F2p Comedy
Rovio's Wilhelm Taht is looking for PechaKucha candidates for PG Connects Helsinki 2017
Frantic, fabulous, fun way to end day one
Indie Mavens
What do indie developers think about Apple's ARKit?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Meet Up
Meet localisation and player support specialist MoGi at Gamescom 2017
Find out how MoGi can support your game
Nintendo Financials Q1 Fy18
Nintendo sales hit $1.38 billion as its Switch console surpasses 4.7 million units shipped
Mobile games generate $80.5 million for Q1
Jobs News
GDC appoints Katie Stern as General Manager
Victoria Petersen also named as Lead Conference Manager
Funding Round
Web and app market intelligence firm SimilarWeb raises $47 million
Company plans to open new offices, develop new products and extend its data coverage
Arena Of Strike
Tencent rebrands Western release of mobile MOBA Strike of Kings to Arena of Valor
Strike of Kings fans not particularly happy
Influential Donations
Twitch community raises $75 million for charity
2017 has already seen $9.1 million in donations and may surpass 2016 record
Ready To Rumble
Take-Two to focus on WWE and NBA mobile games following Social Point acquisition
Might move on if these games perform well
Chain Reaction
Guns of Boom blasts past 10 million downloads two months after global launch
Over 100,000 YouTube videos made of it
Emerging Markets
Mobile games market rising stars: New promising countries in terms of revenues
Zenna's Bohdan Chernobai breaks down the data from emerging markets
Superdata Top Grossing June 2017
Honor of Kings was the top grossing mobile game worldwide in June 2017
SuperData reckons it generated $150 million in revenues for the month
Igf Submissions 2018
Independent Games Festival opens submissions for 20th annual competition
Deadline is October 2nd, so there's still some time left
Spooky Business
Balancing the bang and the buck: The making of Zombie Gunship Survival
Limbic Software and Flaregames explain all
Gfinity Acquires Cevo
Gfinity pushes into US by acquiring eSports tech firm CEVO for $2.7 million
Solidifying its place on the global scene
Funding Round
Medtech firm Highmark raises $2 million to make games that treat brain injuries
Company also recruits John Gardiner as new CFO
Jobs News
GameInfluencer appoints Macy Mills as new Head of Business Development
Start-up expands operations with new hires
New Lands
Playrix partners with iDreamSky to bring Gardenscapes to China
Hit match-3 game heading to Chinese Android devices
Glitch Fest
Pokemon GO Fest plagued by technical problems
Niantic apologies to 20,000+ registered attendees as it issues refunds for all
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Motorsport Manager Mobile 2 overtakes Minecraft
Rankings from July 10th to July 16th
Understanding Data
The data game
Matomy's Itai Blitzer discusses behavioural patterns and why first-party data is so important
Decoding Design
How Fire Emblem Heroes made $100 million from 10 million installs
Wargaming's Anil Das-Gupta on how Nintendo has been able to quickly leverage the IP successfully on mobile, and what more it could do
The Weekly
The Weekly: Pokemon GO turf wars, designing Monument Valley 2, and developing for Facebook Instant Games
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Most Read
Golf Clash scores $1.1 million in a day, why we need to stop ignoring MZ, and Brawl Stars versus Clash Royale
The hottest articles of the week
Pokemon Go Fest
Niantic to unleash legendaries in Pokemon GO during special live-streamed real-world event on July 22nd
Players in Chicago will need to work together to take down a legendary
Reality Cash
Reality Gaming readies ‘initial coin offering’ to raise $1.5 million for new AR game
Set to launch on August 29th
Partnership Perfect
Pocket Gems partners with Universal Studios for new Episode story based on Pitch Perfect
Community writers can win a trip to Universal and face time with Episode writers
Tapjoy Audience Reach
Tapjoy's rewarded video ads now reach over 581 million users thanks to partnerships with major developers
Seriously, Jam City, Sega, Zeptolab and more now making use of the platform
The Walking Deal
"As opposed to adapt, the word expand is better": Skybound's Dan Murray talks video game franchises
Speaking at PGC San Francisco, the Walking Dead boss discusses the challenges and opportunities of making games based on big brand IP
Vgtr Pays Out
UK government's Video Game Tax Relief scheme has paid out $95 million in 2016/17 period
280 claims have been paid out on so far this period
Paying The Billz
Former Kabam COO Kent Wakeford joins eSports platform Skillz's board of directors
Also co-owns an Overwatch eSports team now, apparently
Dena X Nintendo
DeNA dedicates 10% of staff to Nintendo mobile games
DeNA and Nintendo's partnership is going "extremely well"
Party On
PocketGamer.biz's ChinaJoy 2017 party and networking guide
Keep up with all the best networking opportunities with this handy list
Gamer Chat
Mobile gamer-focused chat platform Plexchat secures $7 million investment
"The lack of community is an existential crisis for mobile games," says Plexchat CEO Shawn Foust.
Financing Education
Games learning platform Kahoot raises extra $10 million in Series A funding round
Mobile app for teachers and students to launch during the new school year
Finnish Line(up)
Space Ape, Critical Force, Next Games, Wargaming, Seriously, Gameloft, EA, Traplight and more confirmed for PG Connects Helsinki 2017
Second announcement of speakers for final Connects conference of the year is a biggie
Download Siege
Siege: Titan Wars fires past one million downloads in 10 days
Hits top 100 grossing rankings in 30 countries
Stillfront acquires German sports management game OnlineFussballManager
Also agrees publishing deal with Digamore Entertainment for Football Empire
Mad World
One year on: Madfinger's Studio Head on its big recruitment drive and sharing profits with the team
Miguel Caron discusses the changes he's implemented since year joining in May 2016
Featured Features
Top 5 features games developers should consider to make it big in Japan
GameRefinery’s tool identifies the most popular gameplay mechanics
Words With Television
Zynga partners with MGM for new Words With Friends TV game show
Could also incorporate other titles in publisher's portfolio
Yahoo Game Plus
Yahoo Japan launches HTML5 and cloud-based browser games platform Game Plus
52 companies already signed up to provide titles for the platform
Blasting Off
Hypernova Interactive raises seed funding from first-time games investor Kae Investments
Two-man developer has released two games so far
Crash-tastic
Not Doppler's Crash of Cars smashes 10 million downloads four months after launch
Over 750 battles have taken place
Switch Online
Nintendo launches Switch Online companion app for voice chat and organising online matches
Free to use until the full online services kick in
Look Ma I'm On Tv
Vainglory to make TV debut on Disney XD as part of new series ESL Brawlers
One episode dedicated to Super Evil's MOBA airing as part of D|XP
Stellar Idea
Jagex R&D team working on new IP outside of RuneScape
But main focus still remains on its hit MMO
Apple China Jobs
Apple promotes VP of Wireless Technologies Isabel Ge Mahe to VP and MD of Greater China
Leading China-based teams and improving co-ordination in the country
Monetisation Royale
Brawl Stars versus Clash Royale: Designing a strong gacha
Adam Telfer delves into the monetisation of two of the hottest games on mobile
Inconvenient Truth
Why the mobile games industry underestimates MZ at its peril
Are you playing FFXV or Brawl Stars?