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
Egg Hatching
European Games Group looking to boost portfolio following several million Euro investment
Undisclosed additional capital from Ventech and Omnes Capital
Turkey Loves Indies
Turkey seeks to bring in fresh game development talent with Turkey Loves Indies campaign
Save money by moving your business to Turkey
Closer To Home
Mixi suspends Monster Strike's US marketing; pivots to focus on China
Competitive beast
Spil-ing Over
Spil Games' mobile reboot pays off: it's restating 2016 goal up to 150 million downloads
Has done 100 million downloads in 12 months
Sea-registration
Adways brings its pre-registration campaigns to Southeast Asia, starting in Thailand and Vietnam
Operating through SEA ad network Seads
Rise And Fall
Z2's future looks uncertain as forthcoming midcore title Rise of Tyrants is canned
Writing's on the wall
Asia Bulletin
Nexon grows in South Korea, Android takes 97% of India smartphone market in Q2, and more
Your weekly Asia bulletin
Angriest Birds
Rovio soft-launches yet another Angry Birds title, Angry Birds Blast
Was two not enough?
Learn From Experience
Pitching advice from 45-year industry stalwart Don Daglow
How to sell your vision
Casting Investment
Tencent-led Series C round pushes total investment in Chinese gamecasting platform Douyu TV to over $2 billion
Had previously helped investment push over $1 billion
No Babysitting
OKAM Studio on empowering designers with Godot Engine's adventure game framework Escoria
Ariel Manzur on letting designers design
Going Up
Pokemon GO will soon hit $350 million; well on its way to generating $1 billion
And other stats from App Annie
Mobius Million
Mobius Final Fantasy hits one million downloads outside Japan
New items added to store to appeal to Western players
Designing Candy
How King uses magic and data to find the fun in Candy Crush
Jeremy Kang discusses level design on match-3 games
Secret Service
Unity Finland working on mysterious "revolutionary" Project X
Jussi Laakkonen teases details
Z2 Job Cuts
King-owned developer Z2Live cuts marketing and support functions staff
Parent company aligning studio with its strategic goals
Most Read
Trends in soft launching, Pokemon GO's relative failure in Japan, and why Ilyon Dynamics releases 10 games a week
The hottest articles of last week
Hard Steel
Exclusive Chinese World of Tanks licensor KongZhong doesn't get rights to World of Tanks: Blitz
Deal modified
Facebook Friends
How Facebook is tightly integrated into InnoGames’ UA campaigns
Uncovering users and adapting with new data
Not Just A Fad
Pokemon GO players are more engaged and willing to spend than ever
In New Zealand anyway