Download'n'boom
Ankama's Drag'n'Boom clears 1.5 million downloads in its first two weeks
Dofus developer broadening its scope
Lawsuit Of The Apes
Fox faces $2.5 million lawsuit from Snail Digital over lack of support for War for the Planet of the Apes mobile games
Not enough assets and minimal feedback meant Snail missed its window of opportunity
Zynga Legal
Zynga hires former Associate General Counsel for Tesla as its new Chief Legal Officer
Phuong Phillips to oversee legal affairs for the whole company
Games Market August 2017
Worldwide mobile games market grew by 13% in August 2017
Top grossing games remain largely the same
Zynga In India
Zynga plots major growth in India and expansion of its Bengaluru studio
350 staff not enough for its second-biggest studio
Westward Journey
Onmyoji finally gearing up for a Western release with beta in US and Canada
Retaining Japanese voice cast to give it that authentic anime feel
Doctor Who Infinity
Tiny Rebel Games scores funding from Welsh government and Double Eleven for new Doctor Who game
Doctor Who Infinity due to be launched in Spring 2018
Indie Games Festival
Google Play names winners of its San Francisco Indie Games Festival 2017
Slayaway Camp, Flipping Legend, and Tiny Bubbles all score wins
Multiple Mergers
Gram Games' Merge Town! surpasses 2 million downloads in its first month
Launching today on Android
Kinship
Chat app developer Kik Interactive raises $100 million from token distribution event
Cryptocurrency Kin set to be one of the most widely held in the world
Perforce Acquires Hansoft
Perforce acquires agile planning tools developer Hansoft
Version control tools firm adds planning tools to its portfolio
Doan Let Me Down
Sperasoft hires former EA Shanghai head as Senior Director of Project Management Organization
Brad Doan reporting directly to the company President and CEO
Nasscom Speakers 2017
Nukebox Studios CEO Amit Hardi to keynote NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2017
First wave of speakers announced for the conference
Going Forward
Sony moving away from Vita and handheld gaming to focus on mobile and home entertainment
ForwardWorks is apparently doing "fantastic"
The Next Level
TIGA partners with ITN Productions on current affairs-style games industry programme The Next Level
Lightseekers developer PlayFusion makes an appearance
Ubisoft In China
Ubisoft wants to make China its second-largest market as it pushes harder into Asia
Eyes global expansion, new tech, and keeping Vivendi out
Fantastic Finland
PG Connects Helsinki smashes records with 1,200 delegates from over 550 companies in the biggest show yet
Our best Helsinki show ever
Round And Round
MotionVolt's Flip Diving and Flip Master surpass a combined 75 million downloads in 13 months
Three-man Helsinki studio draws in the crowds
Gamer-focused
Razer confirms work on mobile device targeted at gamers
Could be released by the end of the year
Student Contest
Bit Loom wins student Dare Academy game design competition
Wins trip to Indiecade
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Miniclip's Football Strike scores top 10 download spot
Rankings from September 11th to September 17th
Countdown Begins
World’s top 50 mobile games developers revealed this week
Mobile's biggest influencers ranked and profiled
The Weekly
The Weekly: The 'Plinkett' personality test, Google versus Apple, and the state of VR
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Ftc Cracks Down
The FTC declares all reviews of products given to an influencer for free are advertisements
Relationship must be disclosed or fines may be heading your way
Multiplayraven
PlayRaven shifts focus to multiplayer games
Working more with external IP, the studio currently has two unannounced partnerships
Uk Games Funding
Review of UK's creative industries calls for £23.7 million investment for UK Games Fund
Bazalgette Review outlines ways the games industry needs to be helped
Square Enix Plans
Square Enix sets sights on $900 million in sales from its mobile games
Better games, targeting new markets, and the rise of HTML5 will aid its quest
Merch Of Kings
Tencent partners with JD.com to produce merchandise based on its IP
Honor of Kings mugs, anyone?
Unity Ios 11
Unity rolls out support for iOS 11 and ARKit
Get your games ARKit ready with relative ease
Pocket Jam
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Pocket Jam 2 winners revealed
40 developers make 11 games in 30 hours
Mira Mira On The Wall
Budget AR headset manufacturer Mira secures $1 million funding round
Total funding now up to $2.5 million
Global Goals
Playmob launches playable ad What's Missing? as part of Global Goals Week
Teaches players what they can do to make the world a better place
Bye Bye Birdy
Flappy Bird is no longer available to play on iOS devices thanks to iOS 11
Only old phones and stubborn users will be able to play it
Chartboost Exchange
Chartboost launches Exchange network for programmatic access to global gaming inventory
Partnering with Aarki, Index Exchange, and Rubicon Project
One Special Day
Over 30 mobile game developers pledge 100% of UK revenues generated on September 29th to SpecialEffect
One Special Day brings out the charitable side of EA, Rovio, Supercell, Zynga, and more
Cat-ar-gories
Apple adds AR Games and AR Apps categories to new App Store
Helps identify which apps are ARKit-enabled, with some caveats
Google Htc Deal
Google picks up HTC's Pixel team for $1.1 billion
Acquires a team of HTC staff, but takes no stake in the business
Very Big Indie Pitch
Ninja rope platformer Ocmo swings to victory at the Very Big Indie Pitch at PG Connects Helsinki
The top five games revealed
Augmented Insight
Game Insight doubles down on ARKit with new My Country game and Guns of Boom AR spectator mode
Trying new things with Apple's augmented reality framework
Venatus Hires
UK entertainment ad sales firm Venatus bolsters team with two new hires
Serena Pasion and Emma Henderson-Williams join the company
Arise, Sir Arkit
Climax Studios makes first foray into AR games with ARKit platformer ARise
ARe you ready?
Nintendo Stocks
Nintendo shares hit nine-year high following Arena of Valor Switch reveal
Could just be that the console is still selling well
Patreon Funding Round
Patreon secures $60 million funding round to scale team and develop platform
Outlines five year plan for new features
Ar Ico
Reality Gaming scores $3.5 million from initial coin offering for upcoming AR game
Still nine days of the ICO to go
Ios 11 Out Now
Apple begins pushing iOS 11 onto compatible devices
Get yourself updated and start playing with ARKit
Golden Egg
Rovio: "We’re bigger and stronger than ever"
EVP of Games Wilhelm Taht discusses the growth of the Angry Birds maker
Welcome Aboard
EA CEO Andrew Wilson joins Intel's Board of Directors
He's also the chairman of the board for the World Surf League
The Bester Round
New Helsinki studio Quicksave Interactive partners with Gigglebug for branded chat game
Best & Bester game coming to Facebook Instant Games
Yas Queen
Zynga's Words With Friends clears 200 million downloads eight years after launching
Adds 50,000 new words like "werk" and "yas"
Atari Deal
Atari signs two-game publishing deal with crowdfunding platform Fig
Rebooting a classic franchise and bringing out a brand new IP