Netmarble Acquires Kabam
Netmarble closes acquisition of Kabam Vancouver and Marvel: Contest of Champions
Will run Kabam as a wholly-owned subsidiary
Playable Boost
Chartboost sees 123% better conversion rates with new interactive 'Playables' ad campaigns
D7 retention for games using the ads is up 26.7%
Appsflyer Performance Index
Facebook remains the top driver of game installs on Android and iOS
AppsFlyer digs into the best advertisers of H2 2016
Goats To Games
Goat Simulator developer Coffee Stain Studios opens publishing arm
Wants to be a partner more than a publisher
Lift Your Game
Amazon GameLift now works with all C++ and C#-based game engines
Amazon Lumberyard updated to 1.8 too
Back To Skull
LINE Corporation signs up to distribute mobile Skullgirls adaptation globally
Expected Spring 2017
Finding An Edge
The 5 most important Facebook Ad updates of 2016
How you can increase your app's revenue
Join The Corps
Swedish developer Gaming Corps pivots to acquisition strategy following $10 million investment
Bought one studio, now wants to buy more
Join The Armada
Armada Interactive secures $10 million from two seed funding rounds
Looking to revolutionise core mobile gaming
Forcing The Issue
A MOBA for the masses: the making of Star Wars: Force Arena
Behind the scenes with Netmarble's Hong Seo Park
Flaring Up
Flaregames unveils €20 million incubator program Flare Accelerator
Looking to work with emerging F2P developers
Ruzzle Up Some Downloads
MAG Interactive's Ruzzle franchise surpasses 70 million downloads
Another download milestone for the Stockholm studio
New Lords
Strategy specialist InnoGames snaps up Warlords IP from Wooga
CEOs Hendrik Klindworth and Jens Begemann explain the deal
Financial Roundup
Snapshot of key mobile game company financials in 2017
Marking mobile gamings winners and losers
Raise Your Dragon
Pocket Gems to reward top War Dragons players with limited-edition 3D figurines
Play well, get a figurine
Good News Everyone
TinyCo reveals second Fox Interactive partnership with Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow
Could be a nice money-spinner for Jam City
Sparks Flying
GameSparks surpasses 35 million MAUs for its backend-as-a-service platform
Over 250 million players served
Managed By Maple
Mobile acquisition and management firm Maple Media raises $30 million
Shamrock Capital gives a healthy cash injection
Indie Support
Reach out to the world with MoGi's Localisation Initiative for indie games
The MoGi Group explains the story behind the Localisation Indie Initiative and why it can help you
Creative Leeds
Creative England grants £150,000 to Leeds-based developers
GamesLab Leeds initiative off to a great start
Pokemon Back
Pokemon GO shoots back to the top of the grossing charts following major update
New Pokemon and customisation options helping boost revenue
Growing Up
How TabTale is moving beyond kids' games and into super casual
Itai Edry explains the strategy at White Nights Prague
Rising Spending
US iPhone gamers spent an average of $27 on games in 2016
Sensor Tower breaks out some estimates
Time For Change
How Gram Games' The 22% Project is aiming to get more women in the games industry
If nearly 50% of gamers are women, then why aren't they better represented?
Swiss Speaches
Three things we learned at the Zurich Game Festival
At the end of last month, Ludicious took place in Switzerland, and here are our track highlights…
Tenjin Partnership
Tenjin partners with Looker and Chartio to make marketing data more efficient
Visualising marketing data for better growth
Something's Bugging Me
App Store bug causes top grossing ranks to drop Candy Crush Saga for driving theory test app
Or was Apple testing a new algorithm?
Ipad You Pad
Report: Apple to refresh entire iPad line with four new devices in March 2017
A new red iPhone 7 is also expected
Several Men No Dog
Everywear Games co-founder Markus Tuppurainen joins Two Men and a Dog as Executive Producer
From wearables back to mobile
Uk Team-up
How a shared culture led to Outplay acquiring Eight Pixels Square
What is the future for the UK's biggest indie mobile studio?
Tap Into London
Mobile ads firm Taptica strengthens European business with new office in London
Hoping to use established relationships in the city to grow
Mobile Mavens
Why did Take-Two buy Social Point?
What's the motivation for the $250 million deal?
Bafta Gardner
Ex-Atari CEO David Gardner joins BAFTA as VP for Games
Will be boosting the Global Games Strategy
Gram London
Gram Games to invest $5 million in its London HQ and create 30 new jobs
Developer doubles down on new home
Accelerating Scotland
New £50,000 after-hours games accelerator launches in Scotland
Beer, pizza, and lessons on international growth
Money For Something
E-commerce platform Xsolla launches $30 million royalty investment arm for indie game developers
Get some much needed funding for a cut of your revenues
Main Event
New date for PG Connects London 2018 confirmed
We'll be back on January 22nd to 23rd, people
Up In The Air
Com2uS enters deal with Activision to develop Skylanders mobile game for 2018
Activision provides the license, Com2uS does everything else
Nexus Deathmatch
Chillingo pulls Nexus Heroes and Sniper Deathmatch from App Store after three months of soft launch
Probably to focus on WarFriends
Still Room For Indies?
How Tilting Point is helping indies compete with its $12 million UA fund Game Alliance
Dan Sherman talks tilting the balance back in indies' favour
Studio Closure
100 jobs go as Taiwan developer Gamemag Interactive closes
Unable to pay staff as shareholder urges staff to seek new employment
Marketing's Millions
Mobile marketing firm Mobvista agrees $100 million loan deal with Bank of China
Chinese firm wants to expand accelerate overseas expansion plans
Amazon Spotlight
Get your game in the spotlight... the Amazon Appstore UK Developer Spotlight!
How getting yourself in the spotlight can lead to more downloads
Job Losses
Rovio may cut as many as 35 jobs as it restructures animation division
Games thought to be unaffected
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: PlayRaven's Paul Kurowski on how to get a job as a Game Lead
Spymaster Game Lead shares career insights
Expansion Warchest
Chinese mobile games developer ShineZone raises $58 million
May acquire new studios overseas
Forevergreens & Bold Beats
Why Zynga and Glu Mobile are focusing on the past for future success
Frank Gibeau and Nick Earl are singing from the same hymn sheet
Most Read
Glu's problems in one graph, Zynga on getting its mojo back, and Summoners War is getting an MMO
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Right Partner Right Time
Take-Two CEO says Social Point "addresses all of our concerns" about mobile market
Strauss Zelnick on why the publisher made its push into free-to-play on mobile
Supercell Acquisitions
Supercell's Ilkka Paananen says "it's no secret" that the studio is looking at further acquisitions
Also talks about how Pokemon affected sales