State Of Play
Android users play Unity games longer than iOS players
Unity breaks down the state of play in Q3 2016
Game Of Clones
Fragmented app stores and complex publishing are the causes of copycat games in China
Chartboost explores the world of clones
Hot Switch
Nvidia says the Switch is nothing like what anyone has played before
Jen-Hsun Huang talks up the potential of the new console
Clash Of Wangs
Adult gaming platform Nutaku opens $10 million fund to add mature content to existing mobile games
Offers a new platform for those willing to embrace smut
Blowing Up
Mobile shooter Critical Ops hits 10 million downloads before leaving soft launch
Running tournaments in North America and Europe
Like A Dream
VR developer NDreams raises £2 million in investment as part of two-stage investment round
Mercia Technologies continues to invest
Winners Revealed
NASSCOM Gaming Forum Awards 2016 honour the best in Indian game development
Unveiled at NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016
Tencent Financials Q3 Fy16
Tencent hits $6 billion in sales with help from 40 million DAUs on Honour of Kings
Generated $1.44 billion from mobile game sales alone
Stockholm Calling
How to get a job at Rovio Stockholm
General Manager Reginaldo Valadares shares insights
Falling Apple
Apple stocks fall 5% following Donald Trump's election and planned tariffs on China
Another loss for Apple
Big In India
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi is the fourth-biggest selling brand in India
Shipments double in the last quarter
Super Mario Launch
Super Mario Run to launch on iOS on December 15th for $10
Plumber makes his way to mobile next month
Ubisoft Insider Trading
Five Ubisoft execs accused of insider trading by French stock market
Avoiding 25% stock drop in 2013
Stacking Up
New UK publisher PlayStack snaps up former Jagex, Space Ape and EA Mobile staff
UK outfit also signs publishing deal with Foxglove Studios
Mobile Crusaders
Stellaris publisher Paradox hires King Malmö GM to spearhead new mobile gaming initiatives
Swedish firm chasing partnerships with external studios to work with IP
Download Fantasy
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius passes eight million downloads in five months outside Japan
Holds special event to celebrate
Apple Ar
Apple exploring augmented reality glasses for possible 2018 launch
So claims sources "close to the matter"
Q3 Smartphone Sales
iPhone 7 sales push Apple's market share in the US to 34.2% in the US in Q3 2016
Continues to struggle in China
Biggest Year Yet
India's NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2016 celebrates record 1,800 attendance
Returning to Hyderabad for 2017
Mobile Rush
Ex-InnoGames staff get funding for new mobile studio Sviper
First game Wild City Rush: Urban Jungle Adventure to release on iOS and Android
Downloads Soar, Revenue To Follow
Indian mobile gaming revenues will reach $1.1 billion by 2020
App Annie and NASSCOM expecting big things
Own Goal
Rovio cancels Angry Birds Football after seven months in soft launch
Services to close December 15th
Bold Move
Oprah Winfrey Network expands into mobile gaming with match-3 puzzler Bold Moves
Everybody's getting in on it
Price Switch
Report: Nintendo Switch could cost £199.99 in the UK
Device could retail at $249.99 in the US
Hit Deal
Nexon acquires 49% stake in Thai games publisher iDCC as it plots Southeast Asia expansion
Free-to-play gaming giant to increase marketing activity in the region following the deal
Dragons Rising
Puzzle & Dragons surpasses 11 million downloads in North America
But struggles to replicate money-making success outside of its native Japan
China In October
NetEase and Tencent continued to dominate the App Store in China in October
Newzoo's report breaks it down
Star Indies
Starbreeze open to partnering with mobile developers under new IndieLabs publishing label
Lion Game Lion first studio to sign up
Netease Financials Q3 Fy16
NetEase hits $1.38 billion in sales as Fantasy Westward Journey continues to deliver
Over 100 other games also helping out
Nexon Financials Q3 Fy16
Nexon profits drop 60% despite strong performance of Heroes of Incredible Tales in Southeast Asia and the West
Planning on releasing even more games soon
Trailer-blazer
Boss Alien founder Jason Avent joins The Trailerfarm as MD
Also invests in company
Bigger And Cheaper
Mobile games will be bigger than PC in Southeast Asia by 2018
Niko Partners report tells all
Amazon Iap
Amazon ordered to pay parents up to $86 million for unauthorised IAPs made by children
Federal judge orders year-long claims process
Tiga Awards 2016
Space Ape’s Transformers: Earth Wars wins Game of the Year 2016 at TIGA Awards
Voted for by a record 60,000 people
Wake Up
Google Daydream View launches in 5 countries for $79
Available in Australia, Canada, Germany, UK and US
Deltadna Ad Survey
Mobile developers are becoming more cautious about showing too many ads in game
DeltaDNA says interstitial ads are much less popular too
Still In Season
Koukoi Games pushing Crashing Season into Middle East and North Africa markets
Working with Maysalward to make the move
String In Your Rakuten
Rakuten launching browser-based mobile gaming platform in Japan
Working with Blackstorm Labs to develop it
Unite Under Cook
Tim Cook tells Apple employees "the only way to move forward is to move forward together" after Trump election win
Apple CEO tries to unite company following US election
End Of Empires
UPDATE: Age of Empires: World Domination canned after 11 months in soft launch
KLab not offering bonuses to its players
Pocker Gamer Stars
Meet the Pocket Gamer team in South Korea at G-Star 2016
Join Pocket Gamer for meetings and drinks
Mixi Financials Q2 Fy17
Mixi profits tumble by 31% as it begins to test Monster Strike in Western markets
Marvel Tsum Tsum gets a brief mention
Kings And Vp's
King hires ex-GSN VP of Creative Steven Meretzky as VP of Design
Industry veteran to work on secret project
Tsum More
Marvel Tsum Tsum amasses six million downloads in nine months of release
A whole lot of stacking
Assuring Quality
Mobile QA event open(London) returns in February 2017
TIGA and GameBench issue call for speakers
Office Closure
Wooga closes Japan office as it moves localisation efforts back to Berlin
Berlin developer moves localisation efforts back to Germany
'tis The Season
Mobile gamers buy more IAPs the week after Christmas
Nanigans breaks down the holiday data
War Child Armistice
Game developers team up to raise money for War Child charity
Democracy 3 and 1979 Revolution: Black Friday donate portion of sales to cause
Cheap Iphones
Apple begins selling refurbished iPhones to make up for drop in smartphone sales
iPhone 6S now available for $80 less
Player Personas
30% of a social game's revenue is generated by 1% of its players
75% of a game's revenue will be brought in by 10% of users