Pikachu On The Case
Detective Pikachu movie reportedly signs up Kathryn Newton as female lead
Wait... they're still making the Detective Pikachu movie?
Focus On The Details
"F**k scale": Mark Pincus explains why a focus on product was integral to Zynga's endurance
The Zynga co-founder on creativity, failing fast and why the small details in games matter
(red) Candy
King partners with AIDS charity (RED) on three charity IAPs across the Candy Crush franchise
Help fight AIDS and crush some candies while you're at it
Stealing Christmas
Jam City brings Dr Seuss' The Grinch to mobile for the first time in Panda Pop
Partnership with Dr Seuss Enterprises adds a heap of new content
Newzoo Estimates
Global games market now expected to grow to $116 billion in 2017
Newzoo adjusts its expectations to account for popular trends in games
Mobile Heavyweights
Mobile Games Awards 2018: The finalists revealed
Awards ceremony to take place on January 23rd.
Autodesk Job Cuts
Autodesk cuts 1,150 jobs amid restructuring to focus on digital products and subscriptions
Around 13% of its workforce made redundant
Two Become One
What the hell is happening at Game of War and Mobile Strike developer MZ?
The baton is passed
Stateside Sessions
Call for speakers - want to join our PG Connects San Francisco 2018 agenda on May 14th to 15th?
Now considering all industry themes, from influencers to ICOs and everything in-between
Cookie Cutters
Jam City launches YouTube influencer campaign for Cookie Jam in time for National Cookie Day
iJustine and Jenna Ezarik face-off to make the best cookies
Industry Survey
Mobile Games Developer Trends 2017: What’s hot and what’s not
The industry tells us the shape of the sector in 2017
Camp Stats
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp clears an estimated 15 million downloads six days after launch
Sensor Tower says it's double Fire Emblem Heroes but half of Super Mario Run
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Western Revolution
Lineage 2: Revolution races to top 50 grossing positions across Europe and North America
Hit MMORPG off to a strong start but failed to replicate South Korea success
Critical Hit
Pokemon GO developer Niantic catches $200 million investment
Eclipses $30 million funding round in 2015
Infinity Stickers
Chair Entertainment partners with messaging app Pundit on a pack of Infinity Blade stickers
Now you can stab the God King with the Infinity Blade in cartoon form
Play To Win
RewardMob on turning games into casual eSports: "Developers have seen four times the number of player sessions"
The RewardMob CEO talks tournaments, league tables and leaderboards
Black Friday 2017
Black Friday 2017: Savings for game developers on Unity assets, Udemy courses and more
The best game development savings out there
The Charticle
From Lineage 2 to Contest of Champions: The games powering South Korean powerhouse Netmarble
It's not all about Lineage 2 - though nearly half of it is
Wild Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather becomes face of Playtrex's social casino game Wild Poker
Play as Mayweather, or just let him be the host of the game
Zooming Off
PacketZoom closes $5 million series A funding round to grow its platform
Baseline Ventures leads the round
Apple In Bloom
Report: Apple acquires mixed reality hardware firm Vrvana for $30 million
Could use the firm's VR/AR tech to design its own headset
The Charticle
Are mobile clones of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds fighting a losing battle?
Who's going big on mobile battle royale games?
Freshly Crowned
How a small Indian studio got 55 million downloads and 10 million DAUs in under a year
The rise of Gametion and Ludo King
Mad Skillz
Skillz brings cross-game, cross-platform chat system to 12 million users on its service
Revenues per player apparently increasing for apps using the chat
New Vision
Why CEO Frank Gibeau sees augmented reality as a key long-term opportunity for Zynga
No gimmickry. Just creative integrity
Marvel At It
FoxNext partners with Marvel on upcoming mobile game Marvel Strike Force
Former Kabam staff at Aftershock working on the game
A New World
Why FarmVille creator Mark Skaggs left Zynga for an Indian startup
And why he believes the gamble is paying off
Fallout Shutter
Behaviour Interactive shutters Santiago studio behind Fallout Shelter
Some staff transferred up to Montreal
Ar-focused
Pokemon GO developer Niantic has no plans to enter the VR space
Prefers to be leader in AR instead
Razer Phone Launch
Razer launches its gamer-focused Razer Phone for $699
Three threw a launch party with Vainglory and YouTubers
Mixing Messages
How a new AR mode could extend CSR Racing 2 from game into petrolhead status symbol app
The whole world’s a garage
Trust The Process
How Nukebox Studios is building on Food Truck Chef to become the Indian Supercell
14 canned games later, Food Truck Chef hits the jackpot
'tis The Season
57% of mobile gamers are more likely to watch a rewarded video ad during the holiday season
Tapjoy explores the modern mobile gamer and their views on marketing during the holidays
The State Of It
Non-organic mobile game installs have grown 3.4% since Q3 2016
AppsFlyer digs deep in its State of Gaming App Marketing report
Premium Partners
Bidalgo becomes Google's latest Premium Partner for Mobile Advertising
Working together on making Google's UACs accessible to all advertisers
Dragonflow
Social casino platform FlowPlay to bring Dragonchain's blockchain technology to its games
Invests in its ICO and plans on licensing the blockchain
Lineage 2 Heads West
Netmarble's MMORPG Lineage 2 Revolution launches in the US and Europe
It's been a long time coming
Top Trivia
Trivia Crack clears 300 million downloads in time for its fourth birthday
Over 80 billion questions answered worldwide
Bull In An App Store
Rodeo Stampede races past 100 million downloads
Still holding onto one million DAUs
The Game Awards 2017
Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes receive Best Mobile Game nominations at The Game Awards 2017
Honor of Kings is up for Best Chinese Game
Editor Vacancy
Start 2018 with a great new job on Pocket Gamer
The leading b2c mobile gaming site is looking for a new editor
Adcolony Job Cuts
AdColony cuts 125 jobs as it closes AdMarvel platform
Moving even further into automated ad sales
The Time Is Now
Lobbying for the Mobile Games Awards ends today
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Double Down
How will Peak Games spend its new $100 million warchest?
Spending Zynga’s largesse
Get Lobbying
Lobbying for the Mobile Games Awards ends tomorrow
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Straight Fire
Amazon's Champions of Fire casual eSports tournament returns on December 2nd
Sonic Forces: Speed Battle, Beach Buggy Racing, Minion Rush and more will be represented
Get Lobbying
Nominate the Best Indie Developer for the Mobile Games Awards 2018
Accolade recognises a team of up to 10 developers that have released or successful grown an existing game during the last year
Good Choice
Nexon acquires Choices mobile games developer Pixelberry Studios
Choices to be localised for new countries
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