Better Late Than Dead
Limbic and flaregames gear up to launch Zombie Gunship Survival on May 25th two years after first reveal
Mobile title was first announced back in June 2015
Netease Financials Q1 Fy17
NetEase off to a strong start in 2017 with $2 billion in revenues thanks to Onmyoji
Fantasy Westward Journey keeps on trucking
Mixi Financials Q4 Fy17
Mixi sales reach $1.82 billion as Monster Strike hits record number of users in Q4 FY17
Plans $114 million investment into its entertainment business for FY18
No Brakes
Asphalt 8: Airborne races past 300 million downloads
Still life in Gameloft's racer as it approaches fourth birthday
Live And Kicking
Four years on: Gameloft on the evolution of Asphalt 8: Airborne
Senior Game Producer Ignacio Marin on the game's life so far
Watch This Space
How Gamee aims to launch its snackable, shareable HTML5 games everywhere at once
From Instant Games to its own app, Gamee wants games to go viral
Square Enix Financials
Square Enix sales up to $2.25 billion as Final Fantasy Brave Exvius sees global success
Mobius Final Fantasy goes unmentioned once more
Owlchemy Acquired
Google acquires Job Simulator VR developer Owlchemy Labs for undisclosed sum
No changes to the studio, but it'll probably work on Daydream games
Infographic
Matomy on why mobile developers can look beyond IAPs to monetise their games
Matomy EVP Gil Klein discusses the results of its survey of 1,000 developers into monetisation, enagement and app promotion
Project D
Nexon partners with South Korean developer Weredsoft to publish Project D globally
Promising console-quality RPG action on a small screen
About To Blow Up
Finnish developer Nitro Games gearing up for $3.5 million IPO
Subscription period has already begun
Drown Them All
EA soft-launches potential big hitter The Sims Mobile ahead of FY18 release
Confirms free-to-play approach
Good Hand
Why Zynga Poker’s success is the tail wagging the Zynga dog
Frank Gibeau on the road ahead
Slowing It Down
Time to pause: The making of FZ9: Timeshift
Hiker Games on shaking up the mobile shooter genre
(x)locked In
Keywords Studios continues spending spree by acquiring CMS developer XLOC for $900,000
Providing efficient localisation across all major game engines
Indie Mavens
How useful is influencer marketing to an indie mobile game developer?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
No More Executions
Games incubator Execution Labs deploys all funds and shuts its doors after four years
Jason Della Rocca and Keith Katz will stick around to help out funded developers
Ea Financials Q4 Fy17
EA banks on live ops and new Sims mobile game in FY18 to boost slowing mobile business
Galaxy of Heroes now has a 162 minute average daily playtime
Boxed Out
The reality of failure and betting the company on one game: The story of JuiceBox Games
Former CEO Michael Martinez offers a candid breakdown of the events leading up to the studio's closure
The Charticle
Still collecting Gold: Hearthstone at three shows no signs of slowing down
Blizzard's CCG still competing at the top
Super Mobile Gamer
Today's "super mobile gamer" is a Pokemon GO-loving 39-year old woman
Verto Analytics looks into who owns the most devices and more
Speaker Call
Rovio, Futureplay, Grand Cru, Gamevil, PlayRaven, Tribeflame, ZeptoLab and more confirmed for PG Connects Helsinki 2017
First speakers announced for September 19-20 conference
Worlds Together
Bossa Studios hires Ansible PR founder Tracey McGarrigan as Chief Marketing Officer
Overseeing Worlds Adrift and other unannounced projects
Mobile Mavens
Why is Amazon shutting down its Underground initiative?
Is it a sign that F2P can't be toppled?
Super Speed
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe became the best-selling game of April 2017 in the UK in just two days
Breath of the Wild takes 6th spot depsite being launched in March
Pc To Mobile
A look at China's symbiotic PC & mobile games markets
Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad looks at why China's game developers are bringing PC titles to mobile
Apple 180
Apple U-turns on lowering app affiliate commission rates to 2.5%
Now only IAPs will be affected
Art Story
Ex-Pixar artist on designing art for games and film
Mark Holmes discusses the development of CounterSpy for PlayStation devices and mobile
Under Construction
“We want to be the best listeners on the planet”: How Amazon is pitting Lumberyard against Unity and Unreal
Amazon Games VP Mike Frazzini discusses the company's big plans for developers
You Fight Well
Nexon and Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors Unleashed smashes 5 million downloads
Took just over a month to get there
Wanna Trade?
Toys-to-life developer PlayFusion partners with TOMY to launch Lightseekers physical TCG
Using AR-enabled cards that can be scanned into the mobile game
Game On
War Child launches online charity hub GameOn with Tim Schafer, Rhianna Pratchett, and more
A centralised location to find out all about upcoming campaigns and current partnerships
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Nordeus' Daryl Clewlow on how to get a job as Head of Art
Career tips from a game art veteran
Ffbe 20 Million Downloads
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius passes 20 million global downloads in time for first anniversary
Still no idea what Exvius means
Indian Mavens
How to design effective mobile game monetisation for India
Can it be a viable business?
Road To Recovery
Zynga shares surge to their highest point since mid-2014 after promising Q1 earnings
Latest financials please investors
Tiga Manifesto
TIGA wants an extra 5,000 people employed in the UK games industry by 2022
Trade body wants best deal possible post-Brexit
Mobile Ad Fraud
Average fraud rate across all mobile ad networks is 15%
Eight networks are said to be filled with 100% fraudulent clicks
Most Read
NaturalMotion founder leaves, Branko Milutinović on the rise of Nordeus, and Supercell kicks off Clash Royale Championship
The hottest articles of last week
Strike Of Kings
Tencent's megahit mobile MOBA Honor of Kings soft-launched in the West as Strike of Kings
Available in the UK and beyond
"true Ownership"
How can blockchain cryptocurrency technology be used in free-to-play game economies?
EverdreamSoft CEO on Spells of Genesis and future of F2P economies
Go Play Outside
Niantic partners with Knight Foundation to foster communities in the real world
Play Pokemon GO and make some friends while you're at it
Take-off
2K Games President Christoph Hartmann departs after 20 years at Take-Two
No reason given
Finland's First
Next Games on its successful IPO and being Finland's first publicly-traded game developer
CEO Teemu Huuhtanen gives IPO advice
Greater Things
505 Games appoints former 2K Games GM Neil Ralley as President
Helping take them to the next level
Activision Blizzard Financials Q1 Fy17
Activision Blizzard revenues hit $1.73 billion as Candy Crush franchise remains a stable performer
King is also getting into social casino now, apparently
What's Next?
Next Games doubles revenue in Q1 2017 after successful IPO
Helsinki firm grows to 77 employees
Housewarming
Why Glu Mobile is planning to double its UA spending in 2017
Design Home is ramping up
Zynga Financials Q1 Fy17
Zynga sees revenues rise to over $194 million as Zynga Poker sees huge boost
Words With Friends suffers heavy losses
Amicable Parting
NaturalMotion co-founder and CEO Torsten Reil leaves after 15 years
Time for a break