Bandai Docomo Partnership
Bandai Namco Europe partners with Docomo Digital to push into emerging mobile markets
New HTML5 games being developed for the venture
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Articles by Ric Cowley
Large Congregation
Kongregate surpasses 100 million downloads across its mobile games portfolio in four years
Currently has 15 million MAUs
Goooaallll
Hugo Games signs up Liverpool FC for upcoming football game Soccer League
Joins PSG, Juventus, and more as featured teams
King Of Clash
Clash of Clans is having its best grossing performance on the App Store in 16 months after major update
Nine days at the top thanks to the Builder Base update
Birds To Vr
Angry Birds 2 lead programmer Jonas Johansson unveils social VR studio Neuston
Bringing his mobile and console experience together into VR
Planet Of The Apps
Apple pushes into reality TV with new Apple Music show Planet of the Apps
Will.i.am could help you develop your app
Strike Of Esports
5 reasons Strike of Kings is perfectly designed to be the next big mobile eSport
A look at Tencent's mobile MOBA and how it all comes together
Surfin' With Persson
Subway Surfers developer Sybo hires ex-King Head of Studio as its new Head of Games
Pushing the studio to the next level
Power Of Teamwork
SpatialOS developer Improbable hires ex-Disney and GitHub execs as CCO and CMO
Bill Roper and Jason Jhonson join the team
Roll Out
Transformers: Earth Wars clears 10 million downloads just in time for first anniversary
Space Ape to host events and launch new content during anniversary month
Merge Funding
Mobile VR manufacturer Merge VR starts $1 million Merge Developer Fund
Free dev kits for its Merge Cube also available
Run Don't Walk
505 Games-published toys-to-life racer Runimalz soft-launches in Italy
Starter packs and figurines available from GameStop
A True Pro
Apple refreshes iPad Pro range with heavily rumoured 10.5-inch model
The rumours come true six months after they started
Develop:brighton Early Bird
Develop:Brighton Early Bird ticket prices end June 7th
Last chance to save 20%
Ios Ar
Apple unveils augmented reality development framework ARKit for iOS devices
Only works on iPhone 6S and up
Most Read
The lean approach to game dev, Gamevice raises $12.5 million, and fidget spinners raid the charts
The hottest articles of last week
Zennies To The Max
HTML5 gaming platform ZENIgames launches service with its own blockchain cryptocurrency
Players earn Zennies which can be spent on IAPs and playing games
China Esports Revenues
Mobile eSports revenues in China expected to climb to nearly $7 billion in 2017
Triple the amount the games generated in 2016
Shaking The Nest
Rovio's Board of Directors appoints Mika Ihamuotila as new Chairman of the Board
Kaj Hed steps down after nine years as Chairman
Classic Move
Nintendo Switch online subscription will cost $20 and give players access to catalogue of free retro games
Paid online services delayed to 2018
Hit It For Six
Sony's mobile studio ForwardWorks preps debut game harnessing Everybody's Golf IP
Drecom Inc acting as developer on the studio's first game
Log This
Mobile RPG Logres heads to UK and US after racking up eight million downloads in Japan
Can it maintain its enormous LTV outside of its home country?
Profitable Partnerships
Niantic charges up to $0.50 for every visitor to a sponsored PokeStop or Gym in Pokemon GO
May have generated between $900,000 to $3 million a day from McDonalds Japan at its peak
Boom There It Is
Game Insight's Guns of Boom shoots past five million downloads in two weeks
Over 100,000 five-star reviews on Google Play
Ready To Play
Mobile marketers are most excited about playable ads in 2017 but video reigns supreme
AdColony surveys top developers about their preferences
King Of The World
80% of Gamevil's War of Crown's one million downloads came from outside South Korea
Surprising turnout for a particularly Korean game
Bound For Exile
Award-winning writer Andrew Saxsma to write series of stories based on mobile game Exiles of Embermark
Publishing a series on fiction platform Bound starting in June 2017
Amazon Refunds
Amazon begins $70 million refund process over unauthorised IAPs made by children
Get your applications in before May 28th 2018
Going Up
The Pokemon Company's profits shoot up to $143.3 million after success of Pokemon GO
Up 26x on its previous yearly profits
Get Ready To Rumble
The Pokemon Company continues mobile push with new 3D brawler Pokéland
10,000 participants joining in on a first come, first served basis
Daring Developers
Abertay University picks first six teams for new Dare Academy prototyping competition
Students given less than a month to finish prototypes on a £1,000 budget
Lu Bu Approved
Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed surpasses six million downloads
Players spending an average of 72 minutes a day in-game
Mine, All Mine
Mobile game subscription service GameMine raises $20 million to expand its platform
Currently has 3.5 million users with access to 100 games
Snak Attack
Berlin-based Playsnak snags $1.2 million investment from Gumi as it pushes further into VR development
Secures $1.2 million from Gumi
Fortune Of Empires
Innogames' Forge of Empires hits $279 million in lifetime revenues
Mobile now its main driver of revenue
Into The Fold
Perforce puts Seapine Software acquisition to use with rebranded TestTrack ALM
Helix ALM now available to developers
Soaring Ahead
Zombie Gunship Survival shoots past two million downloads five days after launch
Raking in the downloads across the globe
Most Read
Finger Spinner tops the charts, Skullgirls' leap to mobile, and how Supercell's Richard Bangs became a programmer
The hottest articles of last week
Best Fiends Boot Camp
Seriously pushes Best Fiends franchise beyond games with Best Fiends: Boot Camp animation
Reel FX produces, Mark Hamill voices
Partners In Html5
Bandai Namco and Drecom invest $2.1 million in new HTML5 mobile game studio BXD
Working on Bandai Namco IP with a Spring 2018 launch date
Unreal Money
Latest wave of Unreal Dev Grants gives two mobile developers a share of $275,000
One Dream and Playearth gain a cash boost for their games
Back In Action
Hearthstone recovers from revenue woes as Clash Royale continues to be the top grossing mobile game
SuperData Research reveals the biggest earners of April 2017
Mix It Up
Microsoft launches Mixer Create to livestream games from mobile devices
Offers co-streaming and viewer interactivity
Develop:brighton 2017 Schedule
Develop:Brighton releases full schedule for its 2017 conference
Leanne Bayley and Tony Yang will be in attendance
Class Of 2017
Stugan reveals the 15 teams taking part in its 2017 accelerator program
26 developers, seven weeks, one cabin
Build To Battle
Supercell overhauls Clash of Clans with new units and game modes in huge Builder Base update
New units, new battles, new abilities, new buildings, the works
Million Dollar Baby
66 publishers made their first $1 million in annual revenue on the US App Store in 2016
Compared to 39 on Google Play, according to Sensor Tower
Switch Gets Unreal
Unreal Engine 4 adds full support for Nintendo Switch
Also gets Google Cardboard and Daydream support
Name That Game
Tencent turns to Strike of Kings players to provide a new name for the game
Don't mention leagues, legends, or glory
Get Onboard
Full-game demo ad platform AppOnboard raises $4 million to expand operations
Lets players play a game's tutorial in an ad