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Mo-mo-motorious
Helsinki start-up Motorious Entertainment secures $566,000 to work on Top Gear mobile games
First game a match-3 puzzler
Free Range
Why Egg, Inc is the new gold standard for idle game monetization
One farm game has reinvented idle games
Game Jam
Make a game at the Pocket Jam during Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2016
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Pocket Platinum
Bayonetta developer Platinum Games enters mobile space with Cygames collaboration
Cites advancements in smartphone technology as reason for shifting development
Last Chance
Final hours of PG Connects Helsinki 2016 Mid Term priced tickets
Book now to save up to 25% for biggest PGC HSK yet
Goodgame Job Losses
Job cuts at one of Germany’s biggest games studios Goodgame could hit “up to 600 employees”
Expats set to receive just 50% reimbursment of relocation costs
Adapting To Asia
Six hacks to crack the app monetization code in Asia
How to pick your approach to monetising Eastern users
Sssmash Hit
Slither.io achieved 80 million downloads worldwide in Q2 2016
So says Sensor Tower's Q2 Data Digest
Island Life
Sky-mobi delists from NASDAQ as $49 million Cayman Islands takeover completes
Trend continues
Color Me Impressed
Indie sensation Color Switch hits 100 million downloads
Next stop, 150 million downloads
Apply Now
How to get a job at Ruzzle developer MAG Interactive
HR Manager Ida Wate shares insights
Tasty Nougat
Android 7.0 Nougat rolls out on Nexus devices with Vulkan API support to boost game graphics
A bunch of emoji too
Asia Bulletin
Apple to open R&D centre in China, Tencent invests big in Douyu TV, Monster Strike dev pivots focus to China, and more
Your weekly Asia bulletin
Facebook's Comeback?
Facebook wants its gamers back with new Unity deal
Social network could be after PC and mobile developers
Party Shenanigans
In Pictures: The hottest party of the week at Gamescom's Pocket Gamer, G-STAR and G2A party
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Wakey Wakey
Tommy Palm Google Daydream keynote confirmed for PGC Helsinki 2016
Resolution Games founder offers rare insight into mobile VR platform on September 5th
Back From Cologne
5 things we learned at Gamescom, GDC Europe and Respawn 2016
Three conferences, one week
Strategy Sells
Mobile strategy games generate $194 million in the US in July, but RPGs show much better ARPDAU
And more stats from SurveyMonkey
Gamescom Grows
Record number of companies represented at Gamescom 2016
500,000 visitors to Cologne during the week
Unreal Workshop
Unreal Workshop to teach devs how to make a game with Unreal Engine at PGC Helsinki 2016
Get to grips with Epic Games' powerful game engine
Maximising Ua
Paid user acquisition: The good, the bad and the ugly
Finding an effective UA strategy for your game
Micro Makers
Micro-studios make up 65% of the 688 game development studios in the UK
130 games companies closed in year ending March 2016
Slashed Royale
Clash Royale now making half the monthly revenue it was at launch
Not a huge surprise
Namesake
Mobile Games University - ASO 101: How to choose the best app name
Why your app's name is important for ASO and SEO
That Was The Week
Mixi retreats, Z2's future looks uncertain, Shilpa Shetty goes for games, and finding the fun in Candy Crush
Hot topics in the world of mobile games
Now In Soft Launch
Indian studio June Software signs publishing deal with Tango, soft launches Warrior Dash
Game launched in seven markets
The Puppy Gets It
Goodgame Studios cuts 100+ jobs as it ditches casual and PC client games to focus on core
RPGs in, casual games out
Ready For Launch
Ex-LucasArts and EA vet Darrell Rodriguez joins mixed reality firm CastAR as CEO
Zynga's former SVP of Games, Steve Parkis, joins as COO
War Theory Meets Supercell
Plarium on the Strategic, Operational, and Tactical levels of war in Clash Royale
Guy Ulmer on the games disrupting the flow
Strategy And Celebrity Titles Incoming
Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty sets up new Indian game developer Viaan Studios
Indian handset manufacturer Viaan Industries diversifies
No Code, No Problem
Apple has featured more than 50 games made in codeless dev tool Buildbox
Engine behind Color Switch powers Apple's favourites
In The Spotlight
What the MoGI Group's gaming services can do for you
Insight into the multilingual award-winning services company
Segmentation Rules
How changing one screen led Games2Win to increase Parking Frenzy 2.0's retention by 5%
Analyse the flow
Exposing Hidden Talent
PlayJam and Marmalade vets join to launch new UK publisher PlayStack
Founded by former Marmalade CEO Harvey Elliott
See You In Cologne
Updated: Pocket Gamer's Gamescom and GDC Europe 2016 party and networking guide
Drink, eat, and chat after-hours
What To Do
Good research; clever choices; build community; be lucky: Badland dev Frogmind on what indies need to do to be successful in 2016
Coping with a maturing market
Poke-pests
Niantic and Nintendo facing another lawsuit because of Pokemon GO players
Cussing and looking in windows
Alloy Ahoy
Intel unveils its all-in-one VR headset, Project Alloy
All the joy of VR in one bulky unit
Price Is Right
The smart executive's guide to valuing and selling your mobile games company
Torulf Jernström is thinking ahead
Telling Tales
Telltale Games publishes its first mobile-only game, Mr Robot:1.51 exfiltratiOn
Not exactly SEO friendly
Reeling 'em In
Hitting 100,000 installs a month, Gear VR fishing sim Bait! passes 700,000 downloads
New content being added all the time
Apple R&d
Apple attempts to improve iPhone sales in China with a new R&D centre
Hoping to improve relations
Tencent Financials Fy16 Q2
Even before Supercell deal closes, Tencent sees huge surge in mobile game revenues
Total revenues up to $5.4 billion in FY16 Q2
New Frames Needed
How to convert your freemium-hating colleagues to F2P
MegaZebra's Matthew Laurence on challenging stigma
Money Money Money
Eric Seufert, Rovio, Gram Games, Dodreams, Pascal Clarysse and more scheduled for PGC Helsinki 2016's Monetise, Retain, Acquire track
Everything you need to know about getting players and keeping them playing
Learning By Doing
How quitting game design college eventually led Dropout Games to App Store success
The makers of UNWYND and Blyss talk dropping out and the future
Big On Events
Samurai Siege’s $37 million lifetime revenue growth now being driven by in-game events
Why in-game events can be worthwhile
Triforce
How to balance time, resource deficit and session frequency to make a successful F2P game
Alexander Shtachenko is a juggler
Tiga Findings
Games industry contributes $1.6 billion to UK GDP
Growth across the industry at an all-time high