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Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Fidget Spin most downloaded game on iPhone
Rankings from May 8th to May 14th
22% Project
Gram Games hosts 22% Project Workshop to encourage more women to get into games
Scheme aims to improve diversity
Spinning Up The Charts
Ketchapp gets in on the fidget spinner craze with no.1 App Store game Finger Spinner
Must-have toy is now the must-have app
Creeping Up
Outplay’s mobile tower defence game Alien Creeps TD surpasses 20 million downloads
First launched in October 2014
Hot Deal
Keywords splashes $6 million on Asian art services provider Red Hot CG
Picks up new offices in China and Indonesia
Flying High
The Angry Birds Movie 2 flies into cinemas September 2019
Angry Birds Movie 2 release date set for September 20th
China Dawns
Zynga partners with NetEase to launch Dawn of Titans in China
Expected to release later this year
The Weekly
The Weekly: The $1 billion talking cat, Gordon Ramsay's Restaurant Dash, and Improbable's $500 million plans
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Better Together
Mobile analytics firm Adjust becomes a Google App Attribution Partner for better integration with AdWords
All the power of AdWords within the Adjust platform
Keep It Greasy
East Side Games' licensed IP Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money hits two million downloads in a month
Time to crack open a cold one with the boys
At The Movies
Google touts PC quality high-fidelity rendering for mobile-powered Daydream VR with Seurat
So good you'll kneel on the floor to get a better look
Living The Dream
Google unveils screen-casting and YouTube video sharing in Daydream VR 2.0 update
Over 150 apps currently available on the platform
Nordic Game Awards 2017
Clash Royale leaves 2017 Nordic Game Awards empty-handed as Twofold Inc. and Clapper score big wins
Small titles pick up the big wins
All The Content
Schedule unveiled for PG Connects San Francisco 2017
True cross-industry content from some of the finest minds around
Lost Its Marbles
Netmarble share prices fall 8.3% from its IPO price despite $610 million revenues in Q1
Financial results apparently weren't good enough
Ukie Manifesto 2017
Ukie calls on UK government to work closer with games industry in 2017 manifesto
Voices concerns around Brexit and funding in the UK
I'll Be Back
Plarium launches long-awaited movie tie-in strategy game Terminator Genisys: Future War
Time to choose a side: humans or Skynet?
Growing Discord
Gamer messaging app Discord hits 45 million users in two years
A lot of "notice me, Senpai"s sent every day
Giant Deal
Gamevil signs publishing deal with South Korean developer Singta on upcoming 3D RPG Giant
Might not be called Giant when it launches
I Have A Daydream
HTC unveils standalone Vive VR headset powered by Google Daydream
All the Daydream bells and whistles without the phone
Tencent Financials Q1 Fy17
Honor of Kings powers Tencent game revenues to $3.3 billion in Q1 2017
CrossFire Mobile and Dragon Nest Mobile also performing well
Wah-hoo
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was the top-selling game in the US in April 2017
Sounds familiar somehow
Student Game Jam
Ukie kicks off biggest Student Game Jam yet challenging 21 teams to make a game in 48 hours
This year's theme is "empowerment"
Fresh Start
Timuz MD leaves to set up new Indian mobile developer BigCode Games
Ahmed Mohammed focusing on quality and IAP monetisation
Yep, Another One
Keywords Studios' acquisition spree continues with $4.8 million acquisition of GameSim
$3.2 million in cash, the rest in shares
Advertising Ames
King snaps up former Snapchat exec Brian Ames as its new President of Advertising
From chat to Candy Crush
Stoke City Sleeve
Top Eleven developer Nordeus signs multi-year sleeve sponsorship deal with UK football club Stoke City
But what of Biggleswade FC?
Paradox On Mobile
Paradox Interactive opens new mobile games development studio in Malmö
Prison Architect: Mobile is just the beginning
Clicking Together
ZiMAD partners with Sony Pictures to bring blockbuster film brands to Magic Jigsaw Puzzles game
Its four million MAUs are sure to be happy
Ubisoft Financials Q4 Fy17
Ubisoft plots acquisitions after mobile division accounted for just 7% of its $1.6 billion sales in FY17
Plots out big plans for its FY18
Ticket To Board Games
Pocket Gamer UK expands to cover the hottest new digital board games
Expect all the hottest news from the sector
Industry Giant
Robert Tercek to keynote PG Connects San Francisco 2017
Unmissable session from renowned media futurist on Day Two of the June 27th to 28th conference
Mobvista Financials 2016
Chinese ad tech firm Mobvista scores revenues of $296 million for 2016 thanks to overseas sales increase
Revenues up 155% year-on-year
Esports-ville
Tencent ups the ante on competitive gaming with the construction of a town dedicated to eSports in China
Also building an Honor of Kings-themed theme park in Chengdu
Three-bladed Razer
Razer reportedly raises up to $100 million in investment, signs new branding and data deal with Three
Opening a store in Hong Kong together in June
Give And Take
Using rewarded video ads in your app can boost retention by 4x, claims Tapjoy
Tapjoy digs deep into retention and rewards
Augmented Leap
Magic Leap Chief Game Wizard Graeme Devine to deliver mixed reality Evolve keynote at Develop:Brighton
Twitch SVP will also host a session on lessons in streaming and selling games
Finding Funding
TIGA releases funding guide for UK games developers
Sources of Finance for UK Games Companies report
Zenimax Gear Vr
ZeniMax accuses Samsung of infringing on trade secrets for its Oculus-powered Gear VR headsets
Alleges plan for device was secretly devised within its own office
Com2us Financials Q1 Fy17
Com2uS scores $108 million in revenues in Q1 as it eyes eSports future for Summoners War
Three years gone and still plenty of life in the game
Do It Yourself
NBCUniversal focuses in on mobile with plans to self-publish future games based on its IP
Recent hire Chris Heatherly heading up the new publishing arm
Pokemon Law
Russian blogger sentenced after posting video online of himself playing Pokemon GO in a church
Ruslan Sokolovsky found guilty of insulting religious believers and inciting hatred
Friendship Is Sweet
King expands flagship IP with soft-launch of new 3D game Candy Crush Friends Saga
Currently available in Mexico and the Philippines
Next-gen Education
Zynga partners with University of Southern California to support diversity and inclusive game production
Class for social mobile game design innovation will commence in autumn 2017
What A Relief
212 games certified for UK games tax breaks in last 12 months
35 titles approved in Q1 2017
Licensing Deal
Hugo Games claims license for mobile game based on Vikings TV show
Publisher also signs agreements with football clubs with Soccer League
Legend Of Mobile
Report: Nintendo to release The Legend of Zelda on mobile
Set to arrive after Animal Crossing
Going Public
South Korea mobile games publisher Netmarble launches IPO with valuation of over $12 billion
Shares close at $144
Simplaex Funding
Mobile marketing platform Simplaex raises $2.6 million to expand beyond games
Now has 300 million users on its platform