Looking Ahead
How Fierce Kaiju got in on the ground floor of VR and avoided making its "Barbie game"
From Blast Furnace's ashes
Back From Split
5 important things we learned at Reboot Develop 2016
Most significant lessons learned from Croatian game dev conference
Publisher Panel
Video: The role of publishers, according to the publishers themselves
What they look for and what they can do for you
Creativity = Profit?
India has a burgeoning indie scene, but can it find commercial success?
Indian Mavens weigh up the creative/commercial balance
Sibling Rivalry
Two months after launch, Kendall & Kylie is being out grossed by two-year-old Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
Elders and betters
Seriously Lifestyle
Seriously widens Best Fiends' UA strategy, signing up 200 lifestyle YouTubers for new influencer campaign
PewDiePie swapped out for CuteGirlsHairstyles
Kim Is Still King
Kendall and Kylie fails to sustain as Glu sees FY16 Q1 revenues down 11% to $55 million
B-list
Foxy Business
Plarium reboots Stormfall with Megan Fox as your in-game inspiration
Doing things the MZ way
Who Are Your Players?
Revisiting Bartle's 4 player types for success in F2P mobile game
Torulf Jernström talks audience
Focus On Core
Deeper Heroes: The making of Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2
The team at Disney talk design decisions and gameplay balancing
Intern Wanted
Dutch publisher TFJoy hiring Intern Game Programmer
Rotterdam firm seeks killed coder for paid internship
Talk Talk
Speaker submissions for NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016 now open
Indian game dev conference returns 10-12 November
Player Survey
Nielsen launches its Mobile Game Tracking service
From the players mouth
Cash Royale
Supercell on track to break $3 billion barrier in 2016
Out-performs Tom Clancy's The Division on consoles
Beam Me Up
How to get a job at Star Trek Timelines' developer Disruptor Beam
VP of People Ops Jennifer Ramcharan shares insights
Must-go Show
Last chance for Early Bird tickets for PG Connects Vancouver, June 28-29
Hurry - final 24 hours before price increase!
Apply Now
Korean publisher Smilegate hiring Software Engineer and UI Artists
English or Korean speakers needed for MMO project
Growing Pains
As the Chinese mobile game market matures fast, "abnormal" ad clicks become a problem
So reckon Newzoo and TalkingData
Going Global
NetEase on its holistic approach to finding success in China and the west
Riten Huang explains the plan
Don't Push It
Indie Mavens on why Crunch - including indie self-crunch - is a failure of process
Don't confuse passion with servitude
Downward Spiral?
Increasing competition sees Day 7 retention for mobile F2P mobile games drop 50%
GameAnalytics has been number crunching
Best Of The Best
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2016
The shakers, movers and moneymakers
2017 And Beyond
Why Behaviour Interactive is committing to big-brand midcore for the next 3 years
VP of mobile publishing Jimmy Gendron thinks big
Tracking
GameAnalytics now freely available for Unreal Engine
Getting the inside scoop
Most Read
PocketWhale's PR pivot, Clash Royale clones, and is Machine Zone really worth $9 billion?
The hottest articles of last week
Talk Talk
Montreal International Game Summit 2016 call for speakers ends 30 May
Talking in Montreal
What's Next?
People will be surprised by our second game, says Nordeus CEO Branko Milutinovic
Life after Top Eleven
Potential
Indian mobile game devs have unique creativity, but are they ready for the global market?
Finding the balance
No Tanks Required
Offering $30,000 for soft launch UA, Wargaming's WG Labs is looking for midcore mobile games to sign up
Natallia Pershyts explains the deal
Dos And Dont's
The cost of bad UX: why Star Wars: Commander hasn't reached Supercell-level success
Player Research CEO Graham McAllister on UX cardinal sins
A Little Moor Detail
Moor Games CEO Davon Robinson on Fetty Wap, real world rewards, and engaging multicultural audiences
The background and inspiration behind Fetty Wap: Nitro Nation Stories
Better Together
How adding guilds plays into longterm retention for Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
John Salera on thinking ahead
Reboot Returns
Reboot Develop returning to Dubrovnik for 2017
Gunning for the title of "best games industry conference in Europe"
Vancouver Calling
Very Big Indie Pitch comes to Canada as a part of Pocket Gamer Connects Vancouver 2016
Pitches, prizes, indies...
Making More Of Less
Despite 'Peak iPhone', this is the opportunity for mobile game developers
Know your audience
Indies And Influencers
Dastan Games' The Light Inside Us wins Bloggers' Choice Award at PGC Bangalore 2016
Pocket Gamer Connects Bangalore brings the blogging community closer to the indies
Ua To Pr
Why paid UA startup PocketWhale pivoted to employ the power of the press
From performance to brand UA
It's Not Yet Mario
Nintendo mobile games #2 and #3 will be Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem
Two of five to go
Awarded
Clash Royale, Galaxy of Heroes and Alphabear in the running for first Google Play Awards
Only the best
London To Mumbai
With the India mobile games market set to explode, why Nazara is investing in UK devs
Two down, more to come?
Making Of Episode
Demi Lovato, Mean Girls and moderation: The making of Episode
How major licenses helped boost the profile of the interactive fiction platform
Value Multiplier
Is Machine Zone really worth $9 billion?
Lawrence W. Abrams has some figures
Double Strike
PlayRaven CEO Lasse Seppänen on being bold and trying new things in the mobile strategy genre
A different strategy
Vr Mixer
Show off your VR game at our London VR Mixer on Wednesday 4 May
Celebrating the launch of the Global VR Gaming Challenge
Pure Gold
Video: The golden rules for raising funding from institutional investors
Inside track for cash
No Longer Solo
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes adds guilds, raids, and 'shoots first' Han Solo character
Force multipler
Bolt On
CMGE bought for $1 billion by a Chinese auto parts company
Another characteristic deal
Stream Everything
Kamcord raises $10 million to expand its video streaming goal from games to all apps
All the world's a stream
Better Data
The Specialist Works launches its new TV for Apps tracking service with Elex's Clash of Kings
Tracking it
New Blood
Big Boot Games' Monarchy takes the grand prize at PGC Bangalore 2016's Very Big Indie Pitch
Big winner