The Rich Get Richer
The top ten public developers generated 54% of the global games industry's revenues in 2016
Tencent made up 10% of all revenues generated in the year
Apps Become Platforms
Are we heading for a post-app store future?
Blackstorm's Michael Carter and Ernestine Fu on the rise of the super apps
Next Games Goes Public
Next Games becomes first Finnish games studio to go public on NASDAQ First North
Studio enjoys strong debut
Having A Party
Plarium launches Twentieth Century Fox-licensed Rio: Match-3 Party
Jesse Eisenberg reprises his role as a bird
Indie Mavens
Will the new App Store Indies section have any real impact on indie mobile games?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Games Hub
New report calls for investment in West Midlands games industry
Local sector supports up to 3,500 jobs
Show Me The Money
6 videos on funding, games industry M&A and tax relief from PG Connects London 2017
Get advice and insights from the experts
Larry The Chimera
Chimera Entertainment brings on Goodgames' Larry Mellon as Technical Product Director
He's delighted to join them
Still Going Strong
Summoners War hits $780 million in lifetime revenue
Com2uS RPG generated $280 million in one year
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Com2uS on the evolution of Summoners War
Lead Developer Min Young Jung on the game's life so far
37 Interactive Financials Fy16
Chinese games publisher 37 Interactive grew its mobile profits by 978% in 2016
Mobile revenues reach $237.9 million for the year
Super Mario Android
Super Mario Run launches on Android three months after first appearing on iOS
Should have run faster
Ugc Future
Big Bang Racing developer Traplight raises $2.7 million to create games for the Minecraft generation
Two new projects in the works
Up And Away
Futureplay's Build Away! organic downloads up 110% from Matchmade influencer campaigns
A pretty impressive case study
Instant Hit
Users play EverWing on Facebook Instant Games for an average of one hour per day
Blackstorm Labs CEO Michael Carter on early successes in post-app store gaming
Demon Wobble
Level-5 gears up for Yo-Kai Watch Wibble Wobble's European launch after hitting 10 million downloads
Shake shake, wibble wobble
Battle Ready
Fighting fraud in mobile game user acquisition
KamaGames on how not to fall victim to fraud
You're Gonna Be A Star
Moonfrog Labs teams up with Bollywood star for new celebrity game Alia Bhatt: Star Life
Rise to the top with the help of your best bud
Tencent Financials Q4 Fy16
Tencent shows impressive growth in 2016 with a staggering $21 billion in revenues generated
$6.3 billion generated in Q4 alone
Birthing Heroes
A team effort: The making of Alliance: Heroes of the Spire
Behind the scenes with Mark Spenner
O, Android
Google pushes out first Developer Preview of upcoming OS Android O
Improvements to battery life, notifications and more
Earth Birds
Rovio partners with WWF for Earth Hour-themed Angry Birds Friends tournament
Switch your lights off and fling some birds
Smart Gamification
Mobile marketing meet the smart hairbrush: Connected and gamified environments are defining the smartphone-powered now
How game developers and marketers can power new experiences
Brilliant Britain
4 videos on the state of the British games industry, Brexit and how UK devs are finding success
Insights into the UK mobile games development scene
Daring New Event
Abertay University replaces student competition Dare to be Digital with new Dare Academy
Top three teams will receive fully funded placements in China, India and the US
New Ipads
Apple unveils two new 9.7-inch iPads and a red iPhone 7
Almost all the rumours come true
Hack 'n' Plan
Trello-like games production tool HacknPlan eyes April 3rd launch
Pre-orders open until March 31st
Role Players
Achieving the best UA results by attracting the right player types to your game
How the four player types can be relevant for mobile user acquisition
Collab Of Duty
Activision partners with Elex on unannounced Call of Duty mobile game
Could explain why CoD: Siege was cancelled
Nordic Conference
Welcome to Nordic Game 2017: We’ll meet for knowledge, emotion and business
Legendary developer Fumito Ueda is among the speakers at NG17, May 17th to 19th, in Sweden. Join us for three memorable days with the Nordic game developer community
Going It Alone
"Starting a games studio is idiotic, brutal and you should totally do it"
TreasureHunt CEO Kyle Smith shares advice on starting a company
Educational Ar
Kingston University invests $66,000 in new educational AR and VR facility
Hoping to develop skills from students across multiple disciplines
Hungry For Switch
Nintendo is already shipping out more Switch consoles to retailers
Had only planned to ship two million units in March
Attractive Proposition
An in-depth look at games as investments
The evolving opportunities in console, PC, mobile, VR and AR
Made In India
Xiaomi doubles down on India with second smartphone production plant
95% of all Xiaomi devices sold in India are now made there
Indutrends
6 videos on mobile games industry trends for 2017 from PG Connects London
Learn all you need to know
More Speakers
Electronic Arts, QuickByte, Mail.Ru and Priori Data are latest additions for PG Connects San Francisco 2017
Second wave of speaker announcements for June 27th to 28th conference
Machine Learning
PlayFab partners with IBM Watson supercomputer to help game developers boost player engagement
New tools to provide insights into player behaviour
Smart Move?
HTC to sell Shanghai smartphone factory for $90 million as it expands VR operations
Production to continue in Taiwan
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: 6waves' Ernest Wong on how to get a job as a Director of Product
Some top tips in building a career in product management
Pokemon Go Forever
SK Telecom signs deal with The Pokemon Company offering free data to Pokemon GO players in South Korea
In exchange for 4,000 PokeStops and Gyms
Hutch Hires
Hutch brings on ex-Frontier artist Anisa Sanusi as UX/UI Designer
Comes from Frontier Developments
Run!
Scopely snags Temple Run license for soft-launched match-3 title Treasure Hunters
Now open for pre-registration on Google Play
Jobs News
Wooga appoints new Chief Financial Officer
Hermione McKee will have a hand in investment decisions and data driven aspects of game development
Ipo A Go
Mobile games publishing giant Netmarble plots IPO worth up to $2.35 billion
Could be the largest public offering in South Korea for years
In Another Castle
Super Mario Run jumps onto Android this week
Game finally comes to Google Play on March 23rd
Global Publishing
9 videos that teach you about global publishing from PG Connects London 2017
Learn all you need to know about key markets around the world
Most Read
Roblox on its explosive growth, Zynga acquires four Solitaire games, and Supercell opens an online store
The hottest articles of last week
Global Game Distribution
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba invests $145 million in new global mobile game distribution venture
Partners with four studios for Global Strategic Alliance of Game Distribution
Life Goes On
Why Tag Games is offering external live ops for developers
Could it be the future?