A Brighter Future
Apple's next iPhone will replace old LTPS screens with curved OLED
Like the Samsung S7 Edge
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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
Switch Supplies
Nintendo preparing to ship more Switch consoles should demand exceed initial 2 million units
Says it will not be selling them at a loss
No Mario For China
Nintendo undecided on whether or not to release Super Mario Run in China
Also explains why it was brought forward ahead of Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing
It's Mi Vr
Smartphone maker Xiaomi launches $29 VR headset Mi VR in China
Ultra-low latency and touch-controlled remote
Gungho Financials Q3 Fy16
Puzzle & Dragons publisher GungHo switches to global development approach as profits fall by 43.4%
10 games currently in development
Virtually Hired
Oculus hiring over 100 new staff as it boosts AR and future tech development
Developing new headsets and experiences
Most Read
Tips for cross-promoting as an indie, the making of Black Anvil's Warlords, and an interview with King's Riccardo Zacconi
The hottest articles of last week
Let's Go Whaling
How can mobile developers monetise with "whales" in mind?
Tribleflame's Torulf Jernström tells all
Konami Financials Q2 Fy17
26 million Power Pro downloads helps Konami's profits soar to $115.8 million
Game revenues increase while everything else drops
Capcom Financials Q2 Fy16
Capcom talks up VR potential as profits slump to $3.86 million
Digital Contents business sees some growth
Tencent On Top
Tencent generated more games revenue in the first half of 2016 than EA or Activision Blizzard ever have in a year
Newzoo Global Games Market Report tells all
Indie Advice
How indies can thrive in the free-to-play mobile games space
Tilting Point's Samir El Egili shows us the way
China Rich List
Tencent and NetEase CEOs in top five of Forbes' China Rich List with combined worth of $39.7 billion
Worth $24.5 billion and $15.2 billion respectively
Vungle Fever
Vungle helped increase rewarded ad revenues in Magic Jigsaw Puzzles from $200 to $6,000 a day
Revenues rise by 29x
Switch It Up
Nintendo keeping quiet on Switch until January 13th 2017
Plans to ship 2 million units globally in its first month
A Cut Above
Gazillion Entertainment cuts a non-Marvel path onto mobile with licensed IP Dexter: Slice
First non-Marvel title released by the studio.
Piggies Come To Uk
Taptica partners with Chinese publisher Rafo Tech to drive UK downloads of Piggy Boom
Top game in Taiwan looking for female downloads in the West
Bwhaaaat?
Ubisoft cans card-battler Rabbids Heroes five months into soft launch
Online services to shut down November 15th
Facebook Transformation
Transformers: Earth Wars saw 50% cheaper CPIs using Facebook Ads
Facebook case study reveals how it helped grow the game
Samsung Financials Q3 Fy16
Samsung blames exploding Galaxy Note 7 fiasco for burning a hole in its mobile profits
Profits and sales drop across the board
Global Mario
Super Mario Run heading to 150 countries in December
Nintendo confirms game will not have any in-app purchases other than to unlock the full game
Keep It Casual
The best practices for mobile ad monetisation with casual gamers
Tamalaki's Martine Spaans explains
Ninten-go
Nintendo profits up to $364 million as Pokemon GO and Seattle Mariners sale prop up falling revenues
Financial report doesn't mention Miitomo
Tough Apples
Apple posts first annual revenue loss in 15 years as sales fall by $18.1 billion
Sales down across the board except in Services
Key Players
Keywords Studios acquires user testing firm Player Research for up to $1.6 million
£700,000 in cash, 65,000 shares
Never Stop Never Stopping
Flaregames' Nonstop Knight rushes past seven million downloads in just under five months
Achieving around one million downloads a month
Drifting Along
Ex-HoloLens and Oculus staff form eSports VR game developer Drifter Entertainment
Currently hiring
Logging On
Amazon Lumberyard opens new Austin office
Working closely with Twitch team there
Hi Doggy
Fireproof Games' The Room series generated $3.3 million from each game in their first 12 months of release
Barry Meade takes to Twitter to explain the infographic
Pokemon Boo
Pokemon GO aims to entice players back with more candy and scary Pokemon in Halloween event
First live event since launch
Piece Of Eden
Eden Games appoints new CMO at large as it prepares for mobile release of Gear.Club
Bolsters team ahead of first self-published effort
Tv Ua
How The Specialist Works uses TV advertising to drive large-scale UA campaigns
Richard Downey talks us through its services
X Marks The Spot
Appnext on the "treasure map" towards successful paid user acquisition
Kobi Edelstein helps you through the dangerous waters
Watch Out
Global smartwatch shipments halve to 2.7 million units in Q3 2016
So says market intelligence firm IDC
Another Galaxy
Samsung offering half-price Galaxy Note 8 to Note 7 owners in South Korea
An apology for launching an exploding phone
My Little Clone-y
Peak Games files My Little Pony lawsuit against Hasbro for cloning Toy Blast
New My Little Pony game looks awfully familiar
Data Block
Apple's new $925 million Ireland data centre could be delayed by 18 months
Local residents not happy
Seriously Good
Seriously's Best Fiends Forever surpasses 3 million downloads in 3 days
Currently has 3.39 million DAUs
What A Story
Fireproof Games' The Room trilogy hits 11.6 million downloads
Detailed infographic reveals all
Most Read
10 commandments of free-to-play, Mobile Mavens talk Pixel and Daydream View VR, and publishers are already buying up App Store Search Ads
The hottest articles of last week
Smarten Up
How does intelligent ad monetisation work?
Appodeal talks us through it
Super Pre-registration
Super Mario Run hits 20 million pre-registrations on the App Store
Tim Cook talks Nintendo and AR
Pushing Forward
Sony ForwardWorks to release up to six games across the next 18 months
Only in Asia
Cheap And Cheerful
App Store Search Ad campaigns have a 49.4% conversion rate with $0.40 CPA
Mobile Action breaks down the stats
Note Worthy
Samsung to lose $3 billion in next six months following catastrophic Galaxy Note 7 launch
Will fall back on its Galaxy S7 instead
Growing App
How do the top mobile game publishers grow their app economies?
AdColony's Thorbjörn Warin talks us through it
Gameloft's Next Four
Gameloft outlines its first four game releases following Vivendi's hostile takeover
Three sequels and one original IP
Gotta Go Fast
GameFounders opens submissions for Janaury 2017 round of acceleration
Deadline on November 15th
New Nougat
Google to bring App Shortcuts and Image Keyboards to Android 7.1 Developer Preview later this month
Get a sneaky look and make sure your apps still work
Limited Limiting
18 million US iOS users have explicitly opted out of targeted advertising through Limit Ad Tracking
Less uptake in Asia than in the West