Big Indie Awards 2017
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Eddie The Bird
Iron Maiden mascot Eddie to star in Angry Birds Evolution in-game event for Halloween
Rovio also plans to sell 'Eddie the Bird' merchandise
Acquisition News
IGN acquires Humble Bundle
Financial terms of the deal not disclosed
Seeing Clearly
Is it price or vision that limits VR’s reach?
Putting Oculus Go’s price in context
Hot Five
Temporary new Supercell CEO, Zynga to close NaturalMotion Oxford, and Big Huge Games makes senior hires
The hottest articles of the last week
Shake It Off
Glu partners with Taylor Swift for new mobile title The Swift Life
Digital community lets fans connect with singer and each other
Set For Success?
Lineage 2: Revolution surpasses one million pre-registrations for US and Europe launch
Follows on from successful launches in South Korea and Japan
Publishing Deal
SPYR Games signs publishing deal with US developer Reset Studios
Two new games to utilise Hollywood IP
Real Deal?
Mixed reality start-up Magic Leap plots new $1 billion funding round
Investment could value company at $7 billion
Oculus Go
Facebook unveils new standalone virtual reality headset Oculus Go
Social Networking giant targets sweet spot between affordability and quality
Lobbying Guide
Your guide to the Mobile Games Awards 2018
How to submit a game and help us celebrate the best of the global mobile games industry
Awarding Success
Brand new Mobile Games Awards announced for Pocket Gamer Connects London 2018
Inaugural award ceremony celebrating the best in the industry takes place on Tuesday 23rd January
Stranger Things Have Happened
Second screen: How successful are free-to-play mobile game TV tie-ins?
How are Star Trek, The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones grossing on mobile?
Jobs News
Ex-Tune Head of Sales joins AdColony as VP of Performance Advertising for North America
Tim O'Neil will be responsible for leading company's app install business in the region
Staff Layoffs
Job losses at Star Trek Timelines developer Disruptor Beam
Studio to focus on character-collection and war games
Jobs News
AR developer HitPoint Studios appoints Legacy Games CEO as new President
Follows multi-year development partnership between two companies
Windows Phone Is Dead
Microsoft halts further development of Windows Phone features and hardware
Looks like the end of the line for OS and handsets for Windows 10 Mobile
Big Huge Hires
DomiNations developer Big Huge Games recruits ex-Zynga and Epic staff in senior roles
Steve Superville and Judith Hoffman named Creative Director and Chief Operating Officer
Hans-on
Perforce's Hansoft acquisition: What does the technological coming together mean for mobile devs?
Perforce Chief Product Officer Tim Russell shares the reasons for the buyout
Scope For Expansion
The Walking Dead: Road to Survival developer Scopely opening new studio in Barcelona
Developer reportedly set to invest between €2 million to €3 million in the new office
Hot Five
How Supercell's Brawl Stars monetises, Mike DeLaet on sharing his smarts, and evolving from rinse-and-repeat
The hottest articles of the last week
All Aboard
"Our community of engaged players will count in the dozens of millions": The rise of digital board games
Philippe Dao of Asmodee Digital has a Ticket To Ride (and Catan and Mysterium and more...)
Indie Heaven
Casual Connect Kyiv: tickets, speakers and Indie Prize details
The international conference is in Ukraine 24-26 October – and tickets are available at 30% discount (prices go up 16 October!)
New Arenas
How is Tencent's massive hit Honor of Kings performing outside of China?
Out now in Europe and Southeast Asia, but how's it grossing?
London Continuum
Microsoft will deliver Windows Mixed Reality keynote at Develop:VR
Pete Daukintis and Mike Taulty to close the one-day conference and expo taking place on 9 November at Olympia
Kongregate Acquisition
Kongregate acquires Animation Throwdown and Spellstone developer Synpase Games
Will continue to operate as an indepdent studio
Blowing Up
Riposte Games' Mini Guns shoots past one million downloads in a month
Cross-platform strategy title has also added new leagues and levels
All Upside Down
No monetisation, just old school passion: BonusXP on making Netflix tie-in Stranger Things
CEO Dave Pottinger on a different sort of project
Google Event
AR, VR and the Pixel 2: Google's Live Launch
The biggest announcements from Google’s Pixel event in San Francisco
Stranger Adaptations
Hit Netflix show Stranger Things gets new mobile game ahead of season two
US developer BonusXP grabs rights to develop title
Ar Toys
Toys R Us tries to win back customers with new augmented reality mobile game
Will AR prove to be a magical place for the beleaguered company?
Business Expansion
Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle developer Akatsuki opens US film and TV branch
Developer branches out into new mediums
Partner Up
Dutch developer Sticky Studios tapped for mobile game based on disaster movie Geostorm
Title launched two weeks ahead of film's release
One Billion Downloads Later
From Kabam SVP to DOD Media CEO: Mike DeLaet on sharing his smarts
One door shuts, open another
Modern Combat Or Bust
One year on: Whatever happened to Gameloft?
Vivendi’s revival on hold
Recalibrating Success
Can mobile gaming move from rinse-and-repeat to more meaningful moments?
Meta matters
Puzzle & Downloads
Puzzle & Dragons clears 12 million downloads in North America
Up to 62 million downloads worldwide
New Realities
VR and AR special: Have your say on the exciting world of virtual and augmented reality on mobile
Contributors wanted
Relief Support
Rick and Morty mobile game donates day’s proceeds to hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico
Developer supports country devastated by Hurricane Maria
Iap Inspector
How does Supercell's Brawl Stars monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Hot Five
Top 50 mobile game developers, running in-game events in Candy Crush Saga, and decrypting cryptocurrency
The hottest articles of the last week
World Of Mobile
Blizzard developing new MMO RTS for mobile
Unannounced project described as a "new gaming experience for mobile"
Top 50 Out Now
Supercell crowned the world’s top mobile games company in PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Developer list
Full list now available
Best Of 2017
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2017
The movers, shakers and moneymakers
New Alliance
Plarium acquires Alliance: Heroes of the Spire developer Rumble Entertainment
Israeli developer enters the RPG space
Show Me The Money
Cash is king, and here is how you can access it fast to grow your game
How companies like Pollen VC are offering a way for small developers to raise cash quickly
Gear Refunds
Oculus unveils new refund policy for Gear VR content
For anyone who uses an app for less than half an hour
Spyr Acquisitions
SPYR plans aggressive acquisition strategy following Pocket Starships deal
Also expecting to publish new games using Hollywood IP soon
Zynga Legal
Zynga hires former Associate General Counsel for Tesla as its new Chief Legal Officer
Phuong Phillips to oversee legal affairs for the whole company
Games Market August 2017
Worldwide mobile games market grew by 13% in August 2017
Top grossing games remain largely the same