Run Don't Walk
505 Games-published toys-to-life racer Runimalz soft-launches in Italy
Starter packs and figurines available from GameStop
A True Pro
Apple refreshes iPad Pro range with heavily rumoured 10.5-inch model
The rumours come true six months after they started
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Next Sale
FoxNext acquires former Kabam team at Aftershock
Aaron Loeb appointed President of Studios for FoxNext Games
Ios Ar
Apple unveils augmented reality development framework ARKit for iOS devices
Only works on iPhone 6S and up
Security Breach
Mobile game halts live services due to ransomware
Developer refunds players for IAPs and apologises to fans
New Era
The App Store is getting a design overhaul
Apple wants to improve discovery of new apps and adds room for how-to guides
Premium Sequel
Monument Valley 2 revealed as it goes live on the App Store
Sequel to hit game announced during WWDC 2017
Ice And Fire
Report: Amazon plots return to smartphone market with Google Android-powered Ice devices
Sets eyes on India
Legal Matter
Apple caught in Australian watchdog ‘error 53’ sting alleging staff misled customers over free repairs
Court documents claim staff allegedly misled investigators about rights to free repairs or a replacement
Here We Go
How and when to watch Apple’s WWDC 2017 keynote
The secret is in Safari and Edge
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: New games flood the download charts but Figdet Spinner remains top dog
Rankings from May 22nd to May 28th
Nest Egg
New early stage investment fund Rooks Nest Ventures launches with £28 million
Interested in mobile games industry start-ups
The Weekly
The Weekly: Swiping right in Reigns, Supercell's least powerful CEO, and awkward multiplayer moments
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Esports Fighter
Capcom partners with Skillz to bring competitive play to new mobile Street Fighter game
Publisher sets eye on the eSports scene
Zennies To The Max
HTML5 gaming platform ZENIgames launches service with its own blockchain cryptocurrency
Players earn Zennies which can be spent on IAPs and playing games
West Meets East
European influence growing in China’s lucrative mobile games market
Atomico report breaks down how the sectors cross over
China Esports Revenues
Mobile eSports revenues in China expected to climb to nearly $7 billion in 2017
Triple the amount the games generated in 2016
Shaking The Nest
Rovio's Board of Directors appoints Mika Ihamuotila as new Chairman of the Board
Kaj Hed steps down after nine years as Chairman
Classic Move
Nintendo Switch online subscription will cost $20 and give players access to catalogue of free retro games
Paid online services delayed to 2018
Hit It For Six
Sony's mobile studio ForwardWorks preps debut game harnessing Everybody's Golf IP
Drecom Inc acting as developer on the studio's first game
Special Indie Offer
PG Connects San Francisco’s tasty offer for indies
How does 50% off the cost of a table in the exhibition area at June’s big mobile, VR, AR and MR event sound? Don’t miss out on this strictly limited offer...
Mobile Boost
Women make up 62% of the mobile games market in the US
New report claims some mobile games attract a bigger audience than the biggest US ad-supported TV networks
Log This
Mobile RPG Logres heads to UK and US after racking up eight million downloads in Japan
Can it maintain its enormous LTV outside of its home country?
Profitable Partnerships
Niantic charges up to $0.50 for every visitor to a sponsored PokeStop or Gym in Pokemon GO
May have generated between $900,000 to $3 million a day from McDonalds Japan at its peak
Boom There It Is
Game Insight's Guns of Boom shoots past five million downloads in two weeks
Over 100,000 five-star reviews on Google Play
Sporting Knowledge
Mobile eSports special: Have your say on competitive gaming
Contributors wanted
Ready To Play
Mobile marketers are most excited about playable ads in 2017 but video reigns supreme
AdColony surveys top developers about their preferences
The Big Bucks
Mobile developers generate over $70 billion in App Store revenues
Number of downloads increased by 70% in last 12 months
King Of The World
80% of Gamevil's War of Crown's one million downloads came from outside South Korea
Surprising turnout for a particularly Korean game
Bound For Exile
Award-winning writer Andrew Saxsma to write series of stories based on mobile game Exiles of Embermark
Publishing a series on fiction platform Bound starting in June 2017
Amazon Refunds
Amazon begins $70 million refund process over unauthorised IAPs made by children
Get your applications in before May 28th 2018
Going Up
The Pokemon Company's profits shoot up to $143.3 million after success of Pokemon GO
Up 26x on its previous yearly profits
Get Ready To Rumble
The Pokemon Company continues mobile push with new 3D brawler Pokéland
10,000 participants joining in on a first come, first served basis
Daring Developers
Abertay University picks first six teams for new Dare Academy prototyping competition
Students given less than a month to finish prototypes on a £1,000 budget
Selfie Time
Futurefly doubles down on augmented reality with Miso Happy app
Released on iOS and coming later this year to Android
Lu Bu Approved
Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed surpasses six million downloads
Players spending an average of 72 minutes a day in-game
Attractable Attachables
Gamevice raises $12.5 million to bring Nintendo Switch-like controllers to regular smartphones and tablets
Gamevice CEO Phillip Hyun on the mass market potential for attachable gamepads
California Pitching
The Big Indie Pitch arrives in California for two very important events
Two times the pitching fun
Last Chance
Grab a double discount to PG Connects San Francisco before the Mid Term rate runs out
But be quick – we're into the final hours
Mine, All Mine
Mobile game subscription service GameMine raises $20 million to expand its platform
Currently has 3.5 million users with access to 100 games
Snak Attack
Berlin-based Playsnak snags $1.2 million investment from Gumi as it pushes further into VR development
Secures $1.2 million from Gumi
Fortune Of Empires
Innogames' Forge of Empires hits $279 million in lifetime revenues
Mobile now its main driver of revenue
Jobs News
GDC General Manager Meggan Scavio to leave
Last day on June 30th 2017
Business News
Stillfront swoops for Dublin developer eRepublik Labs for €7.5 million
Deal could cost a further €13 million in earn outs
Into The Fold
Perforce puts Seapine Software acquisition to use with rebranded TestTrack ALM
Helix ALM now available to developers
Moving On?
Square Enix may let Hitman series go with IO Interactive sale
Future likely away from publisher with sale or licensing deal
Soaring Ahead
Zombie Gunship Survival shoots past two million downloads five days after launch
Raking in the downloads across the globe
Licensing Deal
Anguilla publisher Shoal Games picks up licensing rights for games based on Moomin brand
Titles to be released on its educational games platform Rooplay
East To West
Vietnamese mobile and online games publisher VNG considers US IPO
Exploring opportunity with Nasdaq