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Plexchat Royale
Stats Royale partners with Plexchat to bring detailed data to mobile chat platform
Get to know other people better
Top Grossing September 2017
Fantasy Westward Journey overtakes Honor of Kings as top grossing mobile game in September 2017
First time in three months that Honor of Kings hasn't made more money than every other game
A Kind Of Magic
King launches first ever Snapchat content partnership with latest Bubble Witch 3 Saga event
Unlock Snapchat filters by playing Bubble Witch 3
Finland Ipo
Ups and downs: How Finland's biggest IPOs of 2017 are performing
How are this year's IPOs performing today
Indie Mavens
Mobile indie game developer marketing tips
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Fiendish Rivalry
Seriously takes Best Fiends back to its puzzle roots with soft-launched Best Fiends Rivals
A twist on a classic
Pgc Interview
Futureplay on the lucrative potential of view-to-play games
CEO Jami Laes discusses how rewarded video ads can improve monetisation
Universe Of Legends
Firefly Games partners with DreamWorks on multi-IP RPG DreamWorks: Universe of Legends
All your favourite and forgotten characters together at last
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Raysol Games tell us all about their pachinko inspired monster battler Dungeon Balls
We speak to Raysol Games, the runner-up at The Big Indie Pitch at ChinaJoy 2017
Smashing Records
App Store and Google Play downloads hit record 26 billion in Q3
Consumer spend also at all-time high
Mobile Mavens
Is augmented reality for smartphones a gimmick or great for games?
The Mobile Mavens have their say on the hot topic
Rovio Interview
Rovio's Games EVP on building a focused portfolio in new genres
A chat with Wilhelm Taht
Augmented Reality
Unreal Engine 4 gets ARKit and ARCore support
Plethora of upgrades and improvements in latest 4.18 update
Big Step
Services provider GlobalStep acquires Montreal’s Bug-Tracker
Texas firm aims to establish "major presence" in Canada
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Dodreams tells us all about its upcoming arena brawler Drive Ahead! Arena
We speak to Dodreams, who took away the third place prize at The Big Indie Pitch at ChinaJoy 2017
About Time
Nintendo finally unveils free-to-play Animal Crossing Pocket Camp for mobile
Set for late November launch on the App Store and Google Play
First Love
Annapurna Interactive to publish Melbourne dev Mountains' debut narrative-focused game Florence
Title to be published on the Apple App Store in 2018
Unchained
Blockchain-powered mobile game store GPlay gets Unity support
Marketplace claims to offer 90% revenue share split with developers
Me Too
NeoGAF back online as owner refutes sexual assault allegations
Depleted mod team working overtime as users turn on Malka
Best Ad Platforms
App Store Search ads rank high in latest AppsFlyer Performance Index for H1 2017
But Facebook and Google continue to dominate
Pgc Interview
How MobileFreeToPlay's Adam Telfer deconstructs games and why you should too
A look at the process of game analysis and its value to developers
Big Deal
Keywords to acquire VMC for $66 million
Aims to raise £75 million from new shares to fund the deal
Hi-fi Conf
Smartly, Janeious, AdoptMyGame, War Child join 'Latest PG Connects London 2018 Speakers Vol 1'
More speakers than an audio convention
Jobs News
Kongregate expands management team with key appointments
New CFO and executive promotions
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Happy Volcano on their thought provoking mystery point-and-click adventure The Almost Gone
We speak to Happy Volcano, the runner-up of The Big Indie Pitch at Develop:Brighton 2017
Free Data
GameAnalytics offers free tools for GameMaker Studio 2 devs
Offers reporting and analysis features across platforms
Fighting For Funds
BIP contestant Fightlings gets Kickstarter for physical card game
Thoughtfish after €10,000 to make game a reality
Hidden Treasures
Indie game funding scheme Treasure Hunters FanClub launches
Up to $350,000 available for each project
Celebrity Partnership
Netmarble taps Conan O'Brien for Lineage 2: Revolution Twitchcon promotion
TV show host appears on stage to make Western release date announcement
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Ketchapp and Voodoo duke it out in the top 10 download rankings
Rankings from October 9th to October 15th
#fundthebgi
UK games industry campaign launches for creation of national agency British Games Institute
Petition and social media push begins for its formation
What's New?
After another big year the old guard still dominate Japan's mobile games market
Revenues up 35 per cent but what's driving them?
Me Too
NeoGAF taken offline after owner hit with sexual assault allegations
Moderators exit and users revolt against website
Pc-to-mobile
Mike Bithell’s text-based adventure Subsurface Circular heads to the App Store
Launches as premium $4.99 title
Most Read
Japanese mobile games revenues grow 35%, how Homescapes monetises, and Fingersoft launches Round Zero
The hottest articles of last week
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: We Heart Dragons on tactical space dogfighting in Space Krieg
We speak to We Heart Dragons, the winner of The Big Indie Pitch at Develop:Brighton 2017
Round Of Applause
Tencent takes China by storm with mobile browser game that has players applauding Chinese president
It's been played 1.2 billion times already
Barbie Girl
Atari partners with Mattel to bring Barbie-branded content to RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch
Game clears ten million downloads in eight months
Global Pitching
The Big Indie Pitch heads to Jordan and South Korea for the first time ever
Pitching all over the world
Vungle Shuffle
Vungle replaces CEO following arrest on charges of child abuse and assault with a deadly weapon
COO Rick Tallman takes his place
Iap Inspector
How does Last Day on Earth: Survival monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Limbering Up
Fitness Village shapes up for global launch
PocketGamer.biz takes a tour of the studio
Mag Acquires Feo
MAG Interactive acquires QuizDuel developer FEO Media for an undisclosed sum
Adds two new trivia games to its portfolio
Korea Calling
Global games expo G-STAR kicks off next month in South Korea
We give you the low-down on what to expect
Harmonix Layoffs
Harmonix suffers another round of layoffs affecting 14 jobs
DropMix development to continue
Good News Everyone
Promotions at PocketGamer.biz as site continues to grow
Craig Chapple appointed Senior Editor, Ric Cowley named Deputy Editor
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Sketchbook Games on Lost Words
We speak to Sketchbook Games, who came third at The Big Indie Pitch at Develop:Brighton 2017
About Time
Monetisation comes to Instant Games on Facebook Messenger
Tests begin for interstitial and rewarded video ads
New Publisher
Hill Climb Racing developer Fingersoft launches data-driven publishing label Round Zero
VP of Publishing Daniel Rantala named as CEO of new division