Special Day
Games industry raises over £300,000 for charity during One Special Day event
Triple the initial target of £100,000
Scope For Expansion
The Walking Dead: Road to Survival developer Scopely opening new studio in Barcelona
Developer reportedly set to invest between €2 million to €3 million in the new office
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Playrix's Homescapes jumps into the top 10 grossing rankings
Rankings from September 25th to October 1st
Mobile Eve
Finnish developer PlayRaven partners with CCP for Eve mobile game Project Aurora
MMO set for full launch in 2018
Indie Heaven
Casual Connect Kyiv: tickets, speakers and Indie Prize details
The international conference is in Ukraine 24-26 October – and tickets are available at 30% discount (prices go up 16 October!)
Suck It Up
Why producers suck and what they can do to be better
Anshar Studios CEO Lukasz Hacura on the wide range of producer stereotypes
Countdown Clock
Final hours of Super Early Bird rate for PG Connects London 2018
Don't miss the cheapest price entry to our grandest conference yet
London Continuum
Microsoft will deliver Windows Mixed Reality keynote at Develop:VR
Pete Daukintis and Mike Taulty to close the one-day conference and expo taking place on 9 November at Olympia
Kongregate Acquisition
Kongregate acquires Animation Throwdown and Spellstone developer Synpase Games
Will continue to operate as an indepdent studio
Blowing Up
Riposte Games' Mini Guns shoots past one million downloads in a month
Cross-platform strategy title has also added new leagues and levels
Stranger Adaptations
Hit Netflix show Stranger Things gets new mobile game ahead of season two
US developer BonusXP grabs rights to develop title
Ar Toys
Toys R Us tries to win back customers with new augmented reality mobile game
Will AR prove to be a magical place for the beleaguered company?
Business Expansion
Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle developer Akatsuki opens US film and TV branch
Developer branches out into new mediums
Partner Up
Dutch developer Sticky Studios tapped for mobile game based on disaster movie Geostorm
Title launched two weeks ahead of film's release
Ar Ads
IronSource unveils first set of AR-enabled ads for mobile games
First campaign due to run in November 2017
Expansion Of War
Nitro Games partners with Netmarble EMEA to bring Medals of War to Turkish and Arabic-speaking countries
Netmarble EMEA already has 50 million registered players
Imga Mena
International Mobile Gaming Awards reveals nominees for second Middle East and North Africa competition
52 games nominated, lots of them from Iran
Changing Rooms
Football Manager developer Sports Interactive relocates its studio to Olympia Park tech hub Here East
Closer to previous partner BT Sport
Puzzle & Downloads
Puzzle & Dragons clears 12 million downloads in North America
Up to 62 million downloads worldwide
House Move
Andrew House steps down as CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment after 27 years with the company
Replaced by Deputy President John Kodera
New Realities
VR and AR special: Have your say on the exciting world of virtual and augmented reality on mobile
Contributors wanted
Relief Support
Rick and Morty mobile game donates day’s proceeds to hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico
Developer supports country devastated by Hurricane Maria
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Ketchapp's augmented reality game Stack AR enters top 10 downloads
Rankings from September 18th to September 24th
A New Challenger
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba acquires EJoy and sets up new games division
One of China's richest companies formally enters the games arena
World Of Mobile
Blizzard developing new MMO RTS for mobile
Unannounced project described as a "new gaming experience for mobile"
Viral Sensation
Plague Inc infects more than 100 million players
Humanity wiped out over 1.5 billion times
Top 50 Out Now
Supercell crowned the world’s top mobile games company in PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Developer list
Full list now available
New Alliance
Plarium acquires Alliance: Heroes of the Spire developer Rumble Entertainment
Israeli developer enters the RPG space
Come Talk
Playdemic, Armada, Animoca, Gamevil, Agnitio, Scientific Revenue, Exit Games and Chorus kick off the PG Connects London 2018 speaker roster
But we're taking more submissions - do join the club
Gear Refunds
Oculus unveils new refund policy for Gear VR content
For anyone who uses an app for less than half an hour
Rovio Oversubscription
Rovio discontinues public offering of shares due to oversubscription during IPO
Institutional offering still going ahead
Sea Nyse Ipo
Garena parent company Sea files registration statement for planned IPO on the NYSE
No word on how many shares or the price range
Spyr Acquisitions
SPYR plans aggressive acquisition strategy following Pocket Starships deal
Also expecting to publish new games using Hollywood IP soon
Download'n'boom
Ankama's Drag'n'Boom clears 1.5 million downloads in its first two weeks
Dofus developer broadening its scope
Lawsuit Of The Apes
Fox faces $2.5 million lawsuit from Snail Digital over lack of support for War for the Planet of the Apes mobile games
Not enough assets and minimal feedback meant Snail missed its window of opportunity
Zynga Legal
Zynga hires former Associate General Counsel for Tesla as its new Chief Legal Officer
Phuong Phillips to oversee legal affairs for the whole company
Games Market August 2017
Worldwide mobile games market grew by 13% in August 2017
Top grossing games remain largely the same
Zynga In India
Zynga plots major growth in India and expansion of its Bengaluru studio
350 staff not enough for its second-biggest studio
Westward Journey
Onmyoji finally gearing up for a Western release with beta in US and Canada
Retaining Japanese voice cast to give it that authentic anime feel
Doctor Who Infinity
Tiny Rebel Games scores funding from Welsh government and Double Eleven for new Doctor Who game
Doctor Who Infinity due to be launched in Spring 2018
Indie Games Festival
Google Play names winners of its San Francisco Indie Games Festival 2017
Slayaway Camp, Flipping Legend, and Tiny Bubbles all score wins
Multiple Mergers
Gram Games' Merge Town! surpasses 2 million downloads in its first month
Launching today on Android
Kinship
Chat app developer Kik Interactive raises $100 million from token distribution event
Cryptocurrency Kin set to be one of the most widely held in the world
Perforce Acquires Hansoft
Perforce acquires agile planning tools developer Hansoft
Version control tools firm adds planning tools to its portfolio
Doan Let Me Down
Sperasoft hires former EA Shanghai head as Senior Director of Project Management Organization
Brad Doan reporting directly to the company President and CEO
Nasscom Speakers 2017
Nukebox Studios CEO Amit Hardi to keynote NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2017
First wave of speakers announced for the conference
Going Forward
Sony moving away from Vita and handheld gaming to focus on mobile and home entertainment
ForwardWorks is apparently doing "fantastic"
The Next Level
TIGA partners with ITN Productions on current affairs-style games industry programme The Next Level
Lightseekers developer PlayFusion makes an appearance
Ubisoft In China
Ubisoft wants to make China its second-largest market as it pushes harder into Asia
Eyes global expansion, new tech, and keeping Vivendi out
Fantastic Finland
PG Connects Helsinki smashes records with 1,200 delegates from over 550 companies in the biggest show yet
Our best Helsinki show ever