Clock Is Ticking
Last chance to book your tickets to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Event takes place on September 19th to 20th
Close Collaboration
Vivendi touts internal collaboration as it reveals Gameloft’s latest mobile game Paddington Run
The official game for the new Paddington movie
Conceived And Created
Zynga partners with Ferrari on CSR Racing 2 in-game event for 70th anniversary
New cars and challenges for players between September 14th to February 2018
Mobile Esports
Amazon takes eSports Mobile Masters series to Las Vegas
Teams will battle it out for their share of the $80,000 prize pool
Infinite Deviations
Google Play launches Infinite Deviation: Games to bring new voices to mobile games
Three game concepts will be made to help push diversity in the indsutry
A Kind Of Magic
Report: Magic Leap eyes $500 million investment round which values it at $6 billion
Mixed reality firm hasn't publicly shown off its tech, but still needs more money
Switch Of Valor
Tencent is bringing its massive mobile MOBA Honor of Kings to the Nintendo Switch
Arena of Valor rides again on a whole new console
Today At Town Square
Apple begins rolling out new retail concepts Town Squares and Today at Apple
Get your phone repaired while you learn how to code
Ios 11 Is Coming
iOS 11 launches for all compatible iOS devices on September 19th
Brings a heap of improvements including ARKit
Rise Of The Machines
Directive Games showcases AR MOBA The Machines at Apple keynote
Featuring location-based sound and online multiplayer
Syncing Feeling
Apple removes App Store from PC and Mac's iTunes software
Apps no longer sync to your computer
The Bigger They Are
Apple quietly discontinues 256GB model iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus
(RED) iPhones also dropped, but prices fall for 32GB and 128GB models
Apple Watch
Apple Watch Series 3 goes independent from iPhone
Launches on September 22nd
Iphone 8
iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus release date set for September 22nd
Prices start at $699
Iphone X
Apple unveils the future of its smartphones with the iPhone X
Set to launch on November 3rd
Apple Sky
Thatgamecompany’s Jenova Chen reveals new game Sky for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV
Multiplayer-focused title coming exclusively to Apple devices
Monetising Streams
Genvid opens up interactive streaming SDK to all
Make livestreaming from your game even more appeaing with monetisation
Everyone Has One
Apple has sold an average of 323,000 iPhones worldwide every day for the last decade
Newzoo looks back over iPhone sales to celebrate its tenth birthday
Pocket Starship Sold
SPYR Games acquires full ownership of Pocket Starships in cashless deal
Offers shares in its stock to the game's owner
Flaregames New Hire
Flaregames hires former Rovio Marketing Director Marja Konttinen as Head of Brand Management
Taking over all brand marketing for the whole company
Call Of The Ocean
FDG Entertainment's Oceanhorn has sold more copies on Switch than all other consoles combined
Unclear if that means it's outsold its mobile editions
Sneaky Investment
Sneaky Bears VR developer WarDucks raises $1.5 million
Dublin studio plans to open launch Oculus, PSVR and Vive versions of its flagship game
Tiga Accreditation
TIGA awards 17 game development courses around the UK its University Accreditation
Recognising courses that will actually get graudates jobs in the industry
No Great Loss
Removing 32-bit apps from the App Store will affect less than 1% of the store's overall revenue
Sensor Tower digs into the data
Honour Of Kids
New parents name their child Honour of Kings after Tencent's hugely popular mobile MOBA
At least they didn't call the kid Strike of Kings
X Gon' Give It To Ya
Rumour: Apple to unveil three new iPhones at its special event keynote including the iPhone X
According to some code in the iOS 11 firmware
Apple Keynote
How and when to watch Apple's special event keynote on Tuesday September 12th
Tune in at 10am PDT/1pm ET/6pm BST for all the latest reveals
Nazara Ipo
Report: Indian games publisher Nazara eyes IPO that could value it as high as $550 million
Would be the first gaming company to IPO in India
Text Jam
Jam City pushes into interactive fiction with soft-launched choose-your-own-adventure game Twist
Taking a leaf out of Episode's book
About Fun
Recruits wanted: Join WarFriends developer About Fun
Would you like to know more?
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Flip Master, Merge Town! and Top Drives rush the top 10 download rankings
Rankings from August 28th to September 3rd
Htc To Google
Report: HTC looking to sell its smartphone business to Google
Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer said to be in final stages of negotiation
Big Indie Award
The makers of Pocket Gamer launch The Big Indie Awards 2017 in association with IndieSky
A massive celebration of indie talent kicks off with cash prizes and a ceremony in Shenzhen, China
Hello La
Goodbye Kansas Studios opens new Los Angeles office led by former DICE staff
Fredrik Löving and Tobias Dahl head up the new operation
The Search Is On
Aardvark Swift and Grads in Games launch 2018 edition of student dev competition Search for a Star
Prove yourself, get an interview for a job or placement
Blizzard Arena
Blizzard opens dedicated eSports arena in Los Angeles to host its own Hearthstone tournaments
Bring the viewers in, sell them merch on the way out
Amazon's Next Top Hq
Amazon begins public search for city to host its planned $5 billion second headquarters
Promises to bring 50,000 jobs to the city
Switch Noire
Rockstar Games tests the Nintendo Switch waters with an L.A. Noire port
Not the most obvious choice for a port
Pokemon Long Way To Go
Pokemon CEO claims it has only accomplished 10% of what it wants to do with Pokemon GO
Tsunekazu Ishihara talks design philosophies and Switch releases
Mumjam 2017
Rovio reveals first ever MumJam to take place November 11th-12th
Designed to bring mothers into the games industry, but all are welcome
Nfts Scotland
National Film and Television School to open new location in Scotland in January 2018
It offers game design courses too
Party On
Two conferences, one trip: visit 4C straight after Pocket Gamer Connects
Russia's Wargaming-backed event promises first-class talks just a short hop from Helsinki
That's The Spirit
Middleware firm Spirit AI hires Peter Alau as its new Business Development Manager
First hire the company has made in San Francisco
Who Thinks Of This
Jump from a plane and pitch to investors at Slush's Skydive Pitching event in San Francisco
Can you sell your idea and remember to deploy your parachute?
App Annie Hires
App Annie shuffles senior management with new President and Chief Financial Officer
CRO Ted Krantz gets promoted, Sujain Jain joins
Ahead Of The Pack
Hutch's car-focused CCG Top Drives races past one million downloads in its first week
Tops downloads charts for Racing and Card genres
Imga Sea Finalists
International Mobile Games Awards unveils nominees for second SEA competition
Public Choice awards open for voting
Marketplace Millions
Minecraft Marketplace creators have generated over $1 million in revenue since June 2017
Microsoft still looking to expand its creator roster
A Wonderful Partnership
Steel Media and G-STAR celebrate successful Gamescom and look ahead to next Big Indie Pitch
The Pocket Gamer company continues its partnership with South Korea’s flagship game show G-STAR
Switch Boost
Nintendo Switch surpasses 1.5 million units sold in Japan thanks to boost from Splatoon 2
500,000 units sold in the region since its last financials