New Studio
Warner Bros. Interactice Entertainment opens cloud-based technology studio WB Games New York
Providing backend services across all its online titles
Free Sdk
Cross-platform framework Corona goes free for all app developers
Move follows Appodeal acquisition
I Got A Fever
WonderPlanet's one-thumb puzzle-RPG Crash Fever smashes eight million downloads in just under two years
Big in-game celebration happening now
Play With Me
IronSource opens up entire suite of interactive ads to all clients
Performing 400% better in some cases
Mad For The Sesh
Mobile gamers are spending 44 seconds longer in games across fewer sessions
Flurry Analytics takes a look at average mobile gaming sessions
Color Switch Esports
Color Switch becomes an eSport through partnership with Skillz
Bearing down on 200 million downloads
Ad Whales
80-20 rule applies to ad-based monetisation in mobile apps, report claims
SOOMLA's Mobile Monetisation study analyses ad impressions and revenue generation
Round Two
"Big, hairy fight" rumbles on as ZeniMax demands block on Oculus sales or 20% share
Also looking for another $500 million in damages
Cutting The Ribbon
German Chancellor Angela Merkel to open Gamescom 2017
First time the Chancellor has opened the event
Wooga's New Vp
Wooga appoints new VP of Publishing
David Nixon will now oversee all the marketing and customer care teams
For Sale
Imagination Technologies puts itself up for sale after Apple begins designing its own graphics chips
50% of Imagination's revenues gone in a flash
New Ratings
South Korea's GRAC enhances game rating system through international cooperation
Discussion with Valve, Google and Microsoft to enhance follow-up management to protect users as well as joining IARC
A Good Cause
SpecialEffect aims to raise £100,000 with One Special Day fundraiser on September 29th
Raising money for people with severe disabilities
Brain Food
Skybound, Telltale and Scopely join forces to battle The Walking Dead Mega Panel at PGC San Francisco 2017
Moderated by Unity Evangelist – and renowned zombie connoisseur – Oscar Clark, no less
Tranzfuser Round 2
UK Games Fund reveals 23 teams for second year of its Tranzfuser competition
Graduate teams given £5,000 to develop a prototype
Global Mobile Market
Global mobile gaming market expected to grow to $46.1 billion in 2017
Newzoo breaks out the stats
Esports In China
Tencent outlines five-year plan to create $15 billion eSports industry in China
Theme parks, tournaments, merchandise, the lot
Strong Start
NCSoft's Lineage M tops South Korea's iOS grossing charts in seven hours
5.5 million pre-registered players already enjoying the game
Royal Rumble
Glu Mobile signs multi-year partnership with WWE to develop new licensed game
Tap Sports Baseball team taking over development duties
Australian Funding
Film Victoria awards $500,000 to nine Australian developers to help finish their games
Mobile titles include Joko's World: Pocket Planet and Paper House's Paperbark
Tencent Investment
Tencent makes $72 million strategic investment in Chinese developer Ourpalm
Strengthens the relationship between the two tech giants
Cosmo Kong
Gamevil partners with Dungeon Link developer Kong Studios to publish next game Cosmo Duel
An innovative PvP match-3 puzzler is on its way
Market Value
Russia’s mobile games market brought in nearly $700 million in revenue in 2016
Revenues grew 16% year-on-year in 2016
Hutch Hires
Hutch snaps up ex-Splash Damage and Square Enix staff
Rachael Edwards and Corentin Delprat join the studio
Sneaky Purchase
Samsung quietly acquires mobile VR developer VRB for a reported $5.5 million
Increasing internal Gear VR development
Get Your Pitch On
Amazon UK on board as sponsor for Big Indie Pitch in Brighton and Dundee
Batter up... the Big Indie Pitch is coming to a city near you
Mtg Acquires Kongregate
Modern Times Group to acquire casual games publisher Kongregate for $55 million
Kongregate pushing further into developing its own games by acquiring other studios
Mobile Plans
Razer: “There is a huge opportunity to disrupt the mobile market”
CEO Min-Liang Tan eyes company expansion
Influencing Influencers
YouTuber Papa Jake confirmed for Free Hive Games 'Influencer & Exclusive Reveal' keynote session at PGC San Francisco
Extended session will tell you everything you need to know to get the best out of the vloggers
Big Update
Pokemon GO update revamps gyms in bid to improve retention
Raid Battles also incoming for new cooperative play
Rewards For All
Atari partners with Tapjoy to bring rewarded ads to its games starting with Rollercoaster Tycoon Touch
F2P park builder crosses seven million downloads
Dashing Onwards
Dashy Crashy introduces new live events and IAP to expand on experimental monetisation design
Get a free dinosaur if you eat enough meat
Publishing Deal
Kakao snags rights to publish hit Chinese game Onmyoji in South Korea
Game will be put in front of Kakao Talk's 40 million users
European Expansion
Mobile publisher GameMine appoints European CEO
Ante Ukalovic responsible for building up operations in Europe for US-based company
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: The Floor is Lava jumps on top
Rankings from June 5th to June 11th
The Weekly
The Weekly: Supercell's winning game design strategies, Nintendo's comeback and the eSports revolution
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Gateway Games
Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aimé: Mobile introduces the consumer to our IP before they move on to the "full experience"
Reggie explains Nintendo's mobile philosophy, forgets that it hasn't released any games in China yet
It's A Hit
IO Interactive holds onto Hitman IP as it becomes an independent studio
But what of Square Enix's Hitman Sniper and Hitman Go?
E3 2017 Figures
E3 2017 sees 68,400 visitors interact with 2,000 products from 293 exhibitors
ESA reveals some big numbers from the show
Go Nitro
Nitro Games begins public trading on NASDAQ First North Stockholm with $8.45 million market cap
Hoping to facilitate move into self-publishing through IPO
Tencent Eyeing Rovio
Report: Tencent considers Rovio acquisition in deal worth $3 billion
Either that or Rovio is going to IPO
War Chest
Walking Dead: Road to Survival publisher Scopely raises $60 million to fund acquisitions and partnerships
Comes a year after company raised $55 million in Series B financing round
Soar With The Eagles
All 4 Games launches its first VR game Soar: Tree of Life in partnership with eLearning Studios
Return colour to an island and reduce your anxiety while you're at it
King Of The World
Tencent's Honor of Kings the world's top grossing mobile game in May 2017
App Annie breaks out some figures
Triple Conference
Forget 'strong and stable' – PG Connects Helsinki returns in 'biggest, bestest' form
And this year's September 19th to 20th conference brings a couple of surprises with it
Brighter Future
Silicon Studio acquires real-time global illumination tool Enlighten from ARM subsidiary Geomerics
Where does that leave Geomerics?
Talkin' Bout A Revolution
Lineage 2 Revolution sees English language soft-launch in Asia ahead of worldwide release
Already a top ten grossing game in Macau, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia
Blade Runner 2049
Next Games partners with Alcon Entertainment on Blade Runner 2049 mobile game
Ryan Gosling's outline might make an appearance
First Brawl
Supercell soft-launches Brawl Stars in Canada App Store
Global release depends on soft launch success
Creature Comforts
Adorable hugging game Squeelings charms judges to win The Big Indie Pitch in LA
They're just so damned cute