The Next Big Thing?
Pokemon GO developer Niantic making Harry Potter: Wizards Unite mobile game
Studio scores another huge licence
Best Bug Killers
Nominate the best QA and Localisation Service Provider for the Mobile Games Awards 2018
Accolade recognises expertise in bug squashing and localisation
Get Lobbying
Nominate the year's Best Marketing Campaign for the Mobile Games Awards 2018
Accolade recognises the best developer-run or third-party-run marketing campaigns over the last year
Snapped Up
Tencent snaps up 12% stake in Snapchat owner
"We have long been inspired by the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of Tencent"
Job Losses
Telltale games lays of 90 staff amid restructuring
25% of workforce out
On The Up
Zynga posts profit for second consecutive quarter for first time since IPO
Revenues at highest level in four years
Maximising Value
Win-win: Peak Games sells its casual card game portfolio to Zynga for $100 million
Peak doubles down on match-3, Zynga boosts card sector
Mobile Games Awards
Mobile Games Awards 2018 lobbying ends on November 14th
Get voting!
Great Expectations
Report: Razer IPO set to raise $528 million
Priced towards the high-end of its range
Jobs News
Flaregames appoints former PopCap Studio Director as Head of Studio
Todd English will oversee internal studios and drive product strategy
Diamond In The Rough
King soft-launches Royal Boulevard Saga again under new name Diamond Diaries Saga
Still not out of soft launch
More Platforms
GameMaker Studio 2 adds Amazon Appstore support
Devs now have access to most recent and future versions of Amazon's APIs
Funding News
UK messenger games start-up Mojiworks raises $2.75 million
Guildford studio set to grow from 10 to 25 employees
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Pokemon GO creeps up to third in the top grossing rankings
Rankings from October 23rd to October 29th
Sounds Good
Finnish startup Bon Games closes $1.4 million seed round to launch first game Transit King
Fingersoft handling publishing duties
Get It Right
Appodeal launches guide on monetising and launching apps and games for kids
Launching Kids Apps The Right Way makes sure your app is COPPA compliant
Essential Attendance
13 reasons to make PG Connects London your first conference of 2018
A list-friendly 'convince your boss' cheat sheet for January 22nd to 23rd event
Honey, I'm Home
Supersolid partners with Universal Music Group to bring Shania Twain to Home Street
Social game has now surpassed four million downloads
Tram Wobbler
Experimental one-dimensional dungeon crawler Line Wobbler comes to a tram in Helsinki on November 14th
Tickets for the event are already sold out
Tiga Games Industry Awards 2017
Playdemic's Golf Clash scores Game of the Year award at TIGA Games Industry Awards
Space Ape also gets a nod
Toon Army
Niantic acquires animation platform Evertoon to add new social features to Pokemon GO
Evertoon's community services to shut down at the end of November
Capcom Financials Q2 Fy18
Monster Hunter Explore and IP licensing boost Capcom's mobile revenues to $21.9 million
Overall revenues hit $295.4 million
Super Tax
Supercell generated €881 million in tax revenue in 2016
CEO Ilkka Paananen earned €46.6 million in taxable income
Next Games Financials Q3 Fy17
Next Games plans further expansion with new office in Los Angeles and bigger HQ in Helsinki
Shooting for 200 staff in 2018
Apple Financials Q4 Fy17
Apple's iPhone 8 and 8 Plus launch push revenues to $52.6 billion
Yearly revenues come in at $229.2 billion
Activision Financials Q3 Fy17
King generated almost a third of Activision Blizzard's $1.6 billion revenues in Q3
Candy Crush franchise has its strongest quarter yet
Man Of The People
Zynga hires former GoPro SVP of People Jeff Ryan as new Chief People Officer
Starts on November 27th
Big Numbers
The huge stats behind Supercell’s explosive success
Ilkka Paananen shares some impressive figures
What A Relief
UK government's Video Games Tax Relief extended into 2023
TIGA rejoices, then tells government it needs to step up
In The Hole
Playdemic launches UK TV ad for casual golfing game Golf Clash
It's rather silly
Leaps And Bounds
Super Mario Odyssey sells two million units in its first three days of release
Fastest-selling Super Mario game ever in the US and Europe
Jobs News
Tremor Video DSP appoints former Matomy CEO as Executive Chairman
Will run Tremor and also support M&A activity for parent company Taptica
Come Together
Kakao Games merger brings total registered users to 550 million
Begins operations with Kakao's games division as of November 1st
New Device
New Razer Phone for gamers set for launch on November 17th
A new contender enters the smartphone manufacturing business
Sega Financials Q2 Fy18
Puyopuyo!! Quest and Hortensia SAGA continue to keep Sega's mobile revenues afloat
Revenues grow to $1.7 billion
Sharpening Plans
Razer officially unveils $550 million IPO plans
Firm has sold more than $1 billion in hardware since start of 2014
Glu Financials Q3 Fy17
Glu Mobile's revenues grow to $81.8 million as Design Home scores another 8.7 million downloads in Q3
Now gearing up to launch The Swift Life
Mag Investment
MAG Interactive secures $9.7 million investment to close FEO Media acquistion
Swedbank Robur's Microcap fund steps in to help
Gungho Financials Q3 Fy17
GungHo revenues drop to $613.9 million as Puzzle & Dragons continues to face decline
Gearing up to launch new titles to stem the decline
Looking Sharp
Razer Phone specification leak suggests 8GB RAM and 5.72 inch screen for new device
64GB memory, dual-camera set-up, and all the other good stuff
Konami Financials Q2 Fy18
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links hits 55 million downloads as Konami clears $1 billion in revenues
Plenty of other games contributing to overall success
Sony Financials Q2 Fy18
Fate/Grand Order boosts Sony Music's revenues to $1.81 billion
Sony ForwardWorks goes unmentioned
Edging Closer
TerraGenesis developer Edgeworks signs publishing deal with Tilting Point
Former Big Indie Pitch Winner coming to iOS and Android
Ea Financials Q2 Fy18
EA mobile revenues dip to $158 million as FIFA Mobile scores 113 million downloads
Madden NFL Mobile and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes lead growth
Ready For Launch
Nukebox and King lead NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2017 full speaker line-up
Full scheduled revealed
Bolted On
Advertising platform Leadbolt integrates playable ads
Available for iOS and Android developers using its SDK
Job Losses
CCP lays off 100 staff as it quits VR to focus on PC and mobile
Atlanta office to close, Newcastle branch up for sale
Gree Financials Q1 Fy18
Another Eden and SINoALICE promotions push GREE revenues up to $190.6 million
Profits fall drastically to just $16.8 million
Cyberagent Financials Q4 Fy17
CyberAgent revenues reach $3.28 billion thanks to continued strong performances of Shadowverse and BanG Dream!
Investing in the future of eSports and Bitcoin
Switching Up
More people playing Nintendo Switch as a handheld than on TV
Switch on the go