Round And Round
MotionVolt's Flip Diving and Flip Master surpass a combined 75 million downloads in 13 months
Three-man Helsinki studio draws in the crowds
Gamer-focused
Razer confirms work on mobile device targeted at gamers
Could be released by the end of the year
Student Contest
Bit Loom wins student Dare Academy game design competition
Wins trip to Indiecade
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Miniclip's Football Strike scores top 10 download spot
Rankings from September 11th to September 17th
Countdown Begins
World’s top 50 mobile games developers revealed this week
Mobile's biggest influencers ranked and profiled
The Weekly
The Weekly: The 'Plinkett' personality test, Google versus Apple, and the state of VR
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Ftc Cracks Down
The FTC declares all reviews of products given to an influencer for free are advertisements
Relationship must be disclosed or fines may be heading your way
Multiplayraven
PlayRaven shifts focus to multiplayer games
Working more with external IP, the studio currently has two unannounced partnerships
Uk Games Funding
Review of UK's creative industries calls for £23.7 million investment for UK Games Fund
Bazalgette Review outlines ways the games industry needs to be helped
Square Enix Plans
Square Enix sets sights on $900 million in sales from its mobile games
Better games, targeting new markets, and the rise of HTML5 will aid its quest
Merch Of Kings
Tencent partners with JD.com to produce merchandise based on its IP
Honor of Kings mugs, anyone?
Unity Ios 11
Unity rolls out support for iOS 11 and ARKit
Get your games ARKit ready with relative ease
Pocket Jam
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Pocket Jam 2 winners revealed
40 developers make 11 games in 30 hours
Mira Mira On The Wall
Budget AR headset manufacturer Mira secures $1 million funding round
Total funding now up to $2.5 million
Global Goals
Playmob launches playable ad What's Missing? as part of Global Goals Week
Teaches players what they can do to make the world a better place
Bye Bye Birdy
Flappy Bird is no longer available to play on iOS devices thanks to iOS 11
Only old phones and stubborn users will be able to play it
Chartboost Exchange
Chartboost launches Exchange network for programmatic access to global gaming inventory
Partnering with Aarki, Index Exchange, and Rubicon Project
One Special Day
Over 30 mobile game developers pledge 100% of UK revenues generated on September 29th to SpecialEffect
One Special Day brings out the charitable side of EA, Rovio, Supercell, Zynga, and more
Cat-ar-gories
Apple adds AR Games and AR Apps categories to new App Store
Helps identify which apps are ARKit-enabled, with some caveats
Google Htc Deal
Google picks up HTC's Pixel team for $1.1 billion
Acquires a team of HTC staff, but takes no stake in the business
Very Big Indie Pitch
Ninja rope platformer Ocmo swings to victory at the Very Big Indie Pitch at PG Connects Helsinki
The top five games revealed
Augmented Insight
Game Insight doubles down on ARKit with new My Country game and Guns of Boom AR spectator mode
Trying new things with Apple's augmented reality framework
Venatus Hires
UK entertainment ad sales firm Venatus bolsters team with two new hires
Serena Pasion and Emma Henderson-Williams join the company
Arise, Sir Arkit
Climax Studios makes first foray into AR games with ARKit platformer ARise
ARe you ready?
Nintendo Stocks
Nintendo shares hit nine-year high following Arena of Valor Switch reveal
Could just be that the console is still selling well
Patreon Funding Round
Patreon secures $60 million funding round to scale team and develop platform
Outlines five year plan for new features
Ar Ico
Reality Gaming scores $3.5 million from initial coin offering for upcoming AR game
Still nine days of the ICO to go
Ios 11 Out Now
Apple begins pushing iOS 11 onto compatible devices
Get yourself updated and start playing with ARKit
Golden Egg
Rovio: "We’re bigger and stronger than ever"
EVP of Games Wilhelm Taht discusses the growth of the Angry Birds maker
Welcome Aboard
EA CEO Andrew Wilson joins Intel's Board of Directors
He's also the chairman of the board for the World Surf League
The Bester Round
New Helsinki studio Quicksave Interactive partners with Gigglebug for branded chat game
Best & Bester game coming to Facebook Instant Games
Yas Queen
Zynga's Words With Friends clears 200 million downloads eight years after launching
Adds 50,000 new words like "werk" and "yas"
Atari Deal
Atari signs two-game publishing deal with crowdfunding platform Fig
Rebooting a classic franchise and bringing out a brand new IP
Everything Is Ok
App Store changes will not affect how app intelligence firms gather their data
Apptopia calms developer nerves
A Charitable Ape
A Thinking Ape raises $45,000 for Red Cross Hurricane Harvey Appeal in 48 hours
Fans dig deep to help out
The Financer List
Free directory of all sources of financing available to UK games industry launches
Curated resource lists options from VC investment through to government grants and loans
Here We Go
Game Music Collective kicks off Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017 in style
It's our Biggest PGC Helsinki yet
App Annie In China
App Annie adds usage metrics from Android devices in China to its platform
Learn the MAUs, data usage, and session lengths of Android users in China
Imga Open Submissions
IMGAs opens for submissions to its 14th annual global competition
Get your submissions in by December 31st
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Snipers vs Thieves storms back into the top ten downloaded iPhone charts
Rankings from September 4th to September 10th
In The Meantime
IGDA appoints former 38 Studios CEO Jen MacLean as interim Executive Director
Permanent replacement to be announced in Q2 2018
Conspext Hires Kuju
Conspexit Games hires Kuju to develop unannounced mobile AR game
Aiming to aid in bringing about social change
Develop:vr Discount
Get 10% off a ticket to Develop:VR on November 9th with our discount code
Super Early Bird pricing ends on September 20th
No.10 Jersey
Rovio signs multi-year shirt sleeve sponsorship deal with Everton FC
Developer gains access to Everton's players, crest, and stadium
Top 50 Coming Soon
World’s top 50 mobile games developers revealed on September 25th
Mobile's biggest influencers ranked and profiled
Swrve Funding
Mobile marketing automation firm Swrve closes $25 million Series D funding round
Total funding now up to $75 million
Pgc Speakers
Rovio, Next Games, Seriously, Facebook, Snowfall, Bandai Namco, King and more to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Insights and learnings from the experts
Angry Unicorn
Rovio eyes $1 billion valuation for October IPO
Listing could pave the way for acquisitions
Tell No Tales
Telltale Games appoints former Zynga SVP of Games Pete Hawley as President and CEO
Dan Connors steps back into an advisory role
Develop:vr Speakers
Develop:VR reveals keynote and first round of speakers for next event on November 9th
Tickets are available now at a Super Early Bird rate