Games In An Instant
Facebook launches HTML5 platform Instant Games for News Feed and Messenger
Access to one billion possible players
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Asset Affiliates
New Unity Asset Store Affiliate program lets users earn 5% from sales of their favourite assets
Everyone's eligible
Game Alliance
Tilting Point establishes $12 million Game Alliance fund for indie UA campaigns
Helping developers grow while retaining their independence
Throwback Tuesday
35% of all sales made during Cyber Monday were made on mobile devices
iPad Air 2 the top-selling tablet
Another New Iphone
Apple's next iPhones with OLED screens could hit the market in 2017
Manufacturers asked to increase production to meet demand
A Billion Pixels
Google to generate $3.8 billion in 2017 from the Pixel and Daydream
Morgan Stanley says so
India Iphones
Apple sells 100,000 iPhones in India in three days following demonetisation of high-value bank notes
Only manufacturer to hit sales targets in India
Critical Reforge
Finnish devs Critical Force and Reforged Studios partner to rise up in the world of mobile eSports
Sharing resources, knowledge, workload, and so on
Learn New Words
Zynga soft-launches updated version of Scrabble-like game New Words With Friends
New Words With Friends is an apt name
Most Read
Unity's China publishing deal, the different types of monetisation, and PlaySimple Games raises $4 million
The hottest articles of last week
Everybody Loves Pokemon
Pokemon GO is the most played game of all time in Japan
According to a not-very-scientific survey
Black Friday
Black Friday brings big savings to game development tools and assets
Grab yourself a bargain
Power Of Friendship
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links passes four million downloads in first week of Japan launch
100 million duels have taken place in the game
Defold Competition
King opens Defold game engine competition to send devs to GDC 2017
Entries close January 22nd
Dark Horse
Glu seemingly shuts down ailing celebrity-focused game Katy Perry Pop
First game of its kind to be taken off the market
Use Their Data
Anonymous data monetisation firm Tutela reopens partnership program
Use your user's data as an extra revenue stream
Working Together
How to get your game published in Southeast Asia
Find the right publisher, says Johary Mustapha
Sticker Happy
Glu adds iMessage stickers to already sticker-heavy celebrity game Kendall & Kylie
50 for free, 200 to unlock or buy
Super Mario Done
Don't expect Super Mario Run to compete with Pokemon GO, says Sensor Tower
92% of all games launched in Q3 2016 were free-to-play
Ipad Semi-pro
Report: Apple to launch new 10.5-inch iPad for enterprise and education markets in 2017
Slots neatly between standard iPad and iPad Pro
Pixel Pusher
Google and Verizon spent $27 million in a week advertising the Pixel phone
7.5% of all phone activations over the last month were at Verizon
Taking Flight
EA adds ship-based battles to Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes to boost already huge retention rates
Also adding Rogue One characters
'ow Much?
Creative England launches £300,000 fund for Yorkshire-based developers
Grants of up to £30,000 offered for prototype development
King Of Latam
An overview of the LATAM market in 2016 and the keywords you need to know about it
King's Sabrina Carmona tells all
Mediating India
IronSource opens office in Bangalore to bring ad mediation platform to India
Opens new office in Bangalore
37 + 2
Chinese publisher 37 Interactive snaps up one of China's most recently successful developers Mokun Technology
Pushing mobile after finding success on browser
Looking Forward
Sony's mobile studio ForwardWorks preparing to unveil its first games on December 7th
The Last Guardian could be heading to mobile
Track Your Events
Tenjin launches free self-service mobile marketing tool for small developers to track their data
Prices increase as your needs do
Shared Dream
Motorola the first third-party Android manufacturer to make Google Daydream available on its phones
Android Nougat 7.0 coming some time this week to Moto Z and Moto Z Force
Very Hush Hush
How to make the most of the MENA mobile games market
Palringo's Magnus Alm breaks it down
Unity Certification Partners
Unity gives greenlight to external training providers to offer Unity Certification Exams
11 partners already signed up
Flocks Of Angry Birds
Angry Birds 2 soars to lofty heights with 130 million downloads
Rovio games downloaded 3.5 billion times
App Uninstall Rates
Android users are more likely to uninstall apps than iOS users
AppsFlyer sets the cat among the pigeons
Ea Switches
EA plans to bring one of its "bigger games" to Nintendo Switch but questions broad appeal of device
Probably still hurting from the Wii U
On Target
Hothead Games' Kill Shot franchise achieves 65 million downloads in two years
33 billion minutes spent by players in-game
Tell Me Straight
EA introduces tighter transparency rules on its influencer campaigns
Setting the standard for other developers
Expansion Is Key
Keywords Studios continues acquisition streak by snapping up Enzyme Testings Labs for $3.65 million
Will fit nicely with fellow recent acquisition Player Research
State Of Play
Android users play Unity games longer than iOS players
Unity breaks down the state of play in Q3 2016
Game Of Clones
Fragmented app stores and complex publishing are the causes of copycat games in China
Chartboost explores the world of clones
Russian Ua
The secret sauce to mobile UA in the Russian market
Rebound Mobile spills the secrets
Hot Switch
Nvidia says the Switch is nothing like what anyone has played before
Jen-Hsun Huang talks up the potential of the new console
Clash Of Wangs
Adult gaming platform Nutaku opens $10 million fund to add mature content to existing mobile games
Offers a new platform for those willing to embrace smut
Blowing Up
Mobile shooter Critical Ops hits 10 million downloads before leaving soft launch
Running tournaments in North America and Europe
Like A Dream
VR developer NDreams raises £2 million in investment as part of two-stage investment round
Mercia Technologies continues to invest
Tencent Financials Q3 Fy16
Tencent hits $6 billion in sales with help from 40 million DAUs on Honour of Kings
Generated $1.44 billion from mobile game sales alone
The Main Event
How Space Ape makes up to 50% of its revenues from in-game events
Simon Hade explains
Falling Apple
Apple stocks fall 5% following Donald Trump's election and planned tariffs on China
Another loss for Apple
Big In India
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi is the fourth-biggest selling brand in India
Shipments double in the last quarter
Super Mario Launch
Super Mario Run to launch on iOS on December 15th for $10
Plumber makes his way to mobile next month
Ubisoft Insider Trading
Five Ubisoft execs accused of insider trading by French stock market
Avoiding 25% stock drop in 2013