Netease In 2017
Fantasy Westward Journey players exchange over $7.3 million worth of in-game currency daily
Pearl Research has all the details from NetEase's media event in February 2017
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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
Innogames Hiring
InnoGames hires ex-Goodgame Art Director Rick Schmitz as Team Lead Artist
Working on a currently unannounced game
Not The First Rodeo
"I could work with Games Workshop forever": Perchang's Ben Murch on his new studio and returning to his favourite IP
From two men in a pub to five men in an office
Sad Catz
Peripheral manufacturer Mad Catz to be delisted from NYSE
Abnormally low trading price to blame
Third Time's The Charm
Samsung plans to refurbish and recycle defective Galaxy Note 7s
Maybe these ones won't explode
Back Of The Net
Eight Pixels Square tops UK and France App Store charts with Retro Soccer
Midcore studio finds success with simpler title
Google Free Apps
Google trials Free App of the Week feature to rival the App Store
A free app or game every week
Critical Downloads
Soft-launched shooter Critical Ops surpasses 15 million downloads
DAUs still sat at 500,000
You're So Vainglory
Vainglory to hold its first Unified Live Championship at London's O2 on May 19th
Go as a VIP and get your name on a hoodie
Kickstart My Heart
Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has seen 10,000 games recieve full funding
$613 million raised in the last 8 years
Super Mario Flop
Super Mario Run's sales failed to meet Nintendo's expectations
But Fire Emblem Heroes is doing well
Most Read
Scopely snags the Temple Run license, Elex working on Call of Duty game, and why you should open your own studio
The hottest articles of last week
Virtuos Hires Freeman
Virtuos hires ex-Crytek Executive Producer Elijah Freeman as new Group Development Director
Based out of its Shanghai HQ
Find The Lawsuit
Hidden object developer G5 Entertainment sues MyTona over lucrative game The Secret Society
Claims the studio is improperly refusing a license extension
Netdragon Financials Fy16
Hong Kong developer NetDragon boosts revenues by 120% following strong mobile growth in 2016
Planning on releasing further mobile games to dig into the market
Super Mario Review
Super Mario Run gets over 160,000 5-star reviews on Google Play in 24 hours
Fans rush to defend the big N
Igg Financials Fy16
Lords Mobile made $130 million in 2016 to spur IGG revenue up 59% for the year
Profits also up 74% year-on-year
Apple Manufacturing India
Apple to begin manufacturing iPhone 6s in India
iPhone SEs will join them in three months
The Rich Get Richer
The top ten public developers generated 54% of the global games industry's revenues in 2016
Tencent made up 10% of all revenues generated in the year
Next Games Goes Public
Next Games becomes first Finnish games studio to go public on NASDAQ First North
Studio enjoys strong debut
Indie Mavens
Will the new App Store Indies section have any real impact on indie mobile games?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Larry The Chimera
Chimera Entertainment brings on Goodgames' Larry Mellon as Technical Product Director
He's delighted to join them
37 Interactive Financials Fy16
Chinese games publisher 37 Interactive grew its mobile profits by 978% in 2016
Mobile revenues reach $237.9 million for the year
Super Mario Android
Super Mario Run launches on Android three months after first appearing on iOS
Should have run faster
Up And Away
Futureplay's Build Away! organic downloads up 110% from Matchmade influencer campaigns
A pretty impressive case study
Demon Wobble
Level-5 gears up for Yo-Kai Watch Wibble Wobble's European launch after hitting 10 million downloads
Shake shake, wibble wobble
You're Gonna Be A Star
Moonfrog Labs teams up with Bollywood star for new celebrity game Alia Bhatt: Star Life
Rise to the top with the help of your best bud
Tencent Financials Q4 Fy16
Tencent shows impressive growth in 2016 with a staggering $21 billion in revenues generated
$6.3 billion generated in Q4 alone
O, Android
Google pushes out first Developer Preview of upcoming OS Android O
Improvements to battery life, notifications and more
Earth Birds
Rovio partners with WWF for Earth Hour-themed Angry Birds Friends tournament
Switch your lights off and fling some birds
New Ipads
Apple unveils two new 9.7-inch iPads and a red iPhone 7
Almost all the rumours come true
Hack 'n' Plan
Trello-like games production tool HacknPlan eyes April 3rd launch
Pre-orders open until March 31st
Collab Of Duty
Activision partners with Elex on unannounced Call of Duty mobile game
Could explain why CoD: Siege was cancelled
Educational Ar
Kingston University invests $66,000 in new educational AR and VR facility
Hoping to develop skills from students across multiple disciplines
Hungry For Switch
Nintendo is already shipping out more Switch consoles to retailers
Had only planned to ship two million units in March
Made In India
Xiaomi doubles down on India with second smartphone production plant
95% of all Xiaomi devices sold in India are now made there
Pokemon Go Forever
SK Telecom signs deal with The Pokemon Company offering free data to Pokemon GO players in South Korea
In exchange for 4,000 PokeStops and Gyms
Hutch Hires
Hutch brings on ex-Frontier artist Anisa Sanusi as UX/UI Designer
Comes from Frontier Developments
Run!
Scopely snags Temple Run license for soft-launched match-3 title Treasure Hunters
Now open for pre-registration on Google Play
Most Read
Roblox on its explosive growth, Zynga acquires four Solitaire games, and Supercell opens an online store
The hottest articles of last week
Global Game Distribution
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba invests $145 million in new global mobile game distribution venture
Partners with four studios for Global Strategic Alliance of Game Distribution
Crushed
The Candy Crush TV show airs from July 9th 2017
Teams of two will honestly be playing Candy Crush on television
Apple China R&d
Apple investing $507 million in China as it plans to open two more R&D centres
How much R&D can one company do?
Double The Switch
Nintendo doubles production of Switch consoles to 16 million units
Strong first week sales getting everyone excited
Tell No Tales
Telltale Games CEO Kevin Bruner steps down after two years in charge
Hands reins back to previous CEO Dan Connors
Grab A Corona
Appodeal snaps up 2D game engine developer Corona Labs
Opening up its Enterprise pricing tier for free
Favro Spins Off
Hansoft spins off collaborative planning tool Favro as its own company
It found its own feet, now its time to grow
Boggles The Mind
Zynga nabs licence for new mobile game Boggle With Friends
It's like Boggle, but with your friends
Boycott Over?
A week after boycotts began, Marvel: Contest of Champions is rising back up the top grossing ranks
Broke into the top ten on Monday March 13th
Uk Market Valuation
UK's mobile games industry was worth £995 million in 2016
Ukie values the UK market