Hot Five
Scopely's meteoric rise, Wargaming opens new mobile division, and what the experts think of Brawl Stars
The hottest articles of the last week
Run For Your Money
Millionaire's Run has players competing for a real-world $1 million cash prize
Launches July 13th, now in beta
5 Years And Out
IGDA looking for new Executive Director as Kate Edwards steps down
Beamdog CEO Trent Oster will take an interim role
N-gaging
LA startup Wonder raises $14 million to build smartphone-console hybrid
Shakira and Kevin Spacey among the investors
Mobile Mavens
The iPhone turns 10: how can Apple shake up mobile gaming in the next decade?
Our Mobile Mavens ponder the next 10 years for Apple and mobile gaming
Feel Old Yet?
iPhone celebrates 10th birthday
The iconic smartphone was launched a decade ago
Now Playing
Now playing: Galaxy of Heroes Creative Director Justin Jones on Kingdom: New Lands
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Business Tips
10 reasons your game studio will never get funding
Execution Labs co-founder Jason Della Rocca shares some sage advice
Uncertainty Principle
What went wrong with Breaking Bad: Empire Business?
Canned after 18 months testing
Big Awards
Brazil's Independent Games Festival Awards 2017 winners revealed
13 winners revealed
Very Big Indie Pitch
Space colonisation game TerraGenesis wins Very Big Indie Pitch at PGC San Francisco
We round up the top three games at everyone's favourite indie dev contest
10 Years On
67% of all iPhones ever sold are still being used
Newzoo report celebrates 10 years of iPhone
Champagne Or Success?
Why (I hope) the experts are wrong about Brawl Stars
Something completely different
Kapow
Team attack: The making of Chroma Squad
From Kickstarter to mobile with Mark Venturelli
Cuddly Assassins
Ubisoft teams up with Behaviour Interactive for F2P mobile RPG Assassin's Creed Rebellion
Can Behaviour replicate Fallout Shelter success?
Opt In
Facebook Audience Network introduces rewarded video ads for mobile games
Playrix reports 80% CPM increase
Mobile Mavens
What do mobile developers think of Supercell's new game Brawl Stars?
Mobile Mavens on Supercell's eSports effort
Coming Soon
Asian top grosser Lineage 2 Revolution set for US launch in 2017
Further Asian launches successful
Summoning A Crowd
Broadcast of Summoners War eSport tournament hits top five on Twitch
M2: Mobile Masters Invitational 2017 racked up 35,000 concurrent views
Ua Simplified
New user acquisition tool Acquired.io launches with $2 million in funding
Aims to streamline UA management
Coming Together
Singular merges with Apsalar to offer a more nuanced marketing analytics platform
Will operate under the Singular brand
Feeding The Fire
The explosive rise of Scopely
US publisher just can’t stop raising cash
How Long Is Forever?
Sega responds to criticism over handling of retro Sega Forever scheme
Mike Evans blames fragmentation, promises improvements
Augmented History
Report: 70 laid off as augmented reality firm CastAR closes
A core group trying to sell tech
Closing Shop
Scopely pulls Breaking Bad: Empire Business from app stores after 19 months in soft-launch
Looks like no one will be knocking
The Weekly
The Weekly: The YouTuber who formed a cult, why the kids are free-to-play, and the road ahead for mobile eSports
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Most Read
Glu partners with WWE, deconstructing Clash of Clans' Builder Base update, and analysing those Candy Crush sequels
The hottest articles of the week
Speaker Spotlight
PG Connects San Francisco 2017 speaker spotlight: Upsight President on advanced ad strategies
Jon Walsh offers his opinion before his big talk at PGC
Networking Central
All the companies: Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017 offers true cross-industry representation
From solo indies to global giants, all shall be rubbing shoulders during June 27th-28th conference
Pokemon Gone
Pokemon GO dropped out of the worldwide top 10 grossing ranks for the first time in May 2017
SuperData Research breaks out its worldwide report yet again
Artificial Intelligence
Six ways AI can drive mobile game monetisation and engagement
Tapjoy's Changsu Lee breaks down how AI can benefit the mobile games industry
Two Masters
Can Brawl Stars save mobile eSports?
Supercell’s biggest challenge
New Studio
Warner Bros. Interactice Entertainment opens cloud-based technology studio WB Games New York
Providing backend services across all its online titles
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Pocket Gems on the evolution of War Dragons
Product Manager Chelsea Ono Horn on the game's life so far
Free Sdk
Cross-platform framework Corona goes free for all app developers
Move follows Appodeal acquisition
Mad For The Sesh
Mobile gamers are spending 44 seconds longer in games across fewer sessions
Flurry Analytics takes a look at average mobile gaming sessions
Color Switch Esports
Color Switch becomes an eSport through partnership with Skillz
Bearing down on 200 million downloads
Round Two
"Big, hairy fight" rumbles on as ZeniMax demands block on Oculus sales or 20% share
Also looking for another $500 million in damages
Behind The Scenes
An ideal match: The making of Star Wars: Puzzle Droids
Sean Coughlin shares development insights
Indie Mavens
What impact will Apple's App Store redesign have on indie games developers?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Brain Food
Skybound, Telltale and Scopely join forces to battle The Walking Dead Mega Panel at PGC San Francisco 2017
Moderated by Unity Evangelist – and renowned zombie connoisseur – Oscar Clark, no less
Blast From The Past
Sega's plan to democratise retro gaming with Sega Forever on mobile
We speak to Sega Chief Marketing Officer Mike Evans about a new business built on ad revenues
Future Plans
"More growth, more platforms, broader presence": Kongregate on its post-acquisition strategy
MTG has snapped up the publisher, but what's next?
Global Mobile Market
Global mobile gaming market expected to grow to $46.1 billion in 2017
Newzoo breaks out the stats
Royal Rumble
Glu Mobile signs multi-year partnership with WWE to develop new licensed game
Tap Sports Baseball team taking over development duties
The Saga Continues
Crushing it: The diminishing but lucrative returns from the Candy Crush sequels
How do you follow a game like Candy Crush Saga?
Sneaky Purchase
Samsung quietly acquires mobile VR developer VRB for a reported $5.5 million
Increasing internal Gear VR development
Mtg Acquires Kongregate
Modern Times Group to acquire casual games publisher Kongregate for $55 million
Kongregate pushing further into developing its own games by acquiring other studios
Mobile Mavens
What will iOS 11 dropping App Store top grossing charts mean for developers?
Mobile Mavens on the new-look App Store
Mobile Plans
Razer: “There is a huge opportunity to disrupt the mobile market”
CEO Min-Liang Tan eyes company expansion