Content Explosion
Schedule unveiled for PG Connects Helsinki 2017
10 tracks, 100 speakers, and fringe events galore
Influencer Marketing
When working with influencers “it’s all about the engagement”
Devcom panel discusses why influencer marketing isn't just about as wide a reach as possible
Good Job
Goodgame Empire surpasses $800 million lifetime revenues
Developer aims to expand the IP with Empire: Millennium Wars
Hatched
Cloud gaming service Hatch heads into Finland beta
On-demand games let users play titles without downloading them
A New Reality
"Augmented reality is going to change the world": Tim Sweeney on the future of graphics in games
Epic Games founder talks photorealism and AR glasses
Grand Revival
Grand Cru on how it rebooted its business following the failure of Supernauts
Markus Palusa talks smaller teams and killing projects early
Rising India
Nazara Games on the future of the mobile market in India
Nikhil Birla talks about the 1.1 billion phones in the country and how they're used
Rcp Licensed Ip
Remote Control Productions on licensed IPs and how to secure them
COO Kalle Kaivola on building relationships and not focusing on genre
Ask Yourself
Oscar Clark suggests nine ridiculous questions every game developer should ask themselves
Silly questions with a serious heart
Ok Vk
Russian social network VKontakte launches mobile-based HTML5 platform Direct Games
New service is similar to Facebook Instant Games
Inherently Streamable
Game Insight on how it's turning viewers into players with Guns of Boom
CEO Anatolijs Ropotovs offers advice for making a streamable game
The New Hotness
HandyGames CEO Christopher Kassulke on chasing "the new hotness"
Why developers need to jump on the latest technology ASAP
F2p Requirements
The requirements for making a free-to-play game in 2017
Freelance F2P consultant Teur Weidemann shares his rules
The Weekly
The Weekly: China's missing mogul, Zlatan Ibrahimovic's big new game, and the rule breakers playing Honor of Kings
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Fake News
Supercell seeks new Builder for Clash of Clans - Apply within
Must speak fluent Barbarian and be comfortable working hands-on with molten lava
A Good Cause
Vancouver mobile games publisher FlowMotion provides over 10,000 meals to children in need
Partnership with charity Backpack Buddies proves fruitful
Immersive Publishing
New VR and AR publisher Big Immersive launches
Company to published first and third-party games
Immersive Advertising
Interactive advertising platform Immersv scores $10.5 million funding round
Company to develop and scale its tech for mobile 360 and VR advertising
Crowdfunding In Asia
Kickstarter to launch in Japan on September 13th
Creators can now launch campaigns locally
Business Expansion
Fish Tycoon developer Gogii Games opens Halifax studio
Plans to recruit as many as 20 staff
Keeping Dreams Alive
Live operations management studio DECA Games decloaks after a year of stealth operations
Headed up by Ken GO, former General Manager of Kabam's European HQ
Not So Secret
FoxNext Games and NHN Pixelcube partner for Kingsman mobile game
Real-time puzzle RPG to be released alongside upcoming film The Golden Circle
See The Future
IronSource adds Ad LTV Prediction tool to mobile ad mediation platform
Better understand how much money you're likely to make from your ads
Deltadna Promotion
DeltaDNA promotes Head of Insight Isaac Roseboom to Chief Strategy Officer
Helping define the company's vision for the future
Kakao Games Merge
Kakao merges its games division with subsidiary Kakao Games
Hoping to improve efficiency and competitiveness
Hibernum Lay Offs
Hibernum Creations lays off majority of staff amid "transitional period"
More than 100 jobs lost, at least
All Aboard
Animoca Brands CEO Robby Yung joins board of London accessibility start-up Conspexit
Joins recent addition to the board Glen Drury
Proud Partnership
Atari partners with LGBT Media to relaunch social game Pridefest
LGBT Media will rebrand and relaunch the game as its own
Pays The Billz
Skillz named fastest growing company in the US after growing revenues by 50,000% over three years
First eSports company to top Inc. Magazine's list
Job News
Ukie makes trio of hires to build new partnerships and expand education and diversity initiatives
Trade body brings in Vanessa Joyce, Marie-Claire Isaaman and Laura Martin
Screen This
Baidu's Android screen recording app DU Recorder surpasses 10 million downloads in under a year
Adding in livestreaming to thank its users
Job News
Ex-Glixel GM joins mobile games developer N3twork to lead media products and content
John Davison has previously worked at the likes of GameSpot, Zynga and Red Robot Labs
Tencent Financials Q2 Fy17
Tencent revenues grow to $8.56 billion as mobile games sales beat PC for the first time
Honor of Kings by far the biggest driver of revenue
Be The Builder
Supercell partners with Facebook on Clash of Clans AR experience to celebrate the games' five-year anniversary
Become the Builder, or just drop him in the world somewhere
Explosive Start
Lightneer secures $5 million seed funding round to prep for launch of Big Bang Legends
Invisible-learning game now due to launch in January 2018
Stats Rule
Tel Aviv-based eSports tech firm Overwolf acquires Clash Royale statistics site StatsRoyale
Over 20 million MAUs checking all the latest card stats and more
Rovio Financials Q2 Fy17
Rovio revenues soar past $100 million as Battle Bay and Angry Birds Evolution score strong launches
The Angry Birds Movie continues to bring in the cash
User Bans
Discord shuts down alt-right server and accounts associated with hate groups
Company will "continue to take action against white supremacy, nazi ideology and all forms of hate"
Stacking Up
UK games publisher PlayStack recruits new COO and Director
Mads Jensen to drive company's technology plans
Global Expansion
UK developer Hutch opens new studio in Canada
Company aims to extend development capabilities across various time zones
Critical Hit
Mobile shooter Critical Ops marches past 25 million downloads
860,000 daily active users
Job News
Unity names first independent board members
Robynne Sisco and Max Levchin offer their business experience
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Playgendary's Bowmasters shoots into top 10
Rankings from July 31st to August 6th 2017
Investment News
Indian publisher Nazara invests in mobile cricket games developer Moong Labs
Money to fund game engine development and new cricket-based titles
Bigger Better
King, Rovio, Gram Games, Twitter and Unity part of final 'big speaker reveal' for PG Connects Helsinki 2017
September 19th to 20th conference shaping up to be unmissable, business boosting affair
Ok Korea
Steel Media and G-STAR announce international partnership
Western media company partners with South Korea’s leading game show G-STAR with series of collaborative events starting at Gamescom
Flying High
Report: Angry Birds developer Rovio plots IPO
Listing could raise $400 million for the company
Chill Time
PocketGamer.biz's Gamescom 2017 party and networking guide
Here we go again...
The Weekly
The Weekly: How games companies avoid income tax, NetEase's Western expansion, and how Game Freak designs pokemon
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
War Robots
Pixonic takes aim at VR as it expands War Robots IP from mobile roots
Studio releases War Robots VR: The Skirmish completely free for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive