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January 22nd to 23rd event poised to again set a new standard for mobile gaming industry's leading conference series
The Weekly
The Weekly: Hitman GO postmortem, mobile game publishing relationships, and AR for the masses
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Scaled Down
Autodesk kills off game middleware products
Scaleform, Beast, Human IK and Navigation all given the chop
Mobile Is King
Mobile games revenues surpassed PC and console revenues in 2016 for the first time
DFC Intelligence tells us more
Master Plan
British Games Institute unveils proposals for £8 million a year programme on funding, culture and skills
Could go up to £12 million after three years
Esl New Hires
ESL hires new CMO and CRO to push into next stage of global growth
Rodrigo Samwell and Martin Hubert join the team
Force Field Funding
Term1nal developer Force Field raises $1.14 million to finish its next six games
Working on "high-end location based VR"
Ar Next
Next Games pushes into AR and location-based games with Lume Games acquisition
Also sees revenues up 52% to $22.6 million
Apple China Data Centre
Apple to build first data centre in China to comply with stricter data storage laws
Partners with Guizhou-Cloud Big Data on new centre
Big Deal
Brazil’s Independent Games Festival 2017 attracts 20,000 visitors
3,200 professionals head to event
Country Head
Gameloft hires former Arena Azure Head of AV as new Country Manager for UK and Ireland
John-Paul Burke to grow the company in the region and lead Gameloft Advertising Solutions team
Out Of This World
Space Krieg blasts away competition at the Big Indie Pitch at Develop:Brighton 2017
Narrative-driven titles The Almost gone and Lost Words take second and third spot
Dreams To Reality
VR developer NDreams secures $3.5 million investment in second stage of funding round
Mercia Technologies continues to pour money into the studio
Games In Leeds
GamesLab Leeds grants $200,000 to nine Yorkshire devs in latest round of funding
40 jobs created or safeguarded by funding
Tasty
Candy Crush TV show has sweet premiere with 4.1 million viewers
Scores a 1.1 Nielsen rating, whatever that means
Play Business
Motorsport Manager’s Christian West on why business planning as an indie made his life much easier
The Playsport Games Director discusses his love for spreadsheets
Time To Experiment
Experimental games company Velan Studios secures $7 million series A funding round
Round led by Velan Ventures
Pokemon Galore
Pokemon GO players in Japan spent an average of $26 on IAPs in the game's first year
Sensor Tower ranks the top spenders in Niantic's megahit
Epic Accelerator
Epic Games chosen to take part in Disney's 2017 accelerator program
One of 11 companies taking part
Battle Of Legends
Riot Games sues Mobile Legends developer Shanghai Moonton Technology for copyright infringement
Mobile MOBA developer alleged to have ripped design and art from League of Legends
V-art
Ex-ARM and Guerrilla Cambridge staff launch mobile-focused VR studio Virtual Arts
Using triple-A knowledge to develop mobile VR experiences
We Are Family
Jagex and Riot Games join Ukie's ever-growing network of developers
Jagex cementing relationship, Riot Games leading eSports
Going On Up
Unity’s Andy Brammall leaves after seven years to join middleware firm Spirit AI
Takes up role of Director of Sales and Consulting
Women In Games
Anita Sarkeesian and Brie Code to keynote European Women in Games Conference on September 5th-6th
Over 40 speakers and panellists across the conference's two days
From The Sky
Cloud-based PC game streaming service LiquidSky launches service on Android
Play your PC games on your Android phone or tablet - for a price
Unity 2017
Unity 2017.1 launches with Timeline, Cinemachine, improved analytics, and more
New year-based numbering system finally in effect
Defining Reality
Magic Leap’s Chief Games Wizard on what defines mixed reality and the 'everyday adventure' killer app
Graeme Devine delves into design concepts for MR
Spoils Of War
Summoners War hits lifetime revenues of $890 million as it surpasses 80 million downloads
Currently a top five grossing game in the US and Canada
Next In Line
Line launches games publishing division after NextFloor acquisition
NextFloor CEO Min Kyu Kim to head up new unit
Monster Match
GungHo teams up with Capcom for Puzzle & Dragons and Monster Hunter crossover event
New multiplayer dungeon lets three players battle cooperatively
Business News
Private equity firms invest in Chinese mobile game developer Since Times
Company previously backed by Tencent
Outdone Itself
UK developer Outplay more than doubled revenues in 2016 to $20 million
Most of its earnings came through IAPs and work-for-hire
King In Space
King doubles down on midcore with soft-launched space-based Stellar: Galaxy Commander
Mixes match-3 and turn-based strategy
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Ketchapp takes over the iPhone download rankings with three games
Rankings from June 26th to July 2nd
Falling Back
Gree closes three studios as it ends Western operations
Japanese publisher retreats after struggling to replicate its native success
Sparks Fly
Amazon buys UK cloud development platform GameSparks
Deal said to be worth "tens of millions of pounds"
The Weekly
The Weekly: Pokemon GO's first year, why everybody still loves Sega, and why some men don't work
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Gree Melbourne Shuttered
GREE shuts down Melbourne studio less than two years after it was first opened
Around 50 jobs lost, with more redundancies in Berlin and San Francisco
Ceasefire
Red 5 Studios shuts down PC game Firefall to focus on mobile adaptation
Previous players will be "greatly rewarded"
Champions And Revolutions
Netmarble scores top five grossing ranks in 77 countries with just two games
Marvel Contest of Champions and Lineage 2 Revolution take over the world
Shanghai Shindig
Join KamaGames and Pocket Gamer for 'High Roller' party time during ChinaJoy 2017
Come network the night away with fellow mobile games industry chums
Influential Opinion
Influencer special: Have your say on influencer marketing for mobile
Contributors wanted
Jobs News
NaturalMotion’s head of talent acquisition Peter Lovell returns to Jagex
Leaves Dawn of Titans outfit after two years
Bridging The Gap
Swedish mobile developer FunRock opens new studio in Egypt
MENA-focused team physically moves into the region
Running On
Super Mario Run surpasses 150 million downloads seven months after launch
Fire Emblem Heroes has less than a tenth of the downloads but generates more revenue
Happy Face
Neon Play seals Emoji Movie deal with Sony Pictures for new game Traffic Panic Boom Town
Emoji Movie characters set to star in 10-day in-game event
Job Losses
AdColony cuts 100 jobs as it shifts to automated ad sales
Company shifting toward reward-based advertising
Acquisition Of Dragons
Chinese developer NetDragon buys LA educational games studio JumpStart
Plans to utilise IP and partnership with Dreamworks
Expanding Footprint
Smartphone manufacturer Foxconn plots $5 billion investment in India
Move will help companies get around new taxes and import duty
Education Funds
Supercell grants over $280,000 to Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Studio wants to turn Finland into a "Hollywood for gaming"