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
Puff Out Now
How a non-gamer found App Store success with single-mechanic "digital toys"
The story of The Frosty Pop Corps
Slow To Switch
Nintendo's Switch predicted to sell 5 million units by the end of 2017
SuperData Research has a crack at the numbers
Giant Plans
Why Finnish developer Small Giant is ditching casual comforts with Empires & Puzzles
CEO Timo Soininen discusses the thinking behind its latest game
Global Lineage
Netmarble reveals plans to launch Lineage 2: Revolution worldwide after huge South Korea success
Specially designed versions for China, Japan, and the West
Making Waves
How 6waves is helping Chinese developers find a Western audience
And bringing Western games Eastward
Making A Hit
How Onmyoji’s aim to bring players closer to art, culture and emotion quickly led to 10 million DAUs
NetEase producer Jin Tao reveals the design goals behind the hit game
Partner Strategy
Toys-to-life developer PlayFusion enters strategic partnership with Nexon Korea
Nexon Korea is getting around a bit
Supporting Players
How The Walking Dead: Road to Survival developer Scopely approaches customer support
Director of Player Care David Tamayo deals out his top tips and KPIs
Moving Fast
Cheetah Mobile rebrands Cheetah Ad Platform as Cheetah Ads
Sleek and simple
Admob Improvements
Google brings playable ads and auto-flipping video ads to AdMob
Opens up video inventory by adding AdWords video ads
Even More Pokemon
Three "major" updates planned for Pokemon GO by the end of 2017
Could PvP finally be on its way?
China M&a
China's Zhaomi Group and Kee establish $360 million video game M&A fund
Bringing value to companies through merging and acquiring
Imga Global 13
Pokemon GO takes home the Grand Jury prize at the 13th IMGA Global
Dawn of Titans snags two awards