Best Ad Platforms
App Store Search ads rank high in latest AppsFlyer Performance Index for H1 2017
But Facebook and Google continue to dominate
Big Deal
Keywords to acquire VMC for $66 million
Aims to raise £75 million from new shares to fund the deal
Jobs News
Kongregate expands management team with key appointments
New CFO and executive promotions
Celebrity Partnership
Netmarble taps Conan O'Brien for Lineage 2: Revolution Twitchcon promotion
TV show host appears on stage to make Western release date announcement
Me Too
NeoGAF taken offline after owner hit with sexual assault allegations
Moderators exit and users revolt against website
Barbie Girl
Atari partners with Mattel to bring Barbie-branded content to RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch
Game clears ten million downloads in eight months
Vungle Shuffle
Vungle replaces CEO following arrest on charges of child abuse and assault with a deadly weapon
COO Rick Tallman takes his place
Harmonix Layoffs
Harmonix suffers another round of layoffs affecting 14 jobs
DropMix development to continue
About Time
Monetisation comes to Instant Games on Facebook Messenger
Tests begin for interstitial and rewarded video ads
Switch Success
Nintendo Switch clears two million units sold in the US
Third consecutive month as the top-selling piece of hardware in the country
Summoning Players
MZ’s Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire surpasses 20 million downloads
Marketing campaign with influencer Alexis Ren proves fruitful
Interactive End Cards
Tapjoy launches Interactive End Cards for its rewarded video ads
War for the Planet of the Apes saw a 4% CTR using the end cards
Player Power
Move over Minecraft: Monetising a new wave of user-generated content on mobile
DIGIT Game Studios' Om Tandon takes a look at the big industry trend and what it means for developers
Arena Of Value
Tencent opens pre-registration campaign for Arena of Valor in US and Canada
Earn in-game rewards by signing up ahead of time
Bound To Be Good
Obsidian Entertainment partners with mobile fiction platform Bound for series of stories based on Pillars of Eternity
Richard Knaak signed on to write the stories
Las Vegas Masters
Amazon wraps up Mobile Master Las Vegas tournament with three competitors sharing $70,000 prize pool
Vainglory team takes the lion's share with $50,000 won
World Food
Google Play launches Apps and Games Against Hunger week to combat world hunger
100% of revenues from IAPs in 12 games and apps go to World Food Program USA
Mgf Seattle 2017
Minecraft, King, and PopCap headline speaker line-up for MGF Seattle 2017
Super Evil Megacorp, Game Insight, and more also in attendance
Ready To Erupt
Seismic Games: We're making "big bets" on mobile VR and location-based gaming
Greg Borrud on going from EA to indie agility
Leap Of Faith
Mixed reality firm Magic Leap raises $502 million in Series D funding
Rumours from September come true
Seeking Balance
How Titanfall: Assault nudged its players’ tactical ambitions
The power of Amp Field
California Calling
Save the date: Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2018 is set for May 14th to 15th
And speaker submissions are open
Big Indie Awards 2017
Last chance to enter The Big Indie Awards 2017 in association with indieSky
We're celebrating the best of the last 12 months of the Big Indie Pitch live in Shenzhen, China this November, and you can be a part of it!
Eddie The Bird
Iron Maiden mascot Eddie to star in Angry Birds Evolution in-game event for Halloween
Rovio also plans to sell 'Eddie the Bird' merchandise
Acquisition News
IGN acquires Humble Bundle
Financial terms of the deal not disclosed
Seeing Clearly
Is it price or vision that limits VR’s reach?
Putting Oculus Go’s price in context
Hot Five
Temporary new Supercell CEO, Zynga to close NaturalMotion Oxford, and Big Huge Games makes senior hires
The hottest articles of the last week
Shake It Off
Glu partners with Taylor Swift for new mobile title The Swift Life
Digital community lets fans connect with singer and each other
Set For Success?
Lineage 2: Revolution surpasses one million pre-registrations for US and Europe launch
Follows on from successful launches in South Korea and Japan
Publishing Deal
SPYR Games signs publishing deal with US developer Reset Studios
Two new games to utilise Hollywood IP
Real Deal?
Mixed reality start-up Magic Leap plots new $1 billion funding round
Investment could value company at $7 billion
Oculus Go
Facebook unveils new standalone virtual reality headset Oculus Go
Social Networking giant targets sweet spot between affordability and quality
Lobbying Guide
Your guide to the Mobile Games Awards 2018
How to submit a game and help us celebrate the best of the global mobile games industry
Awarding Success
Brand new Mobile Games Awards announced for Pocket Gamer Connects London 2018
Inaugural award ceremony celebrating the best in the industry takes place on Tuesday 23rd January
Stranger Things Have Happened
Second screen: How successful are free-to-play mobile game TV tie-ins?
How are Star Trek, The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones grossing on mobile?
Jobs News
Ex-Tune Head of Sales joins AdColony as VP of Performance Advertising for North America
Tim O'Neil will be responsible for leading company's app install business in the region
Staff Layoffs
Job losses at Star Trek Timelines developer Disruptor Beam
Studio to focus on character-collection and war games
Jobs News
AR developer HitPoint Studios appoints Legacy Games CEO as new President
Follows multi-year development partnership between two companies
Windows Phone Is Dead
Microsoft halts further development of Windows Phone features and hardware
Looks like the end of the line for OS and handsets for Windows 10 Mobile
Big Huge Hires
DomiNations developer Big Huge Games recruits ex-Zynga and Epic staff in senior roles
Steve Superville and Judith Hoffman named Creative Director and Chief Operating Officer
Hans-on
Perforce's Hansoft acquisition: What does the technological coming together mean for mobile devs?
Perforce Chief Product Officer Tim Russell shares the reasons for the buyout
Scope For Expansion
The Walking Dead: Road to Survival developer Scopely opening new studio in Barcelona
Developer reportedly set to invest between €2 million to €3 million in the new office
Hot Five
How Supercell's Brawl Stars monetises, Mike DeLaet on sharing his smarts, and evolving from rinse-and-repeat
The hottest articles of the last week
All Aboard
"Our community of engaged players will count in the dozens of millions": The rise of digital board games
Philippe Dao of Asmodee Digital has a Ticket To Ride (and Catan and Mysterium and more...)
Indie Heaven
Casual Connect Kyiv: tickets, speakers and Indie Prize details
The international conference is in Ukraine 24-26 October – and tickets are available at 30% discount (prices go up 16 October!)
New Arenas
How is Tencent's massive hit Honor of Kings performing outside of China?
Out now in Europe and Southeast Asia, but how's it grossing?
London Continuum
Microsoft will deliver Windows Mixed Reality keynote at Develop:VR
Pete Daukintis and Mike Taulty to close the one-day conference and expo taking place on 9 November at Olympia
Kongregate Acquisition
Kongregate acquires Animation Throwdown and Spellstone developer Synpase Games
Will continue to operate as an indepdent studio
Blowing Up
Riposte Games' Mini Guns shoots past one million downloads in a month
Cross-platform strategy title has also added new leagues and levels
All Upside Down
No monetisation, just old school passion: BonusXP on making Netflix tie-in Stranger Things
CEO Dave Pottinger on a different sort of project