Mtg Takes Over
MTG spends $90 million to increase InnoGames stake to 51% majority
Entire acquisition has so far cost MTG over €130 million
Jobs News
PlayRaven recruits Eero Pöyry as new Development Director
Has experience at betting agency Veikkaus and THQ Wireless
The Deluxe Package
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe becomes fastest-selling game of the franchise with 459,000 units sold in the US
Tops the UK sales charts for last week in just one day of sales
We're Hiring
Join our growing biz dev team: Steel Media is expanding into new areas!
Pocket Gamer publisher hiring two BizDev pros
Deeper Underground
Amazon's "actually free" Underground service to be shut down in 2019
Access taken away in summer 2017
Feeling The Crunch
Controversy over Icarus Mobile development crunch
Developer Wemadeio for long working hours and treatment of staff
Strike No More
Mixi to shut down Monster Strike's English-language version on August 1st
No refunds, no transfers
New Studio
DICE veterans form new developer Fall Damage
Swedish Games Industry CEO Maria Tjärnlund named as Chairman of the Board
Mobair In China
Mobile marketing firm MobAir pushes into China with Shanghai office
Wants to offer personalised services to its local clients
Digital Games Market March 2017
Lineage 2 Revolution dropped from the top of the worldwide mobile grossing ranks to 10th in March 2017
Clash Royale takes the top spot instead
Eye For Fashion
Ex-Rovio and Digital Chocolate staff score pre-seed funding round for new Finnish mobile studio Polka Dot
Developer's ambition to become the leader in fashion games
2017 Finnish Game Awards
Clash Royale picks up two Game of the Year accolades at 2017 Finnish Game Awards
Kopla Games scores a win as Best Rookie
Can't Stop Won't Stop
Nonstop Knight rushes past 12 million downloads in 10 months
Players have spent 56 million hours in-game collectively
50 Million Fighters
Netmarble's Marvel Future Fight hits 50 million downloads as it celebrates two-year anniversary
20 million downloads alone in Asia
Making India Play
Indian mobile game studio Mech Mocha raises $5 million series A funding
Shunwei Capital, Accel Partners and Blume Ventures invest
Still Running
Super Mario Run approaches 150 million downloads
Number of paid players said to be gradually increasing too
Cyberagent Financials
CyberAgent sales grow to $1.62 billion but profits fall sharply in H1 FY17
Profits are way, way down
Gree Financials Q3 Fy17
GREE's release blitz scores sales of $142.4 million thanks to three top 50 grossing games
Has plenty more where that came from
Strategy And Insight
Mobile strategy games on Android have a D30 retention rate of 3% and generate an ARPU of $2.23
AppsFlyer digs deep into the state of strategy titles on mobile
No Trojans Here
Eric Seufert's Heracles launches mobile user acquisition tool Agamemnon
Work out when your UA campaigns will generate money
Capcom Financials Fy17
Capcom sales up to $782.5 million as it eyes stronger mobile performance
Hoping to "break through the current situation" with big IPs
Critical Training
Critical Force wants to fix Finland's game dev shortage with new academy
20 students at Kajaani University will get specialist coaching and feedback
Jobs News
GSN CEO David Goldhill steps down after 10 years
Search for a replacement already underway
Nintendo Financials Fy17
Nintendo profits soar to $921 million as Switch sells 2.74 million units
Goes awfully quiet on its mobile games
More Insight
King, East Side Games, Sega, ESL, Skillz, Rebound and more to speak at PGC San Francisco 2017
Oh, also: Early Bird rate is ending soon
Newzoo Global Mobile Market
Global app store revenues expected to hit $56 billion in 2017
Newzoo peers into its crystal ball
Facebook Ad Spend Q1 2017
CPMs and CPCs rise for advertisers on Facebook due to shift to mobile video ads
Nanigans takes a closer look at Q1 ad spends
Vainglory Advisers
Vainglory experts join British eSports Association's board of 23 game advisers
MrKcool and Citrus Empire to keep the association up to date on the scene
Search Ads Roll Out
App Store Search Ads roll out to the UK, Australia and New Zealand
Four territories now have access to cheap ad space
Affiliates Affected
Apple to cut commission rates for app affiliate links to 2.5%
Every other type of content remains at 7%
Vivendi Ubisoft Takeover
Report: Vivendi sets eyes on takeover bid for Ubisoft by end of 2017
Needs to show investors that they have no need to worry
Go Xenko
Silicon Studio launches mobile and VR game engine Xenko after two years in beta
Pricing starts at $75 a month per user
Cheque In The Mail
Mail.Ru opens $100 million games investment arm
Offering money and support to developers
Google Play Awards 2017
Fire Emblem Heroes, Pokemon GO and more pick up nominations for Google Play Awards 2017
The cream of the crop duke it out on May 18th
Cents For Seasun
Tencent acquires 9.9% stake in Chinese mobile games developer Seasun for $142 million
Deal made in two parts by subsidiary Image Frame Investment
Influential Backers
GameInfluencer raises six-figure funding from European mobile game developers to grow platform
Klaas Kersting, Tung Nguyen-Khac and more join advisory board
Mighty Partnership
Ubisoft partners with Tencent and Playcrab for China-focused Might & Magic strategy game
Might & Magic Heroes: Era of Chaos expected to launch June 2017
Big C.a.t.s.
ZeptoLab's latest game C.A.T.S. hits eight million downloads in first weekend
Tops iOS free download charts in 20 countries
Monumental Tactics
Monument Valley talk: "The kind of game Apple would make if they made games"
Develop Reboot took place this week in Dubrovnik and Ustwo's Daniel Gray spoke openly there about the strategy behind Monument Valley
Connection Time
Join us for a Pocket Gamer DrinkUp during Berlin Games Week on April 25th
If you're headed in for Quo Vadis 2017, come network in our company
The Talking Head
Skybound's Dan Murray to keynote PG Connects San Francisco 2017
Need a survival guide to a world overrun by IP?
Us Mobile Market 2016
2016's top five grossing mobile games in the US made up 28% of all revenues
Branded IPs are up, especially if you consider Clash Royale one
Big In Korea
Netmarble to raise $2.3 billion in IPO that values mobile games publisher at over $11 billion
South Korea's second biggest ever public offering
Splitting Aces
Zynga doubles down on Zynga Poker with Snapchat lens
Not the best known gaming platform out there
New Ways To Pay
Shopify Unity Buy SDK lets devs sell physical products in-game
Alto's Adventure already uses it
Nordic Games Awards 2017
Clash Royale picks up two Game of the Year nominations at Nordic Game Awards 2017
Bridgeside Interactive's Clapper picks up three nods
Newzoo Market Report
Global mobile games market expected to generate $46 billion in revenues in 2017
Newzoo updates its predictions
Flying High
The story of the creation and aftermath of mobile gaming sensation Flappy Bird
Dong Nguyen reveals all
New Lands
Frogmind discusses life after Supercell’s majority acquisition
Moving from premium to free-to-play
A Better Dynamic
Ilyon Dynamics surpasses 100 million downloads for its 60+ catalogue of games
Has seen at least 30% growth month-on-month since January 2016