Yas Queen
Zynga's Words With Friends clears 200 million downloads eight years after launching
Adds 50,000 new words like "werk" and "yas"
Atari Deal
Atari signs two-game publishing deal with crowdfunding platform Fig
Rebooting a classic franchise and bringing out a brand new IP
Bucks For Bangs
Panzerdog raises $950,000 from Mail.Ru to launch mobile shooter Tacticool
Finnish/Russian dev closes seed round
Everything Is Ok
App Store changes will not affect how app intelligence firms gather their data
Apptopia calms developer nerves
A Charitable Ape
A Thinking Ape raises $45,000 for Red Cross Hurricane Harvey Appeal in 48 hours
Fans dig deep to help out
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Highkey Games on making music composition accessible in Audio Sky
We speak to the runner-up at the VBIP from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco
The Financer List
Free directory of all sources of financing available to UK games industry launches
Curated resource lists options from VC investment through to government grants and loans
Here We Go
Game Music Collective kicks off Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017 in style
It's our Biggest PGC Helsinki yet
App Annie In China
App Annie adds usage metrics from Android devices in China to its platform
Learn the MAUs, data usage, and session lengths of Android users in China
Imga Open Submissions
IMGAs opens for submissions to its 14th annual global competition
Get your submissions in by December 31st
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Snipers vs Thieves storms back into the top ten downloaded iPhone charts
Rankings from September 4th to September 10th
In The Meantime
IGDA appoints former 38 Studios CEO Jen MacLean as interim Executive Director
Permanent replacement to be announced in Q2 2018
Conspext Hires Kuju
Conspexit Games hires Kuju to develop unannounced mobile AR game
Aiming to aid in bringing about social change
Develop:vr Discount
Get 10% off a ticket to Develop:VR on November 9th with our discount code
Super Early Bird pricing ends on September 20th
No.10 Jersey
Rovio signs multi-year shirt sleeve sponsorship deal with Everton FC
Developer gains access to Everton's players, crest, and stadium
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Edgeworks Entertainment on planetary colonisation in TerraGenesis
We speak to the winner of the Very Big Indie Pitch in San Francisco
Ready For Ipo?
What makes Indian mobile publisher Nazara Games worth $550 million?
Nazara could be gearing up for IPO, but why should you take notice?
Most Read
Flaregames hires Marja Konttinen, the resurgence of simple games, and how Super Evil Megacorp created Vainglory
The hottest articles of last week
Top 50 Coming Soon
World’s top 50 mobile games developers revealed on September 25th
Mobile's biggest influencers ranked and profiled
Swrve Funding
Mobile marketing automation firm Swrve closes $25 million Series D funding round
Total funding now up to $75 million
Pgc Speakers
Rovio, Next Games, Seriously, Facebook, Snowfall, Bandai Namco, King and more to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Insights and learnings from the experts
Angry Unicorn
Rovio eyes $1 billion valuation for October IPO
Listing could pave the way for acquisitions
Pocket Star Trek
More shooting, fewer discussions: SPYR Games on bringing Star Trek to its MMO Pocket Starships
Creator Lars Koschin discusses the task of merging two universes together
Tell No Tales
Telltale Games appoints former Zynga SVP of Games Pete Hawley as President and CEO
Dan Connors steps back into an advisory role
Develop:vr Speakers
Develop:VR reveals keynote and first round of speakers for next event on November 9th
Tickets are available now at a Super Early Bird rate
Iap Inspector
How does Top Drives monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Paradise Lost
Where is mobile gaming’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds?
Have we gone too clever, got too niche?
Clock Is Ticking
Last chance to book your tickets to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Event takes place on September 19th to 20th
Close Collaboration
Vivendi touts internal collaboration as it reveals Gameloft’s latest mobile game Paddington Run
The official game for the new Paddington movie
Conceived And Created
Zynga partners with Ferrari on CSR Racing 2 in-game event for 70th anniversary
New cars and challenges for players between September 14th to February 2018
Mobile Esports
Amazon takes eSports Mobile Masters series to Las Vegas
Teams will battle it out for their share of the $80,000 prize pool
Data Quest
Overcoming data hurdles to develop a mobile game for a worldwide audience
VC Mobile Entertainment on development journey of Creature Quest
Infinite Deviations
Google Play launches Infinite Deviation: Games to bring new voices to mobile games
Three game concepts will be made to help push diversity in the indsutry
A Kind Of Magic
Report: Magic Leap eyes $500 million investment round which values it at $6 billion
Mixed reality firm hasn't publicly shown off its tech, but still needs more money
Taking Flight
Deconstructing Rovio’s pragmatically Finnish IPO
Angry Birds dev going public
Switch Of Valor
Tencent is bringing its massive mobile MOBA Honor of Kings to the Nintendo Switch
Arena of Valor rides again on a whole new console
Ar Trumps Vr
Augmented reality is the next frontier for smartphones as VR falters
Apple’s ARKit and iPhone 8 and X show AR has left VR in the dust, and there's a lot more to come
Today At Town Square
Apple begins rolling out new retail concepts Town Squares and Today at Apple
Get your phone repaired while you learn how to code
Ios 11 Is Coming
iOS 11 launches for all compatible iOS devices on September 19th
Brings a heap of improvements including ARKit
Rise Of The Machines
Directive Games showcases AR MOBA The Machines at Apple keynote
Featuring location-based sound and online multiplayer
Syncing Feeling
Apple removes App Store from PC and Mac's iTunes software
Apps no longer sync to your computer
The Bigger They Are
Apple quietly discontinues 256GB model iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus
(RED) iPhones also dropped, but prices fall for 32GB and 128GB models
Apple Watch
Apple Watch Series 3 goes independent from iPhone
Launches on September 22nd
Iphone 8
iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus release date set for September 22nd
Prices start at $699
Iphone X
Apple unveils the future of its smartphones with the iPhone X
Set to launch on November 3rd
Apple Sky
Thatgamecompany’s Jenova Chen reveals new game Sky for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV
Multiplayer-focused title coming exclusively to Apple devices
Monetising Streams
Genvid opens up interactive streaming SDK to all
Make livestreaming from your game even more appeaing with monetisation
Speaker Spotlight
PG Connects Helsinki speaker spotlight: Zorka.Mobi's Dmitry Liapin on influencer marketing
What to expect at PGC Helsinki
Everyone Has One
Apple has sold an average of 323,000 iPhones worldwide every day for the last decade
Newzoo looks back over iPhone sales to celebrate its tenth birthday
Pocket Starship Sold
SPYR Games acquires full ownership of Pocket Starships in cashless deal
Offers shares in its stock to the game's owner