Sky’s The Limit
The Walking Dead’s Skybound launches games publishing division
Skybound Games will debut with The Long Dark and Slime Rancher in September 2018
Raw Funds
Multiplay founder invests $125,000 into indie publisher Raw Fury
"Thanks for the money, dude"
Indie Publishing
Habby: We don’t believe in copying like other publishers
Start-up wants to help guide indies onto the global stage
Get Published
New mobile publisher Habby on the hunt for indie games
Profiling Habby - the hot new games publisher from Asia
Looking East
Flaregames sets its sights on solving China's publishing problems with Yeahmobi partnership
German publisher rebrands as it continues to expand its operations
Tapped Out
Chinese online games portal TapTap shut down for three months as government cracks down on rule breakers
Tencent, 360, Xiaomi and more also slapped with fines
Big Plays
New global mobile games publisher Finger Punch sets up shop in Singapore
Company plans to partner up with developers across the globe
Wild
Games distributor EuroVideo taps Daedalic and others for new publishing label Wild River
Wild River teams up with German-based studios Daedalic, Independent Arts and Morphicon to release three new mobile games this year
Thq Nordic Buys Koch Media
THQ Nordic snaps up Deep Silver owner Koch Media in deal worth $196 million
No changes to happen at either company
Bridge Constructor Portal
A bridge too far: How Headup Games persuaded Valve to license the Portal IP for a Bridge Constructor game
Game engineer Mark Aldrup on avoiding free-to-play and plans for the future
Riposte Furnace Partnership
Mini Guns developer Riposte Games signs two-game publishing deal with Furnace Games
First game to come from the partnership will be called Dungeon Stars
Tilting President
Tilting Point promotes COO Samir El Agili to president as co-founder Dan Sherman steps down
Sherman to stay on the board of directors
The Room In Asia
Fireproof Games partners with NetEase to bring The Room Three and Old Sins to Asia
Previous partnership with Chrous Worldwide appears to be over
Sweet Incubator
Flaregames unveils Sweet Nitro as first partner from $21 million accelerator program
Flaregames CEO Klaas Kersting discusses its how its new publishing strategy is helping mobile developers get to market
Going East
Niantic readies Pokemon Go for China launch
Possible partnership with Chinese publishing giant NetEase
Wargaming Gunslingers
Industrial Toys spin-off Gunslinger Studios partners with Wargaming Mobile to publish upcoming mobile RPGs
Exiles of Embermark likely to be the first game to be published
Raw Fury Funding
Indie publisher Raw Fury secures $600k investment to release more games on Switch
David Helgason, Rikard Lindström, and Raw Fury staff get in on the round
Discovering Publishing
Digital trading card specialist VirtTrade signs three year partnership with Discovery Channel
Expands into independent publishing
Get Lobbying
Nominate the Best Publisher for the Mobile Games Awards 2018
Accolade recognises companies supporting developers who have released a game during the last year
Indie Publishing
Competing with the big boys: Tilting Point on what publishers should be offering indie developers in 2017
Chief Operating Officer Samir El Agili discusses the realities of the mobile game market
Edging Closer
TerraGenesis developer Edgeworks signs publishing deal with Tilting Point
Former Big Indie Pitch Winner coming to iOS and Android
First Love
Annapurna Interactive to publish Melbourne dev Mountains' debut narrative-focused game Florence
Title to be published on the Apple App Store in 2018
New Publisher
Hill Climb Racing developer Fingersoft launches data-driven publishing label Round Zero
VP of Publishing Daniel Rantala named as CEO of new division
Going Multi-platform
Sony set to release Nintendo Switch games under new publishing label Unties
Will also publish on PC
Publishing Deal
SPYR Games signs publishing deal with US developer Reset Studios
Two new games to utilise Hollywood IP
Kongregate Acquisition
Kongregate acquires Animation Throwdown and Spellstone developer Synpase Games
Will continue to operate as an indepdent studio
Expansion Of War
Nitro Games partners with Netmarble EMEA to bring Medals of War to Turkish and Arabic-speaking countries
Netmarble EMEA already has 50 million registered players
Atari Deal
Atari signs two-game publishing deal with crowdfunding platform Fig
Rebooting a classic franchise and bringing out a brand new IP
Ready For Ipo?
What makes Indian mobile publisher Nazara Games worth $550 million?
Nazara could be gearing up for IPO, but why should you take notice?
All 4 One
All 4 Games spins off from Channel 4 into independent mobile game publishing label
Business as usual, but with more creative control
Immersive Publishing
New VR and AR publisher Big Immersive launches
Company to published first and third-party games
Keeping Dreams Alive
Live operations management studio DECA Games decloaks after a year of stealth operations
Headed up by Ken GO, former General Manager of Kabam's European HQ
Go Unlimited
Eden Games partners with Microids to bring Gear.Club to Nintendo Switch
Racing onto the console as Gear.Club Unlimited in Q4 2017
Zplay Buys Noodlecake
ZPlay acquires indie game developer and publisher Noodlecake Studios for $4.9 million
Helps the Candian developer push further into Asia with no changes to the business
Sony Hits & Misses
From Fate/Grand Order to Mingol and PlayLink: Two years of Sony's mobile big bangs and misfires
A look at the three pillars of Sony's current mobile efforts
Publishing Deal
Finnish dev Grand Cru signs publishing deal with Nexon for new game Battlejack
Title based on popular card game blackjack
Global Publishing
5 videos that teach you about global mobile game publishing from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco
Learn all you need to know about key markets around the world
Jobs News
Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan joins Coffee Stain Publishing
Takes on role of Business Developer
War Wings West
Miniclip partners with majority stake owner Tencent to publish War Wings in the West
Launching first in the UK
Spooky Business
Balancing the bang and the buck: The making of Zombie Gunship Survival
Limbic Software and Flaregames explain all
New Lands
Playrix partners with iDreamSky to bring Gardenscapes to China
Hit match-3 game heading to Chinese Android devices
Stillfront acquires German sports management game OnlineFussballManager
Also agrees publishing deal with Digamore Entertainment for Football Empire
Next In Line
Line launches games publishing division after NextFloor acquisition
NextFloor CEO Min Kyu Kim to head up new unit
Besieged With Competition
Simutronics on Siege: Titan Wars and 30 years of multiplayer gaming
CEO David Whatley on the journey from MUDs to mobile PvP
Jobs News
PlayStack appoints new Head of Developer Partnerships
Rob Crossley to seek out developer deals for publisher
Unreal Offer
Epic Games teams up with Wargaming Mobile to support mobile developers using Unreal Engine 4
Pushing for mobile developers to use Unreal
Mobile Focus
Wargaming opens mobile division to develop and publish mobile games
Wargaming Mobile opens its doors
Get Into Sea
CloudMoolah offers up its top tips for publishing your mobile game in Southeast Asia
COO Jonathon Sze talks publishing, partners, and payments
Future Plans
"More growth, more platforms, broader presence": Kongregate on its post-acquisition strategy
MTG has snapped up the publisher, but what's next?
Cosmo Kong
Gamevil partners with Dungeon Link developer Kong Studios to publish next game Cosmo Duel
An innovative PvP match-3 puzzler is on its way