End Of The Boom?
Finnish games industry slows after years of rapid growth
But still on the rise
Setting Sail
"Pokemon GO is a great opportunity for us": Shipyard talks Supercell funding and its location-based game ambitions
CEO Andreas Wedenberg talks Supercell, Pokemon GO and the potential of geo games
War Chest
Netmarble plots $4.4 billion acquisition spending spree after May 2017 IPO
Mobile games publisher goes public on May 12th
An Unexpected Match
Appodeal on its plans for Corona and why more ad companies could enter the game engine fray
Why did the ad mediation firm buy a 2D game engine developer?
Switched On
Nintendo Switch the fastest selling console in the company’s history
Breath of the Wild has a 100% attach rate in the US
Crossing The Streams
Why mobile game devs should be thinking about streaming
Chartboost's Pepe Agell offers his reasons
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Ludia's Charles Taylor on how to get a job as a Narrative Designer
Some top tips for building a career in narrative design
Hot Five
Mafia Wars is back, influencers in Germany face broadcasting regulations, and Club Penguin reboots on mobile
The hottest articles of last week
Industry Event
South Korea games show G-Star 2017 dated for November 16th to 19th
Key expo returns to Busan
Now Playing
Now playing: Matthew Wiggins on Reigns
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Iap Inspector
How does Transformers: Forged to Fight monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Very Big Indie Pitch
The Very Big Indie Pitch returns to North America for Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Our jumbo offering of indie developer pitching returns
Super Senso Release
Turbo's Super Senso finally has a concrete release date after nearly four years in development
GungHo will still act as publisher
Shoot The Messenger
Facebook Messenger app hits 1.2 billion monthly active users
A big audience for its Instant Games platform
Neverending Saga
Candy Crush Saga has only dropped out of the US App Store top ten grossing charts twice in over four years
Celebrates its fifth year since launching on Facebook
Open The Gates
CrossFire publisher Smilegate looking to partner with Western mobile and PC game developers
South Korean outfit ready to start discussions with European studios
Icandy Acquisition
iCandy Interactive acquires Singapore mobile dev Inzen for $4.4 million to gain access to China market
Inzen gains access to iCandy's 17 million players too
Android Global Sales
Android sales in China accounted for 86.4% of all smartphones sold between December 2016 and February 2017
Kantar Worldpanel breaks down sales around the world
Industry Event
Reboot Develop 2017 kicks off on April 20th
Over 100 speakers announced
Nicalis Acquisitions
Nicalis picks up SuperVillain Studios and Cowboy Color to expand development capabilities
SuperVillain absorbed into Nicalis' internal development team
Live And Kicking
Five years on: MAG Interactive on the evolution of Ruzzle
VP of Product Johan Persson on the game's life so far
Revolution Not Evolution
Unity's John Riccitiello: The world would be a better place if there were more creators
The tech firm's CEO discusses China, artists, designers and education
The Charticle
How did Transformers: Forged to Fight affect the grossing position of Transformers: Earth Wars?
And what impact did Force Arena have on Galaxy of Heroes?
Spicerack Acquisition
Casino firm Scientific Games acquires social bingo developer Spicerack
Cost of the deal was undisclosed
Oculus Fights Back
Oculus files motion for new trial to battle $500 million in damages sought by Zenimax
Claims damages are excessive
Switch Vulnerability
Nintendo offering up to $20,000 for information on Switch vulnerabilities
Prove there's a problem, get paid
Samsung On Top
Samsung reclaims spot as world's biggest smartphone manufacturer
Galaxy Note 7 troubles are behind it
Mobile Mavens
How big can King's Call of Duty mobile game be?
Discussing the potential of the shooter genre on mobile
South Korea Playtimes
Mobile gamers in South Korea spend 46 minutes a day playing games
Lineage 2: Revolution remains king of the market
Licensed To Stream
German regulator rules YouTubers and Twitch streamers must have a broadcasting license
Could run them up to €10,000
Gunning For The Top
"You will see a top 10 grossing mobile shooter in the next few years"
Hothead Games' Vlad Ceraldi on the evolution of the genre
Exient Exeunt
Angry Birds Go! developer Exient cuts 60% of its staff at Leamington Spa studio
Can only afford to develop one new game and maintain its Angry Birds titles
Fnatic Funding
ESports organisation Fnatic raises $7 million to grow operations
Just in time for it to host a Vainglory tournament
Bye Bye 32-bit
Apple could be ending support for 32-bit apps in iOS 11
Should make performance better on newer devices
Join The Club
Why Club Penguin needed to start from scratch on mobile to last another decade
Disney VP of Kids and Casual Games Jim Molinets discusses the game's relaunch
Sleeping With The Fishes
Zynga digs deep into its back-catalogue for newly soft-launched game Mafia Wars
The title returns for another crack at the big time
Minecraft Marketplace
Minecraft introduces IAPs to pay content creators in new marketplace
Community members can now make cash from their creations
Food For Thought
Mind Candy averts bankruptcy with two-year loan extension and $1.5 million funding
Existing investors up their investments to help the ailing developer
Boot Camp
Seriously teases upcoming animation Best Fiends Boot Camp for May 2017 launch
Could be leading in to its next game
Indian Mavens
What will happen to the Indian games market when smartphone adoption slows?
Is the industry's growth too dependent on sheer device volume?
Ship Comes In
Shipyard Games secures $2.9 million investment from Supercell to develop location-based game
Supercell continues to flash its cash
Public Nitro
Finnish developer Nitro Games considers public listing to support self-publishing efforts
Taking a page out of Next Games' book
Pokemon Society
Pokemon GO now has as many MAUs as the entire population of the UK
Expect that number to grow
Mobile Shift
Publisher Duoyi nabs exclusive China publishing rights for 505 Games’ Portal Knights on PC and mobile
Action RPG making its way to mobile
Stockholm To London
Will Luton joins Rovio's London studio as Executive Producer
Leading "the next generation of mobile MMOs"
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Sega Hardlight's Joe Stone on how to get a job as a Game Director
Some top tips for building a career in game and art direction
West To East
Wild City Rush developer Sviper partners with iDreamSky for China launch
Special localised version to launch in the region
Covet Users
Re-think mobile ad creatives to motivate your audience
Dots Director of User Acquisition Haydon Young offers advice on attracting engaged users
Not Bad
Not Doppler’s Crash of Cars cruises to four million downloads in two weeks
.io games alive and well
Big Ambitions
Unity set to triple Indian workforce as it eyes industries outside of games
Game engine firm sets sights on AR and VR domination