Take-two Financials Q1 Fy18
Take-Two Interactive hits $418.2 million revenues with help from WWE Supercard and Dragon City
Main focus is still on its console titles
Zynga Financials Q2 Fy17
Zynga scores $5.1 million profit thanks to continued growth of Zynga Poker and its social slots
CSR 2 continues to grow too
The Charticle
Why did Gree pull out of the West?
The Japanese outfit no longer has a Western presence, but how are its games performing?
Mobile Games University
8 talks with practical mobile game development tips from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Advice from the experts
Glu Financials Q2 Fy17
Glu Mobile posts revenues of $68.7 million as Design Home has its strongest quarter yet
Still operating at a loss, which grows to $23.6 million
Apple Financials Q3 Fy17
Apple sees revenues of $45.4 billion as iPad Pro refresh boosts tablet sales by 28%
Sold 11.4 million units iPads in the quarter
Learn The Ropes
Internship opportunities available for aspiring writers at Steel Media
Come join the team
Esports Academy
4 videos on mobile eSports' present and future from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Key insights into the world of competitive gaming on mobile
Breaking Out
King continues soft launch spree with new IP Brick Wizard
Joins Stellar: Galaxy Commander, Legend of Solgard, Farm Adventure and Candy Crush Friends Saga
Speaker Spotlight
Mobile ad monetisation challenges and best practices
SafeDK's Ayala Rudoy discusses ad monetisation challenges and best practices
Global Publishing
5 videos that teach you about global mobile game publishing from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco
Learn all you need to know about key markets around the world
Ads Versus Iaps
Video ads are the top revenue generator behind IAPs
DIsplay and video ads make up half of mobile game publisher revenues
Key Milestone
Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle hits 200 million downloads
Bandai Namco plots series of events to celebrate
Show Me The Money
3 videos on M&As and funding from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Get advice and insights from the experts
The Weekly
The Weekly: Balancing cards in Clash Royale, Japan's legal barriers for eSports, and the million-dollar VR studios
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Pokemon Sue
Pokemon GO fans are suing Niantic for disastrous Pokemon GO Fest in Chicago
Fans want their travel expenses refunded - which shouldn't hurt Niantic's bank account too much
Ea Financials Q1 Fy18
EA mobile revenues hit $150 million as FIFA Mobile scores 95 million unique users
NBA Live and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes also continuing to draw in players
Indutrends
6 videos on mobile games industry trends for 2017 from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco
Learn all you need to know
Viral Ua
Tech start-up Megacool raises $1.5 million to make viral GIFs for mobile games
Funds to be used to employ new staff and accelerate development of API
Marvel At The Aftershock
Kabam off-shoot Aftershock partners with Marvel on new licensed mobile game
No other information revealed
That Is What You Are
Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017: The Superstar Sessions
The biggest names discuss the hottest topics in mobile gaming
Pokemon Go Slow
Niantic CEO John Hanke pins Pokemon GO Fest issues on overloaded mobile data networks
Things went far more smoothly when everybody left
Reinforcements
Has MZ just pulled all its legacy game marketing to focus on Final Fantasy XV?
Game of War and Mobile Strike collapse on download charts
Flash In The Pan
Adobe admits defeat and plans to end-of-life Flash by 2020
Hasn't been used on mobile for five years
Jobs News
GDC appoints Katie Stern as General Manager
Victoria Petersen also named as Lead Conference Manager
Funding Round
Web and app market intelligence firm SimilarWeb raises $47 million
Company plans to open new offices, develop new products and extend its data coverage
Influential Donations
Twitch community raises $75 million for charity
2017 has already seen $9.1 million in donations and may surpass 2016 record
Ready To Rumble
Take-Two to focus on WWE and NBA mobile games following Social Point acquisition
Might move on if these games perform well
Emerging Markets
Mobile games market rising stars: New promising countries in terms of revenues
Zenna's Bohdan Chernobai breaks down the data from emerging markets
Superdata Top Grossing June 2017
Honor of Kings was the top grossing mobile game worldwide in June 2017
SuperData reckons it generated $150 million in revenues for the month
Igf Submissions 2018
Independent Games Festival opens submissions for 20th annual competition
Deadline is October 2nd, so there's still some time left
Spooky Business
Balancing the bang and the buck: The making of Zombie Gunship Survival
Limbic Software and Flaregames explain all
Funding Round
Medtech firm Highmark raises $2 million to make games that treat brain injuries
Company also recruits John Gardiner as new CFO
Glitch Fest
Pokemon GO Fest plagued by technical problems
Niantic apologies to 20,000+ registered attendees as it issues refunds for all
The Weekly
The Weekly: Pokemon GO turf wars, designing Monument Valley 2, and developing for Facebook Instant Games
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Pokemon Go Fest
Niantic to unleash legendaries in Pokemon GO during special live-streamed real-world event on July 22nd
Players in Chicago will need to work together to take down a legendary
Partnership Perfect
Pocket Gems partners with Universal Studios for new Episode story based on Pitch Perfect
Community writers can win a trip to Universal and face time with Episode writers
Tapjoy Audience Reach
Tapjoy's rewarded video ads now reach over 581 million users thanks to partnerships with major developers
Seriously, Jam City, Sega, Zeptolab and more now making use of the platform
The Walking Deal
"As opposed to adapt, the word expand is better": Skybound's Dan Murray talks video game franchises
Speaking at PGC San Francisco, the Walking Dead boss discusses the challenges and opportunities of making games based on big brand IP
Paying The Billz
Former Kabam COO Kent Wakeford joins eSports platform Skillz's board of directors
Also co-owns an Overwatch eSports team now, apparently
Gamer Chat
Mobile gamer-focused chat platform Plexchat secures $7 million investment
"The lack of community is an existential crisis for mobile games," says Plexchat CEO Shawn Foust.
Financing Education
Games learning platform Kahoot raises extra $10 million in Series A funding round
Mobile app for teachers and students to launch during the new school year
Download Siege
Siege: Titan Wars fires past one million downloads in 10 days
Hits top 100 grossing rankings in 30 countries
Words With Television
Zynga partners with MGM for new Words With Friends TV game show
Could also incorporate other titles in publisher's portfolio
Crash-tastic
Not Doppler's Crash of Cars smashes 10 million downloads four months after launch
Over 750 battles have taken place
Look Ma I'm On Tv
Vainglory to make TV debut on Disney XD as part of new series ESL Brawlers
One episode dedicated to Super Evil's MOBA airing as part of D|XP
Inconvenient Truth
Why the mobile games industry underestimates MZ at its peril
Are you playing FFXV or Brawl Stars?
Acquiring Ua
N3twork buys Eric Seufert’s user acquisition tool Agamemnon
Seufert also joins company to lead its new suite of tools and services
Zooming To Emea
Mobile performance firm PacketZoom pushes into EMEA with new General Manager hire
Amos Ben Yaacov joins from bob to oversee operations
Leaps And Bounds
Motion tracking developer Leap Motion secures $50 million series C funding round
Pushing into Asia and broadening the scope of its product