Pocket Jam
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Pocket Jam 2 winners revealed
40 developers make 11 games in 30 hours
Mira Mira On The Wall
Budget AR headset manufacturer Mira secures $1 million funding round
Total funding now up to $2.5 million
Global Goals
Playmob launches playable ad What's Missing? as part of Global Goals Week
Teaches players what they can do to make the world a better place
Bye Bye Birdy
Flappy Bird is no longer available to play on iOS devices thanks to iOS 11
Only old phones and stubborn users will be able to play it
Chartboost Exchange
Chartboost launches Exchange network for programmatic access to global gaming inventory
Partnering with Aarki, Index Exchange, and Rubicon Project
Par For The Course
Why in-game events are the best way to revitalise your mobile game
AppLovin's Johannes Heinze on how to utilise events to improve player engagement
One Special Day
Over 30 mobile game developers pledge 100% of UK revenues generated on September 29th to SpecialEffect
One Special Day brings out the charitable side of EA, Rovio, Supercell, Zynga, and more
Cat-ar-gories
Apple adds AR Games and AR Apps categories to new App Store
Helps identify which apps are ARKit-enabled, with some caveats
One Minute Heroes
Panzerdog on distilling the essence of console shooters into its 5v5 mobile game Tacticool
Fast-to-start, quick-to-end
Google Htc Deal
Google picks up HTC's Pixel team for $1.1 billion
Acquires a team of HTC staff, but takes no stake in the business
Very Big Indie Pitch
Ninja rope platformer Ocmo swings to victory at the Very Big Indie Pitch at PG Connects Helsinki
The top five games revealed
Augmented Insight
Game Insight doubles down on ARKit with new My Country game and Guns of Boom AR spectator mode
Trying new things with Apple's augmented reality framework
Venatus Hires
UK entertainment ad sales firm Venatus bolsters team with two new hires
Serena Pasion and Emma Henderson-Williams join the company
Arise, Sir Arkit
Climax Studios makes first foray into AR games with ARKit platformer ARise
ARe you ready?
Nintendo Stocks
Nintendo shares hit nine-year high following Arena of Valor Switch reveal
Could just be that the console is still selling well
Patreon Funding Round
Patreon secures $60 million funding round to scale team and develop platform
Outlines five year plan for new features
Ar Rises
Augmenting the undead: Next Games, mobile AR and The Walking Dead: Our World
Next Games CMO Saara Bergström on the studio's latest title to utilise The Walking Dead IP
Ar Ico
Reality Gaming scores $3.5 million from initial coin offering for upcoming AR game
Still nine days of the ICO to go
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Ether Games on Z War 1: The Great War of the Dead
We speak to the runner-up from the Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco
Ios 11 Out Now
Apple begins pushing iOS 11 onto compatible devices
Get yourself updated and start playing with ARKit
Golden Egg
Rovio: "We’re bigger and stronger than ever"
EVP of Games Wilhelm Taht discusses the growth of the Angry Birds maker
Welcome Aboard
EA CEO Andrew Wilson joins Intel's Board of Directors
He's also the chairman of the board for the World Surf League
Gone In A Flash
Developers start your engines: The race to transition your game off Flash has officially begun
FlowPlay CTO Doug Pearson on how to leave Flash behind
The Bester Round
New Helsinki studio Quicksave Interactive partners with Gigglebug for branded chat game
Best & Bester game coming to Facebook Instant Games
Yas Queen
Zynga's Words With Friends clears 200 million downloads eight years after launching
Adds 50,000 new words like "werk" and "yas"
Atari Deal
Atari signs two-game publishing deal with crowdfunding platform Fig
Rebooting a classic franchise and bringing out a brand new IP
Bucks For Bangs
Panzerdog raises $950,000 from Mail.Ru to launch mobile shooter Tacticool
Finnish/Russian dev closes seed round
Everything Is Ok
App Store changes will not affect how app intelligence firms gather their data
Apptopia calms developer nerves
A Charitable Ape
A Thinking Ape raises $45,000 for Red Cross Hurricane Harvey Appeal in 48 hours
Fans dig deep to help out
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Highkey Games on making music composition accessible in Audio Sky
We speak to the runner-up at the VBIP from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco
The Financer List
Free directory of all sources of financing available to UK games industry launches
Curated resource lists options from VC investment through to government grants and loans
Here We Go
Game Music Collective kicks off Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017 in style
It's our Biggest PGC Helsinki yet
App Annie In China
App Annie adds usage metrics from Android devices in China to its platform
Learn the MAUs, data usage, and session lengths of Android users in China
Imga Open Submissions
IMGAs opens for submissions to its 14th annual global competition
Get your submissions in by December 31st
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Snipers vs Thieves storms back into the top ten downloaded iPhone charts
Rankings from September 4th to September 10th
In The Meantime
IGDA appoints former 38 Studios CEO Jen MacLean as interim Executive Director
Permanent replacement to be announced in Q2 2018
Conspext Hires Kuju
Conspexit Games hires Kuju to develop unannounced mobile AR game
Aiming to aid in bringing about social change
Develop:vr Discount
Get 10% off a ticket to Develop:VR on November 9th with our discount code
Super Early Bird pricing ends on September 20th
No.10 Jersey
Rovio signs multi-year shirt sleeve sponsorship deal with Everton FC
Developer gains access to Everton's players, crest, and stadium
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Edgeworks Entertainment on planetary colonisation in TerraGenesis
We speak to the winner of the Very Big Indie Pitch in San Francisco
Ready For Ipo?
What makes Indian mobile publisher Nazara Games worth $550 million?
Nazara could be gearing up for IPO, but why should you take notice?
Most Read
Flaregames hires Marja Konttinen, the resurgence of simple games, and how Super Evil Megacorp created Vainglory
The hottest articles of last week
Top 50 Coming Soon
World’s top 50 mobile games developers revealed on September 25th
Mobile's biggest influencers ranked and profiled
Swrve Funding
Mobile marketing automation firm Swrve closes $25 million Series D funding round
Total funding now up to $75 million
Pgc Speakers
Rovio, Next Games, Seriously, Facebook, Snowfall, Bandai Namco, King and more to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Insights and learnings from the experts
Angry Unicorn
Rovio eyes $1 billion valuation for October IPO
Listing could pave the way for acquisitions
Pocket Star Trek
More shooting, fewer discussions: SPYR Games on bringing Star Trek to its MMO Pocket Starships
Creator Lars Koschin discusses the task of merging two universes together
Tell No Tales
Telltale Games appoints former Zynga SVP of Games Pete Hawley as President and CEO
Dan Connors steps back into an advisory role
Develop:vr Speakers
Develop:VR reveals keynote and first round of speakers for next event on November 9th
Tickets are available now at a Super Early Bird rate
Iap Inspector
How does Top Drives monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective