Nordic Drinkup
Unwind at Nordic Game Conference with the Pocket Gamer DrinkUp on May 18
Chill out, network, and drink free beer
Staff
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
Flying High
The Angry Birds Movie makes $43 million in opening weekend
Around half its budget made back before launching in the US
Most Read
Publishing in China, why gacha and auto-play are key gameplay trends, and King soft-launches a mid-core game
The hottest articles of last week
Android Vr Rumours
Google expected to announce standalone Android VR device at I/O conference
Or maybe it needs a mobile device... or maybe both!
Spicy
Tag Games' tech spin-off Chilli Technologies officially launches ChilliConnect free backend service
Pay when live
New Funding
GREE announces new $65 million investment fund for startups
B2B and B2B2C companies being targeted
6 Finger Discount
Madfinger Games celebrates 6 years and 150 million downloads with in-game events
Free gold, cheap games
Lads Lads Lads
Spil Games acquires male-oriented browser game portal Mousebreaker
1.5 million 18-35 male players now at their disposal
Ezio Hunters
Ubisoft and Lilith Games partner to bring Assassin's Creed to Soul Hunters
Ezio Auditore to be a playable character in the Chinese action-RPG
Vainglory Spring Season
Vainglory Spring Season Championship events to be held in Hollywood and Berlin in June
June 3-5 in Hollywood, June 10-12 in Berlin
Esports Awareness
Over 1 billion people will be aware of eSports by the end of 2016, predicts Newzoo
Actual viewing audience currently around 292 million people
Uniting Women
Unity announces five-part Women In Gaming talks
Talks across the globe by women in the industry, for women in the industry
Free Emblem
Nintendo confirms Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem mobile games will be free-to-play
After the success of Miitomo, it's no real surprise
Tag Team
Vivid Games announces its first publishing deal
Developed by fellow Polish developer EVERYDAYiPLAY
Google Play Charts
Puzzle & Dragons is the highest grossing Google Play game of all time
According to App Annie
Take You On A Cruise
One Piece Treasure Cruise passes 10 million downloads in the west
Niche performer
Monster Downloads
Monster Hunter Explore surpasses 3 million downloads
Worldwide launch expected sometime this year
Dragons & Downloads
Puzzle & Dragons reaches 10 million downloads in North America
But will it be enough to keep GungHo afloat?
Watch More
Instagram becomes even more tantalising for UA as it introduces video carousel ads
Five ads, one post
Appboy Funding
Appboy closes $20 million funding round
Funding to be spent on growth in Europe
Most Read
Behaviour goes branded mid-core, Day 7 retention drops, and Supercell making $3 billion in 2016
The hottest articles of last week
Cannibal Clash
Is Clash Royale cannibalizing Clash of Clans' sales?
EEDAR reckons so
Bubble Wilbur Saga
King soft-launches new entry in Bubble Witch Saga series, disguises it as "Wilbur"
Calling the package "com.king.bubblewitch3" a bit of a giveaway
Hero King
Updated: King goes midcore, soft-launching one-handed RPG Hero
A simple name for a simple game?
Biggleswho?
Top Eleven dev Nordeus renews sponsorship of the best football team you've never heard of
Biggleswade United FC gets the Top Eleven logo on their shirts for another season
Looking Ahead
How Fierce Kaiju got in on the ground floor of VR and avoided making its "Barbie game"
From Blast Furnace's ashes
Publisher Panel
Video: The role of publishers, according to the publishers themselves
What they look for and what they can do for you
Seriously Lifestyle
Seriously widens Best Fiends' UA strategy, signing up 200 lifestyle YouTubers for new influencer campaign
PewDiePie swapped out for CuteGirlsHairstyles
Focus On Core
Deeper Heroes: The making of Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2
The team at Disney talk design decisions and gameplay balancing
Cash Royale
Supercell on track to break $3 billion barrier in 2016
Out-performs Tom Clancy's The Division on consoles
Don't Push It
Indie Mavens on why Crunch - including indie self-crunch - is a failure of process
Don't confuse passion with servitude
Most Read
PocketWhale's PR pivot, Clash Royale clones, and is Machine Zone really worth $9 billion?
The hottest articles of last week
Making Of Episode
Demi Lovato, Mean Girls and moderation: The making of Episode
How major licenses helped boost the profile of the interactive fiction platform
Vr Mixer
Show off your VR game at our London VR Mixer on Wednesday 4 May
Celebrating the launch of the Global VR Gaming Challenge
Pure Gold
Video: The golden rules for raising funding from institutional investors
Inside track for cash
Play Persuasion
Video: Why you should be developing using Google Play services
The benefits of developing for Android
Most Read
Gumi closes western studios, Clash Royale's tournament success, and getting a job at A Thinking Ape
The hottest articles of last week
Money Makers
Video: Data mining to find the App Store's hidden winners
Making money without anyone noticing
Clash Of Titans
Clashing again: Apple to hold WWDC 2016 the same week as E3
Apple's event to run on June 13-17 in San Francisco
Millionaire Panel
Video: What does it cost to make a million on the App Store?
Less than a million, you would hope
Most Read
Clash Royale's monetisation and appeal analysed, plus UA Mega Trends and the power of Influencers
The hottest articles of last week
Get, Steady...
Video: Adways on how pre-registration can rocket-boost your launch
In particular, its own PreLaunch.me service
Develop Indie Showcase
Submissions now open for the Develop:Brighton Indie Showcase
Free conference tickets for the ten finalists
Session Lengths
Video: Nicholas Lovell on why your on-ramp needs to be better than Facebook's
Good luck with that!
Climax Auckland
Climax Studios opens new Auckland studio with ex-Gameloft employees
Focuing on AR and VR projects
Swedish Scenes At Stugan
Stugan 2016 applications closed, location of summer program announced
7 weeks of making games in the Swedish countryside
Meg-ua Predictions
Eric Seufert predicts the UA mega trends of 2016
What will be big?
Softlayer Services
Video: Softlayer on the importance of cloud hosting services and GPNs
Need to scale? You'll need cloud hosting
Most Read
Growth hacking tips, how Color Switch found success with ads, and Wooga talks mid-core
The hottest articles of last week
Culture Test
Video: How to pass the Cultural Test for the Video Games Tax Relief
British money for British companies