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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
Run & Jump
Nintendo stock prices jump 3.7% after positive reaction to Super Mario Run marketing
Heading back towards post-Pokemon GO hype levels
Remote Control
How to successfully run a development studio when your team works remotely
Radmule Labs' CEO breaks it down
Pokebucks
Niantic partners with Starbucks to turn over 7,800 stores into PokeStops for Pokemon GO
There's a new Frappuccino too
A Natural Move
Rovio COO David Byrne flies the nest to join NaturalMotion as new COO
Overseeing operations in all its studios
Titans Dawn
Updated: Dawn of Titans launches worldwide after almost two years in soft launch
Never thought we'd see this day
Advancing Ai
Unity pushes on into artificial intelligence efforts with new VP of AI and Machine Learning
Dr Danny Lange joins from Uber
Hack The Mind
How to use irrational thinking to boost your IAP revenue by 335%
Imperia Online's COO explains it all
Keep It Casual
MobilityWare picks up casual developer Critical Hit Software for its Jigsaw Puzzle and ColorArt titles
Casual developer acquires casual developer
Five Million Heroes
Asia mobile eSports tournament Hero World Championship 2 draws in five million viewers
2,000 people there in person
No More Monkey Business
SurveryMonkey Intelligence to close down services after just one year
Data available until January 31st
Charitable Fiends
Apple's Games for (RED) sees millions of Best Fiends and Episode players raise money to fight AIDS
Seriously and Pocket Gems share some stats
Apple Best Of 2016
Clash Royale named best iPhone game of 2016 by Apple
Pokemon GO doesn't get a look in
A Galaxy Too Far
Cause of exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7s may be an untested battery too big for the devices
Instrumental tears down the phone to uncover the truth
Moving Forward
Sony ForwardWorks reveals first mobile games, partnerships and mixed-reality tech for 2017
A wealth of games for Asia
No Publisher Required
How to release a successful mobile game without the help of a publisher
FGL's Alexy Izvalov tells all
Ubisoft Switch
Ubisoft designing Nintendo Switch games with mobile play sessions in mind
Appealing to hardcore and casual gamers alike
Download.io
Agar.io amasses 113 million mobile downloads in 20 months
30 million players a month still
Sharing Is Caring
DeltaDNA and Tenjin partner to bring powerful analytics and ad tracking to their customers
Analyse and act for better LTVs
The New Thq
THQ Nordic gears up for Nintendo Switch launch with three old IP acquistions
Remember Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy?
Android Adoption
Android Nougat adoption rate increases to 0.4% three months after release
Older OS' starting to drop away
Watch This
Apple Watch sales on track for best quarter ever, says Tim Cook
Still won't say how much that actually is
Jostling In Japan
Sony's Fate/Grand Order has been more successful financially on Android in Japan than Pokemon GO
Could never match global success
Exploring Options
Capcom's Monster Hunter Explore resurfaces in Taiwan after cancellation of global launch
What could it mean?
Bestest Fiends
Seriously soft-launches last game in Best Fiends trilogy Best Fiends Slugs
Moves into the third dimension
Most Read
Rovio spin-off Hatch's cloud-based platform, Facebook launches Instant Games, and meet the biggest Indian developer you've never heard of
The hottest articles of last week
See The Future
14 videos that will show you the future for indie mobile game developers
The Indie Futures track from PGC Helsinki 2016
There's Hope Yet
Tiny Lab reclaims rights to its own game from Bulkypix as publisher remains silent on closure
A small victory in a sea of misery
Pictures To Publishing
Annapurna Pictures wants to explore interactive storytelling with new games publishing arm
Signs deals with a number of indie developers
Best Of The Best
Pokemon GO catches Best Mobile/Handheld and Best Family awards at The Game Awards 2016
Beats Clash Royale to the former
App To The Stars
Peter Vesterbacka joins Space Nation to help regular people become astronauts via an app
...and other headlines you never think you'd write
Forged Of Champions
Kabam's new mobile fighter Transformers: Forged to Fight takes inspiration from its top grosser Contest of Champions
Even the naming convention is the same
New Team Comp
Super Evil Megacorp COO Kristian Segerstrale to take over as CEO
Current CEO becomes President and Chief Business Officer
Global Power Panel
Mobile experts from around the world discuss global trends
Led by Appfluencer's William Heathershaw
Nokia Relaunch
HMD Global to relaunch Nokia on Android in first half of 2017
Hopes to make it a global brand again
Bigger Pixels
New experimental design facility PIXEL Studios opens in Singapore to support the next generation of devs
Offering space and mentoring to game developers
Vainglory Franchises
Super Evil Megacorp establishes Vainglory Team Franchise Program to grow the eSport
Another big step for the fledgling eSport
Rovio Goes (red)
Rovio joins Apple's Games For (RED) campaign with updates to Angry Birds 2 and Angry Birds POP
Donating 100% of proceeds from certain IAP to charity
Unibased Mediation
Tapdaq launches new unbiased ad mediation platform
Simple to use and small in size
Indie Mavens
How useful are ads for indies in their free-to-play games?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Keep On Going
Pokemon GO was the top trending game of 2016 on the UK Google Play store
Clash Royale a close second
Taking Flight
Creative England and Barclays launch £25,000 Eagle Lab Flight accelerator for VR, AR and mobile apps
Eight teams to be taken on a three month mentoring program
Bieber Fiends
Seriously brings in Justin Bieber and YouTube stars for (RED) charity campaign
Both Best Fiends games getting additional content
Bundle Of Joy
Ubisoft, Bandai Namco, GungHo and more to bring over 100 games to Hatch mobile streaming platform
Play the best Pac-Man game for free
India Pixels
Google's Pixel took up 10% of the premium smartphone market share in India in October
Sold 33,000 units
Zynga Lawsuit
Zynga suing two former employees for stealing confidential data and taking it to Scopely
Also suing Scopely for poaching other employees
Instant Insight
Game Insight invests $5 million into new divison for Facebook Instant Games development
Launches two titles, developing six more
Instant Vikings
Big Viking Games opens $10 million publishing fund for HTML5 messenger platforms like Facebook's Instant Games
Offering development tools and analytics for interested parties
Publishing Power Panel
Power panel: Experts discuss what publishers can offer in 2016 and beyond
Steel Media's Chris James gets them chatting
Instant Developers
King, Zynga, Konami and more launch 17 games on Facebook's Instant Games platform
14 developers give their support