Poke-pests
Niantic and Nintendo facing another lawsuit because of Pokemon GO players
Cussing and looking in windows
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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
Alloy Ahoy
Intel unveils its all-in-one VR headset, Project Alloy
All the joy of VR in one bulky unit
Telling Tales
Telltale Games publishes its first mobile-only game, Mr Robot:1.51 exfiltratiOn
Not exactly SEO friendly
Reeling 'em In
Hitting 100,000 installs a month, Gear VR fishing sim Bait! passes 700,000 downloads
New content being added all the time
Apple R&d
Apple attempts to improve iPhone sales in China with a new R&D centre
Hoping to improve relations
Tencent Financials Fy16 Q2
Even before Supercell deal closes, Tencent sees huge surge in mobile game revenues
Total revenues up to $5.4 billion in FY16 Q2
Learning By Doing
How quitting game design college eventually led Dropout Games to App Store success
The makers of UNWYND and Blyss talk dropping out and the future
Tiga Findings
Games industry contributes $1.6 billion to UK GDP
Growth across the industry at an all-time high
Egg Hatching
European Games Group looking to boost portfolio following several million Euro investment
Undisclosed additional capital from Ventech and Omnes Capital
Turkey Loves Indies
Turkey seeks to bring in fresh game development talent with Turkey Loves Indies campaign
Save money by moving your business to Turkey
Spil-ing Over
Spil Games' mobile reboot pays off: it's restating 2016 goal up to 150 million downloads
Has done 100 million downloads in 12 months
Sea-registration
Adways brings its pre-registration campaigns to Southeast Asia, starting in Thailand and Vietnam
Operating through SEA ad network Seads
Angriest Birds
Rovio soft-launches yet another Angry Birds title, Angry Birds Blast
Was two not enough?
Casting Investment
Tencent-led Series C round pushes total investment in Chinese gamecasting platform Douyu TV to over $2 billion
Had previously helped investment push over $1 billion
Going Up
Pokemon GO will soon hit $350 million; well on its way to generating $1 billion
And other stats from App Annie
Mobius Million
Mobius Final Fantasy hits one million downloads outside Japan
New items added to store to appeal to Western players
Z2 Job Cuts
King-owned developer Z2Live cuts marketing and support functions staff
Parent company aligning studio with its strategic goals
Most Read
Trends in soft launching, Pokemon GO's relative failure in Japan, and why Ilyon Dynamics releases 10 games a week
The hottest articles of last week
Not Just A Fad
Pokemon GO players are more engaged and willing to spend than ever
In New Zealand anyway
Trivia Cracked
Trivia Crack Kingdoms surpasses seven million downloads in 10 months
Over 2 billion questions answered
Firefly Funding
Firefly Games closes $10 million funding round to work on Hollywood IPs
Also looking into VR and eSports
Dena Financials Fy16 Q1
DeNA sees small revenue increase as it focuses in on Japan and China
Stepping away from the economic uncertainty of the rest of the world
Keep Them Close
Retention is dropping across all apps, but games have the worst of the lot
People churn, gamers churn faster
Pokemon Stay
Pokemon GO may have peaked in the US, but how well is it retaining users a month after release?
Verto Analytics looks back at the last 30 days
Fishlabs Senior Hires
Deep Silver Fishlabs bolsters its team with trio of senior hires
Studio now employs 92 staff
Nexon Fy16 Q2 Financials
Nexon grows in South Korea with DomiNations and Heroes of Incredible Tales, but suffers losses overall
Takes biggest hit in North America
Charitable Acts
Palringo brings out the best in its users to raise $1 million for charity
Action Against Hunger and Islamic Relief helped enourmously
Appsflyer Insights
Facebook is the most powerful tool for acquiring quality users, says AppsFlyer
Releases latest AppsFlyer Performance Index
Bossa Investment
Bossa Studios raises $1.35 million for new multiplayer and VR games
London Venture Partners fronts the cash
Busy Bees
Koukoi Games to bring Crashing Season to Japan as part of Asia push
Partners with Worker Bee for localisation
Pokemon Won't Stop
Pokemon GO rakes in $200 million in its first month
Outperforms Clash Royale in every way
Perfect Publishing
How to publish a game perfectly in China, according to CMGE
Keep your eye on the market
July Ad Spend
MZ made up 40% of games industry US TV ad spend in July 2016
King, InnoGames also feature
Watch This Space
Apple Watch 2 fitted with GPS rumored for release in second half of 2016
New smartwatch to bring barometer and better battery life too
Pokemon Gone
Iran bans Pokemon GO
And other strange goings-on around the world
Most Read
Flaregames acquires Kopla Games, King invests in Snowprint Studios, and Pokemon GO is making $10 million a day
The hottest articles of last week
Activision Blizzard Financials
King brings in $454 million and 409 million MAUs for Activision Blizzard following acquisition
Another non-Candy Crush game due out later this year
Relentless Relents
Relentless Software to close after almost 13 years
All staff made redundant
Long Wait
Zynga's Social Slots see 31% growth but overall the company remains loss-making
Waiting for a hero
King Crab
iCandy Interactive's Crab War gets its pincers into one million users
Most successful game for the company to date
Make It Huuuge
Huuuge Games raises $4.6 million to grow social casino games business globally
Investment led by Woori Technology Investment
Making Of
Multiplayer Mario on acid: The making of ReRunners
How Klang Games brought the MMO-platformer to life
Blowing Up
Big Bang Racing hits one million downloads in its first week
100,000 user-generated levels already available
Taking Its Time
Netmarble and nWay partner once again to bring ChronoBlade to North America
Previously brought it to South Korea
M&a For Days
Games industry M&A reaches record smashing $25 billion in July 2016
Playtika, King, and Supercell deals lead the way
Reunited
King invests big in Swedish developer Snowprint Studios
Bringing old friends back into the fold
Catch 'em All
Almost two-thirds of Pokemon GO players are female
Nearly half aged 18-29
Hooray For Indies
Independent Games Festival opens submissions for 19th annual competition
Submissions open until October 24
Tricking The Eye
Chinese Global VR Challenge runner-up Mirage Interactive raises $1.5 million
Investment led by SongHe Capital and Wistone
En Famille
Google Play opens up games and apps for sharing with Family Libraries
Share everything with up to six people