
Keywords to acquire VMC for $66 million
Aims to raise £75 million from new shares to fund the deal
Hi-fi Conf
Smartly, Janeious, AdoptMyGame, War Child join 'Latest PG Connects London 2018 Speakers Vol 1'
More speakers than an audio convention
Jobs News
Kongregate expands management team with key appointments
New CFO and executive promotions
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Happy Volcano on their thought provoking mystery point-and-click adventure The Almost Gone
We speak to Happy Volcano, the runner-up of The Big Indie Pitch at Develop:Brighton 2017
Free Data
GameAnalytics offers free tools for GameMaker Studio 2 devs
Offers reporting and analysis features across platforms
Fighting For Funds
BIP contestant Fightlings gets Kickstarter for physical card game
Thoughtfish after €10,000 to make game a reality
Hidden Treasures
Indie game funding scheme Treasure Hunters FanClub launches
Up to $350,000 available for each project
Celebrity Partnership
Netmarble taps Conan O'Brien for Lineage 2: Revolution Twitchcon promotion
TV show host appears on stage to make Western release date announcement
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Ketchapp and Voodoo duke it out in the top 10 download rankings
Rankings from October 9th to October 15th
#fundthebgi
UK games industry campaign launches for creation of national agency British Games Institute
Petition and social media push begins for its formation
What's New?
After another big year the old guard still dominate Japan's mobile games market
Revenues up 35 per cent but what's driving them?
Me Too
NeoGAF taken offline after owner hit with sexual assault allegations
Moderators exit and users revolt against website