Boggles The Mind
Zynga nabs licence for new mobile game Boggle With Friends
It's like Boggle, but with your friends
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
In The Mix
Harmonix partners with Hasbro for mobile and card game DropMix
Playing cards in the real world to mix beats in an app
Up In The Air
Com2uS enters deal with Activision to develop Skylanders mobile game for 2018
Activision provides the license, Com2uS does everything else
Going To Rio
Plarium partners with Twentieth Century Fox to bring children's film Rio to match-3
Still waiting on Terminator Genisys
Play Ball
Glu partners with MLB to bring fully-licensed teams and players to Tap Sports Baseball
Kris Bryant returns as the cover star
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
Trusting Ip
What value can a big IP actually bring to your mobile game?
Brand experts have a chat
Porsche For All
CSR Racing 2 to be the first non-EA mobile game to feature Porsche cars
NaturalMotion jumps on the open licensing
Neverending Story
CtrlMovie on taking their award-winning interactive film from your phone to the big screen
CEO Baptiste Planche reveals what's next for their tech after award wins for Late Shift at Game Connection Europe
Unleash The Beast
EA's exclusivity with Porsche runs out at the end of 2016
Other developers able to license Porsche for their games
Business Deals
Deal Tracker: Big money deals in China, HTML5, chat apps and fashion games in November 2016
37 Interactive splashes nearly $200 million on acquisitions
The New Thq
THQ Nordic gears up for Nintendo Switch launch with three old IP acquistions
Remember Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy?
Forged Of Champions
Kabam's new mobile fighter Transformers: Forged to Fight takes inspiration from its top grosser Contest of Champions
Even the naming convention is the same
Almost There
Netmarble soft-launches new mobile MOBA Star Wars: Force Arena
Chewie get us out of here!
A Cut Above
Gazillion Entertainment cuts a non-Marvel path onto mobile with licensed IP Dexter: Slice
First non-Marvel title released by the studio.
Mobile Mavens
What's the value of a movie license for a free-to-play mobile game?
And why are such deals so popular?
Evil Run
Evil Dead runner rises from new UK mobile game publisher Boomdash
Endless Nightmare coming to iOS
Animation Throwdown-loads
Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards surpasses four million downloads in one month
Day one retention over 50%
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
Fantastic Licence
UK developer Mediatonic working on Fantastic Beasts mobile game
Cases from the Wizarding World will be a hidden object title
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
Get Into The Jam
SGN Games rebrands as Jam City as it bolsters branded IP roster with Peanuts license
All in the name of growth
Mo-mo-motorious
Helsinki start-up Motorious Entertainment secures $566,000 to work on Top Gear mobile games
First game a match-3 puzzler
Made In Vancouver
Kabam teams up with Hasbro for new Transformers mobile game
Transformers: Contest of Champions
Lads Lads Lads
Spil Games acquires male-oriented browser game portal Mousebreaker
1.5 million 18-35 male players now at their disposal
Clever Move
Spil Games announces Creature Family, a F2P reboot of the AI classic for 2017
It lives again
Twitter, Mistruths & Hard Cash
Is Glu really paying Kim Kardashian 50% of the gross revenue of KK: Hollywood?
Analysing speculation
Match That
FTUE: Futurama: Game of Drones
Wooga has Good News
Breaking Bad
Scopely cooks up Breaking Bad license with F2P mobile title Breaking Bad: Empire Business in soft launch
It's time to cook
On The Up
Animoca Brands raises $3.5 million to expand portfolio and enter ebooks market
Brands the way
Go Niche
Video: How to make your branded IP stand out from the rest
If you can't beat them...
Licence To Succeed?
Glu CEO on why James Bond: World of Espionage is inspired by Game of War's LTV, not GoldenEye 007's gameplay
A significant bet
With Great Power...
I've never seen Star Wars but I am playing Star Wars: Uprising
Why devs shouldn't assume shared culture
Movie Magic
Sony Pictures and Reliance Games launch Hotel Transylvania 2 mobile game
More monsters
Licence To Kill For
Glu Mobile using its Bond licence for multiplayer strategy title James Bond: World of Espionage
First ever free-to-play Bond game "coming soon"
Istanbul-built, China-bound
iDreamSky snaps up Chinese publishing rights for US hit Toy Blast
Will its healthy US grossing translate Eastward?
Sharp Edges
Pixel Toys announces heavy mecha Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade game
Future war today
#pgcsanfran Smarts
You need to match brand and game quality, says Hitcents' Macy Mills
What to expect at PGC San Francisco 2015
Licensing Fever
EA announces 'truly extensive' CCG Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
Don't play against Han Solo
Candy & Popcorn
Cut the Rope's Om Nom gets a movie
Due in 2016
Timed For Movie Release
Rovio signs Lego deal for Angry Birds construction toys
Building and destruction
A New Hope
Kabam finds the licence it was looking for: announces RPG Star Wars: Uprising
Bringing a classic approach from RPGs
Real World Gold
How to leverage brands, licenses and celebrities for your mobile game's success
Ben Figueroa gives you four tips
Lights Camera Horror
Warner Bros. to bring Five Nights at Freddy's to the big screen
Survival horror on the big screen
Start Your Engine
Amazon makes another strategic gaming move with $50 million CryEngine deal
But what comes next?
Set Free
Unreal Engine 4 goes upfront free, backed by a 5% royalty fee
"Epic succeeds only when creators succeed"
Building Connections
Nexon set to develop Asia-first LEGO game for iOS and Android
LEGO's first foray into free-to-play on mobile
Interview
Indies should always be looking for their perfect publishing partner, says Hitcent's Macy Mills
What to expect at PG Connects London 2015