On The Warpath
Wargaming Mobile acquires Copenhagen-based casual mobile game developer Hapti.co
Former Square Enix studio rebranded as Wargaming Copenhagen
A Growing Business
Swedish games industry generated revenues of $1.7 billion in 2016
Swedish Game Developer Index spills the beans
Rovio Ipo
Rovio officially unveils plans for an IPO on Nasdaq Helsinki
The rumours were true
Romanian Return
Dev.Play 2017 kicks off in Bucharest next week
And PocketGamer.biz readers get 20% off all tickets to the popular Eastern Europe games conference
Free Bus To Pgc Helsinki
Developers in Finland: sign up for your free bus to PG Connects Helsinki now!
And there’s 30% off tickets to the 19-20 September games conference available to all IGDA Finland members
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Cut the Rope and Angry Birds make a sudden return
Rankings from August 21st to August 27th 2017
Casual Sale
Animoca Brands sells 13 of its casual games to Maple Media for up to $2.9 million
TicBits gets its non-core components sold on
Seeing What Sticks
Glu Mobile licenses Deer Hunter for console game developed by GameMill
First time the developer has explored outside of mobile
Social King
King enters social casino space with soft-launched game Royal House Slots
Partnership with PlayStudios kicks off
Mix It Up
Microsoft’s Mixer Create mobile app lets players stream games from their phones
Co-streaming also available across PC and console
Job News
Oculus hires new Chief Marketing Officer
Rebecca Van Dyck steps in after Liz Hamren's departure to Microsoft
Women In Games
Nominees revealed for inaugral Women in Games Mobile Awards to be held on September 6th
A Normal Lost Phone and South Park Phone Destroyer among the nominated
Keywords Board
Keywords Studios appoints two new Non-Executive Directors to its board
Charlotta Ginman and Georges Fornay join the team
Humble Promotion
Jam City promotes former EA exec Rod Humble to CEO of TinyCo
Suleman Ali leaves, Matt Gaiser takes over San Francisco office
Money Truck
Indian developer Nukebox Studios generates $500k revenue in 45 days from new game Food Truck Chef
Title secures three million downloads in just 10 days
Tech Update
GameMaker Studio 2 launches on MacOS
Includes same features as PC build
Rock On
Hard Rock partners with Israeli developer for match-3 mobile game
Hard Rock Puzzle Match out now on the App Store and Google Play
Pitches, Prizes, Professionals
The Very Big Indie Pitch returns to Helsinki for Pocket Gamer Connects
The Very Big Indie Pitch is back once again!
Gree Global
GREE partners with Crunchyroll and Sumitomo to globally distribute games based on Japanese anime
Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Memoria Freese goes first
Match Me
Angry Birds Match launches worldwide after nine months in soft launch
Making use of The Angry Birds Movie characters
Pc Connects
Remedy, Housemarque and Bossa head up PC Connects Helsinki 2017
Event takes place on September 19th to 20th in, you guessed it, Helsinki
Esports Royale
$1 million Clash Royale Crown Championship attracts more than 27 million participants
Supercell's big competition attracts a big audience
Indie Festival
Google names 20 finalists for Indie Games Festival in San Francisco
Free event open to the public
Stack 'em Up
PlayStack snaps up former Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Creative Director
Another senior hire for the UK publisher
In Heaven
Influencer marketing firm Matchmade scores $1.73 million in funding to grow business
Global Founders Capital, London Venture Capital, and Reaktor Ventures all chip in
Core Blimey
Google faces off against Apple's ARKit with ARCore for Android
Aims to target over 100 million devices by the end of its preview period
Feline Fine
ZeptoLab's C.A.T.S. smashes 60 million downloads in four months
Three trillion cars destroyed so far
The Dead Walk
The Walking Dead shuffle into real life with new location-based AR mobile title from Next Games
Launch date to be announced later this year
Welcome Stats
Glu Mobile’s Design Home welcomes one million daily active users
Revenues remain strong in new flagship game for publisher
Investment News
360-degree VR eSports platform Sliver.tv secures $9.8 million funding round
Total investment in company now stands at $17.5 million
Tekken Mobile
Bandai Namco unleashes Tekken on mobile
Title soft-launched in Canada for iOS and Android
Big Numbers
Gamescom attracts record 350,000 visitors
30,700 trade visitors headed to Cologne
Big Indie Pitch
2Awesome’s Dimension Drive lands top prize at Big Indie Pitch at Gamescom 2017
Top three games revealed
Final Countdown
Final hours of Mid-Term rate for Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Fourth time in Finland, bigger & bolder than ever
Business Expansion
Testing firm Pole To Win opens Canada office
New studio set up in Montreal
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Flippy Knife and Helix roll into top 10
Rankings from August 14th to August 20th 2017
Job News
London names first ever Chief Digital Officer
Mayor names former Ukie Head of Policy and Public Affairs Theo Blackwell in new role
Strike Two
Hi-Rez Studios returns to mobile with Paladins Strike
Team shooter based off its popular PC title
New Studio
Ex-Wooga staff start new messaging app games studio Chatterbox
First game Mini Golf Battle coming to iMessage
The Weekly
The Weekly: Disney's games-inspired Star Wars hotel, are app stores taking advantage of developers, and the real cost of VR
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
A New Campaign
MZ recruits influencer and model Alexis Ren as the face of Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire ad campaign
Follows in the footsteps of Kate Upton, Mariah Carey and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Studio Closure
Glu Mobile closes Long Beach studio and cuts jobs in San Francisco
CTO also parts ways with publisher
Taking Control
Super Evil Megacorp collaborating with Samsung to bring mouse and keyboard control to mobile MOBA Vainglory
Using Samsung DeX technology to draw in a new crowd
Branching Out
HAL Laboratory opens mobile games division HAL Egg
First smartphone title coming this autumn
Blowing Up
Jam City's Panda Pop clears 100 million downloads in under four years
Still attracts 9.3 million MAUs
New Studio
UK design studio Atomhawk opens new studio in Vancouver
Office headed up by Creative Director Maurice Kimball
Event Stats
Inaugural Devcom attracts 3,000 visitors
2018 dates revealed
Lineage Leaps
Lineage M was the third-highest grossing mobile game worldwide in July 2017
Only launched in South Korea at the tail end of June
Ruling The App Stores
Netmarble’s Lineage 2: Revolution heads straight to number one on Japan’s App Store
Also tops free download charts on App Store and Google Play
Mega Cool
Tech start-up Megacool launches gameplay GIF sharing tool
Players can record a 10-second clip of their gameplay to share with others