Esports Royale
$1 million Clash Royale Crown Championship attracts more than 27 million participants
Supercell's big competition attracts a big audience
Indie Festival
Google names 20 finalists for Indie Games Festival in San Francisco
Free event open to the public
Stack 'em Up
PlayStack snaps up former Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Creative Director
Another senior hire for the UK publisher
In Heaven
Influencer marketing firm Matchmade scores $1.73 million in funding to grow business
Global Founders Capital, London Venture Capital, and Reaktor Ventures all chip in
Decoding Design
A wolf in sheepskin clothing: How Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen is far more than meets the eye
Exclusive currencies and limited gachas don't stop this game from being fun
Refining Features
Back to the Features Part II: How to utilise feature data to improve mobile game revenue
How GameRefinery's new tool gives you an insight into your game's design
Core Blimey
Google faces off against Apple's ARKit with ARCore for Android
Aims to target over 100 million devices by the end of its preview period
Feline Fine
ZeptoLab's C.A.T.S. smashes 60 million downloads in four months
Three trillion cars destroyed so far
The Dead Walk
The Walking Dead shuffle into real life with new location-based AR mobile title from Next Games
Launch date to be announced later this year
Guide To Analytics
9 steps to using analytics in your game
How to harness the data for your game design
Welcome Stats
Glu Mobile’s Design Home welcomes one million daily active users
Revenues remain strong in new flagship game for publisher
Investment News
360-degree VR eSports platform Sliver.tv secures $9.8 million funding round
Total investment in company now stands at $17.5 million
Tekken Mobile
Bandai Namco unleashes Tekken on mobile
Title soft-launched in Canada for iOS and Android
Big Numbers
Gamescom attracts record 350,000 visitors
30,700 trade visitors headed to Cologne
Big Indie Pitch
2Awesome’s Dimension Drive lands top prize at Big Indie Pitch at Gamescom 2017
Top three games revealed
Final Countdown
Final hours of Mid-Term rate for Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Fourth time in Finland, bigger & bolder than ever
Business Expansion
Testing firm Pole To Win opens Canada office
New studio set up in Montreal
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Flippy Knife and Helix roll into top 10
Rankings from August 14th to August 20th 2017
Job News
London names first ever Chief Digital Officer
Mayor names former Ukie Head of Policy and Public Affairs Theo Blackwell in new role
Competitive Gaming
Super Senso and sensibility: GungHo on embracing the growth of mobile eSports
GungHo and Turbo CEOs offer their thoughts on eSports and discuss new strategy game Super Senso
Strike Two
Hi-Rez Studios returns to mobile with Paladins Strike
Team shooter based off its popular PC title
New Studio
Ex-Wooga staff start new messaging app games studio Chatterbox
First game Mini Golf Battle coming to iMessage
The Weekly
The Weekly: Disney's games-inspired Star Wars hotel, are app stores taking advantage of developers, and the real cost of VR
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Most Read
The rise of UX and cognitive science, why Jam City pushed back its IPO, and the requirements for making an F2P game
The hottest articles of the last week
A New Campaign
MZ recruits influencer and model Alexis Ren as the face of Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire ad campaign
Follows in the footsteps of Kate Upton, Mariah Carey and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Studio Closure
Glu Mobile closes Long Beach studio and cuts jobs in San Francisco
CTO also parts ways with publisher
Taking Control
Super Evil Megacorp collaborating with Samsung to bring mouse and keyboard control to mobile MOBA Vainglory
Using Samsung DeX technology to draw in a new crowd
Branching Out
HAL Laboratory opens mobile games division HAL Egg
First smartphone title coming this autumn
Blowing Up
Jam City's Panda Pop clears 100 million downloads in under four years
Still attracts 9.3 million MAUs
New Studio
UK design studio Atomhawk opens new studio in Vancouver
Office headed up by Creative Director Maurice Kimball
The Charticle
How Rovio's mobile game revenues keep soaring higher
How did Battle Bay, Angry Birds Evolution and Angry Birds Blast contribute?
Event Stats
Inaugural Devcom attracts 3,000 visitors
2018 dates revealed
Lineage Leaps
Lineage M was the third-highest grossing mobile game worldwide in July 2017
Only launched in South Korea at the tail end of June
Ruling The App Stores
Netmarble’s Lineage 2: Revolution heads straight to number one on Japan’s App Store
Also tops free download charts on App Store and Google Play
Mega Cool
Tech start-up Megacool launches gameplay GIF sharing tool
Players can record a 10-second clip of their gameplay to share with others
Mobile Principle
The Talos Principle is coming to iOS
Puzzle title to launch on the platform later this year; price point TBC
Big Bets
Stick or twist: What’s next for the mobile social casino sector?
Stick within a $3 billion market or twist for $40 billion?
Content Explosion
Schedule unveiled for PG Connects Helsinki 2017
10 tracks, 100 speakers, and fringe events galore
Influencer Marketing
When working with influencers “it’s all about the engagement”
Devcom panel discusses why influencer marketing isn't just about as wide a reach as possible
Good Job
Goodgame Empire surpasses $800 million lifetime revenues
Developer aims to expand the IP with Empire: Millennium Wars
Hatched
Cloud gaming service Hatch heads into Finland beta
On-demand games let users play titles without downloading them
A New Reality
"Augmented reality is going to change the world": Tim Sweeney on the future of graphics in games
Epic Games founder talks photorealism and AR glasses
The Gamer's Brain
How the rise of UX has brought cognitive science to mainstream game development
Epic's Director of UX Celia Hodent opens the book
Grand Revival
Grand Cru on how it rebooted its business following the failure of Supernauts
Markus Palusa talks smaller teams and killing projects early
A Waiting Game
Why Jam City’s IPO is on hold
Recent launches have failed
Rising India
Nazara Games on the future of the mobile market in India
Nikhil Birla talks about the 1.1 billion phones in the country and how they're used
Rcp Licensed Ip
Remote Control Productions on licensed IPs and how to secure them
COO Kalle Kaivola on building relationships and not focusing on genre
Ask Yourself
Oscar Clark suggests nine ridiculous questions every game developer should ask themselves
Silly questions with a serious heart
Ok Vk
Russian social network VKontakte launches mobile-based HTML5 platform Direct Games
New service is similar to Facebook Instant Games
Kamagames Interview
KamaGames on why it's developing for HTML5 and VK's new Direct Games platform
Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer Daniel Kashti discusses the opportunities that await with HTML5 and social networks