Inspirational
#VisibleWomen: Check out this great artwork on Twitter
Artists share their work for all to see
Even More Evil
Super Evil Megacorp raises $19 million to bring 5v5 battles and engine improvements to Vainglory
Looking for new staff to help bolster its mobile MOBA
Subway Surfers Lawsuit
Subway Surfers devs face lawsuit for exporting children's personal information to advertisers
Kiloo and Sybo hit with lawsuit along with all the game's advertising networks
Learn Something New
King General Manager and Studio Head Catharina Lavers Mallet joins AI start-up Talla as COO
Leaves London and mobile games for Boston and AI
Gungho Signals
GungHo partners with Toy Soldiers developer Signal Studios on upcoming AAA mobile game
No other details available at this time
Zplay Buys Noodlecake
ZPlay acquires indie game developer and publisher Noodlecake Studios for $4.9 million
Helps the Candian developer push further into Asia with no changes to the business
Diy Development
"Engines encourage creativity and risk-taking": the GameMaker Studio 2 boss on the rise and rise of indie games
YoYo Games' James Cox explains why the 2D game creation tool was rebooted this year
Decoding Design
Deconstructing the secrets of MZ's success part one: The history
Anil Das-Gupta uncovers just how the developer is able to make hit after hit
The Weekly
The Weekly: Discord's rapid growth, Monster Strike's Western troubles, and why King may have hit its peak
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Top Grossing Games H1 2017
Honor of Kings is the highest-grossing mobile game worldwide for 2017 so far
Some interesting entries in the rest of the rankings
Firing On All Cylinders
Despite profitability, Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau says it’s too early to declare victory
Dog on the up
Activision Blizzard Financials Q2 Fy17
Activision Blizzard hits $1.63 billion in revenues as King's bookings per user grow for the 8th consecutive quarter
Retained players are spending more than ever
Tweeting Made Easier
New Twitter Kit for Unity SDK lets players tweet inside their mobile games
Development tool also made open source
Indie Success
8 talks on indie success and new opportunities from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Discover how independent developers are making it in the games industry
Gsn New Ceo
GSN promotes Executive VP and General Counsel Mark Feldman to President and CEO
Has been with the company almost as long as former CEO David Goldhill
Rewarding Partnership
Zynga makes Unity exclusive rewarded advertising partner
To be integrated into all publisher's games that already use rewarded ads
Of Metal And Men
From console FPS to mobile RTS: The shaping of Titanfall: Assault
Particle City’s journey
Natter Away
Communications-as-a-service firm Agora.io launches mobile gaming voice chat SDK
Agora Mobile Gaming SDK will brink real-time voice chat in just a few lines of code
Take-two Financials Q1 Fy18
Take-Two Interactive hits $418.2 million revenues with help from WWE Supercard and Dragon City
Main focus is still on its console titles
Zynga Financials Q2 Fy17
Zynga scores $5.1 million profit thanks to continued growth of Zynga Poker and its social slots
CSR 2 continues to grow too
The Charticle
Why did Gree pull out of the West?
The Japanese outfit no longer has a Western presence, but how are its games performing?
Mobile Games University
8 talks with practical mobile game development tips from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Advice from the experts
Glu Financials Q2 Fy17
Glu Mobile posts revenues of $68.7 million as Design Home has its strongest quarter yet
Still operating at a loss, which grows to $23.6 million
Apple Financials Q3 Fy17
Apple sees revenues of $45.4 billion as iPad Pro refresh boosts tablet sales by 28%
Sold 11.4 million units iPads in the quarter
Learn The Ropes
Internship opportunities available for aspiring writers at Steel Media
Come join the team
Esports Academy
4 videos on mobile eSports' present and future from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Key insights into the world of competitive gaming on mobile
Breaking Out
King continues soft launch spree with new IP Brick Wizard
Joins Stellar: Galaxy Commander, Legend of Solgard, Farm Adventure and Candy Crush Friends Saga
Speaker Spotlight
Mobile ad monetisation challenges and best practices
SafeDK's Ayala Rudoy discusses ad monetisation challenges and best practices
Global Publishing
5 videos that teach you about global mobile game publishing from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco
Learn all you need to know about key markets around the world
Ads Versus Iaps
Video ads are the top revenue generator behind IAPs
DIsplay and video ads make up half of mobile game publisher revenues
Key Milestone
Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle hits 200 million downloads
Bandai Namco plots series of events to celebrate
Show Me The Money
3 videos on M&As and funding from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Get advice and insights from the experts
The Weekly
The Weekly: Balancing cards in Clash Royale, Japan's legal barriers for eSports, and the million-dollar VR studios
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Pokemon Sue
Pokemon GO fans are suing Niantic for disastrous Pokemon GO Fest in Chicago
Fans want their travel expenses refunded - which shouldn't hurt Niantic's bank account too much
Ea Financials Q1 Fy18
EA mobile revenues hit $150 million as FIFA Mobile scores 95 million unique users
NBA Live and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes also continuing to draw in players
Indutrends
6 videos on mobile games industry trends for 2017 from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco
Learn all you need to know
Viral Ua
Tech start-up Megacool raises $1.5 million to make viral GIFs for mobile games
Funds to be used to employ new staff and accelerate development of API
Marvel At The Aftershock
Kabam off-shoot Aftershock partners with Marvel on new licensed mobile game
No other information revealed
That Is What You Are
Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017: The Superstar Sessions
The biggest names discuss the hottest topics in mobile gaming
Pokemon Go Slow
Niantic CEO John Hanke pins Pokemon GO Fest issues on overloaded mobile data networks
Things went far more smoothly when everybody left
Reinforcements
Has MZ just pulled all its legacy game marketing to focus on Final Fantasy XV?
Game of War and Mobile Strike collapse on download charts
Flash In The Pan
Adobe admits defeat and plans to end-of-life Flash by 2020
Hasn't been used on mobile for five years
Jobs News
GDC appoints Katie Stern as General Manager
Victoria Petersen also named as Lead Conference Manager
Funding Round
Web and app market intelligence firm SimilarWeb raises $47 million
Company plans to open new offices, develop new products and extend its data coverage
Influential Donations
Twitch community raises $75 million for charity
2017 has already seen $9.1 million in donations and may surpass 2016 record
Ready To Rumble
Take-Two to focus on WWE and NBA mobile games following Social Point acquisition
Might move on if these games perform well
Emerging Markets
Mobile games market rising stars: New promising countries in terms of revenues
Zenna's Bohdan Chernobai breaks down the data from emerging markets
Superdata Top Grossing June 2017
Honor of Kings was the top grossing mobile game worldwide in June 2017
SuperData reckons it generated $150 million in revenues for the month
Igf Submissions 2018
Independent Games Festival opens submissions for 20th annual competition
Deadline is October 2nd, so there's still some time left
Spooky Business
Balancing the bang and the buck: The making of Zombie Gunship Survival
Limbic Software and Flaregames explain all