A Better Dynamic
Ilyon Dynamics surpasses 100 million downloads for its 60+ catalogue of games
Has seen at least 30% growth month-on-month since January 2016
Dominating
DomiNations surpasses $100 million in revenues two years after first launching
Up there with MapleStory and Dungeon & Fighter as a key IP for Nexon
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Big Huge Games on the evolution of DomiNations
CEO Tim Train on the game's life so far
Production Partnership
ESL UK partners with Super Evil Megacorp to produce upcoming Vainglory Spring Championship
Will handle set design and livestreaming for the event
Super Startups
Why Supercell built a company of startups, and how it works
Ilkka Paananen shares his philosophy for mobile games development, and why it might not work for everyone
A Gif For All
Zynga partners with GIF sharing platform Tenor for GIFs Against Friends
Continues to barrel down the With Friends approach
Future Forecast
The future of HTML5 as the next big gaming platform
WiMi5 CEO Raul Otaolea looks at what's in store for web games across devices
Eyes Everywhere
Over 190 million smartphones currently on the market are VR-compatible
Newzoo outlines how mobile VR mass adoption should happen
Organic Apple
Apple hits 100% renewable energy in 24 countries and pledges to stop mining the Earth for materials
It's not easy being green
Art Of The Deal
It's time for a rethink on how mobile games developers deal with licensed IP
Games companies are looking at new ways to structure licensing deals
Romania Control
Remote Control Productions opens Bucharest office
BigBlue Studios' Bogdan Oprescu to head up operations
Indian Mavens
Do mobile games need a well-known IP to succeed in India?
And can developers gain traction on their own?
It Was Fate
Fate/Grand Order to launch in the US and Canada in summer 2017
Aniplex bringing an English text translation to the West
Games Growth
Worldwide mobile game revenues grew 53% to $11.9 billion in Q1 2017
Mobile Strike said to be the top grossing game across app stores
The Revolution Spreads
Netmarble plans to release Lineage 2: Revolution in Japan and China by the end of 2017
Might have some trouble with the China launch
Mainstream Mmo
"Creating an MMORPG that anyone can play": The making of Lineage 2 Revolution
Behind the scenes with Netmarble Game Director Cho ShinHwa
Leaps And Bounds
Magic Leap acquires FuzzyCube and hires staff from Moonbot Studios to bolster development
Moonbot Studios shut down shortly afterwards
Big Bet
South Korea’s DoubleU Games splashes $825 million on social casino dev Double Down
London firm IGT sees a $325 million profit from previous buyout
Mobile Hunt
The Witcher 3 studio CD Projekt Red hiring mobile developers for possible Gwent port
Polish outfit looking for programmers and artists
Competitive Gaming
eSports will be a medal event at the 2022 Asian Games
Could mobile play a part?
Ar Go
Facebook plots augmented reality games platform for mobile
Already in closed beta, but a long road ahead
Mobile Mavens
Does Pokemon GO leave room for another location-based hit?
Is location-based gaming a winner-takes-all market?
Instant Value?
1.5 billion Facebook Instant Games played in 90 days, but where’s the value for developers?
No word yet on when monetisation will be implemented in Messenger games
Wearable Gaming
Italian fashion house Moschino unveils Candy Crush collection
Candy Crush the latest inspiration for Jeremy Scott's pop culture designs
Hardware Upgrade
Report: Apple set to launch three new iPhones this year
Two upgrades and one redesign
Latin America Team-up
Animation outfit Anima Estudios partners with Colombia's Teravision to create licensed mobile games
Mexico's leading animation studio calls upon Colombian developer
End Of The Boom?
Finnish games industry slows after years of rapid growth
But still on the rise
Setting Sail
"Pokemon GO is a great opportunity for us": Shipyard talks Supercell funding and its location-based game ambitions
CEO Andreas Wedenberg talks Supercell, Pokemon GO and the potential of geo games
War Chest
Netmarble plots $4.4 billion acquisition spending spree after May 2017 IPO
Mobile games publisher goes public on May 12th
An Unexpected Match
Appodeal on its plans for Corona and why more ad companies could enter the game engine fray
Why did the ad mediation firm buy a 2D game engine developer?
Switched On
Nintendo Switch the fastest selling console in the company’s history
Breath of the Wild has a 100% attach rate in the US
Crossing The Streams
Why mobile game devs should be thinking about streaming
Chartboost's Pepe Agell offers his reasons
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Ludia's Charles Taylor on how to get a job as a Narrative Designer
Some top tips for building a career in narrative design
Hot Five
Mafia Wars is back, influencers in Germany face broadcasting regulations, and Club Penguin reboots on mobile
The hottest articles of last week
Industry Event
South Korea games show G-Star 2017 dated for November 16th to 19th
Key expo returns to Busan
Now Playing
Now playing: Matthew Wiggins on Reigns
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Iap Inspector
How does Transformers: Forged to Fight monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Very Big Indie Pitch
The Very Big Indie Pitch returns to North America for Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Our jumbo offering of indie developer pitching returns
Super Senso Release
Turbo's Super Senso finally has a concrete release date after nearly four years in development
GungHo will still act as publisher
Shoot The Messenger
Facebook Messenger app hits 1.2 billion monthly active users
A big audience for its Instant Games platform
Neverending Saga
Candy Crush Saga has only dropped out of the US App Store top ten grossing charts twice in over four years
Celebrates its fifth year since launching on Facebook
Open The Gates
CrossFire publisher Smilegate looking to partner with Western mobile and PC game developers
South Korean outfit ready to start discussions with European studios
Icandy Acquisition
iCandy Interactive acquires Singapore mobile dev Inzen for $4.4 million to gain access to China market
Inzen gains access to iCandy's 17 million players too
Android Global Sales
Android sales in China accounted for 86.4% of all smartphones sold between December 2016 and February 2017
Kantar Worldpanel breaks down sales around the world
Industry Event
Reboot Develop 2017 kicks off on April 20th
Over 100 speakers announced
Nicalis Acquisitions
Nicalis picks up SuperVillain Studios and Cowboy Color to expand development capabilities
SuperVillain absorbed into Nicalis' internal development team
Live And Kicking
Five years on: MAG Interactive on the evolution of Ruzzle
VP of Product Johan Persson on the game's life so far
Revolution Not Evolution
Unity's John Riccitiello: The world would be a better place if there were more creators
The tech firm's CEO discusses China, artists, designers and education
The Charticle
How did Transformers: Forged to Fight affect the grossing position of Transformers: Earth Wars?
And what impact did Force Arena have on Galaxy of Heroes?
Spicerack Acquisition
Casino firm Scientific Games acquires social bingo developer Spicerack
Cost of the deal was undisclosed