Big Numbers
Gamescom attracts record 350,000 visitors
30,700 trade visitors headed to Cologne
Big Indie Pitch
2Awesome’s Dimension Drive lands top prize at Big Indie Pitch at Gamescom 2017
Top three games revealed
Final Countdown
Final hours of Mid-Term rate for Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Fourth time in Finland, bigger & bolder than ever
Business Expansion
Testing firm Pole To Win opens Canada office
New studio set up in Montreal
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Flippy Knife and Helix roll into top 10
Rankings from August 14th to August 20th 2017
Job News
London names first ever Chief Digital Officer
Mayor names former Ukie Head of Policy and Public Affairs Theo Blackwell in new role
Strike Two
Hi-Rez Studios returns to mobile with Paladins Strike
Team shooter based off its popular PC title
New Studio
Ex-Wooga staff start new messaging app games studio Chatterbox
First game Mini Golf Battle coming to iMessage
The Weekly
The Weekly: Disney's games-inspired Star Wars hotel, are app stores taking advantage of developers, and the real cost of VR
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
A New Campaign
MZ recruits influencer and model Alexis Ren as the face of Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire ad campaign
Follows in the footsteps of Kate Upton, Mariah Carey and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Studio Closure
Glu Mobile closes Long Beach studio and cuts jobs in San Francisco
CTO also parts ways with publisher
Taking Control
Super Evil Megacorp collaborating with Samsung to bring mouse and keyboard control to mobile MOBA Vainglory
Using Samsung DeX technology to draw in a new crowd
Branching Out
HAL Laboratory opens mobile games division HAL Egg
First smartphone title coming this autumn
Blowing Up
Jam City's Panda Pop clears 100 million downloads in under four years
Still attracts 9.3 million MAUs
New Studio
UK design studio Atomhawk opens new studio in Vancouver
Office headed up by Creative Director Maurice Kimball
Event Stats
Inaugural Devcom attracts 3,000 visitors
2018 dates revealed
Lineage Leaps
Lineage M was the third-highest grossing mobile game worldwide in July 2017
Only launched in South Korea at the tail end of June
Ruling The App Stores
Netmarble’s Lineage 2: Revolution heads straight to number one on Japan’s App Store
Also tops free download charts on App Store and Google Play
Mega Cool
Tech start-up Megacool launches gameplay GIF sharing tool
Players can record a 10-second clip of their gameplay to share with others
Mobile Principle
The Talos Principle is coming to iOS
Puzzle title to launch on the platform later this year; price point TBC
Content Explosion
Schedule unveiled for PG Connects Helsinki 2017
10 tracks, 100 speakers, and fringe events galore
Influencer Marketing
When working with influencers “it’s all about the engagement”
Devcom panel discusses why influencer marketing isn't just about as wide a reach as possible
Good Job
Goodgame Empire surpasses $800 million lifetime revenues
Developer aims to expand the IP with Empire: Millennium Wars
Hatched
Cloud gaming service Hatch heads into Finland beta
On-demand games let users play titles without downloading them
A New Reality
"Augmented reality is going to change the world": Tim Sweeney on the future of graphics in games
Epic Games founder talks photorealism and AR glasses
Grand Revival
Grand Cru on how it rebooted its business following the failure of Supernauts
Markus Palusa talks smaller teams and killing projects early
Rising India
Nazara Games on the future of the mobile market in India
Nikhil Birla talks about the 1.1 billion phones in the country and how they're used
Rcp Licensed Ip
Remote Control Productions on licensed IPs and how to secure them
COO Kalle Kaivola on building relationships and not focusing on genre
Ask Yourself
Oscar Clark suggests nine ridiculous questions every game developer should ask themselves
Silly questions with a serious heart
Ok Vk
Russian social network VKontakte launches mobile-based HTML5 platform Direct Games
New service is similar to Facebook Instant Games
Inherently Streamable
Game Insight on how it's turning viewers into players with Guns of Boom
CEO Anatolijs Ropotovs offers advice for making a streamable game
The New Hotness
HandyGames CEO Christopher Kassulke on chasing "the new hotness"
Why developers need to jump on the latest technology ASAP
F2p Requirements
The requirements for making a free-to-play game in 2017
Freelance F2P consultant Teur Weidemann shares his rules
The Weekly
The Weekly: China's missing mogul, Zlatan Ibrahimovic's big new game, and the rule breakers playing Honor of Kings
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Fake News
Supercell seeks new Builder for Clash of Clans - Apply within
Must speak fluent Barbarian and be comfortable working hands-on with molten lava
A Good Cause
Vancouver mobile games publisher FlowMotion provides over 10,000 meals to children in need
Partnership with charity Backpack Buddies proves fruitful
Immersive Publishing
New VR and AR publisher Big Immersive launches
Company to published first and third-party games
Immersive Advertising
Interactive advertising platform Immersv scores $10.5 million funding round
Company to develop and scale its tech for mobile 360 and VR advertising
Crowdfunding In Asia
Kickstarter to launch in Japan on September 13th
Creators can now launch campaigns locally
Business Expansion
Fish Tycoon developer Gogii Games opens Halifax studio
Plans to recruit as many as 20 staff
Keeping Dreams Alive
Live operations management studio DECA Games decloaks after a year of stealth operations
Headed up by Ken GO, former General Manager of Kabam's European HQ
Not So Secret
FoxNext Games and NHN Pixelcube partner for Kingsman mobile game
Real-time puzzle RPG to be released alongside upcoming film The Golden Circle
See The Future
IronSource adds Ad LTV Prediction tool to mobile ad mediation platform
Better understand how much money you're likely to make from your ads
Deltadna Promotion
DeltaDNA promotes Head of Insight Isaac Roseboom to Chief Strategy Officer
Helping define the company's vision for the future
Kakao Games Merge
Kakao merges its games division with subsidiary Kakao Games
Hoping to improve efficiency and competitiveness
Hibernum Lay Offs
Hibernum Creations lays off majority of staff amid "transitional period"
More than 100 jobs lost, at least
All Aboard
Animoca Brands CEO Robby Yung joins board of London accessibility start-up Conspexit
Joins recent addition to the board Glen Drury
Proud Partnership
Atari partners with LGBT Media to relaunch social game Pridefest
LGBT Media will rebrand and relaunch the game as its own
Pays The Billz
Skillz named fastest growing company in the US after growing revenues by 50,000% over three years
First eSports company to top Inc. Magazine's list
Job News
Ukie makes trio of hires to build new partnerships and expand education and diversity initiatives
Trade body brings in Vanessa Joyce, Marie-Claire Isaaman and Laura Martin