Glorious
Apple flaunts iPhone X gaming capabilities with Vainglory demonstration
Bionic chip commercial provides a marketing platform for Super Evil Megacorp’s MOBA
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: What does it take to make a game all about esports?
Agate talks creating a title all about competitive gaming
Drop Together
PUBG Mobile introduces a new 'Clans' community feature
Update also brings achievements and deathmatch-inspired War Mode to the mobile port
Chicken Fund
PUBG Mobile hits $30m in revenue in four months
The battle royale title saw revenues trip upon the introduction of the royale pass
Who's There?
Ex-Zynga and TinyCo devs raise $2m for chat app games start-up Knock Knock
The chat gaming network will combine chat-native play experiences with unique intellectual properties
Two Sweet
Fortnite Mobile bagging up to $2m a day
Revenues have received a shot in the arm following the launch of season five
Epic
Fortnite boom propels Epic Games to $8.5bn valuation
The battle royales success has also made Epic Games’ founder Tim Sweeney a billionaire
Back Of The Net
HQ Trivia dev expands popular app with HQ Sports
Mobile game already bringing in as many as 2.4 million concurrent players with its daily shows
Going Public
Jam City reportedly back on the IPO trail and could float in the autumn
$1 billion valuation speculated
Events
Play NYC enters its second year with a four-floor showcase of New York City’s hottest games
Playcrafting expect numbers to double up to 10,000 attendees at new Manhattan Centre venue
Rewarded Video Ads
Best practices for implementing six common rewarded video integrations
Facebook Audience Network product marketing manager Amelia Zins deals out the advice
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
Thieves allegedly use Clash of Clans to launder money, Supercell on machine learning, and the 70:30 App Store split is doomed
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The Weekly: Jurassic World Alive analysis, Pokemon Go Fest finds the right forumla, and reducing the gender gap
Rounding up the week's games industry analysis and news from around the internet
Yet More Pop Vinyls
Prepare for wave of Fortnite toys as Epic signs deals with Funko and Jazwares
Array of Fortnite toys and collectibles to launch in holiday 2018
On Strike
Player fury as YouTuber goes top of Marvel Strike Force leaderboards as part of marketing campaign
YouTuber KnightlyGaming was contracted to make guides for the title
Mobile Mavens
What's been the impact of the App Store on the games industry and where does it go from here?
The Mobile Mavens have their say
Legendary
Moonton’s popular MOBA Mobile Legends plunders $200m in global revenues
$25 million of that comes from the US
All Aboard
Chinese publisher NetEase picks up minority stake in UK studio Jumpship
Developer plans to double team of six over the next year
Callin' Hacks
Credit card thieves reportedly laundering money through Clash of Clans and Clash Royale
Kabam’s Marvel Contest of Champions also said to be a target
A Pretty Penny
Fortnite hits $1 billion through in-game purchases across mobile, PC and console
Viewers racked up 574 million hours watching Fornite in May alone
Victory Royale
After Fortnite's success Epic aims to make cross-play more accessible to all devs with Unreal Engine 4.20
Arjen Brussee discusses the latest update and features
Victory
Investment company Victory Square snaps up venture fund V2 Games
Pacific Rim: Breach Wars soft-launched in the US back in April
Charting Investor Confidence
Glu Mobile’s the best and Nintendo’s the worst performing game stock during 2018 so far
Ebbs and flows
Giggity
Jam City’s Family Guy Another Freakin’ Mobile Game breaks $30 million in revenue
The match-three game originally launched last year in April
Seismic Acquisition
Pokemon Go dev Niantic acquires Marvel Strike Force developer Seismic Games
Studio to craft new augmented reality experiences
Invested
Equity firm KKR & Co purchases $400m minority stake in mobile marketing platform Applovin
Deal increases the marketing platform’s value to $2 billion
On The Go
Niantic lures 180,000 Pokemon trainers to Chicago with Pokemon Go Fest
21,000 players attended Pokemon Go Fest in Lincoln Park alone
Co-op
App Store and Google Play game revenues hit combined $26.6 billion in first half of 2018
The combined total is a 28 per cent year-on-year increase from last years $26.9 billion
First Strike
Marvel Strike Force generates over $25m revenue in four months
Comic book RPG has been downloaded over 10 million times since its March 28th launch
Augmented Vision
Machine learning-driven AR outfit Octi raises $7.5 million
Eyes up clients in gaming, fitness and fashion industries
Roundup
Games industry roundup: The hottest stories across the PC, blockchain and influencer sectors
15 articles from PCGamesInsider.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockhainGamer.biz
Event
New venue for Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018
FInland’s biggest B2B games event outgrows its home from home, moves waterside
Hot Five
Google Play tests hub features, Runescape beta comes to Android, and Clash Royale snags $2 billion
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The Weekly
The Weekly: Deconstructing Florence, why indies are thriving on Switch, and Nintendo's stock price drops
Rounding up the week's games industry analysis and news from around the internet
Constructive
Roblox creator community on track to earn over $70 million this year
Active creator count has grown over 250 per cent in the last year alone.
Gold Chest
Fortnite’s first major esports tournament boasts an $8m prize pool
Epic begin digging into the $100m set aside for this season’s competitions
Jammin’
Jam City signs up ex-EA creative director Chris Tremmel
Tremmel will provide design direction for Genies & Gems and Wild Things: Animal Adventure
Valor
Tencent’s Arena of Valor breaks $3 million in revenue in the US
Tencent’s MOBA hits one million downloads
Winner Winner Second Dinner
Former Hearthstone game director Ben Brode opens new studio Second Dinner
The ex-Blizzard dev took to Twitter to reveal the news but details are sparse
Big Data Energy
The numbers behind the iOS App Store's 10-year stay
You could say it's been a bit of a success
Lovin It
AppLovin launches publishing division Lion Studios
The developer is also putting up $300K in prizes for the four best mobile gaming apps submitted
Oh The Horror
Asymmetrical Horror: NetEase on hitting 100m downloads with Identity V
"We are so proud of the results we’ve achieved!"
Payday
Epic Games' new 88/12 revenue-share split will give more back to Unreal Marketplace creators
Creators will be issued retroactive payouts to match the new 88/12 split
Closure
Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire dev MZ lays off 125 staff as it shuts down ad-tech branch Cognant
The entire Cognant team and about half of its in-house media buyers are said to have been laid off in June
Big Switch
Nintendo Switch sales set to eclipse PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the US for the year
The Switch is also expected to generate the most software revenues at retail
Chat Up
Warner Bros. acquires mobile games communication platform Plexchat
"Advancing the social aspect of our mobile games is a top priority for us"
Ah Ah Ah
FoxNext and East Side Games team up to bring It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia to mobile
Planned for release on both the App Store and Google Play in 2018
Tilted
Tilting Point out to invest $132m in mobile games user acquisition annually
The mobile games publisher is out to solve fundamental challenges in the free-to-play mobile games marketplace
Company Values
Jade Raymond on why company culture isn't just words on the wall
The EA Motive Studios GM on the importance of consistent values