Loft Conversion
Vivendi gains backing of Gameloft shareholders for takeover bid
Paying €8 a share
Time To Play
Puzzle & Dragons kicks of a pre-registration campaign for Chinese launch
Published by Tencent
Work It Out
Careers Fair is new addition for Pocket Gamer Connects Vancouver 2016
Meet your next mobile gaming hires
Mz > Nz
MZ to apply RTplatform technology to New Zealand's public transport system
Game of War tech to run the buses on time
A Winning Hand (shake)
6 years and 2.8 trillion poker hands later, success is all about community says Pokerist dev
Crunching years of data
From Pc To Mobile
Madfinger Games names Miguel Caron as its new Studio Head
Former Funcom and Behaviour man makes mobile move
Neat Strategy
Kabam acqui-hires Dawn of Steel dev Superweapon to boost its LA studio
Consolidation move
Expanding The Niche
Supercell hiring a competitive gaming expert to establish Clash Royale as first mobile eSport
Write your own playbook
Tranzfuser Infusion
UK Games Fund's student competition Tranzfuser announces its first entrants
20 teams competing for a chance to pitch their prototypes
Miito-no
With declining MAUs and falling retention, Miitomo looks like it's on the slide
Slow core loop to blame
Shanghai Calling
EA hiring for Creative Director, Arts Director, and CG Supervisor at its PopCap Shanghai studio
Experienced individuals needed to establish Plants vs Zombies and Need for Speed brands in Asia
Microsoft Streamline
Microsoft cuts 1,850 jobs as it "streamlines" mobile hardware business
Restructuring to cost company $950 million
New Signing
Cybird signs up Maradona as the face and boots of its forthcoming BFB Champions: Global Kick-Off
Off the bench
Looking Ahead
With a deadline of 6 June, Global VR Gaming Challenge now accepting all 2016 VR games
Get your mobile VR game in front of global experts and journalists
Vamos Vancouver
Activision, Twitch, Scopely, Mobcrush and Square Enix Montreal confirmed for PG Connects Vancouver 2016
Five more reasons to come to Canada
More Than Mobile
Loot Crate looking for a Game Producer for games and VR/AR projects
LA-based geek box firm hiring more gaming pros
Misunderstood
Rejecting US undervaluation, PapayaMobile decides to IPO on Beijing's NEEQ exchange
Projects revenue of $150 million in 2016
Join The Arkadians
How to get a job at New York casual studio Arkadium
VP of People Operations Jim Lally shares insights
London Calling
Pokerist dev KamaGames expands with new London office, hires Daniel Kashti and Sam Forrest
Appoints new CMO and PR
New Studio Lead
Deconstructor of Fun Michail Katkoff leaves Zynga for FunPlus
Deconstructor of Fun editor jumps ship
Frontman
Bastian Schweinsteiger does a Megan Fox as the German face of Clash of Kings
Elex splashes some celebrity cash
Tencell?
Tencent might be looking to buy SoftBank's stake in Supercell
The biggest to get bigger?
Flying Higher
The Angry Birds Movie rakes in $70 million from US and China opening weekends
Now number 1 in 44 markets
Apply Now
EA hiring mobile Senior Product Marketing Manager for its Star Wars games
Mobile-first role at EA's Redwood City HQ
Happy Valley
Two years and 26 million downloads on, Monument Valley has generated $14.3 million
73% revenue comes from iOS
Good Causes
IGG Canada donates $100,000 to Fort McMurray fire relief fund
I Got Good
Testing Testing
Stratosphere Games one of the first to launch a game through the new Google Play Early Access program
Importance of feedback
Local Content
Ubisoft and Ourpalm partner to make mobile Assassin's Creed MMO for China
Ourpalm also publishing Hungry Shark World
Minecraft Enters China
NetEase bringing Minecraft to China on mobile and PC
World's biggest game meets world's biggest game market
Show Me The Money
Slither.io is ripping up the download charts, but has it really only made $72,000?
So reckons Apptopia
Deconstructor Of Churn
Here's why players are churning in Clash Royale
Michail Katkoff on why players are losing interest
Steel Media Operations
Steel Media appoints ex-Future Publishing EIC Dave Bradley as Operations Manager
Will run day-to-day editorial while growing global events over the next 12 months
Eyes Glued
Next Games enjoys 80% opt-in rate for rewarded video ads, driving ARPDAU of $0.06
Sustained revenue
Tooled Up
Unity and Unreal Engine quick to pledge support for Google Daydream VR platform
A new vision
Off Limits
Palestinian indie's war-themed game rejected by Apple, available on Google Play
"Not appropriate" for the games category
I'm A Dinosaur :3
Bigger than Miitomo, Futurefly releases 3D chat app Rawr
"A millienial equivalent to pen pals"
Imga Sea
IMGA to host first Southeast Asia awards in Malaysia, submissions now open
Entries close 31 August 2016
Older Female Payers
G5 Entertainment announces it's generated $100 million from mobile hidden object games
Can you spot the difference?
Getting Better
Google outlines the future of Google Play, including better betas and Early Access
A plethora of useful changes
Launch Window
Flaregames' Olympus Rising hits 1 million downloads
Strategy revisited
Looking Ahead
Google announces its high performance mobile VR-for-all ecosystem Daydream
For future Android hardware
Casual-core
Casual games steal midcore's clothes as Candy Blast Mania adds PVP Puzzle Tournaments
A new retention trend
Resurrection?
As Microsoft gives up, a Finnish startup attempts to reboot Nokia
Mobile business sold for $350 million
What's Next?
King to release two non-Candy Crush titles in 2016
Group synergies
Link Up
Gamevil partners with Cartoon Network, bringing Adventure Time characters to Dungeon Link
Summon Adventure Time heroes in the RPG puzzler
World Class Insight
EA, Gram Games, Roadhouse, and Pollen VC join global speaker roster for PG Connects Vancouver 2016
Vancouver-based, but fully international
Classics Digitised
Gamedoctors founders aim to "casualize" analogue classics with new Berlin studio 231 Play
Debut game will be Peppy Pairs Paradise
Kesha Of Clans
Experimenting with RPG retention, Glu brings guilds to Britney Spears: American Dream
Spears at the ready
No More Hero
King's soft-launched midcore title, Hero, pulled from Google Play
No reason given, but we have a few ideas
Setting The Pace
Samsung has sold more than 300,000 Gear VR headsets in Europe in 2016
Driven by discount for Samsung Galaxy S7 customers