Romanian Return
Dev.Play 2017 kicks off in Bucharest next week
And PocketGamer.biz readers get 20% off all tickets to the popular Eastern Europe games conference
Free Bus To Pgc Helsinki
Developers in Finland: sign up for your free bus to PG Connects Helsinki now!
And there’s 30% off tickets to the 19-20 September games conference available to all IGDA Finland members
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Cut the Rope and Angry Birds make a sudden return
Rankings from August 21st to August 27th 2017
Casual Sale
Animoca Brands sells 13 of its casual games to Maple Media for up to $2.9 million
TicBits gets its non-core components sold on
Seeing What Sticks
Glu Mobile licenses Deer Hunter for console game developed by GameMill
First time the developer has explored outside of mobile
Social King
King enters social casino space with soft-launched game Royal House Slots
Partnership with PlayStudios kicks off
What Comes Next?
21 months later, why I'm still playing Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
A neverending story
Esports Blitz
Why Wargaming is doubling down on mobile eSports with World of Tanks Blitz
This years Blitz Twister Cup triples prize pool
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New studio Chatterbox, 27 million people take part in Clash Royale contest, and MZ hires Alexis Ren for ad campaign
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Mix It Up
Microsoft’s Mixer Create mobile app lets players stream games from their phones
Co-streaming also available across PC and console
Servers Up
Why Heroic Labs built its Nakama real-time server technology for an open source future
Product VP Alim Jaffer offers his thoughts on open-sourcing and games-as-a-service
Job News
Oculus hires new Chief Marketing Officer
Rebecca Van Dyck steps in after Liz Hamren's departure to Microsoft
Women In Games
Nominees revealed for inaugral Women in Games Mobile Awards to be held on September 6th
A Normal Lost Phone and South Park Phone Destroyer among the nominated
Iap Inspector
How does Glu Mobile's hit game Design Home monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Keywords Board
Keywords Studios appoints two new Non-Executive Directors to its board
Charlotta Ginman and Georges Fornay join the team
Exercise Machine
"The fitness ecosystem offers new, unique ways to monetise": Inside the Fitness Village
A Finnish gym has released its own mobile game which is part fitness tracker, part patented customer reward scheme, part location-based explore-'em-up
Humble Promotion
Jam City promotes former EA exec Rod Humble to CEO of TinyCo
Suleman Ali leaves, Matt Gaiser takes over San Francisco office
Money Truck
Indian developer Nukebox Studios generates $500k revenue in 45 days from new game Food Truck Chef
Title secures three million downloads in just 10 days
Tech Update
GameMaker Studio 2 launches on MacOS
Includes same features as PC build
Rock On
Hard Rock partners with Israeli developer for match-3 mobile game
Hard Rock Puzzle Match out now on the App Store and Google Play
Pitches, Prizes, Professionals
The Very Big Indie Pitch returns to Helsinki for Pocket Gamer Connects
The Very Big Indie Pitch is back once again!
Skin In The Game
Bitter decisions Disruptor Beam hopes will sweeten The Walking Dead: March To War
Only the smart survive
Gree Global
GREE partners with Crunchyroll and Sumitomo to globally distribute games based on Japanese anime
Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Memoria Freese goes first
Decoding Design
Deconstructing the secrets of MZ's success part three: Monetisation and the future of 4X games
Anil Das-Gupta uncovers just how the developer is able to make hit after hit
Match Me
Angry Birds Match launches worldwide after nine months in soft launch
Making use of The Angry Birds Movie characters
Pc Connects
Remedy, Housemarque and Bossa head up PC Connects Helsinki 2017
Event takes place on September 19th to 20th in, you guessed it, Helsinki
Esports Royale
$1 million Clash Royale Crown Championship attracts more than 27 million participants
Supercell's big competition attracts a big audience
Indie Festival
Google names 20 finalists for Indie Games Festival in San Francisco
Free event open to the public
Stack 'em Up
PlayStack snaps up former Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Creative Director
Another senior hire for the UK publisher
In Heaven
Influencer marketing firm Matchmade scores $1.73 million in funding to grow business
Global Founders Capital, London Venture Capital, and Reaktor Ventures all chip in
Decoding Design
A wolf in sheepskin clothing: How Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen is far more than meets the eye
Exclusive currencies and limited gachas don't stop this game from being fun
Refining Features
Back to the Features Part II: How to utilise feature data to improve mobile game revenue
How GameRefinery's new tool gives you an insight into your game's design
Core Blimey
Google faces off against Apple's ARKit with ARCore for Android
Aims to target over 100 million devices by the end of its preview period
Feline Fine
ZeptoLab's C.A.T.S. smashes 60 million downloads in four months
Three trillion cars destroyed so far
The Dead Walk
The Walking Dead shuffle into real life with new location-based AR mobile title from Next Games
Launch date to be announced later this year
Guide To Analytics
9 steps to using analytics in your game
How to harness the data for your game design
Welcome Stats
Glu Mobile’s Design Home welcomes one million daily active users
Revenues remain strong in new flagship game for publisher
Investment News
360-degree VR eSports platform Sliver.tv secures $9.8 million funding round
Total investment in company now stands at $17.5 million
Tekken Mobile
Bandai Namco unleashes Tekken on mobile
Title soft-launched in Canada for iOS and Android
Big Numbers
Gamescom attracts record 350,000 visitors
30,700 trade visitors headed to Cologne
Big Indie Pitch
2Awesome’s Dimension Drive lands top prize at Big Indie Pitch at Gamescom 2017
Top three games revealed
Final Countdown
Final hours of Mid-Term rate for Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Fourth time in Finland, bigger & bolder than ever
Business Expansion
Testing firm Pole To Win opens Canada office
New studio set up in Montreal
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Flippy Knife and Helix roll into top 10
Rankings from August 14th to August 20th 2017
Job News
London names first ever Chief Digital Officer
Mayor names former Ukie Head of Policy and Public Affairs Theo Blackwell in new role
Competitive Gaming
Super Senso and sensibility: GungHo on embracing the growth of mobile eSports
GungHo and Turbo CEOs offer their thoughts on eSports and discuss new strategy game Super Senso
Strike Two
Hi-Rez Studios returns to mobile with Paladins Strike
Team shooter based off its popular PC title
New Studio
Ex-Wooga staff start new messaging app games studio Chatterbox
First game Mini Golf Battle coming to iMessage
The Weekly
The Weekly: Disney's games-inspired Star Wars hotel, are app stores taking advantage of developers, and the real cost of VR
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
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The rise of UX and cognitive science, why Jam City pushed back its IPO, and the requirements for making an F2P game
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