Nintendo Financials Fy17
Nintendo profits soar to $921 million as Switch sells 2.74 million units
Goes awfully quiet on its mobile games
More Insight
King, East Side Games, Sega, ESL, Skillz, Rebound and more to speak at PGC San Francisco 2017
Oh, also: Early Bird rate is ending soon
Newzoo Global Mobile Market
Global app store revenues expected to hit $56 billion in 2017
Newzoo peers into its crystal ball
Facebook Ad Spend Q1 2017
CPMs and CPCs rise for advertisers on Facebook due to shift to mobile video ads
Nanigans takes a closer look at Q1 ad spends
Vainglory Advisers
Vainglory experts join British eSports Association's board of 23 game advisers
MrKcool and Citrus Empire to keep the association up to date on the scene
Search Ads Roll Out
App Store Search Ads roll out to the UK, Australia and New Zealand
Four territories now have access to cheap ad space
Affiliates Affected
Apple to cut commission rates for app affiliate links to 2.5%
Every other type of content remains at 7%
Vivendi Ubisoft Takeover
Report: Vivendi sets eyes on takeover bid for Ubisoft by end of 2017
Needs to show investors that they have no need to worry
Go Xenko
Silicon Studio launches mobile and VR game engine Xenko after two years in beta
Pricing starts at $75 a month per user
Cheque In The Mail
Mail.Ru opens $100 million games investment arm
Offering money and support to developers
Google Play Awards 2017
Fire Emblem Heroes, Pokemon GO and more pick up nominations for Google Play Awards 2017
The cream of the crop duke it out on May 18th
Cents For Seasun
Tencent acquires 9.9% stake in Chinese mobile games developer Seasun for $142 million
Deal made in two parts by subsidiary Image Frame Investment
Influential Backers
GameInfluencer raises six-figure funding from European mobile game developers to grow platform
Klaas Kersting, Tung Nguyen-Khac and more join advisory board
Mighty Partnership
Ubisoft partners with Tencent and Playcrab for China-focused Might & Magic strategy game
Might & Magic Heroes: Era of Chaos expected to launch June 2017
Big C.a.t.s.
ZeptoLab's latest game C.A.T.S. hits eight million downloads in first weekend
Tops iOS free download charts in 20 countries
Monumental Tactics
Monument Valley talk: "The kind of game Apple would make if they made games"
Develop Reboot took place this week in Dubrovnik and Ustwo's Daniel Gray spoke openly there about the strategy behind Monument Valley
Connection Time
Join us for a Pocket Gamer DrinkUp during Berlin Games Week on April 25th
If you're headed in for Quo Vadis 2017, come network in our company
The Talking Head
Skybound's Dan Murray to keynote PG Connects San Francisco 2017
Need a survival guide to a world overrun by IP?
Us Mobile Market 2016
2016's top five grossing mobile games in the US made up 28% of all revenues
Branded IPs are up, especially if you consider Clash Royale one
Big In Korea
Netmarble to raise $2.3 billion in IPO that values mobile games publisher at over $11 billion
South Korea's second biggest ever public offering
Splitting Aces
Zynga doubles down on Zynga Poker with Snapchat lens
Not the best known gaming platform out there
New Ways To Pay
Shopify Unity Buy SDK lets devs sell physical products in-game
Alto's Adventure already uses it
Nordic Games Awards 2017
Clash Royale picks up two Game of the Year nominations at Nordic Game Awards 2017
Bridgeside Interactive's Clapper picks up three nods
Newzoo Market Report
Global mobile games market expected to generate $46 billion in revenues in 2017
Newzoo updates its predictions
Flying High
The story of the creation and aftermath of mobile gaming sensation Flappy Bird
Dong Nguyen reveals all
New Lands
Frogmind discusses life after Supercell’s majority acquisition
Moving from premium to free-to-play
A Better Dynamic
Ilyon Dynamics surpasses 100 million downloads for its 60+ catalogue of games
Has seen at least 30% growth month-on-month since January 2016
Dominating
DomiNations surpasses $100 million in revenues two years after first launching
Up there with MapleStory and Dungeon & Fighter as a key IP for Nexon
Production Partnership
ESL UK partners with Super Evil Megacorp to produce upcoming Vainglory Spring Championship
Will handle set design and livestreaming for the event
Super Startups
Why Supercell built a company of startups, and how it works
Ilkka Paananen shares his philosophy for mobile games development, and why it might not work for everyone
A Gif For All
Zynga partners with GIF sharing platform Tenor for GIFs Against Friends
Continues to barrel down the With Friends approach
Eyes Everywhere
Over 190 million smartphones currently on the market are VR-compatible
Newzoo outlines how mobile VR mass adoption should happen
Organic Apple
Apple hits 100% renewable energy in 24 countries and pledges to stop mining the Earth for materials
It's not easy being green
Romania Control
Remote Control Productions opens Bucharest office
BigBlue Studios' Bogdan Oprescu to head up operations
It Was Fate
Fate/Grand Order to launch in the US and Canada in summer 2017
Aniplex bringing an English text translation to the West
Games Growth
Worldwide mobile game revenues grew 53% to $11.9 billion in Q1 2017
Mobile Strike said to be the top grossing game across app stores
The Revolution Spreads
Netmarble plans to release Lineage 2: Revolution in Japan and China by the end of 2017
Might have some trouble with the China launch
Leaps And Bounds
Magic Leap acquires FuzzyCube and hires staff from Moonbot Studios to bolster development
Moonbot Studios shut down shortly afterwards
Big Bet
South Korea’s DoubleU Games splashes $825 million on social casino dev Double Down
London firm IGT sees a $325 million profit from previous buyout
Mobile Hunt
The Witcher 3 studio CD Projekt Red hiring mobile developers for possible Gwent port
Polish outfit looking for programmers and artists
Competitive Gaming
eSports will be a medal event at the 2022 Asian Games
Could mobile play a part?
Ar Go
Facebook plots augmented reality games platform for mobile
Already in closed beta, but a long road ahead
Wearable Gaming
Italian fashion house Moschino unveils Candy Crush collection
Candy Crush the latest inspiration for Jeremy Scott's pop culture designs
Hardware Upgrade
Report: Apple set to launch three new iPhones this year
Two upgrades and one redesign
Latin America Team-up
Animation outfit Anima Estudios partners with Colombia's Teravision to create licensed mobile games
Mexico's leading animation studio calls upon Colombian developer
End Of The Boom?
Finnish games industry slows after years of rapid growth
But still on the rise
War Chest
Netmarble plots $4.4 billion acquisition spending spree after May 2017 IPO
Mobile games publisher goes public on May 12th
Switched On
Nintendo Switch the fastest selling console in the company’s history
Breath of the Wild has a 100% attach rate in the US
Hot Five
Mafia Wars is back, influencers in Germany face broadcasting regulations, and Club Penguin reboots on mobile
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Industry Event
South Korea games show G-Star 2017 dated for November 16th to 19th
Key expo returns to Busan