Very Big Indie Pitch
The Very Big Indie Pitch returns to North America for Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Our jumbo offering of indie developer pitching returns
Super Senso Release
Turbo's Super Senso finally has a concrete release date after nearly four years in development
GungHo will still act as publisher
Shoot The Messenger
Facebook Messenger app hits 1.2 billion monthly active users
A big audience for its Instant Games platform
Neverending Saga
Candy Crush Saga has only dropped out of the US App Store top ten grossing charts twice in over four years
Celebrates its fifth year since launching on Facebook
Open The Gates
CrossFire publisher Smilegate looking to partner with Western mobile and PC game developers
South Korean outfit ready to start discussions with European studios
Icandy Acquisition
iCandy Interactive acquires Singapore mobile dev Inzen for $4.4 million to gain access to China market
Inzen gains access to iCandy's 17 million players too
Android Global Sales
Android sales in China accounted for 86.4% of all smartphones sold between December 2016 and February 2017
Kantar Worldpanel breaks down sales around the world
Industry Event
Reboot Develop 2017 kicks off on April 20th
Over 100 speakers announced
Nicalis Acquisitions
Nicalis picks up SuperVillain Studios and Cowboy Color to expand development capabilities
SuperVillain absorbed into Nicalis' internal development team
Spicerack Acquisition
Casino firm Scientific Games acquires social bingo developer Spicerack
Cost of the deal was undisclosed
Oculus Fights Back
Oculus files motion for new trial to battle $500 million in damages sought by Zenimax
Claims damages are excessive
Switch Vulnerability
Nintendo offering up to $20,000 for information on Switch vulnerabilities
Prove there's a problem, get paid
Samsung On Top
Samsung reclaims spot as world's biggest smartphone manufacturer
Galaxy Note 7 troubles are behind it
South Korea Playtimes
Mobile gamers in South Korea spend 46 minutes a day playing games
Lineage 2: Revolution remains king of the market
Licensed To Stream
German regulator rules YouTubers and Twitch streamers must have a broadcasting license
Could run them up to €10,000
Exient Exeunt
Angry Birds Go! developer Exient cuts 60% of its staff at Leamington Spa studio
Can only afford to develop one new game and maintain its Angry Birds titles
Fnatic Funding
ESports organisation Fnatic raises $7 million to grow operations
Just in time for it to host a Vainglory tournament
Bye Bye 32-bit
Apple could be ending support for 32-bit apps in iOS 11
Should make performance better on newer devices
Sleeping With The Fishes
Zynga digs deep into its back-catalogue for newly soft-launched game Mafia Wars
The title returns for another crack at the big time
Minecraft Marketplace
Minecraft introduces IAPs to pay content creators in new marketplace
Community members can now make cash from their creations
Food For Thought
Mind Candy averts bankruptcy with two-year loan extension and $1.5 million funding
Existing investors up their investments to help the ailing developer
Boot Camp
Seriously teases upcoming animation Best Fiends Boot Camp for May 2017 launch
Could be leading in to its next game
Ship Comes In
Shipyard Games secures $2.9 million investment from Supercell to develop location-based game
Supercell continues to flash its cash
Public Nitro
Finnish developer Nitro Games considers public listing to support self-publishing efforts
Taking a page out of Next Games' book
Pokemon Society
Pokemon GO now has as many MAUs as the entire population of the UK
Expect that number to grow
Mobile Shift
Publisher Duoyi nabs exclusive China publishing rights for 505 Games’ Portal Knights on PC and mobile
Action RPG making its way to mobile
Stockholm To London
Will Luton joins Rovio's London studio as Executive Producer
Leading "the next generation of mobile MMOs"
West To East
Wild City Rush developer Sviper partners with iDreamSky for China launch
Special localised version to launch in the region
Not Bad
Not Doppler’s Crash of Cars cruises to four million downloads in two weeks
.io games alive and well
Big Ambitions
Unity set to triple Indian workforce as it eyes industries outside of games
Game engine firm sets sights on AR and VR domination
Big Business
Six of the world’s top 10 biggest public companies are key players in the games industry
Chinese tech giant Tencent ousts Wells Fargo
Bowled Over
Nazara partners with Indian cricket team Royal Challengers Bangalore for new game RCB Star Cricket
Hitting it for six in mid-April
New Star On The Block
Rising Star Games makes mobile publishing debut with Natsume's Harvest Moon Lil' Farmers
It's like Harvest Moon... but for kids!
Final Fantasy Mz
Square Enix soft-launches Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire mobile game likely developed by MZ
All signs point to it being MZ's promised title
Lego Bear
TT Games hires new Global Community Manager to promote all things LEGO
Parker has previously worked on community management for Xbox and PlayStation
Baftas 2017
Pokemon GO and Clash Royale snag Best Mobile Game and Audience eSports Award at the 2017 BAFTAs
Multiplatform title That Dragon, Cancer also wins Game Innovation
Falstein Leaves
Google's Chief Game Designer Noah Falstein resigns after four years
Looking into VR and neuroscience for next role
King Answers The Call
Candy Crush maker King developing Call of Duty mobile game
Casual game publisher's Stockholm studio takes the reigns
Vr Is Bad
Niantic's John Hanke thinks VR is a "problem for society" because it's too immersive
Says AR is the way forward, obviously
Tenjin Daydream
Tenjin adds Google Daydream support to its mobile marketing platform
Track installs and user behaivour in Daydream apps
Wrestlemania
Sega secures licensing deal for new mobile idle game WWE Tap Mania
US studio The Tap Lab working on title
Ball Battling
Chinese casual eSports game Battle of Balls hits 300 million users worldwide
Big plans for this year's tournaments
The Potion Is Lava
Palringo's Magnus Alm sets up new premium strategy game developer Lavapotion
With the help of co-owner Coffee Stain Studios
Appota Investment
Vietnam-based publisher Appota pushes towards $50 million valuation with series C funding round
Korea Invesment Partners and Mirae Asset Venture Investment throw some money in
Dokkan Downloads
Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle pushes past 150 million downloads in just over two years
Celebrating with a summon event to reward older players over new ones
Huawei Banned?
Huawei could be blocked from selling its mobile phones in the UK
High court ruling may lead to injunction against the manufacturer
More, Merrier
Latest speakers from Cmune, MojiWorks, Amazon, Affiniti, IGDA, Newzoo, Scientific Revenue and Scopely join PG Connects San Francisco 2017
Make it California on June 27-28 or miss out
Jagex Financials Fy16
Jagex posts second consecutive record financial year with revenues up 28% to £74.4 million
Profits also up 21.5% year-on-year
Roblox Customer Service
Roblox appoints new VP of Customers to oversee and improve customer service and content moderation
Remy Malan joins from a five year stint at SugarCRM
Xiaomi India Investment
Xiaomi plans to invest another $500 million into its growing India presence
Targetting $2 billion in revenues for the country in 2017