You're A Wizard
Jam City opens Google Play pre-registrations for Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Mobile title set for spring 2018 release
Egged On
Kirby developer HAL Laboratory’s Part Time UFO touches down in the West
New mobile-focused studio HAL Egg's debut title is out now in the west
Celebrity Pay Off
A fresh start for Glu Mobile
End of a difficult era
It's Party Time
Pocket Gamer’s ultimate GDC 2018 party guide
Stay busy during the evenings at GDC
#shetalksgames
Facebook teams up with leading industry figures for new Women in Gaming social hub
The social media giant has committed to helping women find a way into the industry
New Speakers
Super Evil Megacorp, ESL, Reality Clash, FunPlus and Seriously confirmed for PG Connects San Francisco 2018
May 14th to 15th mobile games industry conference set to be biggest US outing to date
Parallel Bidding
Ad mediation platform Appodeal introduces in-app header bidding
Parallel Bidding currently in alpha testing
Sweet Money
Candy Crush Soda Saga fizzes into top 10 of global grossing mobile game charts for January 2018
Two Candy Crush games in the top 10 revenue generators for January, according to SuperData
Augmented Spooks
Ghostbusters World gives iconic films the Pokemon Go treatment
South Korean publisher Four Thirty Three and partner studio NextAge on board to develop and publish
No Payne No Gain
Next Games and AMC turn to Jesus to teach gamers about The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land
Actors Tom Payne and Alanna Masterson promote mobile title with series of videos
Chart Royale
Tencent’s PUBG: Exhilarating Battlefield tops the mobile battle royale stakes in February
Tencent's Playerunkown's Battlegrounds duo make top five most downloaded for February
Arcore In The Wild
Google launches its augmented reality SDK ARCore on Android
Available now on 13 different devices
Take Your Pick
The interactive narrative games taking over the App Store
Why are story-based games on the rise?
The Week In Jobs
Mobile game jobs weekly: New studio Playrmakr hires chief design officer, InnoGames' new PR team, Jam City recruitment drive
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
Iap Inspector
How does Rules of Survival monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Competitive Gaming
Vision Esports raises $38 million to power competitive gaming investment
Plans to fund more companies in the space
Say What?
Trump says US needs video games ratings after blaming them for gun crime
Commander-in-chief rambles about system its games industry has had since 1994
Awards Nominees
Lineage 2, Animal Crossing, Arena of Valor and more pick up IMGA Global nominations
Winners to be announced at ceremony in San Francisco on March 20th
Ultra Educational
New educational mobile games studio Ultra Creative Games sets up shop in Vancouver
Headed up by former IGG senior game designer Matthew Tomporowski
Performance Index H2 2017
Apple's Search Ads fall in rank in latest AppsFlyer Performance Index due to higher costs and lower ROI
Facebook and Google still on top
New Fyber
Fyber absorbs Heyzap and Inneractive as part of its rebranding efforts
Also launches new product FairBid
International Expansion
Mobile esports platform RewardMob opens new European office
Start-up wants closer ties with developers in the region
New Ipad Rumours
Report: Apple to refresh its line of iPad products in March 2018
Filings with the Eurasian Economic Commission suggest new models are coming
Join Us
Meet the PocketGamer.biz team at GDC 2018 and Game Connection
Journalists, ad sales, business development and our top execs are flying out to San Francisco
Cash Slinger
Rovio partners with GSN Games for real-money tournament game Angry Birds Champions
Play Angry Birds for cash on the WorldWinner platform
Qualcomm Fights Back
Qualcomm ups bid for NXP Semiconductors to $44 billion to fend off Broadcom acquisition
The increased price has Broadcom "evaluating its options"
Fire Emblem Heroes Revenue
Fire Emblem Heroes generated almost $300 million in revenue in its first year
Sensor Tower estimates it's still generating $10 million each month
Nintendo's Potential
Nintendo could grow revenues by $2.5 billion from IAPs and subscriptions, says Newzoo
Market research firm looks into the ways Nintendo can improve its revenues
Up In The Clouds
Mobile games-on-demand service Hatch partners with Qualcomm to power cloud-based gaming
Finnish firm to utilise 48-core Qualcomm Centriq 2400 server processors
Trends Survey
What are the hottest mobile gaming trends right now? Tell us in our developer survey
You could win a free ticket to an upcoming PGC event
Win Big
Brazil’s Independent Games Festival opens submissions for 2018 developer awards
Finalists will be on show to the public
Unreal Partnership
Epic signs Unreal deal with Mail.RU Games Ventures
Unreal Engine 4 developers could get funding, development and marketing support
Most Read
How NetEase's mobile PUBG-likes are performing, HQ Trivia eyes $15 million funding, and KamaGames on Facebook Instant Games
The hottest articles of last week
The Week In Jobs
Mobile game jobs weekly: Paradox CEO steps down, Clash Royale game designer vacancy, Glu hiring spree
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
Legal Dispute
Outsourcing firm Glass Egg sues Gameloft for alleged copyright infringement in Asphalt series
Alleges Gameloft used assets created using Game Egg's equipment without its knowledge
Close Ties
Cupcake on how to build a great community for casual games
Chief marketing officer Gabriel Stürmer discusses the studio's approach
Unity Probuilder
Unity acquires level design and prototyping tool ProBuilder
Developers can now use ProBuilder, Polybrush and ProGrids directly within Unity
Trends Survey
Tell us what the hottest mobile gaming trends are right now in our Spring developer survey
You could win a free ticket to an upcoming PGC event
Get Creative
Chartboost looks to 'gamify' mobile ads with Creative Studio launch
New service aims to increase engagement and drive installs
Clash Of Giants
Semiconductor giant Broadcom secures $100 billion for mega Qualcomm bid
Potential $121 billion deal would be the technology sector's biggest ever
Unity Ads Partnerships
Unity partners with MediaMath and Moat to bolster its Ads offerings
Metrics already on the up from the Moat integration
Vainglory 5v5 Launches
Super Evil Megacorp launches 5v5 mode in mobile MOBA Vainglory
Switching its competitive scene over to the more traditional mode
Singular Roi Index 2017
Snapchat emerges as key player for high ROIs in mobile marketing on iOS
Facebook, Unity and Google Adwords still on top
Nhn Rooster Teeth Partnership
NHN Entertainment partners with RWBY creator Rooster Teeth on a new mobile game
Thin details on what the game is or what license will be used, but RWBY is a safe bet
Game Dev Tycoon Reviews
Greenheart Games loses 2,000 positive reviews for Game Dev Tycoon on Google Play under mysterious circumstances
Developer blames Google's algorithm, but Google claims it removed the reviews on purpose
Chicken Dinner?
How well are NetEase's Playerunknown's Battlegrounds-like mobile games grossing?
Looking at Rules of Survival and Knives Out post-monetisation
More Funding For Scopely
Report: The Walking Dead: Road to Survival developer Scopely looking to raise another $125 million
New funding round could value the company at $795 million
Up Where We Belong
Peter Vesterbacka leads first PG Connects San Francisco 2018 speakers announcement
Flaregames, Scientific Revenue, MoPub, Facebook, Epic Games and more confirmed for May 14th to 15th conference
Behaviour Of Thrones
Behaviour Interactive partners with HBO and Gaea on new Game of Thrones mobile strategy game
Co-developing with Gaea to make it more appealing for a global audience
Igda Exec Director
IGDA appoints Jen MacLean as its new permanent executive director
Emily Greer and Zoe Bell join board of directors