Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Balls VS Blocks knocks off Fidget Spinner from the top of the download rankings
Rankings from May 29th to June 4th
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Sybo's Jonas Georgakakis on how to get a job as an Art Director
SYBO's longest-serving employee shares career insights
Cash Vault
Fallout Shelter racks up 100 million downloads
Still bringing in the money two years on
Deconstructing Fun
Deconstructing NBA Live Mobile: Why EA can't replicate Madden Mobile's success
Vinayak Sathyamoorthy breaks down the reasons why basketball may not precisely fit the EA Sports Mobile template
The Weekly
The Weekly: EA's crazy vision of the future, the 10-year-old app developer and Game Freak's Gear Project
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Most Read
The App Store is getting an overhaul, Clash of Clans is back on top, and Pokemon GO is very much alive
The hottest articles of last week
Student Insight
Learning to design games at university: US interviews
Plus: discover how students can attend mobile conference PG Connects for free!
Highest Bid
Appodeal launches new ad exchange platform for mobile developers
AppodealX available as part of Appodeal SDK 2.0
Mobile Masters
Amazon brings Summoners War, Hearthstone and Vainglory together for Mobile Masters Invitiational eSports tournament
Top teams and streamers come together to battle it out for a $65,000 prize pool
Iap Inspector
How does Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Sow The Seeds
Discord reportedly valued at $725 million after quietly raising $50 million funding round
Also hires former Twitch veteran Andy Swanson as Head of Publisher Relations
Pokemon Party
Pokemon GO clears 750 million downloads as Niantic prepares first anniversary celebrations
Time to crack open a cold Pokemon with the boys
Now Playing
Now playing: PlayRaven CEO Lasse Seppanen on Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
New Dawn
NaturalMotion taps EA Red Crow GM to head up Dawn of Titans development
Jeff Hickman joins as Senior VP of Action Strategy
Bandai Docomo Partnership
Bandai Namco Europe partners with Docomo Digital to push into emerging mobile markets
New HTML5 games being developed for the venture
Mobile Marketing
Why retargeting is the new user acquisition for mobile games
AppLift MD Maor Sadra analyses the benefits
Large Congregation
Kongregate surpasses 100 million downloads across its mobile games portfolio in four years
Currently has 15 million MAUs
Hard Knock Life
What will be the impact of losing the App Store’s top grossing charts?
Another Apple shake up
Studio Closure
Sources: EA closes Chillingo office in UK
Macclesfield studio shut down but publishing label remains active
Winding Down
NaturalMotion winding down commercial tech licensing business for third-party developers
Focusing on live operations and new game development
Just The Essentials
Android creator raises further $300 million funding to disrupt smartphone space
Big cash injection following debut smartphone launch
A Win For Indies
Indie games clean up at Apple Design Awards 2017
Blackbox, Mushroom 11 and Severed among the winners
From Australia To India
Mech Mocha partners with Halfbrick to release Indian version of Jetpack Joyride
Bangalore outfit will adapt the game for Indian audience
Hey There
Former Chillingo Marketing Director opens new consultancy
HeyStephenHey to offer marketing services throughout a game's lifecycle
Live And Kicking
One year on: Another Place Productions on the evolution of BattleHand
CEO Jeremie Texier on the game's life so far
New Studio
QA and localisation outfit Pole To Win opens Tapei office
Branch will focus on QA, translation, localisation and customer experience
Cover Russia
The story of an ARPG success in Russia: GTarcade on Legacy of Discord: Furious Wings
GTarcade shares its experiences of releasing in the Russian games market
Jobs News
FoxNext Games promotes Rick Phillips as its new President
Will oversee publishing group and licensing deals for games
Game & Watch
Are more people watching Grand Theft Auto V gameplays than Game of Thrones?
New company PlayStats digs into the data
Goooaallll
Hugo Games signs up Liverpool FC for upcoming football game Soccer League
Joins PSG, Juventus, and more as featured teams
King Of Clash
Clash of Clans is having its best grossing performance on the App Store in 16 months after major update
Nine days at the top thanks to the Builder Base update
Birds To Vr
Angry Birds 2 lead programmer Jonas Johansson unveils social VR studio Neuston
Bringing his mobile and console experience together into VR
Speak Now
Want to speak at PG Connects Helsinki 2017 on September 19th to 20th?
Submissions for fourth Finland event are in full swing
Hit For Six
How Nazara Games topped India's Google Play with Royal Challengers Bangalore partnership
CEO Manish Agarwal on how mobile games and the IPL can work together
Planet Of The Apps
Apple pushes into reality TV with new Apple Music show Planet of the Apps
Will.i.am could help you develop your app
Critical Hit
Reports of Pokemon GO’s death are greatly exaggerated
A look at how Niantic's smash hit has fared in recent times
Top Move?
Apple may dump App Store top grossing charts in iOS 11
Could have wide impact on industry and consumers
Strike Of Esports
5 reasons Strike of Kings is perfectly designed to be the next big mobile eSport
A look at Tencent's mobile MOBA and how it all comes together
Surfin' With Persson
Subway Surfers developer Sybo hires ex-King Head of Studio as its new Head of Games
Pushing the studio to the next level
The Charticle
Are Clash Royale clones making any money?
Can developers feed off the crumbs from Supercell's table?
Instant Success
Monument Valley 2 storms the App Store download charts to take top spot
Strong start for sequel to popular puzzle game
Power Of Teamwork
SpatialOS developer Improbable hires ex-Disney and GitHub execs as CCO and CMO
Bill Roper and Jason Jhonson join the team
Roll Out
Transformers: Earth Wars clears 10 million downloads just in time for first anniversary
Space Ape to host events and launch new content during anniversary month
Merge Funding
Mobile VR manufacturer Merge VR starts $1 million Merge Developer Fund
Free dev kits for its Merge Cube also available
Ad Partner Checklist
UA checklist: How to tell if your ad partner can deliver
InfiApps' Tal Turpaz guides you through choosing the right ad partners for the job
Now Hiring
How to get a job at Ubisoft's mobile-focused Abu Dhabi studio
Managing Director Yannick Theler shares insights
Run Don't Walk
505 Games-published toys-to-life racer Runimalz soft-launches in Italy
Starter packs and figurines available from GameStop
A True Pro
Apple refreshes iPad Pro range with heavily rumoured 10.5-inch model
The rumours come true six months after they started
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Next Sale
FoxNext acquires former Kabam team at Aftershock
Aaron Loeb appointed President of Studios for FoxNext Games