Eyes Everywhere
Over 190 million smartphones currently on the market are VR-compatible
Newzoo outlines how mobile VR mass adoption should happen
Organic Apple
Apple hits 100% renewable energy in 24 countries and pledges to stop mining the Earth for materials
It's not easy being green
Romania Control
Remote Control Productions opens Bucharest office
BigBlue Studios' Bogdan Oprescu to head up operations
It Was Fate
Fate/Grand Order to launch in the US and Canada in summer 2017
Aniplex bringing an English text translation to the West
Games Growth
Worldwide mobile game revenues grew 53% to $11.9 billion in Q1 2017
Mobile Strike said to be the top grossing game across app stores
The Revolution Spreads
Netmarble plans to release Lineage 2: Revolution in Japan and China by the end of 2017
Might have some trouble with the China launch
Leaps And Bounds
Magic Leap acquires FuzzyCube and hires staff from Moonbot Studios to bolster development
Moonbot Studios shut down shortly afterwards
Big Bet
South Korea’s DoubleU Games splashes $825 million on social casino dev Double Down
London firm IGT sees a $325 million profit from previous buyout
Mobile Hunt
The Witcher 3 studio CD Projekt Red hiring mobile developers for possible Gwent port
Polish outfit looking for programmers and artists
Competitive Gaming
eSports will be a medal event at the 2022 Asian Games
Could mobile play a part?
Ar Go
Facebook plots augmented reality games platform for mobile
Already in closed beta, but a long road ahead
Wearable Gaming
Italian fashion house Moschino unveils Candy Crush collection
Candy Crush the latest inspiration for Jeremy Scott's pop culture designs
Hardware Upgrade
Report: Apple set to launch three new iPhones this year
Two upgrades and one redesign
Latin America Team-up
Animation outfit Anima Estudios partners with Colombia's Teravision to create licensed mobile games
Mexico's leading animation studio calls upon Colombian developer
End Of The Boom?
Finnish games industry slows after years of rapid growth
But still on the rise
War Chest
Netmarble plots $4.4 billion acquisition spending spree after May 2017 IPO
Mobile games publisher goes public on May 12th
Switched On
Nintendo Switch the fastest selling console in the company’s history
Breath of the Wild has a 100% attach rate in the US
Hot Five
Mafia Wars is back, influencers in Germany face broadcasting regulations, and Club Penguin reboots on mobile
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Industry Event
South Korea games show G-Star 2017 dated for November 16th to 19th
Key expo returns to Busan
Very Big Indie Pitch
The Very Big Indie Pitch returns to North America for Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Our jumbo offering of indie developer pitching returns
Super Senso Release
Turbo's Super Senso finally has a concrete release date after nearly four years in development
GungHo will still act as publisher
Shoot The Messenger
Facebook Messenger app hits 1.2 billion monthly active users
A big audience for its Instant Games platform
Neverending Saga
Candy Crush Saga has only dropped out of the US App Store top ten grossing charts twice in over four years
Celebrates its fifth year since launching on Facebook
Open The Gates
CrossFire publisher Smilegate looking to partner with Western mobile and PC game developers
South Korean outfit ready to start discussions with European studios
Icandy Acquisition
iCandy Interactive acquires Singapore mobile dev Inzen for $4.4 million to gain access to China market
Inzen gains access to iCandy's 17 million players too
Android Global Sales
Android sales in China accounted for 86.4% of all smartphones sold between December 2016 and February 2017
Kantar Worldpanel breaks down sales around the world
Industry Event
Reboot Develop 2017 kicks off on April 20th
Over 100 speakers announced
Nicalis Acquisitions
Nicalis picks up SuperVillain Studios and Cowboy Color to expand development capabilities
SuperVillain absorbed into Nicalis' internal development team
Spicerack Acquisition
Casino firm Scientific Games acquires social bingo developer Spicerack
Cost of the deal was undisclosed
Oculus Fights Back
Oculus files motion for new trial to battle $500 million in damages sought by Zenimax
Claims damages are excessive
Switch Vulnerability
Nintendo offering up to $20,000 for information on Switch vulnerabilities
Prove there's a problem, get paid
Samsung On Top
Samsung reclaims spot as world's biggest smartphone manufacturer
Galaxy Note 7 troubles are behind it
South Korea Playtimes
Mobile gamers in South Korea spend 46 minutes a day playing games
Lineage 2: Revolution remains king of the market
Licensed To Stream
German regulator rules YouTubers and Twitch streamers must have a broadcasting license
Could run them up to €10,000
Exient Exeunt
Angry Birds Go! developer Exient cuts 60% of its staff at Leamington Spa studio
Can only afford to develop one new game and maintain its Angry Birds titles
Fnatic Funding
ESports organisation Fnatic raises $7 million to grow operations
Just in time for it to host a Vainglory tournament
Bye Bye 32-bit
Apple could be ending support for 32-bit apps in iOS 11
Should make performance better on newer devices
Sleeping With The Fishes
Zynga digs deep into its back-catalogue for newly soft-launched game Mafia Wars
The title returns for another crack at the big time
Minecraft Marketplace
Minecraft introduces IAPs to pay content creators in new marketplace
Community members can now make cash from their creations
Food For Thought
Mind Candy averts bankruptcy with two-year loan extension and $1.5 million funding
Existing investors up their investments to help the ailing developer
Boot Camp
Seriously teases upcoming animation Best Fiends Boot Camp for May 2017 launch
Could be leading in to its next game
Ship Comes In
Shipyard Games secures $2.9 million investment from Supercell to develop location-based game
Supercell continues to flash its cash
Public Nitro
Finnish developer Nitro Games considers public listing to support self-publishing efforts
Taking a page out of Next Games' book
Pokemon Society
Pokemon GO now has as many MAUs as the entire population of the UK
Expect that number to grow
Mobile Shift
Publisher Duoyi nabs exclusive China publishing rights for 505 Games’ Portal Knights on PC and mobile
Action RPG making its way to mobile
Stockholm To London
Will Luton joins Rovio's London studio as Executive Producer
Leading "the next generation of mobile MMOs"
West To East
Wild City Rush developer Sviper partners with iDreamSky for China launch
Special localised version to launch in the region
Not Bad
Not Doppler’s Crash of Cars cruises to four million downloads in two weeks
.io games alive and well
Big Ambitions
Unity set to triple Indian workforce as it eyes industries outside of games
Game engine firm sets sights on AR and VR domination
Big Business
Six of the world’s top 10 biggest public companies are key players in the games industry
Chinese tech giant Tencent ousts Wells Fargo