Money For Something
E-commerce platform Xsolla launches $30 million royalty investment arm for indie game developers
Get some much needed funding for a cut of your revenues
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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
Up In The Air
Com2uS enters deal with Activision to develop Skylanders mobile game for 2018
Activision provides the license, Com2uS does everything else
Nexus Deathmatch
Chillingo pulls Nexus Heroes and Sniper Deathmatch from App Store after three months of soft launch
Probably to focus on WarFriends
Most Read
Glu's problems in one graph, Zynga on getting its mojo back, and Summoners War is getting an MMO
The hottest articles of last week
Right Partner Right Time
Take-Two CEO says Social Point "addresses all of our concerns" about mobile market
Strauss Zelnick on why the publisher made its push into free-to-play on mobile
Supercell Acquisitions
Supercell's Ilkka Paananen says "it's no secret" that the studio is looking at further acquisitions
Also talks about how Pokemon affected sales
Another Keywords Acquisition
Keywords continues acquisition spree with $1.5 million purchase of animation studio Spov
London-based animation studio joins the ranks
Reign Over Me
Indie hit Reigns wins big at European edition of Google Play Indie Games Contest
Takes home first place and the Unity award
Storm8 Job Losses
Storm8 cuts over half its workforce with 130 jobs lost
Streamlining business
Anvil In The Snow
Snowprint Studios taps ex-Wooga midcore staff to set up new Berlin studio
Wilhelm Österberg heads up new team
Institutionalised
The "golden rules" for games developers looking to raise funding from institutional investors
Shum Singh goes after the big money
Coin For Krotos
Audio tech firm Krotos secures six-figure funding from former Rockstar North president
Looking to double its headcount and push into VR
Vungle Growth
Vungle hits $300 million annual run rate after sixth consecutive year of growth
Sees 125% increase in SDK adoption rate from 2015
More Pokemon
80 new Pokemon coming to Pokemon GO alongside new gameplay and customisation
If this doesn't bring players back, nothing will
Supercell Financials 2016
Supercell sees revenues grow to $2.3 billion in 2016 thanks to success of Clash Royale
Earnings also increase around 8%
Nokia Resurrected
HMD Global expected to reveal four new Nokia handsets at Mobile World Congress
But can you play Snake on it?
Finnish Games Industry
The Finnish and Nordic games industry from an investor’s perspective
Samuli Syvähuoko breaks it down
Esports In 2017
Revenues from eSports expected to hit $696 million in 2017
Newzoo digs into the growth of the market
Os Blocking
Google is being investigated in Korea for potentially obstructing Samsung mobile OS development
Deal from 2011 under scrutiny once again
Beans For Beans
Children's interactive media brand Beans Entertainment closes $374,000 in seed funding
Launching Bean&Gone in the coming months
Esports In India
Nazara to invest $20 million into new eSports league for India
Committed to growing the league for at least the next five years
The State Of Vr
The state of virtual reality and augmented reality in 2016
Ella Romanos asks a panel of VR experts
Angry Banned
Angry Birds is the most blacklisted app on corporate devices worldwide
Should probably be more concerned about Angry Birds 2
Nexon Financials Q4 Fy16
Nexon pinning hopes on strong 2017 launch line-up as sales and profits fall in 2016
Dynasty Warriors and Final Fantasy could be huge
More Summoners War
Summoners War is getting an MMORPG spin-off, cartoon, movie, and more
Com2uS doubles down on its flagship title
Com2us Financials Q4 Fy16
Com2uS posts record year for sales and profits as it pushes further into the global market
86% of sales were generated outside of Korea
Most Read
Critical Force on growing an eSport, 50 studios sign up to Hatch, and the rise and rise of EA Mobile
The hottest articles of last week
Humble Publishing
Humble Bundle launches games publishing and funding arm for all platforms
Wants mobile games as well as PC and console
Big Apples
Apple's next iPhone could cost over $1,000 due to OLED screens and memory upgrades
But a top-end iPhone 7 is already $969
Mixi Financials Q3 Fy17
Mixi sales and profits are up as Monster Strike interest holds steady in Japan
Anime and film help promote the game
Zynga Financials Q4 Fy16
Zynga remains loss-making but revenues and bookings increase in Q4 2016
Zynga Poker makes up 20% of all Q4 revenues
Activision Blizzard Financials Q4 Fy16
King makes up nearly 25% of Activision Blizzard's $6.6 billion in sales for 2016
MAUs fall but players are more engaged
Ubisoft Financials Q3 Fy17
Mobile makes little impact as Ubisoft sales drop to $564 million
Soft-launched Rabbids Crazy Rush given a release window after lengthy testing period
Future Of Kabam
Kabam winds down Beijing studio following poor internal performance of soft-launched Legacy of Zeus
COO Kent Wakeford also discusses future asset sales
Look Here
Mindfield Games on the player's role in virtual reality
Lead Game Designer Jaakko Kemppainen talks about viewpoints and expectations
Know Your Players
60% of all mobile gamers are men but number of women gamers is on the rise
SuperData Research shares insights from Player Profile dashboard
That'll Teach Them
Outplay Entertainment launches learning and development hub Outplay Academy
Teaching all aspects of the company in a centralised resource pool
Serious Talent
Vainglory bolsters professional team roster with five established eSports organisations
Fnatic, Echo Fox, NRG, Rogue, and Immortals enter the Fold
Remote Kaivola
Ex-Next Games and Rovio exec Kalle Kaivola joins Remote Control Productions as COO
Reunites with Angry Birds Epic developer
Critical Figures
Soft-launched mobile shooter Critical Ops surpasses 13 million downloads and 500,000 DAUs
Eyeing up a Spring 2017 release worldwide
Play Ball
Glu partners with MLB to bring fully-licensed teams and players to Tap Sports Baseball
Kris Bryant returns as the cover star
Glu Financials Q4 Fy16
Glu inches past $200 million in revenues for 2016 thanks to Crowdstar acquisition
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood still making money
Designing For Vr
Tommy Palm on how to design games for mobile VR
Tips and tricks to improve your game
E3 Opens Floodgates
E3 2017 will open its doors to 15,000 members of the public for the first time
$250 a ticket for the full three days
Gone Fishing
Autodesk CEO Carl Bass steps down after 10 years
Will remain on board of directors
Google Play In China
NetEase reportedly offers to help bring Google Play to China
Two tech giants working together?
Cabin In The Woods
Games accelerator-in-a-cabin Stugan opens applications for third annual program
Applications close March 31st
Singular Roi Index
Facebook Ads deliver the highest ROI across both Android and iOS
Singular indexes the top advertisers in terms of return on investment
Unite The World
Unity to sponsor 50 developers from countries affected by Trump's travel ban to attend Unite Amsterdam
"I strongly believe that there is no place in this world for discrimination, in any form," says Riccitiello
Dena Financials Q3 Fy16
DeNA revenues and profits fall while native mobile games vastly outperform browser for the first time
Nintendo partnership confirmed to be "mid to long-term"