Apple Financials Q1 Fy17
Apple posts record-breaking revenues of $78.4 billion thanks to impressive iPhone sales
iPad sales and China revenues tumble
War With Friends
Chillingo generated $6 million in revenue in January 2017 following launch of WarFriends
Apptopia spills the beans
Next Razer
Razer acquires cloud-focused smartphone manufacturer Nextbit
Looking forward to disrupting more technologies
Muslim Ban
Games industry stands up to Donald Trump’s travel ban on select foreign nationals
Games and tech sectors push back against executive order
Big Indie Pitch
The Big Indie Pitch returns to San Francisco for GDC 2017
Come join us as the Big Indie Pitch rolls back into GDC
Key Hire
Glu Mobile appoints ex-EA Capital Games GM Mike Olsen as its new Senior VP of Studios
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes Creative Director leaves after 20 years with publisher
Shared Vision
Facebook taps ex-Xiaomi VP to head up Oculus
Hugo Barra takes control of all VR and AR projects
Getting Ahead
GREE on learning from Machine Zone and skating to where the puck is going
Shanti Bergel talks the company's 2017 strategy
Deal Me In
Digital CCGs set to generate $1.4 billion worldwide in 2017
SuperData Research looks at how the genre will perform
Mobile Mavens
Why is Nintendo making Fire Emblem Heroes free-to-play?
And can it be a global success?
Gsn Job Cuts
GSN Games cuts up to 20 jobs as it restructures into five distinct studios
Cross-functional teams, QA and creative affected
The People's Download
Scopely releases licensed match-3 RPG WWE Champions after 13 months in soft launch
Time to smell what Scopely's been cooking
Crazy Money
Sega turns Crazy Taxi into an idle clicker for soft-launched Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire
All the crazy without the driving
Rate And Review
Apple to allow users to rate and review games without leaving the app in iOS 10.3
Also adding developer replies and hard limits to rating notifications
Just A Myth
Kabam cans original IP Legacy of Zeus after seven months of soft launch
Transformers: Forged to Fight still going strong
Just Do It
Were the 21 months Dawn of Titans spent in soft launch a waste of time?
As the game cooked, the market moved on
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Etermax's Mariano Fragulia on how to get a job as a Chief Product Officer
From student to CPO in seven years
Hi-rez Interview
Hi-Rez talks its biggest mobile game yet in SMITE Rivals, eSports and building a community
We chat to the game's Lead Designer Brian Grayson
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: MobilityWare's Yelena Grant on how to get a job as a Product Marketing Manager
MobilityWare's Marketing pro shares career insights
Fig Funding
Crowdfunding platform Fig raises $7.84 million to boost number of campaigns
Funding platform gets additional funding
Not Quite A Billion
Pokemon GO generated $950 million in revenue in 2016
More than global sales for Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice
Tapjoy Consumer Survey
Two-thirds of mobile game players don't see themselves as gamers
Tapjoy finds out what mobile gamers think of themselves
Facebook Ad Spends
Mobile video ad spend on Facebook reached a record high in Q4 2016
Nanigans digs into the details
Get Hired
How to get a job at Montreal mobile games studio Ludia
HR Director Kim Parkinson shares insights
Flying High
AppsFlyer raises $56 million for better mobile marketing data and AI-driven insights
global marketing spend to breach $1 trillion in 2017
Job Hire
Unity swoops for ex-Bungie staffer as new Director of Global Graphics
Natalya Tatarchuk responsible for driving forward rendering tech and graphics performance
Grab The Prize
eSports is not just for the big boys, says Gumbler
VP and Head of Pro Gaming Simon Sunden explains at PG Connects London
Games, Grandmas And Gifs
Onboarding and social elements in casual games
Aurora Klaeboe Berg on how to replicate Fun Run's success
The State Of Play For Ads
Advertising megatrends for 2017
Mobvista's Nick Roveta on the latest in advertising
Titans Fell
Titanfall: Frontline to be shut down after just four months in soft launch
Particle City moving on to a new project
Getting The Message?
Why the iOS push notifications battle is only half won
Context and timing is vital
Cost-effective Ua
Women in US more likely to buy IAPs than men
Liftoff breaks down all the demographics
Multiplayer Cost
Nintendo Switch will have a subscription charge for online play
Subscribers will get a free NES and SNES game each month
A Lotta Cheddar
Apple expected to reach $1 trillion in lifetime revenues from iOS devices in 2017
So says Asymco
Android Everywhere
Android sales decline in the US while iPhone 7 becomes the best-selling phone in China
Kantar World Panel breaks it all down
Pgc London Preview
How to design mobile game annuities and track the right metrics
Scientific Revenue CEO William Grosso on how to level up your monetisation
Next Level Wear
Android Wear 2.0 set to launch in early February
Developer email warns them to get updated
Jam World
Jam City eyes up IPO and expansion into Asia in 2017
Peanuts game revealed as Snoopy Pop
Android Adoption Jan '17
Android Nougat adoption rates jump to 0.7% while Lollipop continues to be replaced
Froyo isn't being tracked anymore
Live And Kicking
One year on: D3 Go on the evolution of Magic: The Gathering Puzzle Quest
Senior Director of Digital Operation Brian Etheridge on the game's life so far
Get The Gram
Instagram opens Stories feature to auto-playing full-screen video ads
Get your ad in front of 150 million DAUs
Less Exploding Phones
Over 96% of Samsung Galaxy Note 7s have been returned
Still 4% out there in the wild
Glu Cuts
Two studios face closure as Glu Mobile plans to cut up to 140 jobs
Bellevue definitely closing, Long Beach dependent on performance
On The Offensive
Where have all the tower defence games gone?
With developers looking elsewhere, we take a look at whether the genre is dying off
Serving Ads
Gameloft’s mobile ad network partners with AerServ for rewarded video ads
"We think the future is bright for all of mobile video," says AerServ CEO Josh Speyer
Coming February
Roblox expands into physical toys business
Initial range of 40 user-created figures
Real-time Team-up
Why Kiz Studios is betting on real-time mobile co-op multiplayer with Dash Galactic
Director of Publishing Craig Albeck on Dash Galactic
Design Home Launches
Is Glu Mobile’s $45 million Crowdstar acquisition already paying off?
Design Home is following in the success of Covet Fashion
Iphone Birthday
Apple’s revolutionary iPhone turns 10 today
The device that changed the mobile games indsutry celebrates 10 years since it was first unveiled
Two Days At The Top
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location knocks Minecraft off the top of US App Store charts
Please don't make me look at the screenshots anymore