Sell Out
Apple sells out of iPhone 7 Plus and jet black iPhone 7 in first week
Other colours still available
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Job Losses
Disney cuts around 125 jobs at Marvel: Avengers Alliance developer
Game closed, staff cut
Harsh Virtual Reality
Sony cuts "a substantial number" of jobs at London Studio as it wraps up VR project
Studio restructuring leaves some out of work
Taking The Reigns
Tinder-esque indie strategy game Reigns swipes 600,000 downloads
Title has made approximately $1.8 million in sales
Ground Level
IronSource's new User-level Analytics aims to provide clearer definition between ad and IAP performance
Also includes Frequency Capping and Delivery Pacing
Optimal Funds
Customer marketing cloud Optimove closes $20 million growth funding round
Looks to hire aggressively in New York
Fair Play
Pokerist developer's Random Number Generator certified as fair by UK Gambling Commission
KamaGames now in line with real money operators
Go Everywhere
Pokemon GO could be coming to Android Wear smartwatches
More ways to catch 'em all
Ea On The Go
EA Worldwide Studios division brings together EA Mobile, BioWare and Maxis
Bringing its mobile arm together with other top studios
Spread Thin
Updated: Marmalade to shut down game development platform to focus on making games
Job losses expected
A Cut Above
Razer establishes $30 million investment arm zVentures for VR, Android games and other tech ventures
$5 million set aside for VR alone
Inequality In Games
IGDA Survey highlights gender and race pay gap in games
IGDA study shows inequality in pay and positions
Uniting People
Unity appoints Ruth Ann Keene as new General Counsel
Leading the global legal team
Shocking Jam
GameSparks to host first ever game jam on 24 September
12 hours to make a new game and win prizes
Gotta Lose 'em All
Pokemon GO's paying players drops by 79%, but it's still generating the highest revenue in the US
Making 6x the revenue of Candy Crush Saga
Prepare For Titanfall
Nexon's Titanfall game for mobile revealed as collectible card game Titanfall: Frontline
Can never have too many CCGs
Match & Tinder
World of Warcraft lead designer Rob Pardo raises $25 million for new start-up Bonfire Studios
Not making anything at present
Crossing The Animal
Super Mario Run will be great, but Animal Crossing Mobile is even more exciting
Playing it safe versus adapting to the platform
Incredible Downloads
Heroes of Incredible Tales achieves five million downloads outside of South Korea
Still to land in Japan
Galaxy (note) On Fire
Samsung urges users of defective exploding Galaxy Note 7 to replace them immediately
Safety fears spark renewed call for replacements
Super Mario Downloads
Super Mario Run will reach 1.5 billion downloads across its lifespan, claims analyst
So predicts Kantan Games' CEO Serkan Toto
Most Read
ClashCon 2016 cancelled, iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus revealed, and 5 things we learned about Supercell from Ilkka Paananen
The hottest articles of last week
Target Locked
After almost a year of silence Flaregames confirms Zombie Gunship, Inc. release for late 2016
F2P take on the zombie shooting series finally seeing the light of day
Pokemoney
Pokemon GO is getting $1 ARPU after surpassing $500 million in revenue
Still retaining well too
Hot Cakes
Pre-orders are now open for iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2
Already look to be selling out
Super Android Run
Nintendo confirms Super Mario Run will come to Android after iOS launch
Hinted Android release confirmed
Going Up Or Down?
If Pokemon GO can't save the Apple Watch, nothing will
Will it be a new lease of life for wearables?
Heart Eyes Emoji
Apple outlines huge upgrades to Messages and more when iOS 10 launches on 13 September
We hope you like emoji
Not Quite Witchcraft
King finally renames soft-launched bubble shooter Wilbur as Bubble Witch 3 Saga
Why did they even pretend it was something different?
Having A Field Day
Everywear Games reveals new Apple Watch Series 2 farming game Field Day
Further details expected next week
Let Me Know
Super Mario Run App Store listing notifies players of release and sheds new light on gameplay
Follows the free-to-start model outlined by DeNA
New Iphones
Apple officially announces iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus shipping on 16 September
Prices start at $649
Watch This
Apple unveils Apple Watch Series 2 with dual-core processor and GPS
A whole bunch of extra features
Mobile Mario
Nintendo bringing Mario to mobile with premium endless runner Super Mario Run
Game announced at Apple's Keynote event
Pokeban Go
Pokemon GO facing lawsuit in India for blasphemous content, despite not being launched there
Enough of this now
How Much?
iPhone 7 rumoured to launch in US between 15-19 September at $749
Soon the rumours will end
Shot Down
Rovio cans Siamgame-developed shooter Angry Birds: Ace Fighter in soft launch
"Adjustment of product structure platform" to blame
Angriest Birds
Rovio soft-launches another Monster Strike-like called Angry Birds Evolution
One is never enough
Apple Crumbling
iOS device sales continue to decline in China while EU and US see more growth
More data from Kantar World Panel
Polyarc Funding
Seattle VR start-up Polyarc raises $3.5 million in seed funding
Studio co-founded by ex-Bungie staff
Family-owned
Guillemot family buying up another 3.5% of shares in Ubisoft to ward off Vivendi takeover
Unnamed bank backing the purchase
Can't Stop Won't Stop
Flaregames partners with MyGamez to bring Nonstop Knight to Android in China
Hits six million downloads too
More More More
iPhone 7 to have 2.4GHz processor and up to 256GB storage
So says another new report
Making Of
A rich game for a casual market: The making of Mobius Final Fantasy
Producer Yoshinori Kitase talks us through the game's development
Sony Go
Sony reaffirms commitment to mobile following Nintendo's success with Pokemon GO
Kaz Hirai gets all excited about AR
Critical Funding
Critical Force raises $4.5 million to push FPS eSports title Critical Ops out to Asia market
Partnering with NHN Entertainment to do so
Most Read
iOS 10 Limit Ad Tracking could be the end of UA, lessons learned as a games journalist and a cautionary tale for global expansion
The hottest articles of last week
Wooga Job Cuts
Wooga cuts 40 jobs amid a restructuring of its casual games development
Black Anvil seemingly unaffected
Unity In Africa
Unity to hold its first Unity Certification exam in Africa at West African Gaming Expo
Taking place on 8 November 2016
Clashcon Cancelled
ClashCon 2016 cancelled as Supercell focuses on improving its games instead
Possibly a lack of interest from the community