You're So Vainglory
Vainglory to hold its first Unified Live Championship at London's O2 on May 19th
Go as a VIP and get your name on a hoodie
Kickstart My Heart
Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has seen 10,000 games recieve full funding
$613 million raised in the last 8 years
State Of Play
A look at China’s stringent mobile game regulations half a year on
Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad looks at the challenges facing developers breaking into China
Super Mario Flop
Super Mario Run's sales failed to meet Nintendo's expectations
But Fire Emblem Heroes is doing well
Most Read
Scopely snags the Temple Run license, Elex working on Call of Duty game, and why you should open your own studio
The hottest articles of last week
Virtuos Hires Freeman
Virtuos hires ex-Crytek Executive Producer Elijah Freeman as new Group Development Director
Based out of its Shanghai HQ
Massively Multiplayer
What can we expect from the future of mobile MMORPGs?
And why are the current slate of titles in the genre so successful?
Find The Lawsuit
Hidden object developer G5 Entertainment sues MyTona over lucrative game The Secret Society
Claims the studio is improperly refusing a license extension
Netdragon Financials Fy16
Hong Kong developer NetDragon boosts revenues by 120% following strong mobile growth in 2016
Planning on releasing further mobile games to dig into the market
Indie Stories
11 Indie Adventures from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2017
Discover how other indies are making it in the games industry
Super Mario Review
Super Mario Run gets over 160,000 5-star reviews on Google Play in 24 hours
Fans rush to defend the big N
Now Playing
Now playing: Prettygreat's Phil Larsen on Triple Town
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Igg Financials Fy16
Lords Mobile made $130 million in 2016 to spur IGG revenue up 59% for the year
Profits also up 74% year-on-year
Creative Colombia
Inside the top five game developers in Colombia
Meet the studios that are turning Colombia into a hub of mobile and VR games development
Apple Manufacturing India
Apple to begin manufacturing iPhone 6s in India
iPhone SEs will join them in three months
Mobile Games University
19 talks with practical mobile game development tips from PG Connects London 2017
Advice from the experts
The Rich Get Richer
The top ten public developers generated 54% of the global games industry's revenues in 2016
Tencent made up 10% of all revenues generated in the year
Apps Become Platforms
Are we heading for a post-app store future?
Blackstorm's Michael Carter and Ernestine Fu on the rise of the super apps
Next Games Goes Public
Next Games becomes first Finnish games studio to go public on NASDAQ First North
Studio enjoys strong debut
Having A Party
Plarium launches Twentieth Century Fox-licensed Rio: Match-3 Party
Jesse Eisenberg reprises his role as a bird
Indie Mavens
Will the new App Store Indies section have any real impact on indie mobile games?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Games Hub
New report calls for investment in West Midlands games industry
Local sector supports up to 3,500 jobs
Show Me The Money
6 videos on funding, games industry M&A and tax relief from PG Connects London 2017
Get advice and insights from the experts
Larry The Chimera
Chimera Entertainment brings on Goodgames' Larry Mellon as Technical Product Director
He's delighted to join them
Still Going Strong
Summoners War hits $780 million in lifetime revenue
Com2uS RPG generated $280 million in one year
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Com2uS on the evolution of Summoners War
Lead Developer Min Young Jung on the game's life so far
37 Interactive Financials Fy16
Chinese games publisher 37 Interactive grew its mobile profits by 978% in 2016
Mobile revenues reach $237.9 million for the year
Super Mario Android
Super Mario Run launches on Android three months after first appearing on iOS
Should have run faster
Ugc Future
Big Bang Racing developer Traplight raises $2.7 million to create games for the Minecraft generation
Two new projects in the works
Up And Away
Futureplay's Build Away! organic downloads up 110% from Matchmade influencer campaigns
A pretty impressive case study
Instant Hit
Users play EverWing on Facebook Instant Games for an average of one hour per day
Blackstorm Labs CEO Michael Carter on early successes in post-app store gaming
Demon Wobble
Level-5 gears up for Yo-Kai Watch Wibble Wobble's European launch after hitting 10 million downloads
Shake shake, wibble wobble
Battle Ready
Fighting fraud in mobile game user acquisition
KamaGames on how not to fall victim to fraud
You're Gonna Be A Star
Moonfrog Labs teams up with Bollywood star for new celebrity game Alia Bhatt: Star Life
Rise to the top with the help of your best bud
Tencent Financials Q4 Fy16
Tencent shows impressive growth in 2016 with a staggering $21 billion in revenues generated
$6.3 billion generated in Q4 alone
Birthing Heroes
A team effort: The making of Alliance: Heroes of the Spire
Behind the scenes with Mark Spenner
O, Android
Google pushes out first Developer Preview of upcoming OS Android O
Improvements to battery life, notifications and more
Earth Birds
Rovio partners with WWF for Earth Hour-themed Angry Birds Friends tournament
Switch your lights off and fling some birds
Smart Gamification
Mobile marketing meet the smart hairbrush: Connected and gamified environments are defining the smartphone-powered now
How game developers and marketers can power new experiences
Brilliant Britain
4 videos on the state of the British games industry, Brexit and how UK devs are finding success
Insights into the UK mobile games development scene
Daring New Event
Abertay University replaces student competition Dare to be Digital with new Dare Academy
Top three teams will receive fully funded placements in China, India and the US
New Ipads
Apple unveils two new 9.7-inch iPads and a red iPhone 7
Almost all the rumours come true
Hack 'n' Plan
Trello-like games production tool HacknPlan eyes April 3rd launch
Pre-orders open until March 31st
Role Players
Achieving the best UA results by attracting the right player types to your game
How the four player types can be relevant for mobile user acquisition
Collab Of Duty
Activision partners with Elex on unannounced Call of Duty mobile game
Could explain why CoD: Siege was cancelled
Nordic Conference
Welcome to Nordic Game 2017: We’ll meet for knowledge, emotion and business
Legendary developer Fumito Ueda is among the speakers at NG17, May 17th to 19th, in Sweden. Join us for three memorable days with the Nordic game developer community
Going It Alone
"Starting a games studio is idiotic, brutal and you should totally do it"
TreasureHunt CEO Kyle Smith shares advice on starting a company
Educational Ar
Kingston University invests $66,000 in new educational AR and VR facility
Hoping to develop skills from students across multiple disciplines
Hungry For Switch
Nintendo is already shipping out more Switch consoles to retailers
Had only planned to ship two million units in March
Attractive Proposition
An in-depth look at games as investments
The evolving opportunities in console, PC, mobile, VR and AR