South Korea Playtimes
Mobile gamers in South Korea spend 46 minutes a day playing games
Lineage 2: Revolution remains king of the market
Pokemon Society
Pokemon GO now has as many MAUs as the entire population of the UK
Expect that number to grow
Baftas 2017
Pokemon GO and Clash Royale snag Best Mobile Game and Audience eSports Award at the 2017 BAFTAs
Multiplatform title That Dragon, Cancer also wins Game Innovation
Vr Is Bad
Niantic's John Hanke thinks VR is a "problem for society" because it's too immersive
Says AR is the way forward, obviously
Pokemon Go Forever
SK Telecom signs deal with The Pokemon Company offering free data to Pokemon GO players in South Korea
In exchange for 4,000 PokeStops and Gyms
At The Baftas
Pokemon GO picks up three nominations at the BAFTA Games Awards
Up for Mobile, Family, and Innovation
Pokemon Awards
Pokemon GO scoops Best Mobile/Handheld Game at 17th GDC Awards
Loses its three other nominations
Even More Pokemon
Three "major" updates planned for Pokemon GO by the end of 2017
Could PvP finally be on its way?
Imga Global 13
Pokemon GO takes home the Grand Jury prize at the 13th IMGA Global
Dawn of Titans snags two awards
Critical Hit
Pokemon GO racks up 650 million downloads
Players walk a combined 8.7 billion km
King Clash
Clash Royale tops global mobile digital sales market in January 2017
SuperData Research breaks out the top ten
Pokemon Back
Pokemon GO shoots back to the top of the grossing charts following major update
New Pokemon and customisation options helping boost revenue
Supercell Acquisitions
Supercell's Ilkka Paananen says "it's no secret" that the studio is looking at further acquisitions
Also talks about how Pokemon affected sales
More Pokemon
80 new Pokemon coming to Pokemon GO alongside new gameplay and customisation
If this doesn't bring players back, nothing will
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
Pokemon Damages
Developers now need permits to use Milwaukee parks in their games thanks to Pokemon GO 'damage'
County Parts Department attempted to hold Niantic accountable for damage to park
Pokemon Go Billionaire
Pokemon GO surpasses $1 billion in revenue in seven months
Sensor Tower thinks it has a long future ahead
Nintendo Financials Q3 Fy17
Nintendo posts profits of $904 million thanks to Pokemon GO and Super Mario Run
Pushes Animal Crossing Mobile back to next fiscal year
Gotta Catch 'em All
Pokemon GO reaches 4.2 million players a day in South Korea
Success continues for Niantic's hit game
Pokemon Go Korea
Pokemon GO launches in South Korea and shoots straight to second in iOS top grossing chart
Jumps to 2nd place on top grossing charts
Not Quite A Billion
Pokemon GO generated $950 million in revenue in 2016
More than global sales for Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice
Public Safety
Pokemon GO faces wall to China release over security concerns
Government evaluating risks presented by location and AR-based games
Failure To Engage
Forget revenue, it’s Super Mario Run’s retention that proves Free-to-Start is DOA
Nintendo's mobile debut demonstrates dated thinking
Money Makers
App Store developers earned $20 billion in 2016
Apple rounds up its 2016 with some big numbers
Slowing Down
Super Mario Run player engagement may have peaked just three days after launch
Verto Analytics sizes it up alongside Pokemon GO
App Annie 2017
Gross mobile app spend will hit $166 billion and Pokemon GO won't have any clones in 2017
App Annie looks into its crystal ball
Games Of The Year
PocketGamer.biz's Games of the Year 2016
The Editorial team picks their favourite games this year
Nintendo On Mobile
Nintendo planning to launch up to three mobile games a year after successful 2016
Tatsumi Kimishima thinks it should be a main pillar of the business
Pokemon Watch
Pokemon GO Apple Watch companion app launches
Can it save wearables?
Facebook Goty 2016
Gardenscapes beats Pokemon GO and Clash Royale to be Facebook's Game of the Year 2016
Instant Games and good Facebook Integration also recognised
Indie Mavens
Indie Mavens' Games of the Year 2016
Some big names, some smaller entries
Looking Back
Mobile games generated $40.6 billion in revenues from 2.6 billion MAUs in 2016
SuperData Research looks back on the year
Pokemon Sit
Pokemon GO players walk more than non-players but only for the first six weeks after downloading it
Says a study from the British Medical Journal
Go To India
Pokemon GO to officially launch in India following Niantic partnership with Reliance Jio
No data charges on the game until the end of March
Pokemon Going
Pokemon GO adds first new batch of pokemon five months after launching
Also gives Pikachu a Santa hat
Pokebucks
Niantic partners with Starbucks to turn over 7,800 stores into PokeStops for Pokemon GO
There's a new Frappuccino too
Apple Best Of 2016
Clash Royale named best iPhone game of 2016 by Apple
Pokemon GO doesn't get a look in
Jostling In Japan
Sony's Fate/Grand Order has been more successful financially on Android in Japan than Pokemon GO
Could never match global success
Best Of The Best
Pokemon GO catches Best Mobile/Handheld and Best Family awards at The Game Awards 2016
Beats Clash Royale to the former
Keep On Going
Pokemon GO was the top trending game of 2016 on the UK Google Play store
Clash Royale a close second
Everybody Loves Pokemon
Pokemon GO is the most played game of all time in Japan
According to a not-very-scientific survey
Ar Trumps Vr
Pokemon GO named Mobile Game of the Year 2016 at The Golden Joystick Awards
Also wins Innovation of the Year over Oculus Rift and HTC Vive
Daily Pokemon
Four months after launch, Pokemon GO adds Daily Bonuses to boost retention
Does it even need it at this point?
Pokemon Ghoul
Pokemon GO sees daily revenues up to $4.6 million a day during Halloween live event
Revenues up 133% worldwide for four days during the event
Pokemon Go Go Go
Pokemon GO back on top of the US App Store thanks to in-game Halloween event
Niantic's hit surges up charts across the globe
Pokemon Boo
Pokemon GO aims to entice players back with more candy and scary Pokemon in Halloween event
First live event since launch
Record Catcher
Pokemon GO rakes in $600 million in revenue twice as fast as Candy Crush Saga
Niantic continues to catch all the records
Too Big To Fail
Pokemon GO may be losing millions of users, but its retention rate is on par with Clash of Clans
Niantic Labs has nothing to fear if SurveyMonkey is right
Pokemon Maybe
Pokemon GO still jostling for top spot on US App Store with Clash Royale and Mobile Strike
Remains at the top of the UK charts
Going To The Top
Pokemon GO generated $204 million of August 2016's $3 billion mobile game revenues
Highest grossing game of the month