Moving On Up
Oculus looking to invest $50 million into mobile VR developers
Setting aside money for education and diverse developers
Indie Mavens
Is soft-launching a game effective for an indie developer?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Look, No Cables!
Oculus working on standalone VR headset that's more advanced than the Gear VR
Lowers system specs for Rift devices
Making Of
Upholding visual fidelity without sacrificing game design: The making of Oz: Broken Kingdom
This Game Studio talk us through the Asian influences on a Western title
Big Money
Oculus takes virtual reality developer funding up to $500 million as it searches for the killer app
A quarter of what Facebook spent to buy Oculus
Vr, We Are
Introducing VR Connects London 2017: A brand new VR/AR/MR industry conference
January 16th-17th event comes from the team that brought you PG Connects…
Short Burst Storytelling
Disruptor Beam wants players to succeed and fail together in The Walking Dead: March to War
Director of Product & Design Joey Lapegna on the latest IP to get the Disruptor Beam treatment
Ready For China
NCSoft signs $10 million deal to bring mobile game Lineage Red Knights to China
Publisher could collaborate with the Alpha Group on animations, cartoons and toys
Sell Your Dragonsoul
GREE International Entertainment acquires RPG DragonSoul from PerBlue
Developer sells just the game, not its company
Pixel Perfect
Google holding back some of Pixel's best features for its own phones
Makes perfect business sense really
Walking Disruptor
Disruptor Beam reveals new story-driven mulitplayer game The Walking Dead: March to War
Story-driven competitive multiplayer strategy based on the comics
Optibot Rolls Out
Optimove aims to make marketing easier through automated Optibot
CRM optimisation bot will recommend new courses of action for marketers
First Investment
LA VR start-up First Contact Entertainment closes $5 million investment round
Brings on two new senior hires
Moomin On Up
Finnish start-up Snowfall raises €1 million to bring Moomin mobile games to Asia
Turku-based studio eyes up niche market
N-app-oli
Apple opens App Development Centre in Naples' oldest university
Free iPhone, iPad, and MacBook for all students on the free nine month course
Goodness Gracious
Samsung's big recall up in smoke as replacement Galaxy Note 7 catches fire on US plane
Samsung's own system claimed it was safe
Survey Research
Why you should consider Rewarded Surveys for your game monetisation strategy
A pragmatic overview of the market research industry and how it applies to game monetisation
Indian Mavens
Is localising games for India a smart move?
Indian Mavens discuss Flixy Games' strategy
Asia Bulletin
Chinese investor buys marketing platform AppLovin for $1.4 billion, Netmarble gears up for multi-billion dollar IPO, and more
Asia mobile gaming news weekly from PocketGamer.biz
Get The Message
Zynga’s pro-activeness with iMessages reaps dividends for Words With Friends
Downloads up 74%
Fund Seekers
Ex-RuneScape team wants to create a new generation of toys-to-life games with Lightseekers
UK studio heads to Kickstarter to take game into production
Global Mobile Report
China will lead global app revenues to $44.8 billion in 2016
An in-depth analysis of the global mobile market
Top Of The World
Mobile eSport Vainglory goes to Hollywood for first ever World Championship on December 2nd
First mobile eSports world championship ever
The Ideal Mixi
Marvel Tsum Tsum developer Mixi on catering to the new casual Marvel fan
Senior Producer Erika Nakamura explains why Disney chose Mixi
Pokemon Maybe
Pokemon GO still jostling for top spot on US App Store with Clash Royale and Mobile Strike
Remains at the top of the UK charts
Vr Goes Mainstream
Daydream believer: Google Daydream View can bring virtual reality to the masses
Dreaming of the mainstream
Back To Reality
EA, Ubisoft, Warner Bros and CCP all making games for Google Daydream VR
Big developers and relatively big indies get in on the launch
Apple Tv Go Home
Apple discontinues third-generation Apple TV
Focusing on flagging fourth-gen model instead
Dreaming Of Vr
Google reveals new $79 Google Daydream View VR headset for November release
Search engine giant expands its VR presence
Google Pixel Reveal
Google unveils Google Pixel smartphone
New lineup of smartphones
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
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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