Bound For Exile
Award-winning writer Andrew Saxsma to write series of stories based on mobile game Exiles of Embermark
Publishing a series on fiction platform Bound starting in June 2017
Amazon Refunds
Amazon begins $70 million refund process over unauthorised IAPs made by children
Get your applications in before May 28th 2018
All About The Money
Naive, greedy or both: Why can’t games companies IPO properly?
The uncertain pricing of uncertainty
Attractable Attachables
Gamevice raises $12.5 million to bring Nintendo Switch-like controllers to regular smartphones and tablets
Gamevice CEO Phillip Hyun on the mass market potential for attachable gamepads
California Pitching
The Big Indie Pitch arrives in California for two very important events
Two times the pitching fun
Last Chance
Grab a double discount to PG Connects San Francisco before the Mid Term rate runs out
But be quick – we're into the final hours
Mine, All Mine
Mobile game subscription service GameMine raises $20 million to expand its platform
Currently has 3.5 million users with access to 100 games
The Battles Ahead
The mobile augmented reality platform war
Digi-Capital's Tim Merel offers his thoughts on the big players and what's to come
Jobs News
GDC General Manager Meggan Scavio to leave
Last day on June 30th 2017
Fidget Spinners
Fidget spinner winners: How the latest playground craze has got the App Store all in a spin
How are the games performing, and how long can it last?
Into The Fold
Perforce puts Seapine Software acquisition to use with rebranded TestTrack ALM
Helix ALM now available to developers
East To West
Vietnamese mobile and online games publisher VNG considers US IPO
Exploring opportunity with Nasdaq
Because It's Batman
Tencent seals licensing deal for DC Comics characters in Strike of Kings
Batman, The Joker and Superman have already entered the fray
The Weekly
The Weekly: Augmented reality wars, Unity's $2.6 billion valuation, and why App Store revenues trump Google Play
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Big Saving
Mid Term ending for PG Connects San Francisco 2017
Last few days to save up to 25%
Mobile Mavens
Can mobile games still launch successful multimedia IP?
Will there be another Angry Birds?
Iap Inspector
How does Zombie Gunship Survival monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Unreal Money
Latest wave of Unreal Dev Grants gives two mobile developers a share of $275,000
One Dream and Playearth gain a cash boost for their games
Maximum Leverage
Why Tencent’s M&A strategy is smarter than gotta buy ‘em all
Second Pocket Gems deal was beginning of the end
Back In Action
Hearthstone recovers from revenue woes as Clash Royale continues to be the top grossing mobile game
SuperData Research reveals the biggest earners of April 2017
Mix It Up
Microsoft launches Mixer Create to livestream games from mobile devices
Offers co-streaming and viewer interactivity
Million Dollar Baby
66 publishers made their first $1 million in annual revenue on the US App Store in 2016
Compared to 39 on Google Play, according to Sensor Tower
Zombies + Bullets = Fun
Zombie outbreak: the making of Kill Shot Virus
Behind the scenes with Hothead Games
Switch Gets Unreal
Unreal Engine 4 adds full support for Nintendo Switch
Also gets Google Cardboard and Daydream support
Vision Fund
Softbank reportedly picks up $4 billion stake in Nvidia
Japanese firm acquires 4.9% of shares
Sweet Franchise
Jam City eyes multi-billion dollar future for Cookie Jam IP as game passes 100 million downloads
New game Cookie Jam Blast released
Get Onboard
Full-game demo ad platform AppOnboard raises $4 million to expand operations
Lets players play a game's tutorial in an ad
Unity Investment
Unity scores $400 million investment from equity firm Silver Lake
Values developer at $2.6 billion
The Charticle
Why did Tencent invest a further $90 million into Pocket Gems?
Tracking the impact of Tencent's millions on Episode and War Dragons
Top Apps
Transformers: Forged to Fight wins Best Game in 2017 Google Play Awards
Winners for Standout Indie, Best VR and AR apps also revealed
Take Two Financials Q4 Fy17
Take-Two revenues hit $1.78 billion with help from mobile CCG WWE SuperCard
Social Point purchase will be accretive to profits in FY18
Keep On Rolling
Atari renews Rollercoaster Tycoon license until 2022 as mobile game clears 6.5 million downloads
Extends previous agreement by three years
Fighting On A New Front
"Skullgirls is going to establish the new high bar for what a mobile fighting game can be"
Charley Price on his ambitions for the LINE-published fighting game
Pitch, Pitch, Pitch
The Big Indie Pitch heads to Los Angeles this June for the biggest week in gaming
E3 week is nearly upon us, so what better time for the Big Indie Pitch to arrive in Los Angeles
The Weekly
The Weekly: The $1 billion talking cat, Gordon Ramsay's Restaurant Dash, and Improbable's $500 million plans
Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet
Keep It Greasy
East Side Games' licensed IP Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money hits two million downloads in a month
Time to crack open a cold one with the boys
At The Movies
Google touts PC quality high-fidelity rendering for mobile-powered Daydream VR with Seurat
So good you'll kneel on the floor to get a better look
Living The Dream
Google unveils screen-casting and YouTube video sharing in Daydream VR 2.0 update
Over 150 apps currently available on the platform
Iap Inspector
How does Power Rangers: Legacy Wars monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
All The Content
Schedule unveiled for PG Connects San Francisco 2017
True cross-industry content from some of the finest minds around
Words With Zynga
Zynga Words With Friends GM on chat app games: "The opportunity is massive"
Zynga's Vaibhav Sahgal and Mark Kantor discuss bringinng Words With Friends to Instant Games
Growing Discord
Gamer messaging app Discord hits 45 million users in two years
A lot of "notice me, Senpai"s sent every day
I Have A Daydream
HTC unveils standalone Vive VR headset powered by Google Daydream
All the Daydream bells and whistles without the phone
Wah-hoo
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was the top-selling game in the US in April 2017
Sounds familiar somehow
Yep, Another One
Keywords Studios' acquisition spree continues with $4.8 million acquisition of GameSim
$3.2 million in cash, the rest in shares
Clicking Together
ZiMAD partners with Sony Pictures to bring blockbuster film brands to Magic Jigsaw Puzzles game
Its four million MAUs are sure to be happy
Industry Giant
Robert Tercek to keynote PG Connects San Francisco 2017
Unmissable session from renowned media futurist on Day Two of the June 27th to 28th conference
Three-bladed Razer
Razer reportedly raises up to $100 million in investment, signs new branding and data deal with Three
Opening a store in Hong Kong together in June
Give And Take
Using rewarded video ads in your app can boost retention by 4x, claims Tapjoy
Tapjoy digs deep into retention and rewards
Looking Ahead
The future of in-app purchase monetisation in mobile games
Scientific Revenue's William Grosso discusses the evolving monetisation landscape