Unrestricted Revenues
Tencent says Honor of Kings gameplay restrictions won’t impact bottom line
Under 12s make up just a small proportion of paying user base
United Front
First ever Unite India to run alongside NASSCOM Game Developer Conference in November 2017
Events will run alongside each other at the same venue
Mighty Start-up
Ex-Nonstop Games devs open new studio Mighty Bear Games in Singapore
Start-up working on an MMORPG for mobile
First Contact
Star Trek actor George Takei boldly goes into mobile gaming
Named as Creative Director of Fifth Journey
Business News
Razer aims to raise $600 million from Hong Kong IPO
Date and valuation of flotation undisclosed
Catch Of The Day
Steam founder Rick Ellis raises $1.25 million for new studio Sharkbite Games
Eight-person team's first casual mobile game to be released this year
Pc Games Insider
Steel Media launches into the PC games business with new website and conference series
Former MCV deputy editor Alex Calvin to oversee editorial content
Swooping
UK developer Sumo acquires design studio Atomhawk
Art company to remain independent following deal
Jobs News
PlayStack appoints new Head of Developer Partnerships
Rob Crossley to seek out developer deals for publisher
Restricted Access
Tencent limits gameplay sessions for kids playing Honor of Kings in China
Users under 12 can only play for one hour a day
Raining Money
Line's mobile puzzler Disney Tsum Tsum racks up $1 billion in lifetime revenue
Surpasses 70 million downloads
Going Viral
Former Gaikai boss David Perry named CEO of Instagram influencer marketing start-up
GoVyrl aims to connect influencers and companies for marketing campaigns
Run For Your Money
Millionaire's Run has players competing for a real-world $1 million cash prize
Launches July 13th, now in beta
5 Years And Out
IGDA looking for new Executive Director as Kate Edwards steps down
Beamdog CEO Trent Oster will take an interim role
N-gaging
LA startup Wonder raises $14 million to build smartphone-console hybrid
Shakira and Kevin Spacey among the investors
Feel Old Yet?
iPhone celebrates 10th birthday
The iconic smartphone was launched a decade ago
Big Awards
Brazil's Independent Games Festival Awards 2017 winners revealed
13 winners revealed
Very Big Indie Pitch
Space colonisation game TerraGenesis wins Very Big Indie Pitch at PGC San Francisco
We round up the top three games at everyone's favourite indie dev contest
10 Years On
67% of all iPhones ever sold are still being used
Newzoo report celebrates 10 years of iPhone
Southeast Asian Intent
Nexon completes iDCC acquisition to establish Nexon Thailand
Builds upon 49% stake and established Southeast Asian presence
A Major Slice
China makes up 25% of the world's spending on games
Chinese games market expected to hit $29 billion in 2017
Unreal Offer
Epic Games teams up with Wargaming Mobile to support mobile developers using Unreal Engine 4
Pushing for mobile developers to use Unreal
Exclamation Marks!
Gram Games launches first IAP-driven title Merge Dragons!
First release from London studio
View The Future
View-to-play pioneer Futureplay Games looking beyond clickers to match-3 and more
Soft-launching two new games soon
Cuddly Assassins
Ubisoft teams up with Behaviour Interactive for F2P mobile RPG Assassin's Creed Rebellion
Can Behaviour replicate Fallout Shelter success?
Opt In
Facebook Audience Network introduces rewarded video ads for mobile games
Playrix reports 80% CPM increase
Mobile Focus
Wargaming opens mobile division to develop and publish mobile games
Wargaming Mobile opens its doors
Get Into Sea
CloudMoolah offers up its top tips for publishing your mobile game in Southeast Asia
COO Jonathon Sze talks publishing, partners, and payments
Taking The Bait
Bait! hits two million downloads and adds Gear VR controller support
Resolution Games' fishing title surpasses two million downloads
Coming Soon
Asian top grosser Lineage 2 Revolution set for US launch in 2017
Further Asian launches successful
Critical Force Seoul
Critical Ops developer opens South Korean office and targets Asia after hitting 22 million downloads
The mobile FPS lines up a new target
Summoning A Crowd
Broadcast of Summoners War eSport tournament hits top five on Twitch
M2: Mobile Masters Invitational 2017 racked up 35,000 concurrent views
The Hottest Talks
PocketGamer.biz’s top Develop:Brighton 2017 session picks
Don't miss these key talks at this year's conference
Ua Simplified
New user acquisition tool Acquired.io launches with $2 million in funding
Aims to streamline UA management
Coming Together
Singular merges with Apsalar to offer a more nuanced marketing analytics platform
Will operate under the Singular brand
Fully On Board
Former Yahoo VP Glen Drury joins board of blind accessibility tech outfit Conspexit
Aiming for a more accessible world for the partially sighted
How Long Is Forever?
Sega responds to criticism over handling of retro Sega Forever scheme
Mike Evans blames fragmentation, promises improvements
Augmented History
Report: 70 laid off as augmented reality firm CastAR closes
A core group trying to sell tech
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Ketchapp's The Floor Is Lava knocks Floor Is Lava Challenge off the top spot
Rankings from June 12th to 18th June
Mobile Games Revenues 2020
Global mobile game revenues expected to hit $64.9 billion in 2020
Newzoo and AppLift partner to share the details
Closing Shop
Scopely pulls Breaking Bad: Empire Business from app stores after 19 months in soft-launch
Looks like no one will be knocking
Potential Legend
King takes another stab at midcore RPGs with soft-launched Legend of Solgard
Will this one survive the soft-launch?
The Weekly
The Weekly: The YouTuber who formed a cult, why the kids are free-to-play, and the road ahead for mobile eSports
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Networking Central
All the companies: Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017 offers true cross-industry representation
From solo indies to global giants, all shall be rubbing shoulders during June 27th-28th conference
Pokemon Gone
Pokemon GO dropped out of the worldwide top 10 grossing ranks for the first time in May 2017
SuperData Research breaks out its worldwide report yet again
Countdown Time
Super Early Bird & Midsummer Special last chance: PG Connects Helsinki 2017
Double discount for September 19th-20th 'triple conference' will run out soon
Artificial Intelligence
Six ways AI can drive mobile game monetisation and engagement
Tapjoy's Changsu Lee breaks down how AI can benefit the mobile games industry
Shining Star
Brawl Stars tops Canada's iOS download chart and is already a top 10 grossing app in its first week
Can it maintain its position? Does Supercell even care?
On The Tubes
Next Games kicks off huge influencer campaign to promote new The Walking Dead: No Man's Land update
Tens of millions of YouTube viewers seeing sponsored Walking Dead content
Shanghai Pitching
The Big Indie Pitch heads to Shanghai for ChinaJoy on July 28th 2017
Indie dev event arrives in China in order to shed some light on one of the most unexplored mobile markets in the world