Iap Inspector
How does Dragon's Watch monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Further Research
User testing firm Player Research expands its services with new lab in Montreal
Former Compulsion and Ubisoft user researcher Morgan Kennedy
Smart Sales
The art of the sale
Scientific Revenue CEO William Grosso discusses monetisation and how to best use discounts
Pre-orders And Discounts
Apple adds pre-orders and introductory subscription discounts to the App Store
Drum up support for your app or game earlier
Sowing Discord
Gamer messaging app Discord clears 87 million registered users
Now has 14 million DAUs sending 9.5 billion messages a month
Best To Play
ZeptoLab’s CATS: Crash Arena Turbo Stars named Google Play’s Best Game for 2017
Quirky brawler proves popular on Android
Rewarding Success
Monument Valley 2 wins Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards
Beats Fire Emblem Heroes, Super Mario Run, Old Man’s Journey and Hidden Folks
Hot Five
5 hottest mobile games stories: Mark Pincus on scale, Stanga Games raises $500,000, and Clash Royale's Olympic spirit
The hottest articles of last week
Reflecting On Data
Breaking down the download numbers required to get your game in the App Store’s top rankings
We use Reflection’s data to gain an insight into the average daily downloads per country and subcategory
What's The Target?
Can PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Call of Duty raise the bar for mobile shooters?
And if they can't, what will?
Crazy Ad Experiments
Animoca gets revenue boost for Crazy Kings with AppOnboard's Rewarded Demo zones
Developer trial new playable ad format
Super Evil Razer
Super Evil Megacorp forms strategic partnership with Razer to advance mobile eSports
Razer's going to sponsor a bunch of Vainglory tournaments
Level Up
King, Ironhide, Cartoon Network and more kick off Uruguay’s Level UY conference talks
Event also hosts Indie Showroom, workshops and CONAVI Awards for local developers
Bridge Constructor Portal
Valve licenses Portal IP to Headup Games for branded Bridge Constructor game
Bridge Constructor Portal is not the game we expected, but exactly the one we deserve
Android Market Share
Android's US market share grew 8.2% in October 2017 while iOS faltered
Kantar Worldpanel blames November launch of the iPhone X
The Next Generation
Code.org raises $12 million to provide more computer science education for children
22 million users of its platform, 10 million of which are girls
Search Ads Basic
Apple launches stripped-back pay-per-install Search Ads Basic service in the US
Designed for smaller developers with small budgets
Champion Of Fire
Amazon's 2017 Champions of Fire casual eSports tournament wraps up in New York
Twitch streamer Yassuo wins $10,000
Connect The Dots
Dots CEO Paul Murphy to step down at the end of 2017
COO Patrick Moberg to take over
Snagging Influencers
5 ways to snag a top gaming influencer
YPSocial CEO Yogin Patel lets us in on his secrets to bagging a top influencer
Ingress Prime Time
Niantic to reboot its first location-based game Ingress with major update and anime series in 2018
Ingress Prime introduces a new narrative and some serious redesign
Roll The Dice
NHN Entertainment partners with Sony Pictures on soft-launched Jumanji mobile game tie-in
Jumanji: The Mobile Game due to launch on December 14th
The Charticle
How does the launch of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp compare to past Nintendo games?
Charting the game's trajectory
Most Read
Mobile Games Awards 2018 finalists, what's happening at MZ, and two PUBG games are coming to mobile
The hottest articles of last week
Top Mario
Super Mario Run was the most downloaded new game on Google Play in 2017
Bubble Witch 3 Saga takes second, some dispute over the final three
Top Grossers October 2017
Honor of Kings topped the worldwide top grossing mobile charts again in October 2017
Fantasy Westward Journey falls back to second place
Pikachu On The Case
Detective Pikachu movie reportedly signs up Kathryn Newton as female lead
Wait... they're still making the Detective Pikachu movie?
Focus On The Details
"F**k scale": Mark Pincus explains why a focus on product was integral to Zynga's endurance
The Zynga co-founder on creativity, failing fast and why the small details in games matter
(red) Candy
King partners with AIDS charity (RED) on three charity IAPs across the Candy Crush franchise
Help fight AIDS and crush some candies while you're at it
Stealing Christmas
Jam City brings Dr Seuss' The Grinch to mobile for the first time in Panda Pop
Partnership with Dr Seuss Enterprises adds a heap of new content
Newzoo Estimates
Global games market now expected to grow to $116 billion in 2017
Newzoo adjusts its expectations to account for popular trends in games
Mobile Heavyweights
Mobile Games Awards 2018: The finalists revealed
Awards ceremony to take place on January 23rd.
Autodesk Job Cuts
Autodesk cuts 1,150 jobs amid restructuring to focus on digital products and subscriptions
Around 13% of its workforce made redundant
Two Become One
What the hell is happening at Game of War and Mobile Strike developer MZ?
The baton is passed
Stateside Sessions
Call for speakers - want to join our PG Connects San Francisco 2018 agenda on May 14th to 15th?
Now considering all industry themes, from influencers to ICOs and everything in-between
Cookie Cutters
Jam City launches YouTube influencer campaign for Cookie Jam in time for National Cookie Day
iJustine and Jenna Ezarik face-off to make the best cookies
Industry Survey
Mobile Games Developer Trends 2017: What’s hot and what’s not
The industry tells us the shape of the sector in 2017
Camp Stats
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp clears an estimated 15 million downloads six days after launch
Sensor Tower says it's double Fire Emblem Heroes but half of Super Mario Run
Have Your Say
Help shape future of XR development software with this survey
Take the Developer Economics survey for your chance to win an Oculus Rift, Acer WMR headset, $50 exclusive to TheVirtualReport.biz readers and more...
Western Revolution
Lineage 2: Revolution races to top 50 grossing positions across Europe and North America
Hit MMORPG off to a strong start but failed to replicate South Korea success
Critical Hit
Pokemon GO developer Niantic catches $200 million investment
Eclipses $30 million funding round in 2015
Infinity Stickers
Chair Entertainment partners with messaging app Pundit on a pack of Infinity Blade stickers
Now you can stab the God King with the Infinity Blade in cartoon form
Play To Win
RewardMob on turning games into casual eSports: "Developers have seen four times the number of player sessions"
The RewardMob CEO talks tournaments, league tables and leaderboards
Black Friday 2017
Black Friday 2017: Savings for game developers on Unity assets, Udemy courses and more
The best game development savings out there
The Charticle
From Lineage 2 to Contest of Champions: The games powering South Korean powerhouse Netmarble
It's not all about Lineage 2 - though nearly half of it is
Wild Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather becomes face of Playtrex's social casino game Wild Poker
Play as Mayweather, or just let him be the host of the game
Zooming Off
PacketZoom closes $5 million series A funding round to grow its platform
Baseline Ventures leads the round
Apple In Bloom
Report: Apple acquires mixed reality hardware firm Vrvana for $30 million
Could use the firm's VR/AR tech to design its own headset
The Charticle
Are mobile clones of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds fighting a losing battle?
Who's going big on mobile battle royale games?
Freshly Crowned
How a small Indian studio got 55 million downloads and 10 million DAUs in under a year
The rise of Gametion and Ludo King