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
Big Deal
Ubisoft acquires prolific mobile games publisher Ketchapp
French publisher expands mobile operations with key deal
Cloud Gaming
Cloud gaming platform LiquidSky secures $4 million to bring PC games to Android smartphones
Service streams games to numerous devices
Dreaming Of Vr
Google Daydream VR SDK out of beta
Comes with Unity and Unreal Engine support
End Of The Road
Roadhouse Interactive's CEO opens up on the studio's cash flow problems and closure
Key client pulled out of apps business
New Blood
Hutch bolsters its team with ex-Lionhead and Codemasters staff
And Peter Hansen-Chambers joins as Commercial Director
Zynga Hiring Spree
Zynga hires ex-DeNA VP Doug Scott as its new CMO
Yet another senior hire for Zynga
The Race Is On
Western devs must get better at F2P before Chinese giants steal their players, says NetEase's Tom van Dam
Great game design can't overcome F2P naivety
Blizzard In China
Blizzard and NetEase extend mainland China games partnership to January 2020
Happy to keep working together
Take Note
Samsung's "improved" Galaxy Note 7 is still overheating in South Korea
Sales delayed until October 1st
Philanthropic, Or Just For Profit?
What do mobile developers think of King's game engine Defold?
Mobile Mavens debate the engine and its motivations
Lovin' It
Chinese investor splashes $1.4 billion on mobile marketing platform AppLovin
US ad firm gets Chinese ownership
White Nights
What the White Nights Moscow conference offers games developers and publishers and how to get a discount
Enter PG.biz to get 15% off
Best Of 2016
BAFTA Games Awards 2017 now open for entry
Event to be held on April 7th
Clawing It Back
Ubisoft fights Vivendi's request for greater control by buying back $137.5 million in stock
Bringing 3.2% back under control
User Acquisition
Cinema trailer springs Chinese MMO into top 10 grossing chart
Offline user acquisition campaign gets strong results
Social Unity
Social casino developer KamaGames moves all of its games to Unity 5
Making the jump from native apps
Leading The Pack
Supercell made up 80% of all Finnish game revenues in 2015, report claims
Powering Finland to Nordic dominance
The Saga Concludes
From paperbacks to touchscreens: the making of Sorcery!
Creative Director Jon Ingold reflects on the four-part epic
Most Read
Roadhouse Interactive closes, King on why it's offering the DeFold game engine for free and Supercell's Ilkka Paananen on company culture
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No Uprising
Kabam shutting down Star Wars: Uprising mobile game
Servers to be taken offline on November 17th 2016