Revenue
Fortnite swoops past $200 million revenue on iOS five months after launch
Rapid success puts the battle royale on equal footing with Clash Royale’s performance
Limitless
Hatch is offering Deutsche Telekom subscribers in Germany limitless gaming data
Mobile provider's StreamOn program expands to include Hatch's streaming catalogue of games
Best Of 2018
The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018
Revealed: the movers, shakers and moneymakers!
Spot On
CD Projekt Red's new studio Spokko to create mobile titles for the Polish giant
The studio will be creating an “advanced and ambitious” mobile title for the Cyberpunk 2077 developer
Partnership
Ad network ironSource is now available on Google’s AdMob mediation platform
Developers using AdMob can now gain access to Ironsource’s existing marketplace
Jackpot
"KamaGames committed to embracing new tech": Studio CEO talks blockchain, Instant Games and player appeal
"New players simply have nothing to lose if they want to give any of our games a try"
Partnership
Gismart partners with Appodeal to publish casual and hyper-casual games
Developer will also utilise Appodeal’s extensive ad platform to push music, entertainment and utility apps
Speeding
Crossy Road speeds past in-app purchase revenues of $10 million
Multi-million milestone doesn’t even account for sales made through advertising in-game
China Lockdown
What the hell is happening to games in China?
Conspiracy or cock-up?
Snapchat Memes
How memes helped one app get a six-times cheaper CPI on Snapchat
Fanbytes offers key lessons on marketing your app
Devcom 2018
Devcom managing director Stephan Reichart calls for video gamers to be a force for good
Devcom head Stephan Reichart has called for video games to be a force for good in the troubling times we live in.
Devcom 2018
What can indie developers learn from the music industry?
"Do crazy shit"
Acquisition
Game of Whales acquires tracking app Appstatics
AI-powered tool acquires tracking app on its way to becoming a fully automated management platform
Privacy Regulations
Life in a GDPR world: How the new rules are changing app development, publishing and advertising
WEQ's Steffen Wachenfeld discusses what's next
Not So Angry
Angry Birds 2 bookings grow 44 per cent to reach a record $33.9m in Q2 2018
But Rovio’s financial report sees a slump in the wake of last year’s movie successes
Android
App Annie: Fortnite will push Android apps to over 170 billion downloads in 2018
Users to spend over $50 billion on the platform this year
Spending Spree
US Librarian spends $89,000 of public money on Game of War
Adam Winger sells his home and drains retirement fund to pay back the appropriated funds
Dinners On Them
Tencent’s PUBG Mobile racks up over 100m downloads
The mobile iteration of the popular battle royale game launched four months ago
The Finnish Line
Free bus rides for Finns to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
All aboard the party bus for Europe’s biggest mobile games industry event
Chart Toppers
World’s top 50 mobile games developers to be revealed August 21st
The list will be revealed on PocketGamer.Biz after the prestigious event in Germany next Tuesday
Vr
Nazara Technologies invests in Bangalore-based VR gaming studio Instasportz
Mobile developer is looking to get into offline VR games lounges across India
Strong Hand
Second Dinner picks up three more Hearthstone veterans
Three former Blizzard developers join former Hearthstone director Ben Brode’s new studio
Financial
South Korean publisher Com2us posts over $100m in earnings for the 11th consecutive quarter
Summoners War creator reports a 9 per cent sales increase since last quarter
Voice Chat
Vivox gives developers the power of voice for free
Whether it’s console, PC, or mobile, everyone from Wargaming to Epic have been powering their games with Vivox technology
Crushing It
King’s Candy Crush Saga enjoys highest grossing 12 month period with $930m made
The match-three title made $693 million in the 12 months prior
Book Now!
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki mid-term ticket prices end at midnight!
You have just hours to save up to $250 on Europe’s biggest event for the mobile games industry before tickets go up to full price
Finance
Tencent reports a quarterly drop in mobile revenue, but across the board business is booming
Mobile games revenue took a blow from “transient factors”
Mix It Up
One week to go: Games Mixer and Big Indie Pitch at Gamescom
Network into the night, learn about Asian trends in gaming, as well as blockchain - and enjoy the free bar too...
Boss It
Former Paradox CFO Andras Vajlok joins Like A Boss board
Six-year grand strategy veteran joins mobile sports maker
Investment
Animoca Brands receives $1.08m investment from Lympo and Sun Hung Kai
Publisher and developer to use the funding to open up opportunities in AI and blockchain
Sponsored
Only 31% of app developers are satisfied with their current ad revenues
Chocolate’s App Developer Survey focuses on devs satisfaction with current ad revenues, perceptions towards ad mediation and impact of in-app video ads
Madness
Shadowgun dev Madfinger hits 200m downloads across entire games portfolio
The Brno-based developer has crafted 11 titles over eight years
War
Pixonic’s War Robots racks up $190m in revenue
The third-person shooter originally launched back in April 2014
Come Together
The line between Flappy Bird and flop: How indie devs can come together to make all apps more successful
WildFire CEO Ken Johnson on sharing users and in-game currency
On Tilt
Tilting Point targets more European partners with new Barcelona studio
New office follows on from the publisher’s recent pledge to invest $132 million in mobile games user acquisition
India
Alibaba-owned gaming firm AGTech puts $16m into Gamepind Entertainment
Mobile gaming venture will use the fund to release a separate app within the next six months
Invested
Metropolitan Partners Group invests in Tilting Point Media user acquisition fund
Marketing and publishing platform aims to deploy $132m annually to finance user acquisition
Nice
PUBG Mobile has made $50 million in revenue
The battle royale received a shot in the arm following the introduction of the Royale Pass
Touchdown
Lifetime mobile sales of Madden NFL exceed 73 million
Combined with PC and mobile, the franchise has sold over 200 million copies
Jaaaam...
Pocket Jam back with a bang at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Two-day game jam returns this September at Europe’s biggest mobile games industry event
Job News Klaxon
RuneScape dev Jagex snags ZeniMax and Trion Worlds vets for senior roles
New starters take on SVP of game development and VP of tech roles
Fort-not
Google Play now warning Fortnite fans that the game isn’t on its Android store
Despite best efforts, clones are likely to flood the Google Play store
Unity
67% of Unity developers are choosing to publish independently
Unity reports on the development habits of 1,445 small to medium Indies
Roundup
Games industry roundup: The hottest stories across the PC, blockchain and influencer sectors
15 articles from PCGamesInsider.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockhainGamer.biz
Hot Five
The big Miniclip CEO interview, China stops approving games, and should app stores ditch the 70/30 revenue split?
The hottest articles in the mobile games industry from the last week
Get Online
Nintendo Switch Online will arrive in the second half of September
Long-delayed online subscription services pegged for the end of next month
Chinese Exports
Chinese games raked in more than $600 million in the US for the first half of 2018 alone
The haul was a 52 per cent increase year-on-year
Is It Worth It?
Is it time for the App Store and Google Play to ditch the 70/30 revenue split?
The mobile mavens offer their opinions
Write In
Interactive fiction specialist Dr Emily Short joins the Spirit AI board
Two-year Character Engine product manager takes on the role of executive director at Spirit
Fortnite Android
Fortnite Android rolls out exclusively on Samsung Galaxy devices first today
Heading to other Android devices over the next few days