Business Expansion
Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle developer Akatsuki opens US film and TV branch
Developer branches out into new mediums
Partner Up
Dutch developer Sticky Studios tapped for mobile game based on disaster movie Geostorm
Title launched two weeks ahead of film's release
One Billion Downloads Later
From Kabam SVP to DOD Media CEO: Mike DeLaet on sharing his smarts
One door shuts, open another
Modern Combat Or Bust
One year on: Whatever happened to Gameloft?
Vivendi’s revival on hold
Recalibrating Success
Can mobile gaming move from rinse-and-repeat to more meaningful moments?
Meta matters
Puzzle & Downloads
Puzzle & Dragons clears 12 million downloads in North America
Up to 62 million downloads worldwide
New Realities
VR and AR special: Have your say on the exciting world of virtual and augmented reality on mobile
Contributors wanted
Relief Support
Rick and Morty mobile game donates day’s proceeds to hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico
Developer supports country devastated by Hurricane Maria
Iap Inspector
How does Supercell's Brawl Stars monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Hot Five
Top 50 mobile game developers, running in-game events in Candy Crush Saga, and decrypting cryptocurrency
The hottest articles of the last week
World Of Mobile
Blizzard developing new MMO RTS for mobile
Unannounced project described as a "new gaming experience for mobile"
Top 50 Out Now
Supercell crowned the world’s top mobile games company in PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Developer list
Full list now available
Best Of 2017
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2017
The movers, shakers and moneymakers
New Alliance
Plarium acquires Alliance: Heroes of the Spire developer Rumble Entertainment
Israeli developer enters the RPG space
Show Me The Money
Cash is king, and here is how you can access it fast to grow your game
How companies like Pollen VC are offering a way for small developers to raise cash quickly
Gear Refunds
Oculus unveils new refund policy for Gear VR content
For anyone who uses an app for less than half an hour
Spyr Acquisitions
SPYR plans aggressive acquisition strategy following Pocket Starships deal
Also expecting to publish new games using Hollywood IP soon
Zynga Legal
Zynga hires former Associate General Counsel for Tesla as its new Chief Legal Officer
Phuong Phillips to oversee legal affairs for the whole company
Games Market August 2017
Worldwide mobile games market grew by 13% in August 2017
Top grossing games remain largely the same
Indie Games Festival
Google Play names winners of its San Francisco Indie Games Festival 2017
Slayaway Camp, Flipping Legend, and Tiny Bubbles all score wins
Kinship
Chat app developer Kik Interactive raises $100 million from token distribution event
Cryptocurrency Kin set to be one of the most widely held in the world
Rewarded Surveys
Rewarded surveys: A new way to monetise your mobile game
A potentially lucrative additional revenue stream
Gamer-focused
Razer confirms work on mobile device targeted at gamers
Could be released by the end of the year
Countdown Begins
World’s top 50 mobile games developers revealed this week
Mobile's biggest influencers ranked and profiled
The Weekly
The Weekly: The 'Plinkett' personality test, Google versus Apple, and the state of VR
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Ftc Cracks Down
The FTC declares all reviews of products given to an influencer for free are advertisements
Relationship must be disclosed or fines may be heading your way
Unity Ios 11
Unity rolls out support for iOS 11 and ARKit
Get your games ARKit ready with relative ease
Table Toppers
Which mobile football games are scoring highest in the grossing charts?
Who's doing best in the clash of Top Eleven, FIFA and PES?
Mira Mira On The Wall
Budget AR headset manufacturer Mira secures $1 million funding round
Total funding now up to $2.5 million
Global Goals
Playmob launches playable ad What's Missing? as part of Global Goals Week
Teaches players what they can do to make the world a better place
Chartboost Exchange
Chartboost launches Exchange network for programmatic access to global gaming inventory
Partnering with Aarki, Index Exchange, and Rubicon Project
Cat-ar-gories
Apple adds AR Games and AR Apps categories to new App Store
Helps identify which apps are ARKit-enabled, with some caveats
One Minute Heroes
Panzerdog on distilling the essence of console shooters into its 5v5 mobile game Tacticool
Fast-to-start, quick-to-end
Google Htc Deal
Google picks up HTC's Pixel team for $1.1 billion
Acquires a team of HTC staff, but takes no stake in the business
Patreon Funding Round
Patreon secures $60 million funding round to scale team and develop platform
Outlines five year plan for new features
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Ether Games on Z War 1: The Great War of the Dead
We speak to the runner-up from the Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco
Ios 11 Out Now
Apple begins pushing iOS 11 onto compatible devices
Get yourself updated and start playing with ARKit
Welcome Aboard
EA CEO Andrew Wilson joins Intel's Board of Directors
He's also the chairman of the board for the World Surf League
Gone In A Flash
Developers start your engines: The race to transition your game off Flash has officially begun
FlowPlay CTO Doug Pearson on how to leave Flash behind
Yas Queen
Zynga's Words With Friends clears 200 million downloads eight years after launching
Adds 50,000 new words like "werk" and "yas"
Atari Deal
Atari signs two-game publishing deal with crowdfunding platform Fig
Rebooting a classic franchise and bringing out a brand new IP
Everything Is Ok
App Store changes will not affect how app intelligence firms gather their data
Apptopia calms developer nerves
A Charitable Ape
A Thinking Ape raises $45,000 for Red Cross Hurricane Harvey Appeal in 48 hours
Fans dig deep to help out
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Highkey Games on making music composition accessible in Audio Sky
We speak to the runner-up at the VBIP from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco
App Annie In China
App Annie adds usage metrics from Android devices in China to its platform
Learn the MAUs, data usage, and session lengths of Android users in China
Imga Open Submissions
IMGAs opens for submissions to its 14th annual global competition
Get your submissions in by December 31st
In The Meantime
IGDA appoints former 38 Studios CEO Jen MacLean as interim Executive Director
Permanent replacement to be announced in Q2 2018
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Edgeworks Entertainment on planetary colonisation in TerraGenesis
We speak to the winner of the Very Big Indie Pitch in San Francisco
Top 50 Coming Soon
World’s top 50 mobile games developers revealed on September 25th
Mobile's biggest influencers ranked and profiled
Swrve Funding
Mobile marketing automation firm Swrve closes $25 million Series D funding round
Total funding now up to $75 million