One Special Day
"It's gone up a whole new level": SpecialEffect on its most significant One Special Day yet
Fundraiser Nick Streeter talks bringing in developers and raising awareness
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Ric Cowley
About Ric is the Editor of PocketGamer.biz, having started out as a Staff Writer on the site back in 2015. He received an honourable mention in both the MCV and Develop 30 Under 30 lists in 2016 and refuses to let anyone forget about it.
Articles by Ric Cowley
Perforce Acquires Hansoft
Perforce acquires agile planning tools developer Hansoft
Version control tools firm adds planning tools to its portfolio
Doan Let Me Down
Sperasoft hires former EA Shanghai head as Senior Director of Project Management Organization
Brad Doan reporting directly to the company President and CEO
Nasscom Speakers 2017
Nukebox Studios CEO Amit Hardi to keynote NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2017
First wave of speakers announced for the conference
Going Forward
Sony moving away from Vita and handheld gaming to focus on mobile and home entertainment
ForwardWorks is apparently doing "fantastic"
The Next Level
TIGA partners with ITN Productions on current affairs-style games industry programme The Next Level
Lightseekers developer PlayFusion makes an appearance
Ubisoft In China
Ubisoft wants to make China its second-largest market as it pushes harder into Asia
Eyes global expansion, new tech, and keeping Vivendi out
Round And Round
MotionVolt's Flip Diving and Flip Master surpass a combined 75 million downloads in 13 months
Three-man Helsinki studio draws in the crowds
Most Read
Next Games on AR zombies, why Nazara is worth $550 million, and Nintendo shares hit a nine-year high
The hottest articles of the last week
Ftc Cracks Down
The FTC declares all reviews of products given to an influencer for free are advertisements
Relationship must be disclosed or fines may be heading your way
Uk Games Funding
Review of UK's creative industries calls for £23.7 million investment for UK Games Fund
Bazalgette Review outlines ways the games industry needs to be helped
Square Enix Plans
Square Enix sets sights on $900 million in sales from its mobile games
Better games, targeting new markets, and the rise of HTML5 will aid its quest
Merch Of Kings
Tencent partners with JD.com to produce merchandise based on its IP
Honor of Kings mugs, anyone?
Unity Ios 11
Unity rolls out support for iOS 11 and ARKit
Get your games ARKit ready with relative ease
Mira Mira On The Wall
Budget AR headset manufacturer Mira secures $1 million funding round
Total funding now up to $2.5 million
Global Goals
Playmob launches playable ad What's Missing? as part of Global Goals Week
Teaches players what they can do to make the world a better place
Bye Bye Birdy
Flappy Bird is no longer available to play on iOS devices thanks to iOS 11
Only old phones and stubborn users will be able to play it
Chartboost Exchange
Chartboost launches Exchange network for programmatic access to global gaming inventory
Partnering with Aarki, Index Exchange, and Rubicon Project
One Special Day
Over 30 mobile game developers pledge 100% of UK revenues generated on September 29th to SpecialEffect
One Special Day brings out the charitable side of EA, Rovio, Supercell, Zynga, and more
Cat-ar-gories
Apple adds AR Games and AR Apps categories to new App Store
Helps identify which apps are ARKit-enabled, with some caveats
Google Htc Deal
Google picks up HTC's Pixel team for $1.1 billion
Acquires a team of HTC staff, but takes no stake in the business
Augmented Insight
Game Insight doubles down on ARKit with new My Country game and Guns of Boom AR spectator mode
Trying new things with Apple's augmented reality framework
Venatus Hires
UK entertainment ad sales firm Venatus bolsters team with two new hires
Serena Pasion and Emma Henderson-Williams join the company
Arise, Sir Arkit
Climax Studios makes first foray into AR games with ARKit platformer ARise
ARe you ready?
Nintendo Stocks
Nintendo shares hit nine-year high following Arena of Valor Switch reveal
Could just be that the console is still selling well
Patreon Funding Round
Patreon secures $60 million funding round to scale team and develop platform
Outlines five year plan for new features
Ar Ico
Reality Gaming scores $3.5 million from initial coin offering for upcoming AR game
Still nine days of the ICO to go
Ios 11 Out Now
Apple begins pushing iOS 11 onto compatible devices
Get yourself updated and start playing with ARKit
Welcome Aboard
EA CEO Andrew Wilson joins Intel's Board of Directors
He's also the chairman of the board for the World Surf League
The Bester Round
New Helsinki studio Quicksave Interactive partners with Gigglebug for branded chat game
Best & Bester game coming to Facebook Instant Games
Yas Queen
Zynga's Words With Friends clears 200 million downloads eight years after launching
Adds 50,000 new words like "werk" and "yas"
Atari Deal
Atari signs two-game publishing deal with crowdfunding platform Fig
Rebooting a classic franchise and bringing out a brand new IP
Everything Is Ok
App Store changes will not affect how app intelligence firms gather their data
Apptopia calms developer nerves
A Charitable Ape
A Thinking Ape raises $45,000 for Red Cross Hurricane Harvey Appeal in 48 hours
Fans dig deep to help out
App Annie In China
App Annie adds usage metrics from Android devices in China to its platform
Learn the MAUs, data usage, and session lengths of Android users in China
Imga Open Submissions
IMGAs opens for submissions to its 14th annual global competition
Get your submissions in by December 31st
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Snipers vs Thieves storms back into the top ten downloaded iPhone charts
Rankings from September 4th to September 10th
In The Meantime
IGDA appoints former 38 Studios CEO Jen MacLean as interim Executive Director
Permanent replacement to be announced in Q2 2018
Conspext Hires Kuju
Conspexit Games hires Kuju to develop unannounced mobile AR game
Aiming to aid in bringing about social change
Develop:vr Discount
Get 10% off a ticket to Develop:VR on November 9th with our discount code
Super Early Bird pricing ends on September 20th
No.10 Jersey
Rovio signs multi-year shirt sleeve sponsorship deal with Everton FC
Developer gains access to Everton's players, crest, and stadium
Most Read
Flaregames hires Marja Konttinen, the resurgence of simple games, and how Super Evil Megacorp created Vainglory
The hottest articles of last week
Swrve Funding
Mobile marketing automation firm Swrve closes $25 million Series D funding round
Total funding now up to $75 million
Angry Unicorn
Rovio eyes $1 billion valuation for October IPO
Listing could pave the way for acquisitions
Pocket Star Trek
More shooting, fewer discussions: SPYR Games on bringing Star Trek to its MMO Pocket Starships
Creator Lars Koschin discusses the task of merging two universes together
Tell No Tales
Telltale Games appoints former Zynga SVP of Games Pete Hawley as President and CEO
Dan Connors steps back into an advisory role
Develop:vr Speakers
Develop:VR reveals keynote and first round of speakers for next event on November 9th
Tickets are available now at a Super Early Bird rate
Infinite Deviations
Google Play launches Infinite Deviation: Games to bring new voices to mobile games
Three game concepts will be made to help push diversity in the indsutry
A Kind Of Magic
Report: Magic Leap eyes $500 million investment round which values it at $6 billion
Mixed reality firm hasn't publicly shown off its tech, but still needs more money
Switch Of Valor
Tencent is bringing its massive mobile MOBA Honor of Kings to the Nintendo Switch
Arena of Valor rides again on a whole new console