Left Behind
An adventure cut short: The human cost of a canned F2P game
A live game can't stay that way forever, but we should remember the impact on players
Record Breaker
Best Fiends Forever surpasses five million downloads
Seriously's latest off to a fast start
It's Mi Vr
Smartphone maker Xiaomi launches $29 VR headset Mi VR in China
Ultra-low latency and touch-controlled remote
Ua Overview
Knowledge Base - UA 101: An overview of the different types of paid user acquisition and ads on mobile
A breakdown of user acquisition types and which avenues you might consider
Mii Future
Does Nintendo’s first mobile game Miitomo have a future?
A look at how the social app is faring in the App Store charts
Gungho Financials Q3 Fy16
Puzzle & Dragons publisher GungHo switches to global development approach as profits fall by 43.4%
10 games currently in development
Virtually Hired
Oculus hiring over 100 new staff as it boosts AR and future tech development
Developing new headsets and experiences
Most Read
Tips for cross-promoting as an indie, the making of Black Anvil's Warlords, and an interview with King's Riccardo Zacconi
The hottest articles of last week
Crushing It
Mobile game streaming service Mobcrush raises $20 million
Platform has over one million monthly active users
Let's Go Whaling
How can mobile developers monetise with "whales" in mind?
Tribleflame's Torulf Jernström tells all
The Story Ends
COLOPL NI winds up development on JRPG Rune Story after just one year
A hit in Japan, not so in the west
Konami Financials Q2 Fy17
26 million Power Pro downloads helps Konami's profits soar to $115.8 million
Game revenues increase while everything else drops
Tech Team Assemble
4 keys to assembling a great mobile tech team
InnoGames' Stephan Dilly on how to build a strong team of developers
Hurry To Hyderabad
NaturalMotion, EA and Unity speakers heading to NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016
Others include Big Boss Entertainment, Fireproof and Stoic
Capcom Financials Q2 Fy16
Capcom talks up VR potential as profits slump to $3.86 million
Digital Contents business sees some growth
Tencent On Top
Tencent generated more games revenue in the first half of 2016 than EA or Activision Blizzard ever have in a year
Newzoo Global Games Market Report tells all
Live And Kicking
Three years on: Flaregames on the evolution of Royal Revolt 2
Producer Gavin Lammin reflects on the game's life so far
Asia Bulletin
China’s App Store revenues hit $1.7 billion in Q3, the top 20 Chinese Android app stores, and more
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Pokemon Go Go Go
Pokemon GO back on top of the US App Store thanks to in-game Halloween event
Niantic's hit surges up charts across the globe
Indie Advice
How indies can thrive in the free-to-play mobile games space
Tilting Point's Samir El Egili shows us the way
China Rich List
Tencent and NetEase CEOs in top five of Forbes' China Rich List with combined worth of $39.7 billion
Worth $24.5 billion and $15.2 billion respectively
Iap Inspector
How does Best Fiends Forever monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Vungle Fever
Vungle helped increase rewarded ad revenues in Magic Jigsaw Puzzles from $200 to $6,000 a day
Revenues rise by 29x
Switch It Up
Nintendo keeping quiet on Switch until January 13th 2017
Plans to ship 2 million units globally in its first month
Studio Closure
King shuts down Singapore studio Nonstop Games two years after big money deal
Developer closes two years after big money acquisition
A Cut Above
Gazillion Entertainment cuts a non-Marvel path onto mobile with licensed IP Dexter: Slice
First non-Marvel title released by the studio.
Piggies Come To Uk
Taptica partners with Chinese publisher Rafo Tech to drive UK downloads of Piggy Boom
Top game in Taiwan looking for female downloads in the West
Bwhaaaat?
Ubisoft cans card-battler Rabbids Heroes five months into soft launch
Online services to shut down November 15th
Ka-ching
Why casino games work without real money
Tribeflame's Torulf Jernström looks at addiction, finding the fun and looking after your players in casino games
Facebook Transformation
Transformers: Earth Wars saw 50% cheaper CPIs using Facebook Ads
Facebook case study reveals how it helped grow the game
Samsung Financials Q3 Fy16
Samsung blames exploding Galaxy Note 7 fiasco for burning a hole in its mobile profits
Profits and sales drop across the board
Global Mario
Super Mario Run heading to 150 countries in December
Nintendo confirms game will not have any in-app purchases other than to unlock the full game
Playing Its Cards Right
How PopCap entered the collectible card game genre with Plants vs. Zombies: Heroes
Creative Director Devin Low on PopCap's strong hand
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: King CEO Riccardo Zacconi on building a mobile gaming powerhouse
Crushing it with Candy Crush Saga
Indian Mavens
Indian game developers react to Google Pixel and Daydream View VR
Will Google's new hardware have any impact on the Indian market?
Keep It Casual
The best practices for mobile ad monetisation with casual gamers
Tamalaki's Martine Spaans explains
Might And Magic On Mobile
Black Anvil's first and last game: the making of Warlords
Putting the 'core' back in midcore
Ninten-go
Nintendo profits up to $364 million as Pokemon GO and Seattle Mariners sale prop up falling revenues
Financial report doesn't mention Miitomo
Tough Apples
Apple posts first annual revenue loss in 15 years as sales fall by $18.1 billion
Sales down across the board except in Services
Ua For Indies
6 tips for mobile cross-promotion: The smart indie dev’s low-cost UA strategy
How to turn your DAUs into loyal consumers for all your mobile games
Key Players
Keywords Studios acquires user testing firm Player Research for up to $1.6 million
£700,000 in cash, 65,000 shares
Not To Bee
UA and monetisation platform Bee7 no longer available to third-party developers
Tech only available for Outfit7 and advertisers
Never Stop Never Stopping
Flaregames' Nonstop Knight rushes past seven million downloads in just under five months
Achieving around one million downloads a month
Drifting Along
Ex-HoloLens and Oculus staff form eSports VR game developer Drifter Entertainment
Currently hiring
Mobile Mavens
What's the value of a movie license for a free-to-play mobile game?
And why are such deals so popular?
Logging On
Amazon Lumberyard opens new Austin office
Working closely with Twitch team there
Hi Doggy
Fireproof Games' The Room series generated $3.3 million from each game in their first 12 months of release
Barry Meade takes to Twitter to explain the infographic
Pokemon Boo
Pokemon GO aims to entice players back with more candy and scary Pokemon in Halloween event
First live event since launch
Piece Of Eden
Eden Games appoints new CMO at large as it prepares for mobile release of Gear.Club
Bolsters team ahead of first self-published effort
Top Insight
Twitch, NaturalMotion, Magmic, Curve, Gamevil, Gram and Execution Labs confirmed for PGC London 2017
The finest industry speakers keep coming...