November 16, 2018 Joining The Flock New dev strategy for Angry Birds developer Rovio as it gets to work on 12 new games Targeting at least two releases next year
November 16, 2018 Pitching High A Cat's Manor wins the Big Indie Pitch in Jordan Second place place goes to educational game Crimson by all-girl team Sakura.Jo
November 15, 2018 On Call Bunch raises $3.8 million to develop its mobile video call app Funds will be used to expand user acquisition and developer platform efforts
November 15, 2018 Super Supercell's Brawl Stars rumbles up over five million pre-registrations in one day Players were promised a skin should 2m installs be cleared
November 15, 2018 What Is Happening Brexit chaos: UKIE and TIGA have their say on the current withdrawal agreement with the EU Reaction on the current draft deal, for what it's worth
November 15, 2018 Real Mixed reality monetisation startup Admix raises $2.1 million SpeedInvest leads funding round for the AR and VR advertising platform
November 15, 2018 Roar Jurassic World Alive developer Ludia teams up with Universal on How to Train Your Dragon puzzler Long-standing relationship continues with match-three RPG
November 15, 2018 China Niko Partners lowers its China game revenue forecasts as new approvals remain frozen PC and mobile game sales up 11 per cent, but below forecasts
November 15, 2018 China Narrative games specialist Telltale begins liquidation proceedings Some of its earlier games have been removed from Steam
November 15, 2018 Lukewarm Tencent’s mobile revenues remain steady in Q3 despite China’s freeze on games licenses Mobile revenues grew seven per cent year-on-year to $2.8 billion
November 15, 2018 Super Supercell’s Brawl Stars pulls in $6.5m from soft launch ahead of global launch The arena shooter is set to go global next month
November 15, 2018 Smart Move? Clash Royale dev Supercell invests $5.6m in smartwatch experts Everywear Games "With Supercell supporting us we can now focus on our long-term vision"
November 14, 2018 Excite Pokemon Go developer Niantic teases new mobile game Harry Potter: Wizards Unite for 2019 release Had been slated for 2018 launch
November 14, 2018 Harvest Stardew Valley reaps a $1 million harvest on iOS after making its mobile debut Faming life-sim finds early success after only three weeks on mobile
November 14, 2018 Close The Gates Mobile RTS Age of Empires: Castle Siege will go offline in May 2019 Developer Smoking Gun will use the Castle Siege technology to develop a new, unannounced RTS
November 14, 2018 Is That Safe? Voice-based games developer Drivetime raises $4m in funds to make games for drivers Funding includes Zynga co-founders Mark Pincus, Eric Schiermeyer and Justin Waldron along with Applovin founder Adam Foroughi
November 14, 2018 Event Rovio, CCP, Hutch, Glu and Space Ape Games to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 More speakers for January conference revealed, 20% Early Bird discount
November 14, 2018 Not Appy US Senators urge FTC to investigate ‘manipulative marketing practices by apps designed for children’ Also described as “unfair and deceptive”
November 14, 2018 Double Trouble THQ Nordic acquires Goat Simulator dev Coffee Stain and Wreckfest maker Bugbear A steady string of purchases leave the publisher in a strong end-of-quarter position
November 14, 2018 Jamming Disney taps Jam City for multi-year mobile games development partnership The Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery developer will create a slate of new games based on Disney IP
November 14, 2018 Financials Tough quarter for Next Games as losses hit $12m and Our World is beset by "technical challenges" Walking Dead titles said to be profitable, but lack of cash could hold back future development
November 14, 2018 Brawlin’ Supercell set to launch Brawl Stars globally in December on iOS and Android Players who pre-register will get a free skin if two million signs ups are hit
November 14, 2018 Job Klaxon Angry Birds developer Rovio swoops for Gameloft exec to head up games teams Alexandre Pelletier-Normand joins from Gameloft, where he served as executive vice president of games
November 13, 2018 Stream 5G game streaming app Hatch leaves beta in the UK, Ireland and Nordic countries Free service will trial an ad-free premium subscription in early 2019
November 13, 2018 Helsinki 2018 Jam City's Jeremy Horn: If retention is below 20% on day seven "I would advise to go back to soft launch" Jam City VP also shared insights into a maturing mobile market
November 13, 2018 A Marvel Marvel Comics co-creator Stan Lee passes away at the age of 95 Lee was one of the creative forces behind popular characters Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four and The Hulk
November 12, 2018 Watch 'em All Warner Bros drops first live-action Detective Pikachu trailer ahead of May 10th 2019 release date Film stars co-leads Ryan Reynolds as the voice of pikachu and Justice Smith as Tim Goodman
November 12, 2018 Global Charts Weekly global mobile game charts: Old School RuneScape racks up the downloads as Football Manager 2019 strikes gold Google Play and App Store rankings in the US, Great Britain and Ireland, and China for the week of October 29th to November 4th
November 12, 2018 Chopping Block Tencent culls games marketing budget as China’s freeze on the industry continues Publisher plays conservatively as the block on new game approvals continues
November 12, 2018 Job Losses Flaregames restructure leads to 45 layoffs as CEO Klaas Kersting steps down Todd English takes over as CEO
November 12, 2018 Event The Big Indie Awards this week! Join us at G-STAR in Korea to find out the winners, plus two Indie Pitches and one sweet party
November 9, 2018 Girl Power Google’s Change the Game winners are now available on the Play Store $10,000 Grand Prize goes to Washington student for her game, Mazu
November 9, 2018 Top Stuff Global Top Round names the 10 games and studios chosen for this year’s accelerator Final ten studios are eligible for up to $300,000 of investment from GTR
November 9, 2018 Come Again Activision Blizzard labels Diablo Immortal fan reception as "muted" The games giant also reiterated that Mobile remains the largest and fastest growing platform for gaming in the world
November 9, 2018 Catty Outfit7 gives its billion dollar cat a true sequel with My Talking Tom 2 The release marks the next step in a series that’s been downloaded over eight billion times
November 9, 2018 Crushed Revenues at Candy Crush dev King fall by $22m year-on-year Monthly active users grew to 262 million, however
November 9, 2018 Wunderbar German games industry set to enjoy $56.7m government games fund from 2019 New fund to be headed up by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
November 8, 2018 Loot Loot boxes result in Belgium blocking three Square Enix mobile titles Mobius Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts Union X and Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia will be pulled over the next few months
November 8, 2018 Uac Numbers Key stats a year after Google moved exclusively to Universal App Campaigns One billion video installs on UAC over the last 12 months
November 8, 2018 Mmo Mania NCSoft's 2019 plans include new Lineage, Alon and Blade & Soul mobile titles Korean publisher revealed five new titles it hopes will lead growth next year
November 8, 2018 Invest Overwolf raises $16 million in a funding round led by Intel Capital Platform intends to use the funding to accelerate its developer network and produce more tools
November 8, 2018 Summoned Overseas sales accounts for 83% of Com2uS’ $106.7m total sales figure for Q3 Profits for the third quarter came in at $33.8 million
November 8, 2018 Flat-lined Bandai Namco shuts down soft-launched title Doctor Who: Battle of Time Doctor Who: Battle of Time will come to a close on November 26th
November 8, 2018 New Digs Hole.io developer Voodoo set for new office in Berlin The French outfit is also hoping to snap up ‘dozens’ of new recruits by the end of 2019
November 8, 2018 Event Come learn from industry experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's Mentor Lounges CGX brings its international series of mentor networking sessions to Europe’s biggest B2B event for the mobile games industry
November 8, 2018 Spooked Epic Games’ Fortnite builds up $350m in revenue on iOS $55 million was grossed in October
November 8, 2018 Uh Oh Blizzard is working on bringing multiple franchises to mobile Some of the titles will be developed internally
November 7, 2018 Global Charts Weekly global mobile game charts: Command & Conquer Red Alert Online fires up China's top grossing list Google Play and App Store rankings in the US, Great Britain and Ireland, and China for the week of October 22nd to 28th
November 7, 2018 Result Glu Mobile steps closer to profitability as it cuts losses to $0.3 million in Q3 2018 The result is a significant step up from an $11.7 million loss in the same period last year
November 7, 2018 Oops Mobile underperforms as Square Enix posts $33m loss in half-year result Restructuring at the recently-formed Luminous Studios blamed for the sharp decline