Third Time's The Charm
Samsung plans to refurbish and recycle defective Galaxy Note 7s
Maybe these ones won't explode
Back Of The Net
Eight Pixels Square tops UK and France App Store charts with Retro Soccer
Midcore studio finds success with simpler title
Patent Battle
Chinese court overturns iPhone 6 ban that could have barred sales in the country
Beijing Intellectual Property Court rules in favour of Apple
Classic Reborn
NCSoft seals deal with Taiwan firm Gamania to publish Lineage M
Agreement will see game released in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao
East To West
Garfield game publisher Animoca partners with COLOPL to push Tokyo Casino Project globally
Localisations readied for Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas
Google Free Apps
Google trials Free App of the Week feature to rival the App Store
A free app or game every week
Critical Downloads
Soft-launched shooter Critical Ops surpasses 15 million downloads
DAUs still sat at 500,000
You're So Vainglory
Vainglory to hold its first Unified Live Championship at London's O2 on May 19th
Go as a VIP and get your name on a hoodie
Kickstart My Heart
Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has seen 10,000 games recieve full funding
$613 million raised in the last 8 years
Super Mario Flop
Super Mario Run's sales failed to meet Nintendo's expectations
But Fire Emblem Heroes is doing well
Virtuos Hires Freeman
Virtuos hires ex-Crytek Executive Producer Elijah Freeman as new Group Development Director
Based out of its Shanghai HQ
Find The Lawsuit
Hidden object developer G5 Entertainment sues MyTona over lucrative game The Secret Society
Claims the studio is improperly refusing a license extension
Netdragon Financials Fy16
Hong Kong developer NetDragon boosts revenues by 120% following strong mobile growth in 2016
Planning on releasing further mobile games to dig into the market
Super Mario Review
Super Mario Run gets over 160,000 5-star reviews on Google Play in 24 hours
Fans rush to defend the big N
Igg Financials Fy16
Lords Mobile made $130 million in 2016 to spur IGG revenue up 59% for the year
Profits also up 74% year-on-year
Apple Manufacturing India
Apple to begin manufacturing iPhone 6s in India
iPhone SEs will join them in three months
The Rich Get Richer
The top ten public developers generated 54% of the global games industry's revenues in 2016
Tencent made up 10% of all revenues generated in the year
Next Games Goes Public
Next Games becomes first Finnish games studio to go public on NASDAQ First North
Studio enjoys strong debut
Having A Party
Plarium launches Twentieth Century Fox-licensed Rio: Match-3 Party
Jesse Eisenberg reprises his role as a bird
Games Hub
New report calls for investment in West Midlands games industry
Local sector supports up to 3,500 jobs
Larry The Chimera
Chimera Entertainment brings on Goodgames' Larry Mellon as Technical Product Director
He's delighted to join them
Still Going Strong
Summoners War hits $780 million in lifetime revenue
Com2uS RPG generated $280 million in one year
37 Interactive Financials Fy16
Chinese games publisher 37 Interactive grew its mobile profits by 978% in 2016
Mobile revenues reach $237.9 million for the year
Super Mario Android
Super Mario Run launches on Android three months after first appearing on iOS
Should have run faster
Ugc Future
Big Bang Racing developer Traplight raises $2.7 million to create games for the Minecraft generation
Two new projects in the works
Up And Away
Futureplay's Build Away! organic downloads up 110% from Matchmade influencer campaigns
A pretty impressive case study
Demon Wobble
Level-5 gears up for Yo-Kai Watch Wibble Wobble's European launch after hitting 10 million downloads
Shake shake, wibble wobble
You're Gonna Be A Star
Moonfrog Labs teams up with Bollywood star for new celebrity game Alia Bhatt: Star Life
Rise to the top with the help of your best bud
Tencent Financials Q4 Fy16
Tencent shows impressive growth in 2016 with a staggering $21 billion in revenues generated
$6.3 billion generated in Q4 alone
O, Android
Google pushes out first Developer Preview of upcoming OS Android O
Improvements to battery life, notifications and more
Earth Birds
Rovio partners with WWF for Earth Hour-themed Angry Birds Friends tournament
Switch your lights off and fling some birds
Daring New Event
Abertay University replaces student competition Dare to be Digital with new Dare Academy
Top three teams will receive fully funded placements in China, India and the US
New Ipads
Apple unveils two new 9.7-inch iPads and a red iPhone 7
Almost all the rumours come true
Hack 'n' Plan
Trello-like games production tool HacknPlan eyes April 3rd launch
Pre-orders open until March 31st
Collab Of Duty
Activision partners with Elex on unannounced Call of Duty mobile game
Could explain why CoD: Siege was cancelled
Nordic Conference
Welcome to Nordic Game 2017: We’ll meet for knowledge, emotion and business
Legendary developer Fumito Ueda is among the speakers at NG17, May 17th to 19th, in Sweden. Join us for three memorable days with the Nordic game developer community
Educational Ar
Kingston University invests $66,000 in new educational AR and VR facility
Hoping to develop skills from students across multiple disciplines
Hungry For Switch
Nintendo is already shipping out more Switch consoles to retailers
Had only planned to ship two million units in March
Made In India
Xiaomi doubles down on India with second smartphone production plant
95% of all Xiaomi devices sold in India are now made there
More Speakers
Electronic Arts, QuickByte, Mail.Ru and Priori Data are latest additions for PG Connects San Francisco 2017
Second wave of speaker announcements for June 27th to 28th conference
Machine Learning
PlayFab partners with IBM Watson supercomputer to help game developers boost player engagement
New tools to provide insights into player behaviour
Smart Move?
HTC to sell Shanghai smartphone factory for $90 million as it expands VR operations
Production to continue in Taiwan
Pokemon Go Forever
SK Telecom signs deal with The Pokemon Company offering free data to Pokemon GO players in South Korea
In exchange for 4,000 PokeStops and Gyms
Hutch Hires
Hutch brings on ex-Frontier artist Anisa Sanusi as UX/UI Designer
Comes from Frontier Developments
Run!
Scopely snags Temple Run license for soft-launched match-3 title Treasure Hunters
Now open for pre-registration on Google Play
Jobs News
Wooga appoints new Chief Financial Officer
Hermione McKee will have a hand in investment decisions and data driven aspects of game development
Ipo A Go
Mobile games publishing giant Netmarble plots IPO worth up to $2.35 billion
Could be the largest public offering in South Korea for years
In Another Castle
Super Mario Run jumps onto Android this week
Game finally comes to Google Play on March 23rd
Global Game Distribution
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba invests $145 million in new global mobile game distribution venture
Partners with four studios for Global Strategic Alliance of Game Distribution
Crushed
The Candy Crush TV show airs from July 9th 2017
Teams of two will honestly be playing Candy Crush on television