Pocket Star Trek
More shooting, fewer discussions: SPYR Games on bringing Star Trek to its MMO Pocket Starships
Creator Lars Koschin discusses the task of merging two universes together
Rcp Licensed Ip
Remote Control Productions on licensed IPs and how to secure them
COO Kalle Kaivola on building relationships and not focusing on genre
To The Moomin
Moomin-focused mobile developer Snowfall promotes COO Natasha Trygg to CEO
Former CEO Petri Elovaara will stick around as a board member and advisor
Tv Structure, Mobile Platform
"We think about hooks and cliffhangers a lot": MegaZebra on episodic mobile game storytelling in Desperate Housewives
CEO Mark Gazecki on the making of Desperate Housewives
Cuddly Assassins
Ubisoft teams up with Behaviour Interactive for F2P mobile RPG Assassin's Creed Rebellion
Can Behaviour replicate Fallout Shelter success?
How Long Is Forever?
Sega responds to criticism over handling of retro Sega Forever scheme
Mike Evans blames fragmentation, promises improvements
Esports Branding
Mobile eSports: How can brands segment this audience?
Fast Web Media's Paul Bullock breaks down the audience and opportunities for brands
Blade Runner 2049
Next Games partners with Alcon Entertainment on Blade Runner 2049 mobile game
Ryan Gosling's outline might make an appearance
Hit For Six
How Nazara Games topped India's Google Play with Royal Challengers Bangalore partnership
CEO Manish Agarwal on how mobile games and the IPL can work together
Hit It For Six
Sony's mobile studio ForwardWorks preps debut game harnessing Everybody's Golf IP
Drecom Inc acting as developer on the studio's first game
Mobile Mavens
Can mobile games still launch successful multimedia IP?
Will there be another Angry Birds?
Keep It Greasy
East Side Games' licensed IP Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money hits two million downloads in a month
Time to crack open a cold one with the boys
I'll Be Back
Plarium launches long-awaited movie tie-in strategy game Terminator Genisys: Future War
Time to choose a side: humans or Skynet?
Clicking Together
ZiMAD partners with Sony Pictures to bring blockbuster film brands to Magic Jigsaw Puzzles game
Its four million MAUs are sure to be happy
Do It Yourself
NBCUniversal focuses in on mobile with plans to self-publish future games based on its IP
Recent hire Chris Heatherly heading up the new publishing arm
Mighty Partnership
Ubisoft partners with Tencent and Playcrab for China-focused Might & Magic strategy game
Might & Magic Heroes: Era of Chaos expected to launch June 2017
Indian Mavens
Do mobile games need a well-known IP to succeed in India?
And can developers gain traction on their own?
Wearable Gaming
Italian fashion house Moschino unveils Candy Crush collection
Candy Crush the latest inspiration for Jeremy Scott's pop culture designs
Covet Users
Re-think mobile ad creatives to motivate your audience
Dots Director of User Acquisition Haydon Young offers advice on attracting engaged users
Midas Touch
Koei Tecmo establishes mobile-specific brand Midas
Wants its games to "shine like gold"
Oceans & Pirates
South Korean dev Joycity bags license for Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War
Looks a lot like Oceans & Empires
Having A Party
Plarium launches Twentieth Century Fox-licensed Rio: Match-3 Party
Jesse Eisenberg reprises his role as a bird
Collab Of Duty
Activision partners with Elex on unannounced Call of Duty mobile game
Could explain why CoD: Siege was cancelled
Run!
Scopely snags Temple Run license for soft-launched match-3 title Treasure Hunters
Now open for pre-registration on Google Play
Yes Another One
Jam City soft-launches branded match-3 title Family Guy - Another Freakin' Mobile Game
TinyCo acquisition apparently acting as gateway to the license
Whodunnit?
Marmalade Game Studio continues relationship with Hasbro by launching mobile Cluedo game
Fourth game to come from the partnership
Funding News
Animoca Brands raises $5 million to expand into mobile VR and eBooks
Total funding to date nears $16 million
Nonstop Walker
Flaregames officially reveals brand-powered idle-RPG Nonstop Chuck Norris
Roundhouse kicking people in the face from late April
Loopme Funding
AI-driven mobile video marketer LoopMe closes $10 million funding round
Expanding into three countries in 2017
Going To Rio
Plarium partners with Twentieth Century Fox to bring children's film Rio to match-3
Still waiting on Terminator Genisys
Marketing Future
The game ad-unit: The future of mobile marketing and location-based entertainment after Pokemon GO
Mark Ollila peers into the near future for mobile marketing
From Hong Kong To The World
How Hong Kong's export culture led Animoca Brands to global mobile game success
CEO Robby Yung also talks subscriptions, emerging markets and TicBits
The Fame Game
How Israeli studio Ilyon snapped up the Little Mix IP for a new celebrity mobile game
CEO Yonatan Erez on working with the girl group
The People's Download
Scopely releases licensed match-3 RPG WWE Champions after 13 months in soft launch
Time to smell what Scopely's been cooking
Automatic Trade
Game changer: Woobi’s in-game programmatic platform
Woobi CEO Chaya Soggot discusses why brands can be big business in games
Trusting Ip
What value can a big IP actually bring to your mobile game?
Brand experts have a chat
The State Of Play For Ads
Advertising megatrends for 2017
Mobvista's Nick Roveta on the latest in advertising
Porsche For All
CSR Racing 2 to be the first non-EA mobile game to feature Porsche cars
NaturalMotion jumps on the open licensing
Jam World
Jam City eyes up IPO and expansion into Asia in 2017
Peanuts game revealed as Snoopy Pop
Nonstop Roundhouse Kick
Flaregames soft-launches new Nonstop Knight title Nonstop Chuck Norris
The kids do love their memes
Branded Trends
Brands and games: It takes two to tango
Game developers need to get on board with the trend and focus their efforts on making their games appealing for brands
From Movies To Mobile
How Episode uses TV and Hollywood partnerships to grow its mobile audience
Head of Studio Michael Dawson explains the strategy
Unleash The Beast
EA's exclusivity with Porsche runs out at the end of 2016
Other developers able to license Porsche for their games
Moving Forward
Sony ForwardWorks reveals first mobile games, partnerships and mixed-reality tech for 2017
A wealth of games for Asia
Better Than In-house
WildTangent reports 33% fill rate increase after signing up with AerServ
Brand advertising approach brings impressive returns
Mobile Mavens
What's the value of a movie license for a free-to-play mobile game?
And why are such deals so popular?
Now Playing
Now playing: Flaregames CEO Klaas Kersting on Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Cards On The Table
Four companies, five cartoons, one game: the making of Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards
Kongregate's Peter Eykemans and Jeff Gurian share insights
Valerian Mobile
Spil Games bags mobile game licence for upcoming sci-fi blockbuster Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Mobile strategy game tie-in launching in 2017
Short Burst Storytelling
Disruptor Beam wants players to succeed and fail together in The Walking Dead: March to War
Director of Product & Design Joey Lapegna on the latest IP to get the Disruptor Beam treatment