Eastern Promise
Chat apps have been vital to mobile gaming success in Asia, but can Facebook do the same in the West?
The potential impact of Facebook Instant Games
Bigger Pixels
New experimental design facility PIXEL Studios opens in Singapore to support the next generation of devs
Offering space and mentoring to game developers
Vainglory Franchises
Super Evil Megacorp establishes Vainglory Team Franchise Program to grow the eSport
Another big step for the fledgling eSport
Rovio Goes (red)
Rovio joins Apple's Games For (RED) campaign with updates to Angry Birds 2 and Angry Birds POP
Donating 100% of proceeds from certain IAP to charity
Unibased Mediation
Tapdaq launches new unbiased ad mediation platform
Simple to use and small in size
Indie Mavens
How useful are ads for indies in their free-to-play games?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Keep On Going
Pokemon GO was the top trending game of 2016 on the UK Google Play store
Clash Royale a close second
Noobs Welcome
Best practices for implementing IAP starter packs in free-to-play games
How to break the psychological barrier
Taking Flight
Creative England and Barclays launch £25,000 Eagle Lab Flight accelerator for VR, AR and mobile apps
Eight teams to be taken on a three month mentoring program
Ar Treatment
Unity 5.5 opens HoloLens support and smooths out codeless IAP feature
Engine firm wokring on making it easier for developers to publish in China
Bieber Fiends
Seriously brings in Justin Bieber and YouTube stars for (RED) charity campaign
Both Best Fiends games getting additional content
Bundle Of Joy
Ubisoft, Bandai Namco, GungHo and more to bring over 100 games to Hatch mobile streaming platform
Play the best Pac-Man game for free
Mobile Mavens
Mobile developers discuss the most important rules of game monetisation design
The most important techniques to get players spending
India Pixels
Google's Pixel took up 10% of the premium smartphone market share in India in October
Sold 33,000 units
Up In The Cloud
New mobile streaming Rovio spin-off Hatch aims to finally bring cloud gaming to the masses
Vesa Jutila reveals how the start-up is offering consumers new ways to play games
Zynga Lawsuit
Zynga suing two former employees for stealing confidential data and taking it to Scopely
Also suing Scopely for poaching other employees
Instant Insight
Game Insight invests $5 million into new divison for Facebook Instant Games development
Launches two titles, developing six more
Instant Vikings
Big Viking Games opens $10 million publishing fund for HTML5 messenger platforms like Facebook's Instant Games
Offering development tools and analytics for interested parties
Publishing Power Panel
Power panel: Experts discuss what publishers can offer in 2016 and beyond
Steel Media's Chris James gets them chatting
Instant Developers
King, Zynga, Konami and more launch 17 games on Facebook's Instant Games platform
14 developers give their support
Games In An Instant
Facebook launches HTML5 platform Instant Games for News Feed and Messenger
Access to one billion possible players
Asset Affiliates
New Unity Asset Store Affiliate program lets users earn 5% from sales of their favourite assets
Everyone's eligible
A Big Opportunity
New UK start-up MojiWorks goes all in on iMessage games
“As big an opportunity as the Facebook App platform or the App Store”
Game Alliance
Tilting Point establishes $12 million Game Alliance fund for indie UA campaigns
Helping developers grow while retaining their independence
Throwback Tuesday
35% of all sales made during Cyber Monday were made on mobile devices
iPad Air 2 the top-selling tablet
Another New Iphone
Apple's next iPhones with OLED screens could hit the market in 2017
Manufacturers asked to increase production to meet demand
A Billion Pixels
Google to generate $3.8 billion in 2017 from the Pixel and Daydream
Morgan Stanley says so
India Iphones
Apple sells 100,000 iPhones in India in three days following demonetisation of high-value bank notes
Only manufacturer to hit sales targets in India
Critical Reforge
Finnish devs Critical Force and Reforged Studios partner to rise up in the world of mobile eSports
Sharing resources, knowledge, workload, and so on
Silent Growth
Introducing Timuz, the biggest Indian developer you've never heard of
We chat to MD Ahmed Mohammed at NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016
Learn New Words
Zynga soft-launches updated version of Scrabble-like game New Words With Friends
New Words With Friends is an apt name
Runaway Success?
Strong IP doesn’t guarantee Super Mario Run will be successful on mobile
Mobile gamers unsure about $9.99 price
Big Deal
Cyber Monday madness: 20% off PG Connects London 2017 tickets
But be quick: only the first 75 orders qualify
Know Your Players
Mobile Games University - Monetisation Design: The psychology behind game monetisation
Learning how players think
Job Losses
Asterix and Friends developer Sproing suffers layoffs after project cancellation
Rising debts result in job losses at Austrian studio
Non-disruptive Failure
4 ways mobile gaming companies can succeed through failure
Disruptor Beam CEO Jon Radoff on why failure is to be accepted, not feared
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Future Games of London's Bruce Brodie on how to get a job as a Senior Producer
The man behind Hungry Shark Evolution's production shares career insights
Industry Survey
Take part in our Mobile Games Trends Survey 2016
Tell us what's happening in the games industry
Most Read
Unity's China publishing deal, the different types of monetisation, and PlaySimple Games raises $4 million
The hottest articles of last week
Fighting On Multiple Fronts
How June Software is racking up downloads in India while targeting global grossing success
CEO Roby John on a big year for the studio
Everybody Loves Pokemon
Pokemon GO is the most played game of all time in Japan
According to a not-very-scientific survey
Black Friday
Black Friday brings big savings to game development tools and assets
Grab yourself a bargain
Power Of Friendship
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links passes four million downloads in first week of Japan launch
100 million duels have taken place in the game
One Time Only
Black Friday deal: Get 30% off Pocket Gamer Connects London 2017 tickets
Save money for one of the biggest mobile games B2B events around
Defold Competition
King opens Defold game engine competition to send devs to GDC 2017
Entries close January 22nd
Now Playing
Now playing: Tommy Palm on Kingdom Rush Frontiers
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Dark Horse
Glu seemingly shuts down ailing celebrity-focused game Katy Perry Pop
First game of its kind to be taken off the market
Get Your Vr On
Get hands-on with virtual reality at VR in a Bar in London next month
Spread some virtual festive cheer
Use Their Data
Anonymous data monetisation firm Tutela reopens partnership program
Use your user's data as an extra revenue stream
Monetisation Design Webinar
Join our free online webinar on the seven rules of monetisation design with Oscar Clark
Oscar Clark helps you make sure that your decision on monetisation doesn't come at the cost of making an enjoyable game