Investment News
HQ Trivia dev eyes $15 million funding round
Investment would value company behind popular mobile app at $100 million
Glu Financials Q4 Fy17
Glu's Design Home and Covet Fashion lead revenue growth for "historic" 2017
Still making a loss, but it's making bigger revenues too
Take No Prisoners
Twitch tightens community guidelines to combat hateful conduct
The platform has revealed a 'zero tolerance' policy on hateful behaviour
Gameloft New Orleans Closed
Report: Gameloft shuts down New Orleans studio and lets go of 50 staff at Madrid studio
Gameloft yet to provide an official statement
Glu Disney Partnership
Glu Mobile partners with Disney to use its stories and characters in upcoming mobile game
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes creative lead Mike Olsen taking the helm on the game
Activision Blizzard Financials Q4 Fy17
Candy Crush franchise growth nudges King's 2017 revenues to a sweet $1.99 billion
Despite consistently falling MAUs across the company overall
Iap Inspector
How does Roblox monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Calculated Adjustments
CrossInstall launches new ad spend insights tool for user acquisition campaigns
Opportunity Forecast Tool helps predict how changes in CPI bid rates will affect user acquisition
Rewarding Competition
Indian publisher BigCode partners with RewardMob for competitive mobile game competitions
Players will get the chance to compete for real money, prizes and cryptocurrency
To Where The Puck’s Going
New games, new tech and more M&A: Frank Gibeau on making the right bets for Zynga’s future
Building on success
Mobile Esports Future
Clash Royale scored a combined 1.3 million viewership hours from its 2017 esports tournaments
Newzoo peers into the future of esports on mobile
Take-two Financials Q3 Fy18
WWE Supercard and Dragon City keep Take-Two's revenues flat for Q3 FY18
Social Point continues to be largely ignored in the company's financials
Zynga Financials Q4 Fy17
Zynga posts first profitable year since 2010 following successful launch of Words With Friends 2
CSR2 and Zynga Poker also continuing to grow
State Of Play
Mobile tones: The audio tool and service providers pushing the sound of smartphone gaming
We speak to the top audio companies about creating engaging sounds and music for the small screen
Final Countdown
Final hours of Super Early Bird rate for Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2018
Entry to May 14th to 15th conference won't get any cheaper
Riposte Furnace Partnership
Mini Guns developer Riposte Games signs two-game publishing deal with Furnace Games
First game to come from the partnership will be called Dungeon Stars
Netmarble: The Gathering
Netmarble partners with Wizards of the Coast on real-time multiplayer Magic: The Gathering mobile game
Project M is expected to launch sometime in 2018
Fuelled By Rmob
RewardMob partners with Waves to launch blockchain-based mobile gaming platform
From rewards to esports
Iap Inspector
How does Coin Master monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
New Direction?
Webzen moves into social casino gaming with Hit the 5 Casino - Free Slots
MMORPG specialist diversifies portfolio
Investment News
Tech start-up 8th Wall raises $8 million to make augmented reality dev tools
Brings total investment in company to date to $10.4 million
Magnifying Glass
Are hidden object games still finding success?
Old formula, renewed interest?
Capcom Vancouver Layoffs
Capcom Vancouver lays off around 30% of its staff due to restructuring
Still working on mobile release Puzzle Fighter
Gamevil Com2us Usa Merger
Gamevil and Com2us merge US offices to form Gamevil Com2us USA
Now have merged offices in the US, Europe, and Southeast Asia
Finding The Answers
Charting the success of mobile trivia games
Is HQ Trivia leading the way?
Most Read
Honor of Kings makes $1.9 billion, Supercell invests in Trailmix, and Will Luton on emotional intelligence
The hottest article of last week
Esports Tournament
Tencent to host $500,000 Arena of Valor World Cup in LA
Chinese publisher wants to create a large esports ecosystem for the hit MOBA
Crack Team
Trivia Crack developer Etermax to open new Berlin studio
Also expanding headcount in Argentina and Uruguay offices
Games Make Prizes
Appodeal launches indie games developer contest
Titles must be free and already available on the App Store and Google Play in the US
Nexon America Layoffs
Nexon America hit with layoffs amid company restructuring to streamline operations
Reportedly up to one-fifth of the company's staff affected
Crystal Ball
What’s next for mobile games? Challenges and opportunities
Hot from PGC London 2018
Apple Financials Q1 Fy18
Apple posts all-time revenue record of $88.3 billion for its Q1 FY18
Sales of its iPhones drop, but revenues from the sales grow
Striking A Discord
Games communication app Discord adds Spotify integration as it surpasses 90 million users
Discord users can connect accounts to Spotifty and share music
Technology Unite
Pokemon Go studio Niantic set to become more than just a games developer with Escher Reality acquisition
Plans to make AR technology more widely available later this year
Good Behaviour
Warner Bros partners with Fallout Shelter dev Behaviour Interactive on Westworld mobile game
It looks a lot like Fallout Shelter
Big Winners
Esports platform Skillz doled out $2.7 million to top 10 players in 2017
Biggest earner takes home more than $420,000
Tilting President
Tilting Point promotes COO Samir El Agili to president as co-founder Dan Sherman steps down
Sherman to stay on the board of directors
Cooking Up Something
Animoca Brands working on blockchain-based MasterChef mobile game
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Pokemon Fry
Niantic taps British celebrity Stephen Fry and composer George Fenton for new Pokemon Go ad
Get a glimpse of the next wave of Pokemon joining the game
Burning Strong
Nintendo's most successful mobile game remains its most free-to-play focused title
Fire Emblem Heroes sustains
Where To?
Has Aristocrat hit the jackpot with its $990 million Big Fish Games acquisition?
What will it get for its $990 million?
Sign Up Now
Sign up for free Indie Showcase tables at Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2018
A limited number of spaces are available in our US conference in May
So Long Free
Paid Nintendo Switch Online service goes live September 2018
Switch to subscription will cost users $19.99 a year
Mario Movie
Nintendo reveals animated Super Mario movie in the works from film studio behind Minions
Also partners with Universal Pictures for worldwide theatrical release
#notnolan
GDC rescinds Nolan Bushnell's Game Developers Choice Award after past sexual misconduct comes to the fore
"Their picks should reflect the values of today’s game industry and will dedicate this year’s award to honour the pioneering and unheard of voices of the past"
Ea Financials Q3 Fy18
EA's FIFA Mobile drives Q3 FY18 mobile revenue growth with 139 million downloads
Didn't have much to say about its other mobile games
Superdata 2017 Year In Review
Tencent's megahit mobile MOBA Honor of Kings generated $1.9 billion in revenues in 2017
SuperData Research looks back on the year that was
Nfl Yahtzee With Buddies
Scopely partners with the NFL for timed events and branded items in New Yahtzee With Buddies
The game has now hit 1.5 million downloads
Lifetime Achievement
Video: Watch Super Evil Megacorp CEO Kristian Segerstrale’s Mobile Games Awards 2018 Legend speech
"I literally owe absolutely everything to those artists, coders, animators, business development folks who decided to take a chance"
Rumour Mill
Report: Microsoft considers EA acquisition
Deals for Valve and PUBG Corp also rumoured to be on the cards