The Weekly
The Weekly: Discord's rapid growth, Monster Strike's Western troubles, and why King may have hit its peak
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Pg On Tour
Pocket Gamer on tour: Come meet us as we visit the Nordic countries this August!
We're heading to Copenhagen for a party, and then onto Stockholm, Helsinki and Kotka to meet the industry
Top Grossing Games H1 2017
Honor of Kings is the highest-grossing mobile game worldwide for 2017 so far
Some interesting entries in the rest of the rankings
Keywords Buys More Studios
Keywords Studios acquires four Paris-based localisation studios for $8.9 million
La Marque Rose, Dune Sound, Around the Word, and Asrec will all be rolled into one
Square Enix Financials Q1 Fy18
Square Enix revenues grow to $518.1 million thanks to its mobile back catalogue
All the usual suspects still raking in the cash
Activision Blizzard Financials Q2 Fy17
Activision Blizzard hits $1.63 billion in revenues as King's bookings per user grow for the 8th consecutive quarter
Retained players are spending more than ever
Tweeting Made Easier
New Twitter Kit for Unity SDK lets players tweet inside their mobile games
Development tool also made open source
Job News
UK entertainment ad sales firm Venatus hires new Head of International Sales
Dean Smith joins from Network N
Last Chance
Final hours of Early Bird for PG Connects Helsinki 2017
And that means XR Connects and PC Connects EB tickets are running out, too
Competition
Win one of 10 indie-only expo tables at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Sub-zero competition for indie devs – win FREE expo space plus two tickets to the September event
Jobs News
Former Sega Europe boss Jurgen Post heads to Tencent
Named President of International Partnerships for Europe
Gsn New Ceo
GSN promotes Executive VP and General Counsel Mark Feldman to President and CEO
Has been with the company almost as long as former CEO David Goldhill
Rewarding Partnership
Zynga makes Unity exclusive rewarded advertising partner
To be integrated into all publisher's games that already use rewarded ads
Natter Away
Communications-as-a-service firm Agora.io launches mobile gaming voice chat SDK
Agora Mobile Gaming SDK will brink real-time voice chat in just a few lines of code
Transfer Day
Jürgen Klopp signs on with Digamore Entertainment as brand ambassador for Football Empire
Part football management sim, part base builder
Gree Financials Q4 Fy17
GREE sales fall to $592.7 million amid "strategic pivot" to Japan-first development
Four titles from release blitz crack the top 20 grossing ranks
Sega Sammy Financials Q1 Fy18
Sega Sammy revenues reach $969.8 million thanks to Puyopuyo!! Quest and Hortensia SAGA
But is its mobile business just going through the motions?
Take-two Financials Q1 Fy18
Take-Two Interactive hits $418.2 million revenues with help from WWE Supercard and Dragon City
Main focus is still on its console titles
Zynga Financials Q2 Fy17
Zynga scores $5.1 million profit thanks to continued growth of Zynga Poker and its social slots
CSR 2 continues to grow too
Glu Financials Q2 Fy17
Glu Mobile posts revenues of $68.7 million as Design Home has its strongest quarter yet
Still operating at a loss, which grows to $23.6 million
Apple Financials Q3 Fy17
Apple sees revenues of $45.4 billion as iPad Pro refresh boosts tablet sales by 28%
Sold 11.4 million units iPads in the quarter
Learn The Ropes
Internship opportunities available for aspiring writers at Steel Media
Come join the team
Destruction Of Clans
Clash of Clans celebrates five-year anniversary with video montage of destruction
44 billion three-star victories secured over the game's lifetime
Milky Tencent
Liverpool-based developer Milky Tea secures investment from Tencent
Expanding its team and focusing in on its current game
Publishing Deal
Finnish dev Grand Cru signs publishing deal with Nexon for new game Battlejack
Title based on popular card game blackjack
Broad Scope
Broad agenda for PG Connects Helsinki 2017 welcomes fresh faces to the PGC conference circuit
New speakers mix it up with established PGC chums
Breaking Out
King continues soft launch spree with new IP Brick Wizard
Joins Stellar: Galaxy Commander, Legend of Solgard, Farm Adventure and Candy Crush Friends Saga
Grand Sales
Fate/Grand Order powers Sony Music revenues to $1.5 billion in Q1 2017
Everybody’s Golf drives up two million downloads
Winning Mobile
Konami’s mobile games continue to grow as digital brings in $262 million in Q1 2018
Digital Entertainment the most profitable division for publisher
Big Indie Pitch
Story-driven puzzle adventure Abi wins the Big Indie Pitch at ChinaJoy 2017
Dungeon Balls and Drive Ahead! Arena take second and third spots
Asian Hit
Lineage 2: Revolution racks up one million pre-registrations ahead of Japan launch
Early signs point toward positive reception in Japan
Ads Versus Iaps
Video ads are the top revenue generator behind IAPs
DIsplay and video ads make up half of mobile game publisher revenues
Key Milestone
Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle hits 200 million downloads
Bandai Namco plots series of events to celebrate
Rewarding Success
Inaugural Women in Games Mobile Awards revealed for September 6th
Women in Games partners with International Mobile Gaming Awards for contest
Pokemon Pause
Niantic postpones events across Europe after Pokemon GO Fest debacle
Events in Copenhagen, Prague, Stockholm and Amsterdam delayed until later in the autumn
Lift Off
ITV Studios partners with Kuato for Thunderbirds Are Go mobile game
Story-telling app set for release in early 2018
Investment Spark
Report: Amazon bought UK cloud tech firm GameSparks for $10 million
Retail and tech giant remains tight-lipped on deal
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Scale, Fight List and Snake.io slither into top 10
Rankings from July 17th to July 23rd
The Weekly
The Weekly: Balancing cards in Clash Royale, Japan's legal barriers for eSports, and the million-dollar VR studios
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Pokemon Sue
Pokemon GO fans are suing Niantic for disastrous Pokemon GO Fest in Chicago
Fans want their travel expenses refunded - which shouldn't hurt Niantic's bank account too much
Get That Job
Join the Steel Media family and work on our ever-growing conference series
We're on the hunt for a Conference Content Producer
Gungho Financials Q2 Fy17
GungHo's sales continue to decline despite 46 million downloads of Puzzle & Dragons
Still trying to put its eggs in other baskets
Submissions Open
Just a few days left to enter your game for the International Mobile Gaming Awards in Southeast Asia
Call for submissions ends on July 31st
Good Turnaround
Goodgame Studios returns to profitability following corporate restructuring which cost 600 jobs
Has two new mobile games in the works
Gone Home
Gardenscapes developer Playrix soft-launches sequel Homescapes
Currently on iOS in Canada
Join The Family
Capcom to dissolve and absorb Capcom Mobile subsidiary
Also posts sales of $105.6 million for the quarter
Ea Financials Q1 Fy18
EA mobile revenues hit $150 million as FIFA Mobile scores 95 million unique users
NBA Live and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes also continuing to draw in players
Jobs News
Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan joins Coffee Stain Publishing
Takes on role of Business Developer
Line Financials Q2 Fy17
LINE sees revenues grow to $705.8 million but MAUs are still consistently falling
NextFloor acquisition could turn this around in the future
Viral Ua
Tech start-up Megacool raises $1.5 million to make viral GIFs for mobile games
Funds to be used to employ new staff and accelerate development of API