Two Become One
Gamevil and Com2uS combine to create a new European joint venture
Sister companies make it formal
Fulfilling The Vision
InnoGames on finishing what Wooga started with Warlords
Studio Director Philip Bang on the project so far
Wooga's New Vp
Wooga appoints new VP of Publishing
David Nixon will now oversee all the marketing and customer care teams
Funding Paradise
"The timing is perfect": TreasureHunt on its $6 million investment and future plans
CEO Kyle Smith gearing up for Pet Paradise launch
Simplaex Funding
Mobile marketing platform Simplaex raises $2.6 million to expand beyond games
Now has 300 million users on its platform
Connection Time
Join us for a Pocket Gamer DrinkUp during Berlin Games Week on April 25th
If you're headed in for Quo Vadis 2017, come network in our company
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Wooga's Rebecca Harwick on how to get a job as a Lead Writer
Some top tips in building a career as a game writer
Going It Alone
"Starting a games studio is idiotic, brutal and you should totally do it"
TreasureHunt CEO Kyle Smith shares advice on starting a company
A Perfect Match?
Can traditional analogue game mechanics make successful F2P casual titles?
231 Play on going back to basics to find a niche
Making Tracks Together
Reuniting old partners: Snowprint Studios on opening a new site in Berlin
Alexander Ekvall and Wilhelm Österberg talk love, teamwork, and building great games
Anvil In The Snow
Snowprint Studios taps ex-Wooga midcore staff to set up new Berlin studio
Wilhelm Österberg heads up new team
Moving And Shaking
Gamevil Europe hires former Kabam exec Chinh Vu as new Head of Marketing
Moves into new offices too
Live And Kicking
Three years on: Wooga on the evolution of Jelly Splash
Product Lead Philipp Stelzer reflects on the game's life so far
Might And Magic On Mobile
Black Anvil's first and last game: the making of Warlords
Putting the 'core' back in midcore
Game Over
Midcore spin-off studio Black Anvil shut down as part of Wooga cuts
Warlords its last game, Studio Head departs
The Time Is Soon
Wooga on establishing a scalable smartwatch gaming market ahead of Apple Watch 2 and watchOS 3
CEO Jens Begemann on Fish Time and experimenting with IAP
Simple Ua
Mobile marketing platform Simplaex reaches more than 50 million players in four months
100 million expected by the end of September
Aeria Games Job Cuts?
Rumour: Berlin-based developer Aeria Games cuts 106 jobs following acquisition by Gamigo
Due to "operational reasons"
Esports Rising
Team Secret continues to dominate Vainglory as it wins third EU Championship Final in a row
Snow Tsunami once again the runner-up
Wrist Quick
Wooga's debut Apple Watch game is retaining players twice as well as mobile games
A new way to play
Easy Peasy
As devs drift towards midcore, is there an opportunity for super casual experiences?
231 Play founder Matthias Hoechsmann thinks so
Testing Testing
Stratosphere Games one of the first to launch a game through the new Google Play Early Access program
Importance of feedback
Classics Digitised
Gamedoctors founders aim to "casualize" analogue classics with new Berlin studio 231 Play
Debut game will be Peppy Pairs Paradise
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
Smart Time?
Paul Virapen on why smartwatch gaming, not VR, is the big, new opportunity for Wooga
Wrist over head
Big Indie Pitch
Pitch your mobile and VR games at the Big Indie Pitch @ Gamefest Berlin 2016 on 22 April
Get your game in front of experts and journalists
Never The Twain
Wooga on its tactical separation of core and casual development, and why wearables will trump VR
Jens Begemann and Wilhelm Oesterberg on the casual/midcore divide
Trump That
GameDuell switches focus from casual to cross-platform card and board games
Shuts down internal studio
Gdc Launch Pad
Simplaex launches the first peer-to-peer marketing platform for game developers to buy, engage and sell players
A new marketing technology platform arises
Wooga Spin-off
Wooga spins off new core-focused studio, Black Anvil Games
Turn-based strategy Warlords coming soon from new studio
Roll Up Roll Up
RNTS spends up to $72 million, adding Inneractive to Heyzap and Fyber to hit $220 million in sales by 2017
Spending spree
Hello And Guten Tag
AppsFlyer establishes two new offices in London and Berlin, now hiring
Two new European offices for the Israel-based marketing firm
The Next Step
How to get a job at The Walking Dead: No Man's Land developer Next Games
HR Manager Anna Feodorow shares insights
New Mates
Newzoo and Priori Data announce commercial and strategic partnership
Sharing data and expertise to improve services
Ua Roll Up
UA consolidation gathers pace as Fyber buys Heyzap for up to $45 million
Total reach tops 500 million MAUs
It's Bender Time
Wooga gets into the IP game with the announcement of Futurama: Game of Drones
Small screen heroes
Future Time
Wooga hires hires WearGa CEO Paul Virapen to kickstart its new wearable dev team
Cupcake Dungeon man now in Berlin
In Tandem
Klang Games partners with Tilting Point to publish ReRunners
Asynchronous racer coming soon
Rocket Fuel
Mobile data outfit Adjust takes funding to $30m as it closes $17 million D round
Data at scale
Advancing Advertising
AppLift unveils AppLift Labs to innovate ad tech
Developing new methods of user acquisition and engagement
Nothing Hidden
Isn't it time to push for open-sourced SDKs?
Time to be open
Berlin Calling
Berlin studio Wooga seeking experienced strategy game designer
Designer wanted to polish strategy game prototypes
Hot Five
The making of Angry Birds 2, Bethesda's F2P Boogeyman, and Apple and Google unite
We round up the top five stories of last week.
Ambitious Tactics
Why Gumi's new Berlin studio is embracing risk to reinvent F2P mobile strategy gaming
Are Mack Growen on building something new
Something New
Gumi chooses Berlin for its new European-focused mobile game development team
Central location is best
Rebounds
Following hard reset in SF, GREE expands with new offices in Berlin and Melbourne
Cheaper, fresher locations
First In
Klang Games bags London Venture Partners investment
Former Supercell investment finds a new project
Jobs In Germany
Angry Birds Epic developer seeking several new faces for its Munich office
Plus vacancies from Zeitland and It Matters Games
Apply Now
How to get a job at Berlin casual developer GameDuell
Head of HR Rüdiger von Hennig reveals top tips
Eurozone
PlayFab cracks Europe, wants to help you do the same
Backend specialist opens new Berlin office