Blitz Meets Socom
How Forces of Freedom is shooting for mobile eSports success
Reinventing the coffee-break
Sparks Fly
Amazon buys UK cloud development platform GameSparks
Deal said to be worth "tens of millions of pounds"
The Weekly
The Weekly: Pokemon GO's first year, why everybody still loves Sega, and why some men don't work
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Most Read
Supercell gives $280,000 to Aalto University, Peter Lovell returns to Jagex, and David Perry joins GoVyrl
The hottest articles of the week
Iap Inspector
How does Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Star Pitch
What it takes to make a winning app, according to one Big Indie Pitch judge
Amazon Appstore's Mario Viviani offers his tips
Gree Melbourne Shuttered
GREE shuts down Melbourne studio less than two years after it was first opened
Around 50 jobs lost, with more redundancies in Berlin and San Francisco
Ceasefire
Red 5 Studios shuts down PC game Firefall to focus on mobile adaptation
Previous players will be "greatly rewarded"
Promoting Diversity
"As soon as you call it out, people become more aware of it": Wooga on promoting diversity in games
Head of Communications Maike Steinweller discusses the initiatives Wooga is working on to get more women into games
Champions And Revolutions
Netmarble scores top five grossing ranks in 77 countries with just two games
Marvel Contest of Champions and Lineage 2 Revolution take over the world
Coming To Mobile
How Elvenar became InnoGames' second biggest game with a 50% female player base
Ulrike Kunkel on bringing Elvenar to mobile
Gotta Catch 'em All
One year on: How Pokemon GO has proved it’s more than just a fad
The right game at the right time
Show Don't Tell
The augmented reality-fueled future of mobile marketing will be narrative and personalised
Motive.io's Peter Wittig shares discusses how it aims to empower developers, markets and advertisers to bring immersive experiences to consumers
Shanghai Shindig
Join KamaGames and Pocket Gamer for 'High Roller' party time during ChinaJoy 2017
Come network the night away with fellow mobile games industry chums
Influential Opinion
Influencer special: Have your say on influencer marketing for mobile
Contributors wanted
Jobs News
NaturalMotion’s head of talent acquisition Peter Lovell returns to Jagex
Leaves Dawn of Titans outfit after two years
Bridging The Gap
Swedish mobile developer FunRock opens new studio in Egypt
MENA-focused team physically moves into the region
Unity For Everyone
"People have been using Unity for non-gaming things for years"
Product Manager Mike Wuetherick talks Timeline, Cinemachine and opening Unity to everyone
Running On
Super Mario Run surpasses 150 million downloads seven months after launch
Fire Emblem Heroes has less than a tenth of the downloads but generates more revenue
Besieged With Competition
Simutronics on Siege: Titan Wars and 30 years of multiplayer gaming
CEO David Whatley on the journey from MUDs to mobile PvP
Happy Face
Neon Play seals Emoji Movie deal with Sony Pictures for new game Traffic Panic Boom Town
Emoji Movie characters set to star in 10-day in-game event
Live And Kicking
Five years on: InnoGames on the evolution of Forge of Empires
Senior Product Manager Stefan Walter on the game's life so far
Job Losses
AdColony cuts 100 jobs as it shifts to automated ad sales
Company shifting toward reward-based advertising
Acquisition Of Dragons
Chinese developer NetDragon buys LA educational games studio JumpStart
Plans to utilise IP and partnership with Dreamworks
Eye On Asia
Thailand mobile game trends: Garena dominates through licensed games
Niki Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad on what the charts tell us about the local games industry
From Pc To Mobile
Breaking out: The making of Prison Architect: Mobile
How Tag Games brought a PC favourite to mobile
Expanding Footprint
Smartphone manufacturer Foxconn plots $5 billion investment in India
Move will help companies get around new taxes and import duty
Education Funds
Supercell grants over $280,000 to Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Studio wants to turn Finland into a "Hollywood for gaming"
Unrestricted Revenues
Tencent says Honor of Kings gameplay restrictions won’t impact bottom line
Under 12s make up just a small proportion of paying user base
Indian Mavens
Is Reliance Jio's affordable 4G benefiting Indian mobile game developers?
And does greater engagement lead to greater profits?
United Front
First ever Unite India to run alongside NASSCOM Game Developer Conference in November 2017
Events will run alongside each other at the same venue
Mighty Start-up
Ex-Nonstop Games devs open new studio Mighty Bear Games in Singapore
Start-up working on an MMORPG for mobile
First Contact
Star Trek actor George Takei boldly goes into mobile gaming
Named as Creative Director of Fifth Journey
Business News
Razer aims to raise $600 million from Hong Kong IPO
Date and valuation of flotation undisclosed
Taking The Bait
Resolution Games' Tommy Palm on generating two million downloads for Bait! and the potential of mobile VR
Reflecting on two million downloads on a young platform
Tv Structure, Mobile Platform
"We think about hooks and cliffhangers a lot": MegaZebra on episodic mobile game storytelling in Desperate Housewives
CEO Mark Gazecki on the making of Desperate Housewives
Catch Of The Day
Steam founder Rick Ellis raises $1.25 million for new studio Sharkbite Games
Eight-person team's first casual mobile game to be released this year
Pc Games Insider
Steel Media launches into the PC games business with new website and conference series
Former MCV deputy editor Alex Calvin to oversee editorial content
Swooping
UK developer Sumo acquires design studio Atomhawk
Art company to remain independent following deal
Jetting Off
Mech Mocha on creating a new benchmark for Indian localisation with Jetpack Joyride
CEO Arpita Kapoor sets out the studio's ambitions
Jobs News
PlayStack appoints new Head of Developer Partnerships
Rob Crossley to seek out developer deals for publisher
Restricted Access
Tencent limits gameplay sessions for kids playing Honor of Kings in China
Users under 12 can only play for one hour a day
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Glu Mobile's Mark Van Ryswyk on how to get a job as a Studio Head
Glu's Senior VP of Studios shares career insights
Raining Money
Line's mobile puzzler Disney Tsum Tsum racks up $1 billion in lifetime revenue
Surpasses 70 million downloads
Going Viral
Former Gaikai boss David Perry named CEO of Instagram influencer marketing start-up
GoVyrl aims to connect influencers and companies for marketing campaigns
Influential Marketing
Reinventing PC game influencer marketing
PlayCom details its PlaySales service
Hot Five
Scopely's meteoric rise, Wargaming opens new mobile division, and what the experts think of Brawl Stars
The hottest articles of the last week
Run For Your Money
Millionaire's Run has players competing for a real-world $1 million cash prize
Launches July 13th, now in beta
5 Years And Out
IGDA looking for new Executive Director as Kate Edwards steps down
Beamdog CEO Trent Oster will take an interim role
N-gaging
LA startup Wonder raises $14 million to build smartphone-console hybrid
Shakira and Kevin Spacey among the investors