Fight Fight Fight
Mobile Legends is quietly out-grossing Arena of Valor in many countries
Tencent's MOBA mega-hit isn't winning everywhere
Magic Money Tree
Mixed reality start-up Magic Leap scores another $461 million investment
Total investment to date reaches $2.3 billion
Trolls
“Patent trolls” threaten Clicker Heroes dev with legal action over virtual currency
PlaySaurus asked to pay $35 million licensing fee for violating a patent concerning the sale of virtual currency
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Lifes A Pitch
80% of games journalists receive up to 10 review pitches per day
Big Games Machine surveyed over 200 games reviewers in it's first report
All The Marbles
Netmarble’s Lineage 2: Revolution generated $924 million in first 11 months
Seoul-based games publisher also looking to continue big Western push with more titles set for 2018
Getting The Message
How to approach game design for Facebook Instant Games
Chatterbox Games CPO Adam Telfer breaks down how to make games for chat apps like Messenger
Jurassic Lark
Ludia gives new location-based AR game Jurassic World Alive the Pokemon Go treatment
New AR title expected to release ahead of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Showcasing Diversity
Google highlights games made by women as part of Change the Game initiative
Apps highlighted include 80 Days, Zen Koi 2, Race for the Galaxy and Kami 2
Building Blox
How one student's The Sims-like Roblox game racked up 160 million play sessions
Coeptus on the success of Welcome to Bloxburg
Scapegoat Confirmed
Trump's meeting to scapegoat the games industry for US gun violence is on
ESA confirms actual invite after confusion around who would attend
Set To Crush It?
Livestreaming service Mobcrush wants to democratise streaming with Go Live, Get Paid ads platform
CEO Mike Wann discusses the company's new strategy for paying content creators
Good Game
Amazon officially acquires cloud development platform GameSparks
Despite being reported back in July 2017 the deal is now official
Indie Mavens
Is there any room for indie games developers to get in on the battle royale trend?
Our mobile mavens weigh in
Jobs News
Dots developer hires ex-King head of game franchises as new president
Nir Efrat to lead business operations and expansion plans
Special Offers
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Clash Of The Titans
Glu Mobile explores strategy genre with new soft-launched IP Titan World
Glu Mobile soft-launches new IP Titan World in the Philippines
Most Read
Zynga targets Indian mobile market, a fresh start for Glu, and big changes at Rovio
The hottest articles of the last week
The Week In Jobs
Mobile game jobs weekly: Rovio closes London studio, new PocketGamer.biz writers, and Niantic job openings
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
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Trumped Up Charges
Trump 'invites' games industry to meeting to scapegoat video games for US gun violence
Unclear what the point of this all is
Iap Inspector
How does What's Your Story monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Building Blocks
Unity partners up with blockchain marketplace DMarket for in-game item trading
Unity and DMarket team up to build links between gaming and blockchain trading
Crushed It
Mobile streaming outfit Mobcrush recruits ex-Studio 71 COO Phil Ranta as head of creators
Phil Ranta joins up with Mobcrush to lead their creator community
Good Cause
Esports platform Skillz partners with breast cancer organisation for $100,000 charity tournament
"By supporting Susan G. Komen the Skillz platform will contribute to change"
You're A Wizard
Jam City opens Google Play pre-registrations for Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Mobile title set for spring 2018 release
Egged On
Kirby developer HAL Laboratory’s Part Time UFO touches down in the West
New mobile-focused studio HAL Egg's debut title is out now in the west
Celebrity Pay Off
A fresh start for Glu Mobile
End of a difficult era
It's Party Time
Pocket Gamer’s ultimate GDC 2018 party guide
Stay busy during the evenings at GDC
#shetalksgames
Facebook teams up with leading industry figures for new Women in Gaming social hub
The social media giant has committed to helping women find a way into the industry
New Speakers
Super Evil Megacorp, ESL, Reality Clash, FunPlus and Seriously confirmed for PG Connects San Francisco 2018
May 14th to 15th mobile games industry conference set to be biggest US outing to date
Parallel Bidding
Ad mediation platform Appodeal introduces in-app header bidding
Parallel Bidding currently in alpha testing
Sweet Money
Candy Crush Soda Saga fizzes into top 10 of global grossing mobile game charts for January 2018
Two Candy Crush games in the top 10 revenue generators for January, according to SuperData
Augmented Spooks
Ghostbusters World gives iconic films the Pokemon Go treatment
South Korean publisher Four Thirty Three and partner studio NextAge on board to develop and publish
No Payne No Gain
Next Games and AMC turn to Jesus to teach gamers about The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land
Actors Tom Payne and Alanna Masterson promote mobile title with series of videos
Chart Royale
Tencent’s PUBG: Exhilarating Battlefield tops the mobile battle royale stakes in February
Tencent's Playerunkown's Battlegrounds duo make top five most downloaded for February
Arcore In The Wild
Google launches its augmented reality SDK ARCore on Android
Available now on 13 different devices
Take Your Pick
The interactive narrative games taking over the App Store
Why are story-based games on the rise?
The Week In Jobs
Mobile game jobs weekly: New studio Playrmakr hires chief design officer, InnoGames' new PR team, Jam City recruitment drive
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
Iap Inspector
How does Rules of Survival monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Competitive Gaming
Vision Esports raises $38 million to power competitive gaming investment
Plans to fund more companies in the space
Say What?
Trump says US needs video games ratings after blaming them for gun crime
Commander-in-chief rambles about system its games industry has had since 1994
Awards Nominees
Lineage 2, Animal Crossing, Arena of Valor and more pick up IMGA Global nominations
Winners to be announced at ceremony in San Francisco on March 20th
Ultra Educational
New educational mobile games studio Ultra Creative Games sets up shop in Vancouver
Headed up by former IGG senior game designer Matthew Tomporowski
Performance Index H2 2017
Apple's Search Ads fall in rank in latest AppsFlyer Performance Index due to higher costs and lower ROI
Facebook and Google still on top
New Fyber
Fyber absorbs Heyzap and Inneractive as part of its rebranding efforts
Also launches new product FairBid
International Expansion
Mobile esports platform RewardMob opens new European office
Start-up wants closer ties with developers in the region
New Ipad Rumours
Report: Apple to refresh its line of iPad products in March 2018
Filings with the Eurasian Economic Commission suggest new models are coming
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Cash Slinger
Rovio partners with GSN Games for real-money tournament game Angry Birds Champions
Play Angry Birds for cash on the WorldWinner platform