Apple In Bloom
Report: Apple acquires mixed reality hardware firm Vrvana for $30 million
Could use the firm's VR/AR tech to design its own headset
The Charticle
Are mobile clones of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds fighting a losing battle?
Who's going big on mobile battle royale games?
Here There Be Loot
Belgian Gaming Commission claims loot boxes are a form of gambling
Belgium's Minister of Justice seeks to ban loot boxes across Europe, but it probably won't happen
Freshly Crowned
How a small Indian studio got 55 million downloads and 10 million DAUs in under a year
The rise of Gametion and Ludo King
Cultivating Culture
"Without the maintenance of our culture, Gram Games cannot succeed"
Gram Games' Erin O'Brien dishes out advice on studio structure
Mad Skillz
Skillz brings cross-game, cross-platform chat system to 12 million users on its service
Revenues per player apparently increasing for apps using the chat
Steals The Show
Italic Pig's Mona Lisa wins the inaugural Big Indie Awards in association with indieSky
Hidden Folks takes second as The Almost Gone ranks third
Outta Here
Outplay Entertainment has increased its revenues by 1,904% since 2013
Ranked fastest-growing tech company in Scotland by Deloitte
Finnish Xr
Finnish XR companies grew their revenues by almost 600% in 2016 compared to 2015
FIVR breaks down Finland's XR ecosystem
Heck Yeah
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp launches a day early
Hasn't changed much since soft launch
Tencent Market Cap
Tencent becomes first company in China to break $500 billion market cap
Bigger than Alibaba, Baidu, EA, Activision Blizzard, and Ubisoft combined
New Vision
Why CEO Frank Gibeau sees augmented reality as a key long-term opportunity for Zynga
No gimmickry. Just creative integrity
Marvel At It
FoxNext partners with Marvel on upcoming mobile game Marvel Strike Force
Former Kabam staff at Aftershock working on the game
A New World
Why FarmVille creator Mark Skaggs left Zynga for an Indian startup
And why he believes the gamble is paying off
Fallout Shutter
Behaviour Interactive shutters Santiago studio behind Fallout Shelter
Some staff transferred up to Montreal
Mind Candy Money
Mind Candy secures additional $1 million from existing investors to stay afloat
Hoping to bring in more funding in the new year
Tappx In China
Tappx strengthens operations in mainland China with new office in Beijing
Bob Wang heads up the new office
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Voodoo's Dune! clings to the top spot
Rankings from November 6th to November 12th
Mag Ipo
Ruzzle developer MAG Interactive eyes $68 million IPO
$27 million of shares already put to one side for existing investors
A New Approach
Innovation - The backbone of social casino
KamaGames' Sam Forrest talks about the impact of AR, VR, and deeper gameplay
Sega Hardlight Profile
From Sonic Jump to Speed Battle: The story of Sega Hardlight
Studio head Chris Southall on the path that led the developer to Sonic Forces: Speed Battle
Most Read
How will Peak Games use its $100 million warchest, The Game Awards reveals its nominees, and how to launch a game in China
The hottest articles of last week
Ar-focused
Pokemon GO developer Niantic has no plans to enter the VR space
Prefers to be leader in AR instead
Razer Phone Launch
Razer launches its gamer-focused Razer Phone for $699
Three threw a launch party with Vainglory and YouTubers
Mixing Messages
How a new AR mode could extend CSR Racing 2 from game into petrolhead status symbol app
The whole world’s a garage
Gotta Go Fast
Sonic Forces: Speed Battle races past two million downloads a fortnight after launching
Now landing on Android
Sviper No Sviping
Wild City Rush developer Sviper receives investment from three industry veterans
Klaas Kersting, Shum Singh, and MJ Fahmi invest in the developer
Trust The Process
How Nukebox Studios is building on Food Truck Chef to become the Indian Supercell
14 canned games later, Food Truck Chef hits the jackpot
Lasse Leaves
Clash of Clans co-designer Lasse Louhento leaves Supercell after six years
Unclear why or where he's going next
'tis The Season
57% of mobile gamers are more likely to watch a rewarded video ad during the holiday season
Tapjoy explores the modern mobile gamer and their views on marketing during the holidays
You Sunk My Battleship
CoolGames partners with Hasbro to bring Battleship to Facebook Instant Games
Sink the battleships of both friends and strangers
The State Of It
Non-organic mobile game installs have grown 3.4% since Q3 2016
AppsFlyer digs deep in its State of Gaming App Marketing report
Premium Partners
Bidalgo becomes Google's latest Premium Partner for Mobile Advertising
Working together on making Google's UACs accessible to all advertisers
Dragonflow
Social casino platform FlowPlay to bring Dragonchain's blockchain technology to its games
Invests in its ICO and plans on licensing the blockchain
Netease Financials Q3 Fy17
NetEase's launch of Minecraft in China draws in 30 million new users
Onmyoji revenues sliding in China
Star Event
South Korea's biggest games conference G-STAR 2017 kicks off
200,000 consumers expected
Lineage 2 Heads West
Netmarble's MMORPG Lineage 2 Revolution launches in the US and Europe
It's been a long time coming
Top Trivia
Trivia Crack clears 300 million downloads in time for its fourth birthday
Over 80 billion questions answered worldwide
Game Anglia 2017
Brenda Romero to keynote Game Anglia 2017 on November 18th
Rhianna Pratchett, John Romero, and more also in attendance
Super Movie Bros
Report: Nintendo partnering with Illumination Entertainment for Super Mario animated movie
John Leguizamo to reprise his role as Luigi?
Quiet Progress
How has the Indian mobile games market progressed in 2017?
Reflections from Nasscom Game Developer Conference 2017
Tencent Financials Q3 Fy17
Tencent mobile revenues grew 84% to $2.75 billion in Q3
Honor of Kings remains the key revenue maker
Bull In An App Store
Rodeo Stampede races past 100 million downloads
Still holding onto one million DAUs
Animoca Game Sale
Animoca Brands sells entire portfolio of 318 casual games to iCandy Interactive for $3.8 million
Performance-based incentives and potential profit shares also thrown in
The Game Awards 2017
Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes receive Best Mobile Game nominations at The Game Awards 2017
Honor of Kings is up for Best Chinese Game
Creator's Club
GameMaker Studio 2 launches $39 Creator tier for novice developers
Get access to the full kit for less - but you'll still need to shell out to develop on mobile
War Robots Vr
Pixonic turns to Kickstarter to fund upcoming multiplayer game War Robots VR
Aiming to launch on PC in early 2018
Editor Vacancy
Start 2018 with a great new job on Pocket Gamer
The leading b2c mobile gaming site is looking for a new editor
Devgamm Minsk 2017
Tickets still available for DevGAMM Minsk 2017 on November 16th and 17th
Grab one and enjoy the festivities
Happy Birthday Candy Crush
King's Candy Crush franchise has cleared 2.73 billion downloads five years since launching on mobile
Developer celebrates the fifth anniversary of Candy Crush Saga