Touchdown
Angry Birds developer Rovio partners with the NFL for special in-game events
New characters, costumes and levels in Angry Birds 2 and Angry Birds Evolutions
Mixed Audience
SuperAwesome on building apps and games for a "mixed audience" of adults and kids
Paul Nunn on how his company is working to monetise kids within COPPA's rules
By The Numbers
An overview of the mobile games market and the growth of VR and AR
Nick Parker breaks out a bunch of big numbers
Surf's Up
Sybo Games on where it's taking Subway Surfers after hitting 1.8 billion downloads
Launching animation and licensing arms while continuing to develop its flagship game
Superstars By The Fire
Peter Vesterbacka and David Helgason discuss the future of the games industry
China, VR, AR, and the film industry all get talked about
State Of Uk
British games experts discuss the state of the UK industry
Jo Twist leads a panel on investment, free-to-play, and buzzwords
Think For Yourself
NaturalMotion's Julian Widdows on creating an independent thinking culture at the studio
Looking for emotional intelligence and curiosity in new staff
Undeniably Premium
Ustwo's Dan Gray on how to succeed with premium games in the current mobile market
Taking risks and not making something which is already free
Keep It Going
King on turning away from the traditional "boxed" model of games to long-running titles
Todd Green on not hiring rockstars in favour of training new staff
Beyond Runescape
Jagex CEO Phil Mansell on the evolution of live games and RuneScape
How to go beyond games-as-a-service
Mighty Investment
Peter Vesterbacka leads $650,000 funding round in Finnish lifestyle games studio Polka Dot
Helsinki start-up's first title slated for Q4 2018 release
Register Now!
Mobile Games Awards 2018: Grab your ticket before they run out!
Time is short to grab your seat at the ceremony
Pgc London
13 reasons to head to Pocket Gamer Connects London 2018 on January 22nd to 23rd
There's nothing unlucky about this great line-up...
Keeping A Cool Head
Studio MDHR says Cuphead won't be coming to mobile
Co-founder Chad Moldenhauer said it was "odd" a fake version of the game made it onto iOS
Maternal Valley
Ustwo on breaking out of traditional maternal narratives with Monument Valley 2
Senior artist Lauren Cason talks the time of the dad and bugs that became narrative points
Pgc London
Here's who's coming to Pocket Gamer Connects London 2018
Well, 350 of the 900+ companies heading to the show
Doing It For The Kids
How Playables took its minimalist style further with upcoming game Kids
Co-founders Mario von Rickenbach and Michael Frei on experimenting and working with others
Physics Engine For Narrative
Disney Research on the quest to build a "physics engine" for game narratives
Associate research scientist Steven Poulakos on keeping people involved
Leave It Out
"If in doubt, leave it out": How to write game narratives for an audience that hates cutscenes
Freelance game writer Morten Brunbjerg talks trimming down and focusing on the essentials
Shiny New Unity
Unity teases Scriptable Render Pipeline and C# Job System in upcoming engine update
Shows off shiny new tools in demo called Book of the Dead
Mobile Games Awards Sponsor
Miniclip and Aardvark Swift join sponsors of first ever Mobile Games Awards 2018
Joining Game Insight, AppOnboard, and Nazara
Unreal Dev Grants 2018
Epic Games hands out $200,000 to 13 developers in latest round of Unreal Dev Grants
The Machines' studio Directive Games among the recipients
Future Of The Industry
Mobile games predicted to generate up to $95 billion in revenues in 2022
Digi-Capital looks to the future of the industry
Oggy & The Partnership
Indian publisher Nazara partners with Xilam Animation on Oggy & the Cockroaches mobile games
Aimed at a younger audience and fans of the 20-year-old show
Taptica Funding
Taptica raises $52.6 million to reduce debt and fund future M&A opportunities
4.85 million new shares issued, while CEO Hagai Tal sells off some of his own
Join Us
PocketGamer.biz is on the hunt for a new staff writer
Chance for an up-and-coming journalist to make their mark in the exciting world of games
January 22nd Kick-off
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2018 kicks off in one week
It's the most wonderful time of the year (after Christmas)
Building A Relationship
Lego partners with Tencent on games and potential social network for kids in China
Lego-specific video zones, code-able toys, and much more
King Of Monsters
Monster Strike was the top grossing game worldwide for the third year in a row in 2017
Honor of Kings would probably be on top if China had Google Play
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Voodoo's Twisty Road! and Rolly Vortex take the top download spots on iPhone and iPad
Rankings from January 1st to 7th
Mini-games For China
Ubisoft and Ketchapp eye China mobile market with Tencent deal
Partnership gives publishers access to 980 million monthly active users of Weixin app
Big Indie Pitch
The Big Indie Pitch heads to Prague and Essex in 2018
Focusing on the indies
Pgc London
Why indie games developers should head to Pocket Gamer Connects London 2018
Discounts, 2,000 delegates, Indie Strategies Track, Very Big Indie Pitch, networking opportunities and more
Trejo Doughnuts
Jam City taps actor Danny Trejo for Family Guy: Another Freakin' Mobile Game ad campaign
Buy some doughnuts, play the game, everyone wins
Duel With Destiny
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links smashes 60 million downloads in time for its first birthday
9.5 billion duels played, 1.1 billion card packs opened
Facebook Ad Survey
57% of mobile gamers who don't pay to remove ads are fine with being advertised to in a free game
Facebook surveys 6,000 mobile gamers to find out their likes and dislikes
Google Redux
Google quietly acquires Cambridge-based mobile audio tech firm Redux
Could use its panel audio technology in upcoming Pixel phones
Big Bet
Swedish esports company G:loot picks up $12 million investment
Firm plans to hire new staff and extend its platform to new games
Spain Funding
Spanish government reveals plans for $7.9 million grant for local developers
Up to $182,000 on offer for eligible studios
Business Finland
Tekes and Finpro merge to form new Helsinki-based organisation Business Finland
600 experts and over 40 international offices come together
Ka-ching
Sega gets into casino gaming on mobile with Sega Slots
Title leverages famous IP such as Sonic, Super Monkey Ball and Golden Axe
Super Senso Europe
GungHo and Turbo Studios to launch Super Senso in Europe on January 24th
Nine months after it was first released in the US
Pgc London
Epic Games, Gram Games, Jagex, Outfit7, Space Ape, Ubisoft, Ian Livingstone and more head new additions for PG Connects London 2018
Event takes place on January 22nd to 23rd
Imperia Online Promotion
Bulgaria-based strategy MMO developer Imperia Online promotes Mariela Tzvetanova to CMO
Will oversee sales growth and building new partnerships
Apple Pays Tax
Apple Europe forced to pay $184.8 million in extra taxes to the UK
HMRC is also going to increase Apple's income tax in future payments
Pg Connects
Developers: Book your appointment at the Pocket Gamer Journalist Bar now
A rare chance to demo your game one-on-one with one of our expert game journos
Nintendo Sues Colopl
Nintendo sues Colopl for $350,000 over five alleged patent infringements
Main problem seems to be the game's virtual joystick
Flipped
Tencent appears to copy Ketchapp's Bottle Flip for new WeChat mini-game
"Tiao yi tiao" looks a lot like Bottle Flip, and the WeChat team seem to know it
Ikinema Switch
Animation technology firm IKinema signs deal with Nintendo to bring its tech to Switch games
Procedural animation in Unreal Engine now on Switch
Pocket Blockchain
Spyr Games reveals plans for "blockchain universe" in mobile MMO Pocket Starships
Buy planets, pay Spyr upkeep costs