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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
Breakout Success
Ex-Boomlagoon founder's latest indie game Breakout Ninja draws in 500,000 downloads in first week
Only took two weeks to make
Stream Sports
Azubu acquires rival eSports streaming service Hitbox and plans to launch mobile-focused platform
Hitbox couldn't be happier
Glu Cuts
Two studios face closure as Glu Mobile plans to cut up to 140 jobs
Bellevue definitely closing, Long Beach dependent on performance
The Next Four Years
How to plan for the next four years after releasing a mobile indie success
Frogmind's CEO details how
Two Days At The Top
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location knocks Minecraft off the top of US App Store charts
Please don't make me look at the screenshots anymore
Win In Malaysia
Testing firm Pole to Win opens new studio in Malaysia
Just outside of Kuala Lumpur
Smite Royale
Hi-Rez Studios reveals Clash Royale-challenger SMITE Rivals
Beta signups now open
Most Read
Flaregames soft-launches Nonstop Chuck Norris, trend predictions for 2017, and which games turned a corner in 2016?
The hottest articles of last week
Smaller Apples
Apple execs see bonuses cut following sales slump in 2016
Tim Cook will probably be OK
Mocha Money
China-based Shunwei Capital to invest $2 million in Indian developer Mech Mocha
Studio hoping to raise $4 million overall
King Of Kings
Tencent's Honor of Kings surpasses 50 million DAUs in 14 months
Almost entirely China-based players
Mobile Games University
15 videos that will teach you the key things you need to know about making and selling mobile games
It's the Mobile Games University
Marmalade Saved
GMO Cloud acquires exclusive rights to Marmalade SDK and plans further development
Not dead yet
Charitable Messenger
Mystic Messenger dev gives $100,000 of game's profits to charity
Word-of-mouth sensation helps out
Money Makers
App Store developers earned $20 billion in 2016
Apple rounds up its 2016 with some big numbers
Older Is Better
Older iPhones outperformed latest iPhone 7 across the world during Christmas 2016
Samsung dominates Android sales
Touch It
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius celebrates nine million downloads with Ariana Grande remix
Collaboration starts to make more sense
Tiga Survey 2017
Majority of UK games studios expect to increase investment and employment in 2017
Everyone's fairly optimistic
Top Gear
Samsung has sold over five million Gear VR headsets
10 million hours of 360-degree video viewed on devices
Xiaomi In India
Xiaomi surpassed $1 billion in revenue in India during 2016
Sold two million devices in Q3
Digital Leash
UK digital games sales topped £2 billion and had a 74% market share in 2016
Physical sales tumble down
Dun-deal
Abertay University partners with Perfect World to promote game dev education in China
Sets up a five month course to prepare students for a full degree
Everything Changes
How the development of mobile devices changed the way we play
Oscar Clark talks to Jami Laes
Ux Evolution
From Stardom to The Empire: How Glu has evolved the UX in its celebrity games
A brief look through 7 games
Moving And Shaking
Gamevil Europe hires former Kabam exec Chinh Vu as new Head of Marketing
Moves into new offices too
Cpms November 2016
CPMs on iOS and Android dropped below $6 in November 2016
Fiksu looks at the surprising shift
Slowing Down
Super Mario Run player engagement may have peaked just three days after launch
Verto Analytics sizes it up alongside Pokemon GO
Lording It Over
IGG and Boostinsider partner for massive influencer campaign to promote Lords Mobile through January
Started with a Times Square screen takeover
'tis The Season
In-app spending generated $500 million in revenue during Christmas 2016
Two days, a lot of sales
Fad Or Trend?
What were the mobile gaming fads and trends of 2016?
Oscar Clark finds out
Super Mario Jog
Super Mario Run has generated $30 million from 90 million downloads
Lower than expected but not hugely surprising
Nonstop Roundhouse Kick
Flaregames soft-launches new Nonstop Knight title Nonstop Chuck Norris
The kids do love their memes
Clash Of Bans
Iran bans Clash of Clans over violence and "tribal conflict" concerns
Clash Royale seems to be unaffected
Most Read 2016
Is Machine Zone worth $9 billion, why did Clash Royale run out of steam, and how one man made mega-hit Color Switch
The hottest articles of the year
Most Read
Halfbrick terminates iDreamSky agreement, Kabam looks to sell off all studios, and how well did Dawn of Titans launch?
The hottest articles of last week
Cartoon Clash
Supercell's Clash-A-Rama! Youtube series surpasses 50 million views in two weeks
Drawing in over 10 million views an episode
Lawyer Up
Nokia suing Apple in 11 countries for infringing on 40 patents
Negotiations break down
Nintendo On Mobile
Nintendo planning to launch up to three mobile games a year after successful 2016
Tatsumi Kimishima thinks it should be a main pillar of the business
Pokemon Watch
Pokemon GO Apple Watch companion app launches
Can it save wearables?
Let's-a-go
Super Mario Run dashes past 50 million downloads in its first week of release
Still no official word on revenue
All About The Games
Finding success in mobile games the second and third time around
Oscar Clark asks some industry experts how they do it
Back Of The Net
Konami shares up 4.8% thanks to four million downloads of mobile game Jikkyou Powerful Soccer
Publisher scores a hit with football spin-off
Self-help
Book publisher Hachette Livre acquires majority stake in Peak developer Brainbow
Diversification is key
Super Mario Thirds
Super Mario Run made up 30% of all iOS spending during its first three days
More numbers from the hottest new game
Facebook Goty 2016
Gardenscapes beats Pokemon GO and Clash Royale to be Facebook's Game of the Year 2016
Instant Games and good Facebook Integration also recognised
Pick Up Quizup
Glu Mobile picks up QuizUp developer Plain Vanilla in deal worth $8.7 million
Takes advantage of deal established in January
Indie Mavens
Indie Mavens' Games of the Year 2016
Some big names, some smaller entries
The Next Supercell
Who will be the next $10 billion games company after Supercell?
Oscar Clark asks some industry experts
Looking Back
Mobile games generated $40.6 billion in revenues from 2.6 billion MAUs in 2016
SuperData Research looks back on the year