Tell Me Straight
EA introduces tighter transparency rules on its influencer campaigns
Setting the standard for other developers
Expansion Is Key
Keywords Studios continues acquisition streak by snapping up Enzyme Testings Labs for $3.65 million
Will fit nicely with fellow recent acquisition Player Research
State Of Play
Android users play Unity games longer than iOS players
Unity breaks down the state of play in Q3 2016
Hot Switch
Nvidia says the Switch is nothing like what anyone has played before
Jen-Hsun Huang talks up the potential of the new console
Clash Of Wangs
Adult gaming platform Nutaku opens $10 million fund to add mature content to existing mobile games
Offers a new platform for those willing to embrace smut
New Platform, Same Nintendo
Why Super Mario Run is an exciting moment for mobile and premium games
A landmark moment
Falling Apple
Apple stocks fall 5% following Donald Trump's election and planned tariffs on China
Another loss for Apple
Super Mario Launch
Super Mario Run to launch on iOS on December 15th for $10
Plumber makes his way to mobile next month
Ubisoft Insider Trading
Five Ubisoft execs accused of insider trading by French stock market
Avoiding 25% stock drop in 2013
Download Fantasy
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius passes eight million downloads in five months outside Japan
Holds special event to celebrate
Apple Ar
Apple exploring augmented reality glasses for possible 2018 launch
So claims sources "close to the matter"
Q3 Smartphone Sales
iPhone 7 sales push Apple's market share in the US to 34.2% in the US in Q3 2016
Continues to struggle in China
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Gameloft's Vincent Coupal on how to get a job as a Senior Technical Artist
Some top tips on building a career in game art
Bold Move
Oprah Winfrey Network expands into mobile gaming with match-3 puzzler Bold Moves
Everybody's getting in on it
Price Switch
Report: Nintendo Switch could cost £199.99 in the UK
Device could retail at $249.99 in the US
Dragons Rising
Puzzle & Dragons surpasses 11 million downloads in North America
But struggles to replicate money-making success outside of its native Japan
Keep The Ball Rolling
How Glu Hyderabad's live ops keeps games alive
Senior Producer Nilesh Engineer on updates and their effects
Amazon Iap
Amazon ordered to pay parents up to $86 million for unauthorised IAPs made by children
Federal judge orders year-long claims process
Wake Up
Google Daydream View launches in 5 countries for $79
Available in Australia, Canada, Germany, UK and US
Deltadna Ad Survey
Mobile developers are becoming more cautious about showing too many ads in game
DeltaDNA says interstitial ads are much less popular too
Unite Under Cook
Tim Cook tells Apple employees "the only way to move forward is to move forward together" after Trump election win
Apple CEO tries to unite company following US election
Kings And Vp's
King hires ex-GSN VP of Creative Steven Meretzky as VP of Design
Industry veteran to work on secret project
'tis The Season
Mobile gamers buy more IAPs the week after Christmas
Nanigans breaks down the holiday data
War Child Armistice
Game developers team up to raise money for War Child charity
Democracy 3 and 1979 Revolution: Black Friday donate portion of sales to cause
Cheap Iphones
Apple begins selling refurbished iPhones to make up for drop in smartphone sales
iPhone 6S now available for $80 less
A Game Of Four Turns
The beautiful game simplified: the making of FIFA Mobile
Behind the scenes with Senior Producer Todd Batty
Trumped-up
Is Donald Trump a winner for games developers?
Did Donald Trump make mobile games great again?
Get Them Cheap
High quality users are cheaper to acquire on iPhone than Android
According to Verto Analytics
Mo' Money Mo' Adverts
Mobile Strike and Game of War were the most advertised games on Google in Q3 2016
Instagram still underused as a market
Android Adoption
Android Nougat garners a 0.3% adoption rate in first two months of release
0.2% better than Android Froyo
Mobile Mavens
Mobile developers debate the importance of in-game events
Just how significant are they?
Final Strike
Mobile Strike dev MZ partners with Square Enix for Final Fantasy XV mobile MMO
A Game of War reskin or something wholly new?
Educating Unity
Free Unity Licence Grant programme now available to all educators
Primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities can now use game engine in lessons
Five Years On
Backflip Studios on releasing DragonVale World five years after the original
Adapting to the new world
Jobs News
Blizzard co-founder Allen Adham returns after 12 years out of the games industry
Adham to help ensure new projects get off the ground
Hot Five
How Best Fiends Forever and PvZ: Heroes performed, the human cost of a cancelled F2P game, and Next Games’ customer support approach
The hottest articles of last week
Subscription Play
With subscriptions the fastest growing business model on Google Play, devs can now implement introductory discounts
Timed lower pricing aimed at helping devs attract more users
Ch-ch-changes
Glu Mobile appoints new CEO and acquires control of Covet: Fashion dev Crowdstar for $45 million
Revenues fall to $51.4 million as publisher sets out new changes
Dawn Finally Breaks
Zynga will finally release Dawn of Titans during the Christmas holidays after 20 months in soft launch
Publisher gears up for big UA push for long-awaited title, but doesn't expected significant impact on Q4 financials
New Face
App Annie hires Aaron Mahimainathan as its new Chief Product Officer
20 year industry veteran takes reins on product management
Search No Farther
Advertisers have doubled spends on App Store Search Ads since they launched
Acquiring engaged users to boot
Daily Pokemon
Four months after launch, Pokemon GO adds Daily Bonuses to boost retention
Does it even need it at this point?
A New World
Backflip Studios returns to DragonVale after five years with the 3D DragonVale World
A belated sequel to the early App Store hit
Us Player Habits
78% of US gamers play games on their smartphones
Female players most interest in puzzle, arcade and social casino games
Eat Sleep Develop
Augmented reality start-up CastAR swoops for Twisted Metal dev team Eat Sleep Play
Eat Sleep Play devs working with ex-Disney Infinity team
Big Funding Deal
HTML5 developer Big Viking Games seeks further $60 million funding after raising $21.75 million
"We truly believe that HTML5 is the future"
Zynga Financials
Zynga’s MAUs fall to 66 million year-on-year as casino games drive revenues
CSR Racing 2 performs better than expected
Live Long And Develop
Unity adds enhanced support for Metal and Vulkan APIs
New version of EditorVR authoring tool, Daydream support and more coming soon
Better Than In-house
WildTangent reports 33% fill rate increase after signing up with AerServ
Brand advertising approach brings impressive returns
Vungle Dynamic Templates
Vungle introduces modular Dynamic Templates to boost LTVs for video advertisers
More revenue without sacrificing UX