Smart Move?
HTC to sell Shanghai smartphone factory for $90 million as it expands VR operations
Production to continue in Taiwan
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: 6waves' Ernest Wong on how to get a job as a Director of Product
Some top tips in building a career in product management
Pokemon Go Forever
SK Telecom signs deal with The Pokemon Company offering free data to Pokemon GO players in South Korea
In exchange for 4,000 PokeStops and Gyms
Hutch Hires
Hutch brings on ex-Frontier artist Anisa Sanusi as UX/UI Designer
Comes from Frontier Developments
Run!
Scopely snags Temple Run license for soft-launched match-3 title Treasure Hunters
Now open for pre-registration on Google Play
Jobs News
Wooga appoints new Chief Financial Officer
Hermione McKee will have a hand in investment decisions and data driven aspects of game development
Ipo A Go
Mobile games publishing giant Netmarble plots IPO worth up to $2.35 billion
Could be the largest public offering in South Korea for years
In Another Castle
Super Mario Run jumps onto Android this week
Game finally comes to Google Play on March 23rd
Global Publishing
9 videos that teach you about global publishing from PG Connects London 2017
Learn all you need to know about key markets around the world
Most Read
Roblox on its explosive growth, Zynga acquires four Solitaire games, and Supercell opens an online store
The hottest articles of last week
Global Game Distribution
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba invests $145 million in new global mobile game distribution venture
Partners with four studios for Global Strategic Alliance of Game Distribution
Life Goes On
Why Tag Games is offering external live ops for developers
Could it be the future?
Crushed
The Candy Crush TV show airs from July 9th 2017
Teams of two will honestly be playing Candy Crush on television
Apple China R&d
Apple investing $507 million in China as it plans to open two more R&D centres
How much R&D can one company do?
Monetise, Retain, Acquire
24 talks on mobile game monetisation, retention and user acquisition from PG Connects London 2017
Learn all you need to know
Double The Switch
Nintendo doubles production of Switch consoles to 16 million units
Strong first week sales getting everyone excited
Permanent Spotlight
NimbleBit, Zach Gage and Untame praise the App Store's new indie games section
“I think it has the potential to be really great,” says Gage
Tell No Tales
Telltale Games CEO Kevin Bruner steps down after two years in charge
Hands reins back to previous CEO Dan Connors
Grab A Corona
Appodeal snaps up 2D game engine developer Corona Labs
Opening up its Enterprise pricing tier for free
Indie Spotlight
Apple opens permanent App Store section for indie game developers
Shining a spotlight on indie creativity
Favro Spins Off
Hansoft spins off collaborative planning tool Favro as its own company
It found its own feet, now its time to grow
Boggles The Mind
Zynga nabs licence for new mobile game Boggle With Friends
It's like Boggle, but with your friends
Iap Inspector
How does Alliance: Heroes of the Spire monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Boycott Over?
A week after boycotts began, Marvel: Contest of Champions is rising back up the top grossing ranks
Broke into the top ten on Monday March 13th
Live And Kicking
Two years on: EA on the evolution of SimCity BuildIt
Live Service Lead Inka Vikman on the game's life so far
Live Support
Best practices for player support in mobile game live operations
Experts from Wargaming, PlayRaven, Armada and Nexon M discuss dealing with the community
Uk Market Valuation
UK's mobile games industry was worth £995 million in 2016
Ukie values the UK market
Art Fantasy
Ex-Final Fantasy artists Akihiko Yoshida and Hideo Minaba on the creative process and designing for mobile
A deep discussion on how the renowned artists go about their business
Local Only
75% of the top games in China in 2016 were developed locally
Sensor Tower looks into the country's local focus
First Among Equals?
Did you know Zynga now generates more mobile game revenue than EA?
Zynga rise is going unnoticed
Rivals On Hold
Hi-Rez Studios halts development on Smite Rivals to focus on PC projects
Needs significant additional development
China Mobile Market January
Apple's iPhone 7 devices make up 10% of all iOS devices in China
Newzoo has some new info on the mobile market
Building Blocks
How Roblox's explosive growth and one million concurrent players led to a $92 million funding round
Roblox VP of Marketing Tami Bhaumik discusses the company's plans
Improbable King
King's Chief Legal Officer Robert Miller leaves to join SpatialOS developer Improbable
Taking over as Chief Legal Officer at the startup tech firm
Yes Another One
Jam City soft-launches branded match-3 title Family Guy - Another Freakin' Mobile Game
TinyCo acquisition apparently acting as gateway to the license
A Perfect Match?
Can traditional analogue game mechanics make successful F2P casual titles?
231 Play on going back to basics to find a niche
Supercell Shop
Supercell opens online shop to sell official Clash of Clans merchandise in the US and Canada
Supercell Shop is open for business
Indian Mavens
Indian mobile game developers discuss Youzu's new Pune office
And potential Indian investment
War Child Armistice
War Child's Armistice campaign raises $122,000 from four developers
Hoping to attract more studios next time
Homegrown Talent
Whatever happened to Fire Emblem Heroes?
How has Nintendo’s first F2P mobile game launched?
Whodunnit?
Marmalade Game Studio continues relationship with Hasbro by launching mobile Cluedo game
Fourth game to come from the partnership
Codeless Playable Ads
JustAd launches drag-and-drop playable ad building tool Game Zone
Everyone can have playable ads without a single line of code
Know Your Ltv
Quantifying lifetime value - A metrics-based approach to growth
Pollen CEO Martin Macmillan on how the top companies plan UA budgets and spend
Roblox Funding
Roblox closes $92 million funding round to support its 48 million MAUs
Players making up to $50,000 a month from creations in the game
Gdc 2017 Wraps Up
GDC 2017 attracts 26,000 attendees and 570 exhibiting companies
GDC 2018 dates are already set
London (and Brighton) Calling
How to get a job at Mediatonic
Recruitment Manager Jake Kimber shares insights
Tagging In
Tag Games kicks off live ops business by collaborating with Flaregames on Nonstop Knight
Moving away from development to look after other studios' games
Cygames-verse
Cygames on why the West requires an entirely different UA and marketing strategy than its native Japan
Executive Director Yuito Kimura discusses promotional activities, new games and its vision for 2017
Back From San Francisco
Mobile Mavens reflect on their GDC 2017 trends and highlights
What sticks in the memory?
Zynga Solitaire
Zynga acquires four Solitaire games from little-known developer for $42.5 million
Harpan LLC just made a killing