Industry Trends
What will be the big mobile games industry trends in 2017?
The experts give their crystal ball predictions
Mobile Trends
What were the biggest mobile games industry trends in 2016?
We ask a slew of industry experts
Hatching A Plan
Discover why Hatch could herald a new era for monetising premium games at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2017
A new avenue to generate revenue without using in-app purchases
Behind The Scenes
The 6 most fascinating mobile game development stories of 2016
The best of the year's Making Of features
Iap Inspector
The IAP Inspector's top 5 player-friendly free-to-play mobile games of 2016
The best IAPs from the players' perspective
Most Read
Halfbrick terminates iDreamSky agreement, Kabam looks to sell off all studios, and how well did Dawn of Titans launch?
The hottest articles of last week
King Of Game Engines
Learn all about King’s free Defold game engine at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2017
There's a new game development tool around town...
Ready To Transform
Netmarble plots further acquisitions in 2017 following Kabam Vancouver Studio deal
Netmarble Chief Global Officer Seungwon Lee discusses the recent big-money purchase
App Annie 2017
Gross mobile app spend will hit $166 billion and Pokemon GO won't have any clones in 2017
App Annie looks into its crystal ball
Cartoon Clash
Supercell's Clash-A-Rama! Youtube series surpasses 50 million views in two weeks
Drawing in over 10 million views an episode
Games Of The Year
PocketGamer.biz's Games of the Year 2016
The Editorial team picks their favourite games this year
Lawyer Up
Nokia suing Apple in 11 countries for infringing on 40 patents
Negotiations break down
Nintendo On Mobile
Nintendo planning to launch up to three mobile games a year after successful 2016
Tatsumi Kimishima thinks it should be a main pillar of the business
Instant Success
How Facebook Instant Games powered Endless Lake to 12 million users in three weeks
Spil Games CEO Tung Nguyen-Khac reveals all
Neverending Story
CtrlMovie on taking their award-winning interactive film from your phone to the big screen
CEO Baptiste Planche reveals what's next for their tech after award wins for Late Shift at Game Connection Europe
Pokemon Watch
Pokemon GO Apple Watch companion app launches
Can it save wearables?
Pgc London 2017
600 companies heading to Pocket Gamer Connects London 2017
1,600 attendees expected for PGC London and VR Connects
Let's-a-go
Super Mario Run dashes past 50 million downloads in its first week of release
Still no official word on revenue
All About The Games
Finding success in mobile games the second and third time around
Oscar Clark asks some industry experts how they do it
More Keywords Acquisitions
Keywords Studios keeps on acquiring and picks up Sonox Audio Solutions for €650,000
Merging it with other studios in Spain
Speaker Spotlight
PG Connects London 2017 speaker spotlight: Tricky Tribe's CEO on originality in mobile
What to expect at PG Connects London
Back Of The Net
Konami shares up 4.8% thanks to four million downloads of mobile game Jikkyou Powerful Soccer
Publisher scores a hit with football spin-off
Self-help
Book publisher Hachette Livre acquires majority stake in Peak developer Brainbow
Diversification is key
Super Mario Thirds
Super Mario Run made up 30% of all iOS spending during its first three days
More numbers from the hottest new game
Iap Inspector
How does Galaxy on Fire - Manticore monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Facebook Goty 2016
Gardenscapes beats Pokemon GO and Clash Royale to be Facebook's Game of the Year 2016
Instant Games and good Facebook Integration also recognised
Live And Kicking
Five years on: EA on the evolution of The Sims FreePlay
Senior Producer Amanda Schofield on the game's life so far
Pick Up Quizup
Glu Mobile picks up QuizUp developer Plain Vanilla in deal worth $8.7 million
Takes advantage of deal established in January
Indie Mavens
Indie Mavens' Games of the Year 2016
Some big names, some smaller entries
The Next Supercell
Who will be the next $10 billion games company after Supercell?
Oscar Clark asks some industry experts
Game Marketing Analysis
Don’t blame marketing for product failures
Why the product is a key part of the marketing
Looking Back
Mobile games generated $40.6 billion in revenues from 2.6 billion MAUs in 2016
SuperData Research looks back on the year
Touch Of Love
Game-focused messenger app Plato launches public beta following $3 million seed round
Play pool with your friends within the app
Top 50
PocketGamer.biz Top 50 developers 2017: Tell us about your successful year
Fill in our survey to tell us about your year in games
Super Mario Runaway
Super Mario Run officially hits 40 million downloads
No word on sales
For And Against
Is the backlash against Super Mario Run's $9.99 price justified?
PocketGamer.biz debates both sides
Riccitiello On Vr
Unity CEO John Riccitiello holds firm on belief that VR won't be mainstream until 2020
Also reveals himself as a BLT lover
Speaker Spotlight
PG Connects London 2017 speaker spotlight: InnoSpark's Daniel Cho on the next big thing for mobile games
What to expect at PG Connects London
Indian Mavens
Indian Mavens' Games of the Year 2016
Clash Royale, Human Resource Machine and more!
The Lives Of Devs
Finnish game developers reveal their daily lives in new YouTube series Devs
Fingersoft, Kiemura already confirmed
Imploding
Kabam looking to sell off the rest of its studios following Netmarble sale
Including Los Angeles, Beijing, and San Francisco studios
Why Finland?
Can Finland still be a powerful force in the mobile games market?
Oscar Clark leads a panel to find out
Mobile Mavens
The Mobile Mavens' Games of the Year 2016
Pokemon GO, Clash Royale, Crashlands and more
Switch To Vr
Nintendo seemingly files patent for Switch VR headset peripheral
Zelda in your face
China Esports
China's mobile eSports industry expected to generate $2.6 billion in revenue in 2016
Three times more than 2015
Crytek In Crisis
Crytek to close or sell off all studios outside Frankfurt and Kiev, reverts to premium games
CryEngine outfit survives another day
Running Nicely
Super Mario Run generates $14 million during its first three days of launch
Yet more numbers run in
Slow To Switch
Nintendo Switch uses last-gen Nvidia tech and will run 60% slower when undocked
But when has Nintendo ever had the best performance?
Keep Dreaming
Halfbrick Studios terminates China distribution agreement with iDreamSky
Looking for a partner with "greater transparency"
Faster Deals
Match up with publishers and developers at PG Connects London 2017
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