Happy Birds
Rovio revenues shot up 34% in 2016 as games business had best year ever
Games business revenues increase to €159 million
Cardboard Foundations
10 million Google Cardboard VR viewers have been shipped since 2014
And Google Cardboard apps have racked up 160 million downloads
Safe For Kids
Kid-friendly ad platform TotallyAwesome raises $2 million
Set to launch PopJam in Australia and Southeast Asia
Fiksu Cpms January 2017
CPMs are falling on Android and iOS but users aren't sticking to new apps for long
Fiksu digs into the data
Portable Only
Some Nintendo Switch games can only be played in portable mode
VOEZ is the first
Chart Topper
Chhota Bheem Speed Racing racks up 1 million downloads and 500,000 DAUs in India
Nazara Games and Tiny Lab Productions team up
Keyword Appointment
Keywords Studios appoints new Audio Manager at LA studio
Ed Lima brings his expertise to expand the studio's services
Mine All Mine
Minecraft surpasses 122 million sales across all platforms
But how many on mobile?
Back Of The Net
EA's Peter Moore leaving company to become CEO of Liverpool Football Club
An obvious move, really
The Long View
Five years on, have the first billionaire F2P mobile games survived or thrived?
Checking out Puzzle & Dragons, Clash of Clans and Candy Crush Saga
Raven's Call
PlayRaven brings in ex-EA exec Juha Sadeharju as COO
Overseeing studio operations and recruitment
Breaking Out
Epic reveals new UE4-powered mobile game Battle Breakers
Tactical role-playing title to support cross-play with PC
Critical Hit
Pokemon GO racks up 650 million downloads
Players walk a combined 8.7 billion km
Unity Gdc Keynote
Unity's GDC keynote to show off new and unnanounced games alongside advancements in AR and VR
Streaming worldwide from 4:30pm GMT on February 28th
Discover And Play
Google Play improves discovery to focus on engagement over downloads
Also lets developers run their own sales
Vungle V5
Vungle adds ten new Dynamic Templates alongside SDK v5
More choices for showing mobile video ads
King Clash
Clash Royale tops global mobile digital sales market in January 2017
SuperData Research breaks out the top ten
Next To Ipo
Next Games looking to $30 million IPO to boost development and global competitiveness
The Walking Dead: No Man's Land also hits 16 million downloads
Wield Control
Samsung unveils new Gear VR controller at Mobile World Congress
Catching up with Daydream
Nexon Investment
Nexon Korea makes strategic investment in Tree of Savior developer IMC Games
Helping developer on mobile adaptation of MMORPG
Most Read
Why Zynga and Glu are focusing on their past, Ilkka Paananen talks further acquisitions, and Armada Interactive gets $10 million in seed funding
The hottest articles of last week
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Nordeus' Aleksandar Aleksic on how to get a job as a Producer
Top Eleven Producer shares career insights
Virtual Future
How Gumi is recovering from Western studio closures with VR investment
Masaru Ohnogi explains all at White Nights Prague
More Gaming Summit
Free to attend Mobile Retention and Engagement Gaming Summit kicks off March 1st in San Francisco
Event is free to attend
Gdc Tips
Tips and tricks on how to survive and make the most out of GDC 2017
The mobile mavens offer their advice from years of experience at the event
Office Closure
Report: King closes South Korea office
Publisher shuts down local operations after struggling to make a significant impact
Job Losses
Dash Galactic developer Kiz Studios struck by layoffs
Number of job losses not specified
A New Challenger
Silicon Studio to release new mobile and VR game engine Xenko in April
Free Beta version already available for download
Still For Sale
Remaining Kabam studios spun-off into new company Aftershock following Netmarble sale
Discussions already underway with prospective buyers to sell new company
F2p Design
6 tips to boost your free-to-play game retention
Mike Herron offers his game design advice
Netmarble Acquires Kabam
Netmarble closes acquisition of Kabam Vancouver and Marvel: Contest of Champions
Will run Kabam as a wholly-owned subsidiary
Playable Boost
Chartboost sees 123% better conversion rates with new interactive 'Playables' ad campaigns
D7 retention for games using the ads is up 26.7%
Appsflyer Performance Index
Facebook remains the top driver of game installs on Android and iOS
AppsFlyer digs into the best advertisers of H2 2016
Goats To Games
Goat Simulator developer Coffee Stain Studios opens publishing arm
Wants to be a partner more than a publisher
Lift Your Game
Amazon GameLift now works with all C++ and C#-based game engines
Amazon Lumberyard updated to 1.8 too
Back To Skull
LINE Corporation signs up to distribute mobile Skullgirls adaptation globally
Expected Spring 2017
Finding An Edge
The 5 most important Facebook Ad updates of 2016
How you can increase your app's revenue
Join The Corps
Swedish developer Gaming Corps pivots to acquisition strategy following $10 million investment
Bought one studio, now wants to buy more
Join The Armada
Armada Interactive secures $10 million from two seed funding rounds
Looking to revolutionise core mobile gaming
Forcing The Issue
A MOBA for the masses: the making of Star Wars: Force Arena
Behind the scenes with Netmarble's Hong Seo Park
Flaring Up
Flaregames unveils €20 million incubator program Flare Accelerator
Looking to work with emerging F2P developers
Ruzzle Up Some Downloads
MAG Interactive's Ruzzle franchise surpasses 70 million downloads
Another download milestone for the Stockholm studio
New Lords
Strategy specialist InnoGames snaps up Warlords IP from Wooga
CEOs Hendrik Klindworth and Jens Begemann explain the deal
Financial Roundup
Snapshot of key mobile game company financials in 2017
Marking mobile gamings winners and losers
Raise Your Dragon
Pocket Gems to reward top War Dragons players with limited-edition 3D figurines
Play well, get a figurine
Good News Everyone
TinyCo reveals second Fox Interactive partnership with Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow
Could be a nice money-spinner for Jam City
Sparks Flying
GameSparks surpasses 35 million MAUs for its backend-as-a-service platform
Over 250 million players served
Managed By Maple
Mobile acquisition and management firm Maple Media raises $30 million
Shamrock Capital gives a healthy cash injection
Indie Support
Reach out to the world with MoGi's Localisation Initiative for indie games
The MoGi Group explains the story behind the Localisation Indie Initiative and why it can help you
Creative Leeds
Creative England grants £150,000 to Leeds-based developers
GamesLab Leeds initiative off to a great start