Mobile Plans
Razer: “There is a huge opportunity to disrupt the mobile market”
CEO Min-Liang Tan eyes company expansion
Influencing Influencers
YouTuber Papa Jake confirmed for Free Hive Games 'Influencer & Exclusive Reveal' keynote session at PGC San Francisco
Extended session will tell you everything you need to know to get the best out of the vloggers
Big Update
Pokemon GO update revamps gyms in bid to improve retention
Raid Battles also incoming for new cooperative play
Rewards For All
Atari partners with Tapjoy to bring rewarded ads to its games starting with Rollercoaster Tycoon Touch
F2P park builder crosses seven million downloads
Dashing Onwards
Dashy Crashy introduces new live events and IAP to expand on experimental monetisation design
Get a free dinosaur if you eat enough meat
Publishing Deal
Kakao snags rights to publish hit Chinese game Onmyoji in South Korea
Game will be put in front of Kakao Talk's 40 million users
European Expansion
Mobile publisher GameMine appoints European CEO
Ante Ukalovic responsible for building up operations in Europe for US-based company
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: The Floor is Lava jumps on top
Rankings from June 5th to June 11th
The Weekly
The Weekly: Supercell's winning game design strategies, Nintendo's comeback and the eSports revolution
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Gateway Games
Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aimé: Mobile introduces the consumer to our IP before they move on to the "full experience"
Reggie explains Nintendo's mobile philosophy, forgets that it hasn't released any games in China yet
It's A Hit
IO Interactive holds onto Hitman IP as it becomes an independent studio
But what of Square Enix's Hitman Sniper and Hitman Go?
E3 2017 Figures
E3 2017 sees 68,400 visitors interact with 2,000 products from 293 exhibitors
ESA reveals some big numbers from the show
Go Nitro
Nitro Games begins public trading on NASDAQ First North Stockholm with $8.45 million market cap
Hoping to facilitate move into self-publishing through IPO
Tencent Eyeing Rovio
Report: Tencent considers Rovio acquisition in deal worth $3 billion
Either that or Rovio is going to IPO
War Chest
Walking Dead: Road to Survival publisher Scopely raises $60 million to fund acquisitions and partnerships
Comes a year after company raised $55 million in Series B financing round
Soar With The Eagles
All 4 Games launches its first VR game Soar: Tree of Life in partnership with eLearning Studios
Return colour to an island and reduce your anxiety while you're at it
King Of The World
Tencent's Honor of Kings the world's top grossing mobile game in May 2017
App Annie breaks out some figures
Triple Conference
Forget 'strong and stable' – PG Connects Helsinki returns in 'biggest, bestest' form
And this year's September 19th to 20th conference brings a couple of surprises with it
Brighter Future
Silicon Studio acquires real-time global illumination tool Enlighten from ARM subsidiary Geomerics
Where does that leave Geomerics?
Talkin' Bout A Revolution
Lineage 2 Revolution sees English language soft-launch in Asia ahead of worldwide release
Already a top ten grossing game in Macau, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia
Blade Runner 2049
Next Games partners with Alcon Entertainment on Blade Runner 2049 mobile game
Ryan Gosling's outline might make an appearance
First Brawl
Supercell soft-launches Brawl Stars in Canada App Store
Global release depends on soft launch success
Creature Comforts
Adorable hugging game Squeelings charms judges to win The Big Indie Pitch in LA
They're just so damned cute
Super Stars
Supercell guns for eSports scene with new real-time multiplayer mobile game IP Brawl Stars
Livestream focuses on competitive play potential with live commentary and tournament format
Big Indie Pitch
The Big Indie Pitch heads to Develop:Brighton 2017 on July 11th
Here we... here we... here we go!
Brawl Stars Reveal
Supercell teases new 3v3 shooter Brawl Stars - watch the livestream here
Will a new Clash-less Supercell game survive?
Green Apple
Apple offers up $1 billion green bond to fund clean energy and environmental projects
Showing support for the Paris climate agreement
Children Are The Future
British eSports Association partners with Wesminster City Council to create first after-school eSports training club
Teaching kids important life skills through the power of competitive video games
Best In Class
Google Play adds quarterly Android Excellence section to highlight its best apps and games
Galaxy of Heroes and Hitman GO among the first to be featured
Level Up
Level-5 acquires Keiji Inafune's studio Comcept
Currently developing mobile title Dragon Colonies
Critical Mass
Mobile eSports shooter Critical Ops clears 20 million downloads with no paid UA
Still considered a soft launch title
Switch It Up
Nintendo teases new Pokemon RPG, Metroid Prime 4, Yoshi and Kirby for Switch
Game Freak developing core Pokemon RPG for console
From The Ashes
Kabam spin-off Phoenix One decloaks to reveal hardcore real-time strategy game Guardian Kingdoms
Developed as Kabam was considering selling its business
Struck Gold
TreasureHunt closes $6 million series A funding round ahead of Pet Paradise launch
Total funding now sits at $8.4 million
Marketing On The Go
AppsFlyer launches mobile marketing app for advertisers on the go
Check your KPIs while you're on the train or out for a coffee
Tapjoy Ad Preferences
79% of mobile gamers prefer opt-in rewarded video ads to mandatory ads
Tapjoy asks gamers what ads they like to see
Fight The Tide
Playmob partners with We Are The Oceans to raise awareness of climate change through playable ads
Previous ad garnered 3.2 million plays
Link Up
Sony makes the smartphone a PS4 controller with new PlayLink range
Multiplayer-focused games offer potential for unique new games
Franchise Season
Finnish developer Koukoi Games expands Crashing Season IP with new endless runner
Developer wants to turn game into a franchise
Gambling Fears
Lineage 2 Revolution trading system shut down
Publisher in hot water over real money trading system
See If You Can't Unwind
Ubisoft taps South Park IP for mobile game Phone Destroyer
Coming later this year
Starman
Ubisoft gets in on toys-to-life space with new IP Starlink
Comes with a customisable ship
Daaahhh!
Ubisoft teams up with Nintendo for Mario Rabbids crossover on Switch
Shigeru Miyamoto makes surprise appearance during reveal
Final Wave
Two weeks to go to PG Connects San Francisco... time for a final round of speakers
Glu, GREE, BlackStorm, Linekong, Pocket Gems and ESG among 26 new names
Get That Job
Steel Media is expanding its events team for our ever-growing conference series – Come join us!
We're on the hunt for a Conference Content Producer
Directing Brainz
Colombian developer Brainz adds former Miniclip CTO to Board of Directors
Camilo Marrugo will help see the developer right
Minecraft Everywhere
Minecraft adds cross-platform play between mobile, PC and consoles
DLC will also transfer between consoles
A Grand Order
Sony's Fate/Grand Order launches in North America on June 25th following nine million downloads in Asia
Can it make it big in the West?
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Balls VS Blocks knocks off Fidget Spinner from the top of the download rankings
Rankings from May 29th to June 4th
Cash Vault
Fallout Shelter racks up 100 million downloads
Still bringing in the money two years on