Alternate Timeline
Clash Royale based on a prototype developed before Clash of Clans
Would a 2012 Clash Royale have been a hit?
Marketing Spend
Developers need a marketing budget of "at least €75,000" to survive the indieappocalypse
Nick Parker on why game development is a business, not a hobby
Angriest Birds
Rovio soft-launches another Monster Strike-like called Angry Birds Evolution
One is never enough
Winding Back The Clock
Paid game subscriptions now live on iOS
Can subscriptions thrive in a F2P world?
Apple Crumbling
iOS device sales continue to decline in China while EU and US see more growth
More data from Kantar World Panel
Polyarc Funding
Seattle VR start-up Polyarc raises $3.5 million in seed funding
Studio co-founded by ex-Bungie staff
Meet Robot Gentleman, the team behind post-apocalyptic survival game 60 Seconds!
A fresh new studio with a genteel approach to mobile gaming
Family-owned
Guillemot family buying up another 3.5% of shares in Ubisoft to ward off Vivendi takeover
Unnamed bank backing the purchase
Something From Nothing
Opportunity to build a team from scratch as Head of Studio at "blank slate" startup Skill Nation
Power to recruit own team at Amsterdam-based skill games studio
Asia Bulletin
Japan and China have the highest ARPU, what happens when global expansion goes bad, and more
Asia mobile gaming news weekly from PocketGamer.biz
Can't Stop Won't Stop
Flaregames partners with MyGamez to bring Nonstop Knight to Android in China
Hits six million downloads too
More More More
iPhone 7 to have 2.4GHz processor and up to 256GB storage
So says another new report
Vr Design Tricks
“Bad virtual reality games are like rotten food”
Tommy Palm shares VR design tricks to avoid nausea
Sony Go
Sony reaffirms commitment to mobile following Nintendo's success with Pokemon GO
Kaz Hirai gets all excited about AR
Box Office Numbers
China, US and Japan drive global games industry revenues to more than double movie Box Office
China and Japan make up over 42% of mobile game revenues
Critical Funding
Critical Force raises $4.5 million to push FPS eSports title Critical Ops out to Asia market
Partnering with NHN Entertainment to do so
Wooga Job Cuts
Wooga cuts 40 jobs amid a restructuring of its casual games development
Black Anvil seemingly unaffected
Unity In Africa
Unity to hold its first Unity Certification exam in Africa at West African Gaming Expo
Taking place on 8 November 2016
Clashcon Cancelled
ClashCon 2016 cancelled as Supercell focuses on improving its games instead
Possibly a lack of interest from the community
Alliance Over
Disney shuts down Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2 just six months after launch
Four-year-old original title closing too
Apple Cleans Up
Apple to limit app name length to 50 characters in the App Store
Deleting broken apps too
Early Starters
Google Play Early Access now open to all Android developers
But devs must be given approval to participate
Seriously Obsessed
Seriously enlists actress Kate Walsh for new influencer campaign "Don't Download Best Fiends"
Millennials love irony
Gtr Accelerator
Global Top Round incubator awards 10 studios $50,000 each to develop their games
Mentorship and publisher access on offer for the selected studios
Million Vr-thur
Square Enix to collaborate with HTC to bring Million Arthur VR to Vive
Obscure card-battler gets the VR treatment
Cash Flock
Worms developer Team17 scoops $21.8 million investment to grow business
Investment from now minority stake holder Lloyds Development Capital
Yeah!
Gram Games' tricky puzzler Six! achieves two million downloads in six days
Hits top of free charts on US App Store
Huge Tsums
Disney swaps LINE for Mixi to publish new toy-based game Marvel Tsum Tsum
Launched first in US and Canada
Google Games
Google recruiting game designers and engineers to build "the future of mobile entertainment"
Inexperienced candidates need not apply
Apply Now
Angry Birds Action developer Tag Games hiring Producer and Senior Game Designer
Dundee-based studio now hiring
Appsflyer In China
AppsFlyer partners with Tencent to bring tracking service to Tencent Social Ads
Track ad performance across WeChat and QQ
Get Ahead
Hothead on how game designers can stay ahead of the competition
Creative Director Mike Inglehart gives three key areas
Fuzzy Logic
Apsalar leads the charge to workaround iOS 10's Limit Ad Tracking changes
Arise effective probabilistic methods
Liquidation
French publisher Bulkypix goes into liquidation in a move that could leave devs out of pocket
Everyone left in the lurch
Content-tastic
Less than a week to go: Everything you need to know about PG Connects Helsinki 2016
Going bigger, better, bolder for third time in Finland
Post-brexit Britain
Ukie urges UK government to allow post-Brexit free movement of talent and data through Europe
Essentially outlines reasons why we should've stayed in the EU
Japan Arpu
With its locally-developed RPGs Japan has the highest ARPU of all the markets
App Annie report looks at ARPU around the world
Mobile Focus
How to get a job at Forge of Empires developer InnoGames
HR Director Andreas Giesa shares insights
Apple Appeal
Apple says $14.5 billion tax bill strikes "devastating blow to the sovereignty of EU member states"
Mobile giant confident ruling will be reversed on appeal
Eedar Acquisition
NPD Group acquires EEDAR to expand games market research
Sum undisclosed
Unreal Workshop
Learn how to make a game with Unreal Engine 4 live at PGC Helsinki 2016
Get to grips with Epic Games' powerful game engine
Dodgy Apples
EU slaps Apple with $14.5 billion tax bill
European Commission deems Ireland state aid illegal
Apple Event
Apple set to unveil iPhone 7 and new Apple Watch on 7 September
iPhone 7 rumoured to drop headphone port
Google Indie Festival
Registration opens for the 30-game strong Google Play Indie Games Festival
The chance to play mobile indie games before anyone else
Asia Bulletin
Sky-mobi delists from NASDAQ after $49 million takeover, Andrew Sheppard named CEO of Gree International Entertainment, and more
Your weekly Asia bulletin, in Chinese
Big New Publisher
My Singing Monsters developer Big Blue Bubble starts mobile publishing initiative
A new publisher on the block
Industry Connections
250 companies heading to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2016
Get your networking on
Job Losses
Goodgame compulsory dismissals affect 114 staff
Temporary roles also on the line
Gaming Gifts
Giftgaming gets 95% opt-in rate for sponsored gifts in Creative Mobile game
40,408 gifts opened in Fetty Wap: Nitro Nations Stories
And Away We Go
Rick and Morty co-creator joins with ex-Epic Games EP to form new VR studio Squanchtendo
And they're hiring