Log This
Mobile RPG Logres heads to UK and US after racking up eight million downloads in Japan
Can it maintain its enormous LTV outside of its home country?
Profitable Partnerships
Niantic charges up to $0.50 for every visitor to a sponsored PokeStop or Gym in Pokemon GO
May have generated between $900,000 to $3 million a day from McDonalds Japan at its peak
Boom There It Is
Game Insight's Guns of Boom shoots past five million downloads in two weeks
Over 100,000 five-star reviews on Google Play
Sporting Knowledge
Mobile eSports special: Have your say on competitive gaming
Contributors wanted
Ready To Play
Mobile marketers are most excited about playable ads in 2017 but video reigns supreme
AdColony surveys top developers about their preferences
The Big Bucks
Mobile developers generate over $70 billion in App Store revenues
Number of downloads increased by 70% in last 12 months
King Of The World
80% of Gamevil's War of Crown's one million downloads came from outside South Korea
Surprising turnout for a particularly Korean game
Bound For Exile
Award-winning writer Andrew Saxsma to write series of stories based on mobile game Exiles of Embermark
Publishing a series on fiction platform Bound starting in June 2017
Amazon Refunds
Amazon begins $70 million refund process over unauthorised IAPs made by children
Get your applications in before May 28th 2018
Going Up
The Pokemon Company's profits shoot up to $143.3 million after success of Pokemon GO
Up 26x on its previous yearly profits
Get Ready To Rumble
The Pokemon Company continues mobile push with new 3D brawler Pokéland
10,000 participants joining in on a first come, first served basis
Daring Developers
Abertay University picks first six teams for new Dare Academy prototyping competition
Students given less than a month to finish prototypes on a £1,000 budget
Selfie Time
Futurefly doubles down on augmented reality with Miso Happy app
Released on iOS and coming later this year to Android
Lu Bu Approved
Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed surpasses six million downloads
Players spending an average of 72 minutes a day in-game
Attractable Attachables
Gamevice raises $12.5 million to bring Nintendo Switch-like controllers to regular smartphones and tablets
Gamevice CEO Phillip Hyun on the mass market potential for attachable gamepads
California Pitching
The Big Indie Pitch arrives in California for two very important events
Two times the pitching fun
Last Chance
Grab a double discount to PG Connects San Francisco before the Mid Term rate runs out
But be quick – we're into the final hours
Mine, All Mine
Mobile game subscription service GameMine raises $20 million to expand its platform
Currently has 3.5 million users with access to 100 games
Snak Attack
Berlin-based Playsnak snags $1.2 million investment from Gumi as it pushes further into VR development
Secures $1.2 million from Gumi
Fortune Of Empires
Innogames' Forge of Empires hits $279 million in lifetime revenues
Mobile now its main driver of revenue
Jobs News
GDC General Manager Meggan Scavio to leave
Last day on June 30th 2017
Business News
Stillfront swoops for Dublin developer eRepublik Labs for €7.5 million
Deal could cost a further €13 million in earn outs
Into The Fold
Perforce puts Seapine Software acquisition to use with rebranded TestTrack ALM
Helix ALM now available to developers
Moving On?
Square Enix may let Hitman series go with IO Interactive sale
Future likely away from publisher with sale or licensing deal
Soaring Ahead
Zombie Gunship Survival shoots past two million downloads five days after launch
Raking in the downloads across the globe
Licensing Deal
Anguilla publisher Shoal Games picks up licensing rights for games based on Moomin brand
Titles to be released on its educational games platform Rooplay
East To West
Vietnamese mobile and online games publisher VNG considers US IPO
Exploring opportunity with Nasdaq
Switched On
Report: Nintendo targets production of 18 million Switch consoles by March 2018
Stepping up production to keep up with demand
Leaving Games
IQU co-founder and MD to leave digital media agency for new venture outside of games
Current CFO Brian Spaans to take on the role from August 1st 2017
Accessible Programming
Raspberry Pi merges with CoderDojo to get more children coding
Aims to quadruple number of CoderDojo clubs around the world to 5,000 by the end of 2020
Because It's Batman
Tencent seals licensing deal for DC Comics characters in Strike of Kings
Batman, The Joker and Superman have already entered the fray
Working Conditions
Blanket wage system is embroiled in controversy in Korean game industry
A look at the current working conditions of South Korean developers and how they are paid
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Fidget spinner games continue to dominate with Ketchapp's latest
Rankings from May 15th to May 21st
The Weekly
The Weekly: Augmented reality wars, Unity's $2.6 billion valuation, and why App Store revenues trump Google Play
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Big Saving
Mid Term ending for PG Connects San Francisco 2017
Last few days to save up to 25%
Best Fiends Boot Camp
Seriously pushes Best Fiends franchise beyond games with Best Fiends: Boot Camp animation
Reel FX produces, Mark Hamill voices
Partners In Html5
Bandai Namco and Drecom invest $2.1 million in new HTML5 mobile game studio BXD
Working on Bandai Namco IP with a Spring 2018 launch date
Unreal Money
Latest wave of Unreal Dev Grants gives two mobile developers a share of $275,000
One Dream and Playearth gain a cash boost for their games
Back In Action
Hearthstone recovers from revenue woes as Clash Royale continues to be the top grossing mobile game
SuperData Research reveals the biggest earners of April 2017
Mix It Up
Microsoft launches Mixer Create to livestream games from mobile devices
Offers co-streaming and viewer interactivity
Develop:brighton 2017 Schedule
Develop:Brighton releases full schedule for its 2017 conference
Leanne Bayley and Tony Yang will be in attendance
Class Of 2017
Stugan reveals the 15 teams taking part in its 2017 accelerator program
26 developers, seven weeks, one cabin
Build To Battle
Supercell overhauls Clash of Clans with new units and game modes in huge Builder Base update
New units, new battles, new abilities, new buildings, the works
Million Dollar Baby
66 publishers made their first $1 million in annual revenue on the US App Store in 2016
Compared to 39 on Google Play, according to Sensor Tower
Switch Gets Unreal
Unreal Engine 4 adds full support for Nintendo Switch
Also gets Google Cardboard and Daydream support
Vision Fund
Softbank reportedly picks up $4 billion stake in Nvidia
Japanese firm acquires 4.9% of shares
Sweet Franchise
Jam City eyes multi-billion dollar future for Cookie Jam IP as game passes 100 million downloads
New game Cookie Jam Blast released
Switched On
Nintendo shares hit seven-year high on back of Switch success
Shares closed at ¥31,880 on May 24th
A New Trail
Peter Molyneux’s The Trail heads to China as 22Cans seals NetEase publishing deal
UK studio returns to China with new deal
Name That Game
Tencent turns to Strike of Kings players to provide a new name for the game
Don't mention leagues, legends, or glory