Rewarding Partnership
Zynga makes Unity exclusive rewarded advertising partner
To be integrated into all publisher's games that already use rewarded ads
Of Metal And Men
From console FPS to mobile RTS: The shaping of Titanfall: Assault
Particle City’s journey
Natter Away
Communications-as-a-service firm Agora.io launches mobile gaming voice chat SDK
Agora Mobile Gaming SDK will brink real-time voice chat in just a few lines of code
Transfer Day
Jürgen Klopp signs on with Digamore Entertainment as brand ambassador for Football Empire
Part football management sim, part base builder
Gree Financials Q4 Fy17
GREE sales fall to $592.7 million amid "strategic pivot" to Japan-first development
Four titles from release blitz crack the top 20 grossing ranks
Sega Sammy Financials Q1 Fy18
Sega Sammy revenues reach $969.8 million thanks to Puyopuyo!! Quest and Hortensia SAGA
But is its mobile business just going through the motions?
Studio Profile
Playing it cool: How Snowfall is building a business on one external IP
CEO Natasha Trygg discusses the studio's big plans
Take-two Financials Q1 Fy18
Take-Two Interactive hits $418.2 million revenues with help from WWE Supercard and Dragon City
Main focus is still on its console titles
Zynga Financials Q2 Fy17
Zynga scores $5.1 million profit thanks to continued growth of Zynga Poker and its social slots
CSR 2 continues to grow too
The Charticle
Why did Gree pull out of the West?
The Japanese outfit no longer has a Western presence, but how are its games performing?
Mobile Games University
8 talks with practical mobile game development tips from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Advice from the experts
Glu Financials Q2 Fy17
Glu Mobile posts revenues of $68.7 million as Design Home has its strongest quarter yet
Still operating at a loss, which grows to $23.6 million
Apple Financials Q3 Fy17
Apple sees revenues of $45.4 billion as iPad Pro refresh boosts tablet sales by 28%
Sold 11.4 million units iPads in the quarter
Learn The Ropes
Internship opportunities available for aspiring writers at Steel Media
Come join the team
Live Fantasy
How Mobius Final Fantasy is keeping players coming back for more
The team at Square Enix discusses the game's life so far
Destruction Of Clans
Clash of Clans celebrates five-year anniversary with video montage of destruction
44 billion three-star victories secured over the game's lifetime
Sony Hits & Misses
From Fate/Grand Order to Mingol and PlayLink: Two years of Sony's mobile big bangs and misfires
A look at the three pillars of Sony's current mobile efforts
Live And Kicking
Five years on: Supercell on the evolution of Clash of Clans
An insight into the live ops of one of the biggest mobile games ever
Milky Tencent
Liverpool-based developer Milky Tea secures investment from Tencent
Expanding its team and focusing in on its current game
Esports Academy
4 videos on mobile eSports' present and future from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Key insights into the world of competitive gaming on mobile
Publishing Deal
Finnish dev Grand Cru signs publishing deal with Nexon for new game Battlejack
Title based on popular card game blackjack
Broad Scope
Broad agenda for PG Connects Helsinki 2017 welcomes fresh faces to the PGC conference circuit
New speakers mix it up with established PGC chums
Breaking Out
King continues soft launch spree with new IP Brick Wizard
Joins Stellar: Galaxy Commander, Legend of Solgard, Farm Adventure and Candy Crush Friends Saga
Speaker Spotlight
Mobile ad monetisation challenges and best practices
SafeDK's Ayala Rudoy discusses ad monetisation challenges and best practices
Grand Sales
Fate/Grand Order powers Sony Music revenues to $1.5 billion in Q1 2017
Everybody’s Golf drives up two million downloads
Winning Mobile
Konami’s mobile games continue to grow as digital brings in $262 million in Q1 2018
Digital Entertainment the most profitable division for publisher
Big Indie Pitch
Story-driven puzzle adventure Abi wins the Big Indie Pitch at ChinaJoy 2017
Dungeon Balls and Drive Ahead! Arena take second and third spots
Asian Hit
Lineage 2: Revolution racks up one million pre-registrations ahead of Japan launch
Early signs point toward positive reception in Japan
Global Publishing
5 videos that teach you about global mobile game publishing from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco
Learn all you need to know about key markets around the world
Ads Versus Iaps
Video ads are the top revenue generator behind IAPs
DIsplay and video ads make up half of mobile game publisher revenues
Key Milestone
Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle hits 200 million downloads
Bandai Namco plots series of events to celebrate
Rewarding Success
Inaugural Women in Games Mobile Awards revealed for September 6th
Women in Games partners with International Mobile Gaming Awards for contest
Pokemon Pause
Niantic postpones events across Europe after Pokemon GO Fest debacle
Events in Copenhagen, Prague, Stockholm and Amsterdam delayed until later in the autumn
Lift Off
ITV Studios partners with Kuato for Thunderbirds Are Go mobile game
Story-telling app set for release in early 2018
Investment Spark
Report: Amazon bought UK cloud tech firm GameSparks for $10 million
Retail and tech giant remains tight-lipped on deal
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Scale, Fight List and Snake.io slither into top 10
Rankings from July 17th to July 23rd
Show Me The Money
3 videos on M&As and funding from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Get advice and insights from the experts
The Weekly
The Weekly: Balancing cards in Clash Royale, Japan's legal barriers for eSports, and the million-dollar VR studios
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Most Read
How Fire Emblem Heroes made $100 million, Strike of Kings becomes Arena of Valor, and MZ's new UA strategy
The hottest articles of last week
Pokemon Sue
Pokemon GO fans are suing Niantic for disastrous Pokemon GO Fest in Chicago
Fans want their travel expenses refunded - which shouldn't hurt Niantic's bank account too much
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Join the Steel Media family and work on our ever-growing conference series
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Gungho Financials Q2 Fy17
GungHo's sales continue to decline despite 46 million downloads of Puzzle & Dragons
Still trying to put its eggs in other baskets
Submissions Open
Just a few days left to enter your game for the International Mobile Gaming Awards in Southeast Asia
Call for submissions ends on July 31st
Good Turnaround
Goodgame Studios returns to profitability following corporate restructuring which cost 600 jobs
Has two new mobile games in the works
Gone Home
Gardenscapes developer Playrix soft-launches sequel Homescapes
Currently on iOS in Canada
Join The Family
Capcom to dissolve and absorb Capcom Mobile subsidiary
Also posts sales of $105.6 million for the quarter
Myth Buster
3 myths about playable ads
IronSource's Daniel Herman tackles some popular beliefs about the ad format
Ea Financials Q1 Fy18
EA mobile revenues hit $150 million as FIFA Mobile scores 95 million unique users
NBA Live and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes also continuing to draw in players
Indutrends
6 videos on mobile games industry trends for 2017 from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco
Learn all you need to know
Jobs News
Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan joins Coffee Stain Publishing
Takes on role of Business Developer