Best Of 2017
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2017
The movers, shakers and moneymakers
Still Got It
Years later Supercell's ageing games continue to show their grossing power
Its catalogue is ready for a refresh, but Supercell remains a powerhouse
New Alliance
Plarium acquires Alliance: Heroes of the Spire developer Rumble Entertainment
Israeli developer enters the RPG space
Hot Ticket
Rovio on its $1 billion IPO and acquisition strategy
“We are stronger now than ever before"
Come Talk
Playdemic, Armada, Animoca, Gamevil, Agnitio, Scientific Revenue, Exit Games and Chorus kick off the PG Connects London 2018 speaker roster
But we're taking more submissions - do join the club
Show Me The Money
Cash is king, and here is how you can access it fast to grow your game
How companies like Pollen VC are offering a way for small developers to raise cash quickly
Gear Refunds
Oculus unveils new refund policy for Gear VR content
For anyone who uses an app for less than half an hour
Rovio Oversubscription
Rovio discontinues public offering of shares due to oversubscription during IPO
Institutional offering still going ahead
Sea Nyse Ipo
Garena parent company Sea files registration statement for planned IPO on the NYSE
No word on how many shares or the price range
Spyr Acquisitions
SPYR plans aggressive acquisition strategy following Pocket Starships deal
Also expecting to publish new games using Hollywood IP soon
Download'n'boom
Ankama's Drag'n'Boom clears 1.5 million downloads in its first two weeks
Dofus developer broadening its scope
Lawsuit Of The Apes
Fox faces $2.5 million lawsuit from Snail Digital over lack of support for War for the Planet of the Apes mobile games
Not enough assets and minimal feedback meant Snail missed its window of opportunity
Zynga Legal
Zynga hires former Associate General Counsel for Tesla as its new Chief Legal Officer
Phuong Phillips to oversee legal affairs for the whole company
Games Market August 2017
Worldwide mobile games market grew by 13% in August 2017
Top grossing games remain largely the same
Zynga In India
Zynga plots major growth in India and expansion of its Bengaluru studio
350 staff not enough for its second-biggest studio
King Of Live Events
How King runs live in-game events in Candy Crush Saga
Producer Andra Petrosan on keeping players of one of the world most popular games playing
Westward Journey
Onmyoji finally gearing up for a Western release with beta in US and Canada
Retaining Japanese voice cast to give it that authentic anime feel
Doctor Who Infinity
Tiny Rebel Games scores funding from Welsh government and Double Eleven for new Doctor Who game
Doctor Who Infinity due to be launched in Spring 2018
Indie Games Festival
Google Play names winners of its San Francisco Indie Games Festival 2017
Slayaway Camp, Flipping Legend, and Tiny Bubbles all score wins
Featured Features
Top 5 features games developers should consider to crack the Chinese mobile market
GameRefinery’s tool identifies the most popular gameplay mechanics
Multiple Mergers
Gram Games' Merge Town! surpasses 2 million downloads in its first month
Launching today on Android
Kinship
Chat app developer Kik Interactive raises $100 million from token distribution event
Cryptocurrency Kin set to be one of the most widely held in the world
One Special Day
"It's gone up a whole new level": SpecialEffect on its most significant One Special Day yet
Fundraiser Nick Streeter talks bringing in developers and raising awareness
Rewarded Surveys
Rewarded surveys: A new way to monetise your mobile game
A potentially lucrative additional revenue stream
Perforce Acquires Hansoft
Perforce acquires agile planning tools developer Hansoft
Version control tools firm adds planning tools to its portfolio
Doan Let Me Down
Sperasoft hires former EA Shanghai head as Senior Director of Project Management Organization
Brad Doan reporting directly to the company President and CEO
Nasscom Speakers 2017
Nukebox Studios CEO Amit Hardi to keynote NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2017
First wave of speakers announced for the conference
Going Forward
Sony moving away from Vita and handheld gaming to focus on mobile and home entertainment
ForwardWorks is apparently doing "fantastic"
Roll The Dized
Rewriting the rules of board game manuals with Dized
Playmore's Tomi Vainikka talks crowdfunding and combining digital with physical
The Next Level
TIGA partners with ITN Productions on current affairs-style games industry programme The Next Level
Lightseekers developer PlayFusion makes an appearance
Ubisoft In China
Ubisoft wants to make China its second-largest market as it pushes harder into Asia
Eyes global expansion, new tech, and keeping Vivendi out
Fantastic Finland
PG Connects Helsinki smashes records with 1,200 delegates from over 550 companies in the biggest show yet
Our best Helsinki show ever
Round And Round
MotionVolt's Flip Diving and Flip Master surpass a combined 75 million downloads in 13 months
Three-man Helsinki studio draws in the crowds
Decrypting Cryptocurrency
What the hell is cryptocurrency and how does it work for mobile games?
Reality Gaming Group co-founder Tony Pearce explains
Gamer-focused
Razer confirms work on mobile device targeted at gamers
Could be released by the end of the year
Student Contest
Bit Loom wins student Dare Academy game design competition
Wins trip to Indiecade
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Miniclip's Football Strike scores top 10 download spot
Rankings from September 11th to September 17th
Through The Pain Barrier
The slow, steady progress of Zombies, Run! from mobile game to fitness platform
CEO Adrian Hon explains
Countdown Begins
World’s top 50 mobile games developers revealed this week
Mobile's biggest influencers ranked and profiled
The Weekly
The Weekly: The 'Plinkett' personality test, Google versus Apple, and the state of VR
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Most Read
Next Games on AR zombies, why Nazara is worth $550 million, and Nintendo shares hit a nine-year high
The hottest articles of the last week
Ftc Cracks Down
The FTC declares all reviews of products given to an influencer for free are advertisements
Relationship must be disclosed or fines may be heading your way
Multiplayraven
PlayRaven shifts focus to multiplayer games
Working more with external IP, the studio currently has two unannounced partnerships
Uk Games Funding
Review of UK's creative industries calls for £23.7 million investment for UK Games Fund
Bazalgette Review outlines ways the games industry needs to be helped
Iap Inspector
How does Football Strike monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Pgc Lessons
4 things we learned at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Another great PGC comes to a close, with lots to ponder
Square Enix Plans
Square Enix sets sights on $900 million in sales from its mobile games
Better games, targeting new markets, and the rise of HTML5 will aid its quest
Merch Of Kings
Tencent partners with JD.com to produce merchandise based on its IP
Honor of Kings mugs, anyone?
Unity Ios 11
Unity rolls out support for iOS 11 and ARKit
Get your games ARKit ready with relative ease
Table Toppers
Which mobile football games are scoring highest in the grossing charts?
Who's doing best in the clash of Top Eleven, FIFA and PES?