Monetiser
14 videos that teach you how to monetise, retain and acquire users for your mobile games
The key sessions from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2016
Going To The Top
Pokemon GO generated $204 million of August 2016's $3 billion mobile game revenues
Highest grossing game of the month
Look At Me
App Store developers can start using Search Ads on October 5th to promote their games
Appe details pricing structure and analytics package
Opening Up
Push notifications sent on a Monday lunchtime that say "get your" are the most likely to be opened
So says Tapjoy's new report
Licence To Print Money
Pokemon GO was making $16 million a day at its peak
Revenues have settled at a still impressive $2 million a day
Going Public
South Korea games publisher Netmarble seeks approval for multi-billion dollar IPO
Netmarble readies itself for long-awaited initial public offering
Big In Japan
Pokemon GO’s Japan launch three times as big as US release
Global launch had 50x more players than expected
Unreal Dev Grants
Epic awards $50,000 in Unreal Dev Grants to UE4 education projects
The latest round from Epic's $5 million funding initiative
East To West
Chinese publisher Kingnet debuts in the West with multiplayer war game Thunder Fleet
Newly public company eyes global expansion
More Zynga Hires
Zynga recruits another EA exec as its new Chief Financial Officer
Gerard Griffin leaves EA after 10 years
Apple In China
Apple's new hardware-focused R&D centre in China to cost $45 million
Will employ 500 people
To War!
Wooga spin-off Black Anvil launches first game Warlords after a year in soft launch
Definitely unaffected by Wooga cuts
Pew Pew Pew
YouTube sensation PewDiePie signs multi-game deal with Goat Simulator designer's new studio
Working together on comedy games
Warner Slots
Warner Bros enters the social casino market with Extra Slots Stars
Still a tie-in production, but more casual than usual
Pokemon No
Outraged Pokemon GO players have been filing complaints with the Federal Trade Commission
Users ticked off with bans and trespassers
Fix Up Look Sharp
Ubisoft launches new casual title Face Up, its first mobile game following the Ketchapp acquisition
Maybe looking into the casual market a little more intently?
New Apple Campus
Apple to set up enormous new campus at Battersea Power Station
Moving most of its London staff there
Keeping Control
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot blasts Vivendi's quest for control as "dangerous"
Warns of the "great risk" to shareholders
Heart Of China
New Chinese games company and Jagex owner Zhongji Holding eyes acquisitions
Looking to acquire more developers
Now Hiring
How to get a job at MMX Racing developer Hutch
CEO Shaun Rutland shares insights
Peak Smartphone
UK to hit "peak smartphone" as market saturates, but replacement market will thrive
Almost everyone has one, but there's always a new model
Bit Of A Jam
BlackBerry ceases smartphone manufacturing as company reports $372 million net loss
CFO James Yersh set to leave
Strong Tactics
Israeli hardcore strategy developer Tacticsoft raises $1 million to work on ambitious new game
London Venture Partners and Gigi Levy-Weiss invest
Finest Minds
Eric Seufert, Lightneer, King, NetEase, Amazon, 6waves and more unveiled as PG Connects London 2017's first speakers
Get the sharpest insight at Europe's largest mobile games business conference
Flixy Funding
Indian publisher Flixy Games raises $425,000 in seed funding from Japanese VC
Launches first game, Avatars Clash: Comet on Mahaar
Crushing It
Candy Crush Saga users have played more than one trillion games in last four years
18 billion games played every month
Samsung Under Fire
Samsung comes under fire once again as a Galaxy Note 7 explodes in China
Not having the best month
Jobs News
Glen Fox appointed new Editor of PocketGamer.co.uk
Consumer site to undertake bold redesign
Hit Me
KamaGames brings its social casino games to messaging app Viber
Makes it easier to talk to friends while playing Blackjack
Asia Bulletin
Pokemon GO aims for China, a third of Japan's population plays Puzzle & Dragons, and more
Asia mobile gaming news weekly from PocketGamer.biz
Big Deal
Ubisoft acquires prolific mobile games publisher Ketchapp
French publisher expands mobile operations with key deal
Cloud Gaming
Cloud gaming platform LiquidSky secures $4 million to bring PC games to Android smartphones
Service streams games to numerous devices
Dreaming Of Vr
Google Daydream VR SDK out of beta
Comes with Unity and Unreal Engine support
End Of The Road
Roadhouse Interactive's CEO opens up on the studio's cash flow problems and closure
Key client pulled out of apps business
New Blood
Hutch bolsters its team with ex-Lionhead and Codemasters staff
And Peter Hansen-Chambers joins as Commercial Director
Zynga Hiring Spree
Zynga hires ex-DeNA VP Doug Scott as its new CMO
Yet another senior hire for Zynga
Blizzard In China
Blizzard and NetEase extend mainland China games partnership to January 2020
Happy to keep working together
Take Note
Samsung's "improved" Galaxy Note 7 is still overheating in South Korea
Sales delayed until October 1st
Lovin' It
Chinese investor splashes $1.4 billion on mobile marketing platform AppLovin
US ad firm gets Chinese ownership
Best Of 2016
BAFTA Games Awards 2017 now open for entry
Event to be held on April 7th
Clawing It Back
Ubisoft fights Vivendi's request for greater control by buying back $137.5 million in stock
Bringing 3.2% back under control
User Acquisition
Cinema trailer springs Chinese MMO into top 10 grossing chart
Offline user acquisition campaign gets strong results
Social Unity
Social casino developer KamaGames moves all of its games to Unity 5
Making the jump from native apps
Leading The Pack
Supercell made up 80% of all Finnish game revenues in 2015, report claims
Powering Finland to Nordic dominance
No Uprising
Kabam shutting down Star Wars: Uprising mobile game
Servers to be taken offline on November 17th 2016
In Preview
Amazon Lumberyard Beta 1.5 goes live with new Asset Builder SDK
Lumberyard strengthens its feature set
On The Map
New UK Games Map shows country's 2,000 games companies
Showing the true scale of the British games industry
East To West
Popular China MMORPG MU Origin hits one million downloads in Europe, US and South America
Strong start for Webzen-published mobile hit
Gearing Up For Nx
Nintendo NX production estimated at up to 10 million units per year
Console giant prepares for planned Nintendo NX March 2017 release date
Portable Nx
Pokemon CEO hints Nintendo NX will be home console and handheld hybrid
The Pokemon Company making games for Nintendo NX