Investing For The Future
$2.3 billion has been invested in AR and VR over the last 12 months
$500 million in the last quarter alone
Mail.ru Pix Pixonic
Mail.ru acquires War Robots developer Pixonic for up to $30 million
Gets a foothold in key Asia markets
Pixel Perfect
UPDATE: Multiple retailers and carriers leak Google Pixel smartphone details ahead of official reveal
Plenty of information made available
Always Android
Google faces major EU fine over anti-competitive Android practices
European Commission demands end to financial incentives to smartphone manufacturers
Watch The Drop
Apple Watch sales to drop by one million units in 2016 compared to 2015, analyst claims
So says analyst Ming-Chi Kuo
Native Ads
Mobile native ads: Should we believe the hype?
Leadbolt discusses the pros and cons
Foster The Pixels
Google hires former Amazon exec to lead development of new Pixel phones
David Foster joins as VP of Product Engineering
Virtual Report
Steel Media launches new VR and AR business website The Virtual Report
Industry event VR Connects coming to London in January 2017
#madebygoogle
Watch the Google Pixel and Google Daydream VR headset reveals right here
YouTube livestream to show off everything Google has to offer
Daydream Into Reality
Google Daydream to launch in October for $79
According to sources close to the announcement
Mobile Mavens
Why did Ubisoft buy Ketchapp?
The industry's best and brightest discuss
Road To Publishing
Vivid partners with Romania developer to publish endless runner Road Survivor
Polish publisher lines up multiple projects for 2017
Monetiser
14 videos that teach you how to monetise, retain and acquire users for your mobile games
The key sessions from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2016
Going To The Top
Pokemon GO generated $204 million of August 2016's $3 billion mobile game revenues
Highest grossing game of the month
Look At Me
App Store developers can start using Search Ads on October 5th to promote their games
Appe details pricing structure and analytics package
Opening Up
Push notifications sent on a Monday lunchtime that say "get your" are the most likely to be opened
So says Tapjoy's new report
Commercial Break
How not to advertise games on TV
Quaid Media CEO Volker Dressel analyses TV commercials to break down the good and the bad
Most Read
What mobile developers think of Defold, the indie developer's guide to UA and Ubisoft acquires Ketchapp
The hottest articles of last week
Licence To Print Money
Pokemon GO was making $16 million a day at its peak
Revenues have settled at a still impressive $2 million a day
Going Public
South Korea games publisher Netmarble seeks approval for multi-billion dollar IPO
Netmarble readies itself for long-awaited initial public offering
Big In Japan
Pokemon GO’s Japan launch three times as big as US release
Global launch had 50x more players than expected
Unreal Dev Grants
Epic awards $50,000 in Unreal Dev Grants to UE4 education projects
The latest round from Epic's $5 million funding initiative
East To West
Chinese publisher Kingnet debuts in the West with multiplayer war game Thunder Fleet
Newly public company eyes global expansion
More Zynga Hires
Zynga recruits another EA exec as its new Chief Financial Officer
Gerard Griffin leaves EA after 10 years
Iap Inspector
How does Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Apple In China
Apple's new hardware-focused R&D centre in China to cost $45 million
Will employ 500 people
Beyond A Billion
Why the team behind hit mobile game Subway Surfers is opening a new publishing arm
Director of Publishing Jeppe Bisbjerg explains all
To War!
Wooga spin-off Black Anvil launches first game Warlords after a year in soft launch
Definitely unaffected by Wooga cuts
Pew Pew Pew
YouTube sensation PewDiePie signs multi-game deal with Goat Simulator designer's new studio
Working together on comedy games
Warner Slots
Warner Bros enters the social casino market with Extra Slots Stars
Still a tie-in production, but more casual than usual
Pokemon No
Outraged Pokemon GO players have been filing complaints with the Federal Trade Commission
Users ticked off with bans and trespassers
Fix Up Look Sharp
Ubisoft launches new casual title Face Up, its first mobile game following the Ketchapp acquisition
Maybe looking into the casual market a little more intently?
New Apple Campus
Apple to set up enormous new campus at Battersea Power Station
Moving most of its London staff there
Gotta Add 'em All
4 features Niantic should add right now to re-ignite the Pokemon GO phenomenon
Limited time events, gachas, trading and collaboration on the table
Keeping Control
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot blasts Vivendi's quest for control as "dangerous"
Warns of the "great risk" to shareholders
Heart Of China
New Chinese games company and Jagex owner Zhongji Holding eyes acquisitions
Looking to acquire more developers
Now Hiring
How to get a job at MMX Racing developer Hutch
CEO Shaun Rutland shares insights
Amazeballz Ar
How Ragtag plans to use augmented reality as more than just a gimmick in amazeballz pool
People "more inclined" to point a camera and enjoy AR than use VR
Peak Smartphone
UK to hit "peak smartphone" as market saturates, but replacement market will thrive
Almost everyone has one, but there's always a new model
Bit Of A Jam
BlackBerry ceases smartphone manufacturing as company reports $372 million net loss
CFO James Yersh set to leave
Strong Tactics
Israeli hardcore strategy developer Tacticsoft raises $1 million to work on ambitious new game
London Venture Partners and Gigi Levy-Weiss invest
Finest Minds
Eric Seufert, Lightneer, King, NetEase, Amazon, 6waves and more unveiled as PG Connects London 2017's first speakers
Get the sharpest insight at Europe's largest mobile games business conference
Flixy Funding
Indian publisher Flixy Games raises $425,000 in seed funding from Japanese VC
Launches first game, Avatars Clash: Comet on Mahaar
Crushing It
Candy Crush Saga users have played more than one trillion games in last four years
18 billion games played every month
Ua Top Tips
The indie game developers guide to user acquisition
5 top tips for indie UA
Samsung Under Fire
Samsung comes under fire once again as a Galaxy Note 7 explodes in China
Not having the best month
Jobs News
Glen Fox appointed new Editor of PocketGamer.co.uk
Consumer site to undertake bold redesign
Hit Me
KamaGames brings its social casino games to messaging app Viber
Makes it easier to talk to friends while playing Blackjack
Making A Mark
How a vibrant community is helping shape the future of 60-second RPG Exiles of Embermark
Tim Harris talks us through the latest in Exiles' development
Asia Bulletin
Pokemon GO aims for China, a third of Japan's population plays Puzzle & Dragons, and more
Asia mobile gaming news weekly from PocketGamer.biz