Casual Wars
Disney and Genera Games reveal first ever casual puzzle Star Wars game Star Wars: Puzzle Droids
You can never have enough Star Wars games
Up To Scratch
Does your user acquisition tool make the grade? Use this expert checklist to find out
A comprehensive list to help you make the best choices for your game and company
Compete In Shadows
Cygames partners with Next Generation Esports for first North American Shadowverse tournament
$10,000 prize for the overall winner
Indian Mavens
Is access to funding for Indian games companies improving?
How should Indian developers approach investment?
Crossy Mouse
Disney Crossy Road celebrates one year anniversary and 31 million downloads with new toy line
Get a blocky Mickey for $2.99
Blast Off
Shane McCafferty and Jim Squires team up to launch new Canadian studio Rocketship Park
Already working on first game Block Droppin'
Gamee Investment
Social gaming platform Gamee raises $2.15 million
Initial Capital and Credo Ventures lead the way
Not For Your Eyes
From game jam to indie hit: The making of A Normal Lost Phone
Accidental Queens' Diane Landais on the smartphone as a setting
Free To Roam
Gameloft on designing an open-world F2P mobile game with no limits in Gangstar New Orleans
The Gameloft Montreal team discuss a project two years in the making
The Monetisation Experience
Publishers – it’s time to get with the game
Woobi's Shai Sasson shares best practices on getting your game "brand ready"
Of Swords And Ltv
MMO Logres of Swords and Sorcery gears up for Western launch after eight million downloads in Japan
Not huge player numbers, but an enormous LTV
Down With The Sickness
Ndemic Creations hires ex-PocketGamer.biz writer Matt Gilman as Project and Community Manager
Makes the jump from journalism to community management
Get Updated
Mobile developers can now respond to App Store user reviews in iOS 10.3
Smoother, faster, better
Packing A Perfect Plan
Still a booming beach: Three years on, how Supercell nurtured its runt
Considering Boom Beach
Free No More
Apple now rejecting any app or game that references its own price on the App Store
No more releasing free versions of the same game
Casual Evolution
The ascendance of hyper-casual part two: What defines the genre?
AppLovin's Johannes Heinze continues his detailed analysis of a new genre
Estonia Event
Tallinn GameDev Days Conference returns in April 2017
Includes two tracks based around the motto of 'Back to the Future'
Crikey
Lineage 2: Revolution was the top grossing game worldwide in February 2017 despite only being launched in South Korea
Monster Strike and Clash Royale didn't stand a chance
Netease In 2017
Fantasy Westward Journey players exchange over $7.3 million worth of in-game currency daily
Pearl Research has all the details from NetEase's media event in February 2017
Innogames Hiring
InnoGames hires ex-Goodgame Art Director Rick Schmitz as Team Lead Artist
Working on a currently unannounced game
Not The First Rodeo
"I could work with Games Workshop forever": Perchang's Ben Murch on his new studio and returning to his favourite IP
From two men in a pub to five men in an office
Big Move
Bigpoint CEO Khaled Helioui steps down as Youzu outlines new mobile and investment strategy
Exec aims to pursue new personal goals
Sad Catz
Peripheral manufacturer Mad Catz to be delisted from NYSE
Abnormally low trading price to blame
Mobile Mavens
Can international mobile game developers still find success in China?
Is there still a way in for developers from abroad?
Third Time's The Charm
Samsung plans to refurbish and recycle defective Galaxy Note 7s
Maybe these ones won't explode
Sense Of Togetherness
A pocket-sized guide for community management in games
How to be a good Community Manager, and what that means
Reading Between The Lines
Nintendo has a mobile strategy, just not a coherent one
Super Mario Run versus Fire Emblem Heroes
Back Of The Net
Eight Pixels Square tops UK and France App Store charts with Retro Soccer
Midcore studio finds success with simpler title
Patent Battle
Chinese court overturns iPhone 6 ban that could have barred sales in the country
Beijing Intellectual Property Court rules in favour of Apple
Classic Reborn
NCSoft seals deal with Taiwan firm Gamania to publish Lineage M
Agreement will see game released in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao
East To West
Garfield game publisher Animoca partners with COLOPL to push Tokyo Casino Project globally
Localisations readied for Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas
Google Free Apps
Google trials Free App of the Week feature to rival the App Store
A free app or game every week
Critical Downloads
Soft-launched shooter Critical Ops surpasses 15 million downloads
DAUs still sat at 500,000
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Flaregames' Tara Brannigan on how to get a job as a Community Manager
Some top tips in building a career in Community Management
You're So Vainglory
Vainglory to hold its first Unified Live Championship at London's O2 on May 19th
Go as a VIP and get your name on a hoodie
Kickstart My Heart
Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has seen 10,000 games recieve full funding
$613 million raised in the last 8 years
State Of Play
A look at China’s stringent mobile game regulations half a year on
Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad looks at the challenges facing developers breaking into China
Super Mario Flop
Super Mario Run's sales failed to meet Nintendo's expectations
But Fire Emblem Heroes is doing well
Most Read
Scopely snags the Temple Run license, Elex working on Call of Duty game, and why you should open your own studio
The hottest articles of last week
Virtuos Hires Freeman
Virtuos hires ex-Crytek Executive Producer Elijah Freeman as new Group Development Director
Based out of its Shanghai HQ
Massively Multiplayer
What can we expect from the future of mobile MMORPGs?
And why are the current slate of titles in the genre so successful?
Find The Lawsuit
Hidden object developer G5 Entertainment sues MyTona over lucrative game The Secret Society
Claims the studio is improperly refusing a license extension
Netdragon Financials Fy16
Hong Kong developer NetDragon boosts revenues by 120% following strong mobile growth in 2016
Planning on releasing further mobile games to dig into the market
Indie Stories
11 Indie Adventures from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2017
Discover how other indies are making it in the games industry
Super Mario Review
Super Mario Run gets over 160,000 5-star reviews on Google Play in 24 hours
Fans rush to defend the big N
Now Playing
Now playing: Prettygreat's Phil Larsen on Triple Town
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Igg Financials Fy16
Lords Mobile made $130 million in 2016 to spur IGG revenue up 59% for the year
Profits also up 74% year-on-year
Creative Colombia
Inside the top five game developers in Colombia
Meet the studios that are turning Colombia into a hub of mobile and VR games development
Apple Manufacturing India
Apple to begin manufacturing iPhone 6s in India
iPhone SEs will join them in three months
Mobile Games University
19 talks with practical mobile game development tips from PG Connects London 2017
Advice from the experts