Summoning A Crowd
Broadcast of Summoners War eSport tournament hits top five on Twitch
M2: Mobile Masters Invitational 2017 racked up 35,000 concurrent views
Ua Simplified
New user acquisition tool Acquired.io launches with $2 million in funding
Aims to streamline UA management
Coming Together
Singular merges with Apsalar to offer a more nuanced marketing analytics platform
Will operate under the Singular brand
Feeding The Fire
The explosive rise of Scopely
US publisher just can’t stop raising cash
How Long Is Forever?
Sega responds to criticism over handling of retro Sega Forever scheme
Mike Evans blames fragmentation, promises improvements
Augmented History
Report: 70 laid off as augmented reality firm CastAR closes
A core group trying to sell tech
Closing Shop
Scopely pulls Breaking Bad: Empire Business from app stores after 19 months in soft-launch
Looks like no one will be knocking
The Weekly
The Weekly: The YouTuber who formed a cult, why the kids are free-to-play, and the road ahead for mobile eSports
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Most Read
Glu partners with WWE, deconstructing Clash of Clans' Builder Base update, and analysing those Candy Crush sequels
The hottest articles of the week
Speaker Spotlight
PG Connects San Francisco 2017 speaker spotlight: Upsight President on advanced ad strategies
Jon Walsh offers his opinion before his big talk at PGC
Networking Central
All the companies: Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017 offers true cross-industry representation
From solo indies to global giants, all shall be rubbing shoulders during June 27th-28th conference
Pokemon Gone
Pokemon GO dropped out of the worldwide top 10 grossing ranks for the first time in May 2017
SuperData Research breaks out its worldwide report yet again
Artificial Intelligence
Six ways AI can drive mobile game monetisation and engagement
Tapjoy's Changsu Lee breaks down how AI can benefit the mobile games industry
Two Masters
Can Brawl Stars save mobile eSports?
Supercell’s biggest challenge
New Studio
Warner Bros. Interactice Entertainment opens cloud-based technology studio WB Games New York
Providing backend services across all its online titles
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Pocket Gems on the evolution of War Dragons
Product Manager Chelsea Ono Horn on the game's life so far
Free Sdk
Cross-platform framework Corona goes free for all app developers
Move follows Appodeal acquisition
Mad For The Sesh
Mobile gamers are spending 44 seconds longer in games across fewer sessions
Flurry Analytics takes a look at average mobile gaming sessions
Color Switch Esports
Color Switch becomes an eSport through partnership with Skillz
Bearing down on 200 million downloads
Round Two
"Big, hairy fight" rumbles on as ZeniMax demands block on Oculus sales or 20% share
Also looking for another $500 million in damages
Behind The Scenes
An ideal match: The making of Star Wars: Puzzle Droids
Sean Coughlin shares development insights
Indie Mavens
What impact will Apple's App Store redesign have on indie games developers?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Brain Food
Skybound, Telltale and Scopely join forces to battle The Walking Dead Mega Panel at PGC San Francisco 2017
Moderated by Unity Evangelist – and renowned zombie connoisseur – Oscar Clark, no less
Blast From The Past
Sega's plan to democratise retro gaming with Sega Forever on mobile
We speak to Sega Chief Marketing Officer Mike Evans about a new business built on ad revenues
Future Plans
"More growth, more platforms, broader presence": Kongregate on its post-acquisition strategy
MTG has snapped up the publisher, but what's next?
Global Mobile Market
Global mobile gaming market expected to grow to $46.1 billion in 2017
Newzoo breaks out the stats
Royal Rumble
Glu Mobile signs multi-year partnership with WWE to develop new licensed game
Tap Sports Baseball team taking over development duties
The Saga Continues
Crushing it: The diminishing but lucrative returns from the Candy Crush sequels
How do you follow a game like Candy Crush Saga?
Sneaky Purchase
Samsung quietly acquires mobile VR developer VRB for a reported $5.5 million
Increasing internal Gear VR development
Mtg Acquires Kongregate
Modern Times Group to acquire casual games publisher Kongregate for $55 million
Kongregate pushing further into developing its own games by acquiring other studios
Mobile Mavens
What will iOS 11 dropping App Store top grossing charts mean for developers?
Mobile Mavens on the new-look App Store
Mobile Plans
Razer: “There is a huge opportunity to disrupt the mobile market”
CEO Min-Liang Tan eyes company expansion
Influencing Influencers
YouTuber Papa Jake confirmed for Free Hive Games 'Influencer & Exclusive Reveal' keynote session at PGC San Francisco
Extended session will tell you everything you need to know to get the best out of the vloggers
Big Update
Pokemon GO update revamps gyms in bid to improve retention
Raid Battles also incoming for new cooperative play
Rewards For All
Atari partners with Tapjoy to bring rewarded ads to its games starting with Rollercoaster Tycoon Touch
F2P park builder crosses seven million downloads
The Weekly
The Weekly: Supercell's winning game design strategies, Nintendo's comeback and the eSports revolution
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Gateway Games
Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aimé: Mobile introduces the consumer to our IP before they move on to the "full experience"
Reggie explains Nintendo's mobile philosophy, forgets that it hasn't released any games in China yet
E3 2017 Figures
E3 2017 sees 68,400 visitors interact with 2,000 products from 293 exhibitors
ESA reveals some big numbers from the show
War Chest
Walking Dead: Road to Survival publisher Scopely raises $60 million to fund acquisitions and partnerships
Comes a year after company raised $55 million in Series B financing round
Fight Piracy
How app piracy can wreck your app business – and how you can fight back
Tapcore on how to beat piracy
Making Of
Round two: The making of Transformers: Forged to Fight
The road from conception to version 2.0
First Brawl
Supercell soft-launches Brawl Stars in Canada App Store
Global release depends on soft launch success
Creature Comforts
Adorable hugging game Squeelings charms judges to win The Big Indie Pitch in LA
They're just so damned cute
Green Apple
Apple offers up $1 billion green bond to fund clean energy and environmental projects
Showing support for the Paris climate agreement
Best In Class
Google Play adds quarterly Android Excellence section to highlight its best apps and games
Galaxy of Heroes and Hitman GO among the first to be featured
Startapp Sdk
Mobile Monetisation: Choosing the right SDK
Why securing the right SDK is a key decision for publishers
Switch It Up
Nintendo teases new Pokemon RPG, Metroid Prime 4, Yoshi and Kirby for Switch
Game Freak developing core Pokemon RPG for console
From The Ashes
Kabam spin-off Phoenix One decloaks to reveal hardcore real-time strategy game Guardian Kingdoms
Developed as Kabam was considering selling its business
Tapjoy Ad Preferences
79% of mobile gamers prefer opt-in rewarded video ads to mandatory ads
Tapjoy asks gamers what ads they like to see
Competitive Spirit
Com2uS on the potential of Summoners War as an eSport
Com2uS USA CEO Casey Lee sets out his ambitions