Next To Ipo
Next Games looking to $30 million IPO to boost development and global competitiveness
The Walking Dead: No Man's Land also hits 16 million downloads
Wield Control
Samsung unveils new Gear VR controller at Mobile World Congress
Catching up with Daydream
Nexon Investment
Nexon Korea makes strategic investment in Tree of Savior developer IMC Games
Helping developer on mobile adaptation of MMORPG
Most Read
Why Zynga and Glu are focusing on their past, Ilkka Paananen talks further acquisitions, and Armada Interactive gets $10 million in seed funding
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Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Nordeus' Aleksandar Aleksic on how to get a job as a Producer
Top Eleven Producer shares career insights
Virtual Future
How Gumi is recovering from Western studio closures with VR investment
Masaru Ohnogi explains all at White Nights Prague
More Gaming Summit
Free to attend Mobile Retention and Engagement Gaming Summit kicks off March 1st in San Francisco
Event is free to attend
Gdc Tips
Tips and tricks on how to survive and make the most out of GDC 2017
The mobile mavens offer their advice from years of experience at the event
Office Closure
Report: King closes South Korea office
Publisher shuts down local operations after struggling to make a significant impact
Job Losses
Dash Galactic developer Kiz Studios struck by layoffs
Number of job losses not specified
A New Challenger
Silicon Studio to release new mobile and VR game engine Xenko in April
Free Beta version already available for download
Still For Sale
Remaining Kabam studios spun-off into new company Aftershock following Netmarble sale
Discussions already underway with prospective buyers to sell new company
F2p Design
6 tips to boost your free-to-play game retention
Mike Herron offers his game design advice
Netmarble Acquires Kabam
Netmarble closes acquisition of Kabam Vancouver and Marvel: Contest of Champions
Will run Kabam as a wholly-owned subsidiary
Playable Boost
Chartboost sees 123% better conversion rates with new interactive 'Playables' ad campaigns
D7 retention for games using the ads is up 26.7%
Appsflyer Performance Index
Facebook remains the top driver of game installs on Android and iOS
AppsFlyer digs into the best advertisers of H2 2016
Goats To Games
Goat Simulator developer Coffee Stain Studios opens publishing arm
Wants to be a partner more than a publisher
Lift Your Game
Amazon GameLift now works with all C++ and C#-based game engines
Amazon Lumberyard updated to 1.8 too
Back To Skull
LINE Corporation signs up to distribute mobile Skullgirls adaptation globally
Expected Spring 2017
Finding An Edge
The 5 most important Facebook Ad updates of 2016
How you can increase your app's revenue
Join The Corps
Swedish developer Gaming Corps pivots to acquisition strategy following $10 million investment
Bought one studio, now wants to buy more
Join The Armada
Armada Interactive secures $10 million from two seed funding rounds
Looking to revolutionise core mobile gaming
Forcing The Issue
A MOBA for the masses: the making of Star Wars: Force Arena
Behind the scenes with Netmarble's Hong Seo Park
Flaring Up
Flaregames unveils €20 million incubator program Flare Accelerator
Looking to work with emerging F2P developers
Ruzzle Up Some Downloads
MAG Interactive's Ruzzle franchise surpasses 70 million downloads
Another download milestone for the Stockholm studio
New Lords
Strategy specialist InnoGames snaps up Warlords IP from Wooga
CEOs Hendrik Klindworth and Jens Begemann explain the deal
Financial Roundup
Snapshot of key mobile game company financials in 2017
Marking mobile gamings winners and losers
Raise Your Dragon
Pocket Gems to reward top War Dragons players with limited-edition 3D figurines
Play well, get a figurine
Good News Everyone
TinyCo reveals second Fox Interactive partnership with Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow
Could be a nice money-spinner for Jam City
Sparks Flying
GameSparks surpasses 35 million MAUs for its backend-as-a-service platform
Over 250 million players served
Managed By Maple
Mobile acquisition and management firm Maple Media raises $30 million
Shamrock Capital gives a healthy cash injection
Indie Support
Reach out to the world with MoGi's Localisation Initiative for indie games
The MoGi Group explains the story behind the Localisation Indie Initiative and why it can help you
Creative Leeds
Creative England grants £150,000 to Leeds-based developers
GamesLab Leeds initiative off to a great start
Pokemon Back
Pokemon GO shoots back to the top of the grossing charts following major update
New Pokemon and customisation options helping boost revenue
Growing Up
How TabTale is moving beyond kids' games and into super casual
Itai Edry explains the strategy at White Nights Prague
Rising Spending
US iPhone gamers spent an average of $27 on games in 2016
Sensor Tower breaks out some estimates
Time For Change
How Gram Games' The 22% Project is aiming to get more women in the games industry
If nearly 50% of gamers are women, then why aren't they better represented?
Swiss Speaches
Three things we learned at the Zurich Game Festival
At the end of last month, Ludicious took place in Switzerland, and here are our track highlights…
Tenjin Partnership
Tenjin partners with Looker and Chartio to make marketing data more efficient
Visualising marketing data for better growth
Something's Bugging Me
App Store bug causes top grossing ranks to drop Candy Crush Saga for driving theory test app
Or was Apple testing a new algorithm?
Ipad You Pad
Report: Apple to refresh entire iPad line with four new devices in March 2017
A new red iPhone 7 is also expected
Several Men No Dog
Everywear Games co-founder Markus Tuppurainen joins Two Men and a Dog as Executive Producer
From wearables back to mobile
Uk Team-up
How a shared culture led to Outplay acquiring Eight Pixels Square
What is the future for the UK's biggest indie mobile studio?
Tap Into London
Mobile ads firm Taptica strengthens European business with new office in London
Hoping to use established relationships in the city to grow
Mobile Mavens
Why did Take-Two buy Social Point?
What's the motivation for the $250 million deal?
Bafta Gardner
Ex-Atari CEO David Gardner joins BAFTA as VP for Games
Will be boosting the Global Games Strategy
Gram London
Gram Games to invest $5 million in its London HQ and create 30 new jobs
Developer doubles down on new home
Accelerating Scotland
New £50,000 after-hours games accelerator launches in Scotland
Beer, pizza, and lessons on international growth
Money For Something
E-commerce platform Xsolla launches $30 million royalty investment arm for indie game developers
Get some much needed funding for a cut of your revenues
Main Event
New date for PG Connects London 2018 confirmed
We'll be back on January 22nd to 23rd, people