Smite Royale
Hi-Rez Studios reveals Clash Royale-challenger SMITE Rivals
Beta signups now open
Failure To Engage
Forget revenue, it’s Super Mario Run’s retention that proves Free-to-Start is DOA
Nintendo's mobile debut demonstrates dated thinking
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Smaller Apples
Apple execs see bonuses cut following sales slump in 2016
Tim Cook will probably be OK
Iap Inspector
How does Nicki Minaj: The Empire monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Money Makers
App Store developers earned $20 billion in 2016
Apple rounds up its 2016 with some big numbers
Older Is Better
Older iPhones outperformed latest iPhone 7 across the world during Christmas 2016
Samsung dominates Android sales
Touch It
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius celebrates nine million downloads with Ariana Grande remix
Collaboration starts to make more sense
New Advice
New Year, New Job: Offer up some career advice in our jobs in games special
Contributors wanted
Top Gear
Samsung has sold over five million Gear VR headsets
10 million hours of 360-degree video viewed on devices
Coming Soon
Why Piloteer developer Fixpoint swapped premium for free-to-play in Remedy Rush
Whitaker Trebella on going it alone in the F2P space
Cpms November 2016
CPMs on iOS and Android dropped below $6 in November 2016
Fiksu looks at the surprising shift
Slowing Down
Super Mario Run player engagement may have peaked just three days after launch
Verto Analytics sizes it up alongside Pokemon GO
'tis The Season
In-app spending generated $500 million in revenue during Christmas 2016
Two days, a lot of sales
Not All Bad
5 free-to-play mobile games that turned a corner in 2016
The games that finished 2016 better than they started it
My Exvius
Ariana Grande to join Final Fantasy Brave Exvius parties with Square Enix partnership
A natural fit
One And Only
Mysterious mobile tech company Wonder plans to launch "one device to rule them all" in 2017
For the gamers but also everyone else
Branded Trends
Brands and games: It takes two to tango
Game developers need to get on board with the trend and focus their efforts on making their games appealing for brands
Super Android
Nintendo prepares Super Mario Run for jump to Android
Big download numbers expected
From Movies To Mobile
How Episode uses TV and Hollywood partnerships to grow its mobile audience
Head of Studio Michael Dawson explains the strategy
Top 50 Survey
PocketGamer.biz Top 50 developers: How successful was your 2016?
Fill in our survey to tell us about your year in games
New Year's Resolutions
Mobile games industry experts tell us their New Year's resolutions for 2017
Ambitious plans for the year
Industry Trends
What will be the big mobile games industry trends in 2017?
The experts give their crystal ball predictions
Mobile Trends
What were the biggest mobile games industry trends in 2016?
We ask a slew of industry experts
Behind The Scenes
The 6 most fascinating mobile game development stories of 2016
The best of the year's Making Of features
Iap Inspector
The IAP Inspector's top 5 player-friendly free-to-play mobile games of 2016
The best IAPs from the players' perspective
Ready To Transform
Netmarble plots further acquisitions in 2017 following Kabam Vancouver Studio deal
Netmarble Chief Global Officer Seungwon Lee discusses the recent big-money purchase
App Annie 2017
Gross mobile app spend will hit $166 billion and Pokemon GO won't have any clones in 2017
App Annie looks into its crystal ball
Neverending Story
CtrlMovie on taking their award-winning interactive film from your phone to the big screen
CEO Baptiste Planche reveals what's next for their tech after award wins for Late Shift at Game Connection Europe
Pokemon Watch
Pokemon GO Apple Watch companion app launches
Can it save wearables?
Super Mario Thirds
Super Mario Run made up 30% of all iOS spending during its first three days
More numbers from the hottest new game
Facebook Goty 2016
Gardenscapes beats Pokemon GO and Clash Royale to be Facebook's Game of the Year 2016
Instant Games and good Facebook Integration also recognised
Live And Kicking
Five years on: EA on the evolution of The Sims FreePlay
Senior Producer Amanda Schofield on the game's life so far
Pick Up Quizup
Glu Mobile picks up QuizUp developer Plain Vanilla in deal worth $8.7 million
Takes advantage of deal established in January
Looking Back
Mobile games generated $40.6 billion in revenues from 2.6 billion MAUs in 2016
SuperData Research looks back on the year
Touch Of Love
Game-focused messenger app Plato launches public beta following $3 million seed round
Play pool with your friends within the app
Top 50
PocketGamer.biz Top 50 developers 2017: Tell us about your successful year
Fill in our survey to tell us about your year in games
For And Against
Is the backlash against Super Mario Run's $9.99 price justified?
PocketGamer.biz debates both sides
Riccitiello On Vr
Unity CEO John Riccitiello holds firm on belief that VR won't be mainstream until 2020
Also reveals himself as a BLT lover
Imploding
Kabam looking to sell off the rest of its studios following Netmarble sale
Including Los Angeles, Beijing, and San Francisco studios
Mobile Mavens
The Mobile Mavens' Games of the Year 2016
Pokemon GO, Clash Royale, Crashlands and more
Switch To Vr
Nintendo seemingly files patent for Switch VR headset peripheral
Zelda in your face
Running Nicely
Super Mario Run generates $14 million during its first three days of launch
Yet more numbers run in
Explosive Deal
Netmarble acquires Kabam’s Vancouver studio and picks up Marvel Contest of Champions
Also picks up customer support, marketing, biz dev and UA teams in Austin and San Francisco
Perfect Fit
MobilityWare on why it bought Critical Hit Software and its ambitions for 2017
Why the card game specialist picked up Jigsaw Puzzle dev
Download Dash
Super Mario Run runs up 37 million downloads in three days
Some big early numbers for Mario’s mobile debut
Jump-start
Super Mario Run made $4 million on day one
10 million downloads
Hot Five
GDC Europe is no more, rising Rival Kingdoms revenues, and Zynga opens Finland office
The hottest articles of last week
Ad Revenue Attribution
AppsFlyer launches Ad Revenue Attribution service to track all revenue sources in one place
See how much ad revenue you're actually making
Super Mario Predictions
SuperData predicts $60 million in revenue for Super Mario Run
Only time will tell