Alliance Over
Disney shuts down Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2 just six months after launch
Four-year-old original title closing too
Apple Cleans Up
Apple to limit app name length to 50 characters in the App Store
Deleting broken apps too
Early Starters
Google Play Early Access now open to all Android developers
But devs must be given approval to participate
Seriously Obsessed
Seriously enlists actress Kate Walsh for new influencer campaign "Don't Download Best Fiends"
Millennials love irony
Canada Trends
A look at the latest trends and state of funding in Canadian mobile game development
The the Oh, Canada! panel discusses industry developments at PGC Vancouver
Gtr Accelerator
Global Top Round incubator awards 10 studios $50,000 each to develop their games
Mentorship and publisher access on offer for the selected studios
Pgc Helsinki Speaker Spotlight
UA expert Eric Seufert on his new challenge at marketing agency Heracles
Weighing up in-house UA vs. life at Heracles
Huge Tsums
Disney swaps LINE for Mixi to publish new toy-based game Marvel Tsum Tsum
Launched first in US and Canada
Google Games
Google recruiting game designers and engineers to build "the future of mobile entertainment"
Inexperienced candidates need not apply
Getting The Message
Why in-app messaging is your best brand ambassador
How mobile developers can learn from brick and mortar retail
Get Ahead
Hothead on how game designers can stay ahead of the competition
Creative Director Mike Inglehart gives three key areas
Fuzzy Logic
Apsalar leads the charge to workaround iOS 10's Limit Ad Tracking changes
Arise effective probabilistic methods
Pgc Helsinki Speaker Spotlight
Appodeal on the latest trends in app monetisation and programmatic advertising
Company's Anna Baidachnaya to speak at PGC Helsinki 2016
Disruption Inbound
Will iOS 10's Limit Ad Tracking destroy the mobile game UA market?
Is Apple playing a long game?
Eedar Acquisition
NPD Group acquires EEDAR to expand games market research
Sum undisclosed
Apple Event
Apple set to unveil iPhone 7 and new Apple Watch on 7 September
iPhone 7 rumoured to drop headphone port
Google Indie Festival
Registration opens for the 30-game strong Google Play Indie Games Festival
The chance to play mobile indie games before anyone else
Big New Publisher
My Singing Monsters developer Big Blue Bubble starts mobile publishing initiative
A new publisher on the block
And Away We Go
Rick and Morty co-creator joins with ex-Epic Games EP to form new VR studio Squanchtendo
And they're hiring
Sheppard Leads
Andrew Sheppard named CEO of rebranded GREE International Entertainment
Ryotaro Shima takes his old job as COO
Learn From The Best
What other mobile shooters should learn from Glu Mobile's Rival Fire
The case for Rival Fire as a best-in-class shooter
Dig Deep
Despite huge funding rounds, most VR developers are funding projects out of their own pockets
Not so lucrative after all
Pokemon Go Home
Pokemon GO was the top grossing game worldwide in July 2016
Pope owns balcony
Wargaming Mobile
Wargaming reiterates commitment to mobile despite WG Cells Seattle closure
WG Cells CEO David Bluhm explains the situation
Wg Cells Closure
Update: Wargaming closes Seattle-based studio WG Cells and lays off 60 staff
Currently unknown how this affects other operations
Vr Esports
360-degree VR eSports platform SLIVER.tv raises $6.2 million in seed funding
Bringing eSports highlights to VR
Pokemon Go Away
Pokemon GO's active users are in steep decline - but does it really matter?
Axiom Capital Management seems to think so
Not So Distant Dream
Google Daydream VR could could launch in a matter of weeks
Offering six-figure sums to help promote the platform
The Good Storyteller
Four lessons in emotional storytelling and plot structure from Pixar
Matthew Luhn shares his wisdom with games developers
Be The Baddies
Why Turbine wants you to see yourself become the villain in Batman: Arkham Underworld
Behind the scenes with Executive Producer Athena Peters
Sssmash Hit
Slither.io achieved 80 million downloads worldwide in Q2 2016
So says Sensor Tower's Q2 Data Digest
Color Me Impressed
Indie sensation Color Switch hits 100 million downloads
Next stop, 150 million downloads
Tasty Nougat
Android 7.0 Nougat rolls out on Nexus devices with Vulkan API support to boost game graphics
A bunch of emoji too
Facebook's Comeback?
Facebook wants its gamers back with new Unity deal
Social network could be after PC and mobile developers
Strategy Sells
Mobile strategy games generate $194 million in the US in July, but RPGs show much better ARPDAU
And more stats from SurveyMonkey
Maximising Ua
Paid user acquisition: The good, the bad and the ugly
Finding an effective UA strategy for your game
That Was The Week
Mixi retreats, Z2's future looks uncertain, Shilpa Shetty goes for games, and finding the fun in Candy Crush
Hot topics in the world of mobile games
Ready For Launch
Ex-LucasArts and EA vet Darrell Rodriguez joins mixed reality firm CastAR as CEO
Zynga's former SVP of Games, Steve Parkis, joins as COO
No Code, No Problem
Apple has featured more than 50 games made in codeless dev tool Buildbox
Engine behind Color Switch powers Apple's favourites
Poke-pests
Niantic and Nintendo facing another lawsuit because of Pokemon GO players
Cussing and looking in windows
Alloy Ahoy
Intel unveils its all-in-one VR headset, Project Alloy
All the joy of VR in one bulky unit
Telling Tales
Telltale Games publishes its first mobile-only game, Mr Robot:1.51 exfiltratiOn
Not exactly SEO friendly
Rise And Fall
Z2's future looks uncertain as forthcoming midcore title Rise of Tyrants is canned
Writing's on the wall
Learn From Experience
Pitching advice from 45-year industry stalwart Don Daglow
How to sell your vision
Going Up
Pokemon GO will soon hit $350 million; well on its way to generating $1 billion
And other stats from App Annie
Mobius Million
Mobius Final Fantasy hits one million downloads outside Japan
New items added to store to appeal to Western players
Z2 Job Cuts
King-owned developer Z2Live cuts marketing and support functions staff
Parent company aligning studio with its strategic goals
Trivia Cracked
Trivia Crack Kingdoms surpasses seven million downloads in 10 months
Over 2 billion questions answered
Paid Vs. Free
"Paid apps are truly dead”
But are they really?
Firefly Funding
Firefly Games closes $10 million funding round to work on Hollywood IPs
Also looking into VR and eSports