Tilting President
Tilting Point promotes COO Samir El Agili to president as co-founder Dan Sherman steps down
Sherman to stay on the board of directors
Cooking Up Something
Animoca Brands working on blockchain-based MasterChef mobile game
Powered by NOX
Pokemon Fry
Niantic taps British celebrity Stephen Fry and composer George Fenton for new Pokemon Go ad
Get a glimpse of the next wave of Pokemon joining the game
Burning Strong
Nintendo's most successful mobile game remains its most free-to-play focused title
Fire Emblem Heroes sustains
Bang Dream Goes West
CyberAgent gears up for English-language launch of rhythm game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!
Pre-registration is open now
Where To?
Has Aristocrat hit the jackpot with its $990 million Big Fish Games acquisition?
What will it get for its $990 million?
Sign Up Now
Sign up for free Indie Showcase tables at Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2018
A limited number of spaces are available in our US conference in May
Keywords Growing
Keywords Studios expects 2017 revenues to hit $186 million following 11 acquisitions in a year
Still has $37.9 million in cash for further acquisitions
So Long Free
Paid Nintendo Switch Online service goes live September 2018
Switch to subscription will cost users $19.99 a year
Mario Movie
Nintendo reveals animated Super Mario movie in the works from film studio behind Minions
Also partners with Universal Pictures for worldwide theatrical release
Lets-a-go
Nintendo reveals fifth mobile game Mario Kart Tour
Releasing next fiscal year, and that's all we know for now
#notnolan
GDC rescinds Nolan Bushnell's Game Developers Choice Award after past sexual misconduct comes to the fore
"Their picks should reflect the values of today’s game industry and will dedicate this year’s award to honour the pioneering and unheard of voices of the past"
Konami Financials Q3 Fy18
Konami's PES 2018 and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links drive revenues up to $1.64 billion
The games have 80 million downloads and 60 million downloads respectively
Cyberagent Financials Q1 Fy18
CyberAgent revenues hit $899 million but games business stays flat for sixth consecutive quarter
Gearing up to celebrate anniversaries for both Granblue Fantasy and BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!
Capcom Financials Q3 Fy17
Monster Hunter Explore's continued popularity pushes Capcom's mobile revenues to $31.2 million
The developer is still trying to make a breakthrough in mobile
Mobile Expansion
Hong Kong-listed publisher Ourgame splashes $66 million on trio of mobile acquisitions
Buys up companies in digital card and board game spaces
Summoners Pop!
Com2us partners with Funko for Summoners War figurines and more
Another one to add to your Funko Pop! collection
Next Games Financials Fy17
Next Games' The Walking Dead: No Man's Land suffers as developer moves on to other projects
Revenues grow slightly, but the loss grows too
In-game Events
Why Rovio built Angry Birds Evolution from the ground up with in-game events in mind
Rovio Games VP Miika Tams on ensuring events are a 'natural fit' and what works best
Ea Financials Q3 Fy18
EA's FIFA Mobile drives Q3 FY18 mobile revenue growth with 139 million downloads
Didn't have much to say about its other mobile games
Initiating Investment
How to fund your mobile game development
From the UK Games Fund to VCs and publishers, find out where to go to get money and support to develop and market your game
Nintendo Financials Q3 Fy17
Nintendo's Switch closes in on 15 million units sold worldwide
Revenues hit $7.88 billion on the back of Switch and Super Mario Odyssey sales
Big Indie Pitch
The Big Indie Pitch heads back on the road for White Nights Prague 2018
Conference takes place on February 13th and 14th
Mattel163 Launch
NetEase and Mattel team up to launch game development studio Mattel163
Combining NetEase's development prowess with Mattel's brands
Superdata 2017 Year In Review
Tencent's megahit mobile MOBA Honor of Kings generated $1.9 billion in revenues in 2017
SuperData Research looks back on the year that was
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Dumpling Design's Travis Ryan on financial challenges and exploring AR
"I’m not sure there is a ‘typical’ day as an indie, is there?"
Nfl Yahtzee With Buddies
Scopely partners with the NFL for timed events and branded items in New Yahtzee With Buddies
The game has now hit 1.5 million downloads
New Studio
TT Games opens mobile-focused Brighton studio headed by Jason Avent
Developer to focus on LEGO games
Lifetime Achievement
Video: Watch Super Evil Megacorp CEO Kristian Segerstrale’s Mobile Games Awards 2018 Legend speech
"I literally owe absolutely everything to those artists, coders, animators, business development folks who decided to take a chance"
Funding Diversity
Coffee Stain promotes gender equality in games with new investment initiative
Levelling the Playing Field provides funding to small and start-up studios where at least half of staff of women
Company Culture
What makes Traplight a great place to work?
Community and marketing manager Veera Rouvinen on life at the Finnish developer
Rumour Mill
Report: Microsoft considers EA acquisition
Deals for Valve and PUBG Corp also rumoured to be on the cards
Understanding Others
Manage your emotions, get better at your job
Rovio London's Will Luton on working
Up In The Clouds
Microsoft acquires backend services provider PlayFab
Technology to complement computing giant's own Azure platform
Gallery
In pictures: The Mobile Games Awards 2018
Remembering a great night for the industry
Top Of The World
How to get to the top of the App Store
The power of ASO and Search Ads
All Together Now
German games industry trade bodies BIU and GAME merge
MD Felix Falk hails news as "historic day" for country's industry
Talk Torque
Call for speakers: The finest games industry insight sought for PG Connects San Francisco 2018 on May 14th to 15th
Influencer marketing, cryptocurrency, development knowhow, trends, monetisation... all and more welcome
Funding Opportunities
Social casino firm Playtika establishes Israel-focused $400 million investment arm
Aims to support growth of Israel-based companies
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: FIFA shoots into top grossing top 10
Rankings from January 15th to 21st
Jobs News
MZ eyes 70 new staff in big recruitment drive
Openings in areas including art, analytics, design, engineering, marketing and data science
Iap Inspector
How does Battlejack monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Most Read
Mobile Games Awards winners, effective user acquisition, and Aristocrat acquires Big Fish
The hottest articles of last week
Fired Up
Eight Pixel Square’s Sniper Strike: Special Ops shoots past 1.5 million downloads in two months
100 million PvP battles completed
Helping Hand
Ubisoft launches personal gaming assistant Sam
Chat bot offer tips and information to users about the publisher's games
Mobile Grossing Charts December 2017
Honor of Kings remained the highest grossing mobile game in the world in December 2017
SuperData Research shares its monthly grossing charts
The Room In Asia
Fireproof Games partners with NetEase to bring The Room Three and Old Sins to Asia
Previous partnership with Chrous Worldwide appears to be over
Time To Reflect
6 things we learned at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2018
What the show tells us about the big upcoming mobile games industry trends
Tale's End
Bandai Namco to shut down Tales of Link four years after first launching
Everything ends on March 27th
All-new Stats
PGC London 2018 breaks all Connects conference records and shares the games industry love!
More speaker, more people, more meetings and more hugs than ever before