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Is the rumoured Nintendo NX portable hybrid console exciting for indie developers?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
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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
Super Effective
Pokemon GO generating $10 million daily revenue without cannibalising the market
Generating its own subset of highly engaged players
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Scopely raises $55 million, Nintendo's market cap drops by $7 billion, and we're having a party at Gamescom
The hottest articles of last week
All Systems Go?
Turbo ends Super Senso beta and pulls anticipated mobile strategy game from soft launch
Something's happening
Lovato Love
Demi Lovato tie-in scores big for interactive story game Episode, generating $13 million
Celebrity licenses paying off
Global Vr Challenge
Broken Window Studios' exploration game Reflections wins Global VR Challenge
Winners announced within
Wwe Are The Champions
Gearing up for launch, Scopely becomes formal publisher of WWE: Champions - Free Puzzle RPG
No longer a Phase One game
Hype Balls
Will Pokemon GO's success have any influence on the way indies make games?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Storm8 Study
Germany, Japan, and Russia play three times more casual games than any other market, claims Storm8
Most gaming done during the weekdays
Games By The Numbers
82% of all mobile games are downloaded on Android devices, finds Unity
Based on downloads of Unity-powered apps
Bafta Games Lecture
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen to give BAFTA lecture on 5 September
Talking about company culture
Making Of
Sticky snowballs and shifting genres: The making of Tap My Katamari
How do you explain such a bizarre concept?
Shiny, New
VR is dead. Let's all bow down to the location-based AR future of Pokemon GO
How one game took down a whole conference
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Kabam goes all-in on retention, Space Ape wastes millions of dollars on UA, and how does Pokemon GO monetise?
The hottest articles of last week
Space Ape Spend
How Space Ape wasted millions marketing its dark fantasy game Rival Kingdoms through the wrong UA channels
Mistakes made and lessons learned
Indie Survival
Ian Masters on how to manage your life and mental health as an indie
Exercise, meditate, and sleep right
Google Growth
How Google is integrating tools and automating app store discovery
Ads and automation
Guerrilla Marketing
How to use low-cost guerrilla marketing to push your indie game
Training pigeons encouraged but not required
After The Gold Rush
Auroch Digital on how to run a successful Kickstarter in a world of jaded backers
It's hard, but you can do it
Lessons In Vr
Why VR game developers need to "sacrifice creativity for comfort"
Player Research on the lessons developers have learned in VR
Ar Or Vr?
Should indie developers be working on AR or VR?
Koolhaus Games thinks it's AR
Growing Pains
Oculus' Anna Sweet on why VR is still in its "Pong Stage"
New genres
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Netmarble is eyeing Playtika, Flaregames triples sales, and how to get a job at Future Games of London
The hottest articles of last week
Clash China
Tencent starts distributing Clash Royale through China
Not that it wasn't already there
Ninten-go
Nintendo's market value shoots to $23 billion following launch of Pokémon GO
Share values rise 10%
A Good Harvest
Farm Heroes Super Saga was the fastest growing Android game in June, as Clash Royale falls rapidly
Clash Royale engagement starting to fall
Apple Crumble
Apple drops to fifth place in China's mobile market as local competitors thrive
Not even a new iPhone could help
Crashing China
Koukoi Games partners with MyGamez to bring Crashing Season to China
Despite further restrictions on mobile games
Poker Face
Netmarble reportedly eyeing social casino with a $4.3 billion Playtika acquisition
New markets
No Stopping
Flaregames triples revenue as Nonstop Knight surpasses four million downloads
Pivot to publishing a huge success
Nintendo For All
Mario Mobile?: Nintendo plans to open all original IP up for mobile development
Looking to make games and apps for everyone
Nintendo Controllers
Nintendo looking into smartphone controllers, VR, and more
The sky's the limit
Brexit Rights
TIGA urges UK government to protect rights of EU workers following Brexit
15% of UK games industry made up of migrants from other EU countries
Chinajoy Mobile Mixer
Join us for our PG Mobile Mixer at Chinajoy 2016
Drinks and networking for all
Best Fiends Forever
Seriously's clicker sequel Best Fiends Forever returns to soft launch
Less idle, more RPG
Hero's Struggle
King's midcore title Hero pulled from soft launch for a second time
Will probably be back in a month
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The UK is the next emerging soft launch market, how to get a job at Madfinger, and King has another midcore game
The hottest articles of last week
Tencent Domination
Tencent dominated China's Android marketplaces in May, according to Newzoo
Takes 44.5% of top 100 grossing revenues
Coming Soon?
Is Sega working on a mobile strategy RPG called Sega Blast Heroes?
Facebook ad suggests so
Slicing The Numbers
Average paying gamer spends $9.39 a month on IAP
So says AppsFlyer
King Of Kings
Turn-based strategy Rise of Tyrants is King's other soft-launched midcore title
Has been in development for 21 months
Uk Soft Launch
Updated: Is the United Kingdom the next emerging soft launch market?
A growing trend of games soft-launched in the UK
Pandora's Mmo
Kabam bets big on the success of future Avatar films with MMOG tie-in announced
In development in LA
Blocked Channels
How damaging will paid App Store search ads be for the discovery of indie games?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
The Little Things
96% of the top 100 free games on Google Play are under 100MB, finds AppFigures
Paid games are often larger
The New 52
DC Comics Legends revamps gameplay to be more like EA's successful CCG Galaxy of Heroes
Streamlined character progression and simplified missions
Deminions Renamed
Rovio's Monster Strike-like, Deminions Unleashed, renamed Pet Monsters
Stealing an audience or setting up a new franchise?
Hunt No More
Capcom cans international release of Monster Hunter Explore after 2 months of soft launch
Japan-only
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David Diaz joins Supercell, Peter Vesterbacka spreads his wings, and the key trends changing match-3 games
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No Guts No Vainglory
Amazon Appstore becomes major sponsor of Vainglory US & EU Summer Season
Season structure also altered to be more eSports friendly