Going Turbo
"We're still learning": Dumpling Design on revamping its first game as Dashy Crashy Turbo
Travis Ryan talks feature creep, experimental monetisation and getting Apple's attention
Gree San Francisco
Gree International cuts staff at San Francisco office to focus on marketing and publishing
Yet more jobs lost at the company
More Than Fun
What's the potential for eSports in India?
And does mobile have a part to play?
Small Giant Investment
Small Giant Games closes $5.7 million funding round to grow new game Empires & Puzzles
Brings total funding raised to around $9.5 million
Brexit Blows
40% of UK-based games companies are considering relocating to another country post-Brexit
Ukie surveys games studios on their Brexit thoughts
Unity Without Borders
Unity opens Unity Without Borders program to support developers affected by US travel ban
A free trip to Unite Europe and help with visa applications on offer
New Vision
Softbank to sell 25% stake in recently acquired ARM
Goes into Saudi-backed investment fund
Plug In Publishing
Plug In Digital launches indie publishing label Playdius for all platforms including Switch
Six games signed, four coming to Nintendo's new console already
First-timer
3 lessons from an indie developer's first GDC
Frank DiCola discusses scheduling, sessions and not taking no for an answer
Thinking Long-term
Why ZeptoLab is moving into midcore publishing
Head of Publishing Mike Sviblov explains all
Flew The Coop
Rovio sells TV animation studio to former CEO Mikael Hed
Will remain as partners on future books and animation
China Bans Korea
Updated: China bans all new games developed in South Korea from launching in the country
Existing games unaffected
Engaging Users
Why does Flurry say mobile game engagement is down?
Rovio's Wilhelm Taht dives into the stats
Form & Function
Trying to get a grip on Nintendo Switch
Hands on with the latest contender
Switch Sales
Update: Nintendo Switch sells over 500,000 units in Japan, UK and France in first three days
Outsold the Wii in the Americas, but no exact figures released
Amp Asia
Google pushes Accelerated Mobile Pages to Asia through Baidu and Sogou partnerships
Bringing faster loading pages to the wider world
Korean Insight
82% of Korean games companies have annual sales of less than US $87,000
The top 10 Korean games companies: market insight from our partners at This Is Game
Refuel Sheil
Refuel4 hires former Twitter exec Ross Sheil as General Manager Commercial EMEA
Bringing experience in EMEA to the ad platform
Talking Acquisitions
Chinese chemical firm back in for $1 billion Talking Tom developer Outfit7 after missing out first time around
Second sale on the cards
Ad2china
Digital marketer ad2games expands into China with Shanghai office
Reaching clients without time differences
Grow Up
Ubisoft acquires massively-multiplayer sandbox game Growtopia
Already has 20 million registered users
Twitchbook
Twitch takes on social networking with newly rolled-out Pulse platform
Post updates, share videos, emote, and without even streaming
A New Experience
Shadowgun Legends will do monetisation "completely differently", says Madfinger
No timers, no energy
Loopme Funding
AI-driven mobile video marketer LoopMe closes $10 million funding round
Expanding into three countries in 2017
Your Game
The cautionary tale of Marvel: Contest of Champions’ v12 update
Whose games is it anyway?
Establishing Priorities
Kuato Studios on learnifying gaming and not gamifying learning
Creative Director Kris Turvey explains the game-first approach
King Of Publishers
Cut The Rope developer ZeptoLab opens publishing business to all submissions
Looking for innovative, near-complete mobile games
New Waters
Sega buys Crytek Black Sea and renames it Creative Assembly Sofia
Team of 60 to work with UK developer on slate of unannounced games
It Begins...
NaturalMotion, Execution Labs, Agnitio, Bandai Namco, Nexon confirmed for PG Connects San Francisco 2017
First speakers announced for June 27-28 conference
Switched On
Nintendo Switch UK sales surpass 80,000
Sales better than Wii U launch weekend
Times Are A Changing
Space Ape makes good on promise of "radically different" games with two new soft-launched titles
Super Karts and Fastlane: Road to Revenge are like nothing it has done before
Big Indie Pitch
Crashy Cars smashes competition to win the Big Indie Pitch at GDC
3D platformer Suzi Cube grabs second spot as Where Shadows Slumber claims third place
You're Tearing Me Apart
Fireproof Games reveals fourth entry in critically-acclaimed The Room series
More puzzles, more rooms
Unleashed
Nexon soft-launches potential big hitter Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed for mobile
Brawl with hundreds of enemies on your mobile
India Investment
Chinese games publisher Youzu sets up India office as it plans to invest $10 million in local industry
New office will to employ 30 staff in 2017
Jobs News
UKIE appoints new Head of Public Affairs
Tim Scott joins from London First
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Big Huge Games' Brad Fisher on how to get a job as a Game Designer
DomiNations Game Designer shares career insights
Most Read
Rovio sees best growth ever, Google reworks discovery on Google Play, and is Kabam's breakup really a success?
The hottest articles of last week
Github For Unity
GitHub introduces extension for Unity to allow devs easier access to code resources
Also includes storage for large binary assets
More Pixels
Google wants to "follow the rhythm of the industry" and launch a new Pixel phone in 2017
Rick Osterloh says it won't be any cheaper
Now Playing
Now playing: EA's Devin Nambiar on Summoners War
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Indie Mavens
How did our Indie Mavens get their first jobs in video games?
We ask, they tell
Switch Launch
Nintendo's hybrid console Switch launches worldwide for $299
Stock already running low
Rip Tablets, Long Live Switch
Flashback Friday: The death of tablet gaming gives Nintendo Switch its best opportunity for success
There's a gap forming, and Nintendo should fill it
Ironsource Admob
IronSource expands partnership with Google AdMob to gain access to more rewarded video ads
Reward players when they earn you money
Twitter Esports
Twitter partners with ESL and DreamHack to bring eSports streaming to its social network
Who needs Twitch?
Trends Survey
Mobile Games Developer Trends: The opportunities, the threats and Brexit
From emerging markets to Brexits, a look at the industry in 2016 and moving into 2017
Free Stuff
Buildbox offering $100,000 of game assets in exchange for trying out its codeless game engine
For an unspecified limited time
Advice From Gdc
ZPLAY at GDC Speech: Opportunities and Challenges for Western Developers
Randy Barenscott takes the stage
Pokemon Awards
Pokemon GO scoops Best Mobile/Handheld Game at 17th GDC Awards
Loses its three other nominations