Big Huge Acquisition
Nexon Korea acquires DomiNations developer Big Huge Games
Working together to add new content and create engaging experiences
Wrapped Up
Updated: Twitter doubles down on mobile games as it integrates its Fabric tool suite into Unity
One SDK and go
Cash In
iWin signs a 5 game eSports deal with Skillz
Can eSports be casual?
Twitter, Mistruths & Hard Cash
Is Glu really paying Kim Kardashian 50% of the gross revenue of KK: Hollywood?
Analysing speculation
Machinists Needed
Game of War and Mobile Strike developer Machine Zone hiring game designers
Chance to shape studio's next hits at Palo Alto studio
Search Tricks
How to improve your App Store and Google Play search ranking
NativeX's Ryan Weber on secret formulas
Looking Forward
Game localisation outfit GTL Media rebrands as GameScribes and joins Pocket Gamer for a GDC party
Same company, new name
Churned
Flashback Friday: I've played Clash of Clans more than any other game, but now it's time to log off
What I learned from the process of spending $70+
On The Up
HyprMX CEO Corey Weiner promoted to president of parent company Jun Group
Commits company's future to mobile video ads
All Change Again
Zynga puts its trust in operational excellence, as ex-EA Mobile EVP Frank Gibeau becomes its surprise new CEO
Pincus reverts to chairman role
Midnight Stars
Industrial Toys announces sequel Midnight Star: Renegade
A faster FPS for the mobile generation
In The Know
An introduction to influencer marketing for indie mobile game developers
Sam Dalsimer on how to make friends
Go Pokemon Go
Niantic Labs extends its funding for Pokemon GO and other location games to $25 million
Still working on Ingress and new titles
Convention-al
Steve Wozniak wants your app at the Silicon Valley Comic Con on March 18-20
Free booth space for ten developers
Pg At Gdc
10th birthday party, Big Indie Pitch, and drinks: here's how to meet and hang with Pocket Gamer at GDC 2016
What to do, where to go, and who to meet
New Face
Ex-Fuse, Fyber exec Jeff Sue joins HyprMX as Senior Director of BizDev
Sue to handle HyprMediate strategy
A Codeless Future
GameSalad CEO Stephen Nichols on the slow death of coding
Can accessible dev tools kill off coding?
Rapidly Growing
How to get a job at DomiNations publisher Nexon M
Recruiter Richard Diaz-Villanueva provides insights
Glory In Vanity
Vainglory wins Best Mobile Game at 2016 GLOMO Awards
Beats over 930 other titles to the crown
King Acquired
Activision Blizzard completes acquisition of King for $5.9 billion
Creates the "largest game network in the world"
Bigger, Bolder... Fewer
Kabam lays off 8 percent of staff in multiplayer refocus
Exact numbers still vague
Experience Is Key
Ubisoft Halifax is hiring a Mobile Game Producer
Newly-acquired studio seeks new recruits
Industrial Gunslingers
Industrial Toys spins off sister company Gunslinger Studios to develop RPG Exiles of Embermark
Getting the focus right
Don't Bloat
Does this SDK make my game fitter or fatter?
Dan Laughlin on in-game health
What's Next?
The 5 trends that will dictate mobile gaming's evolution in 2016
David Diaz consults his crystal ball
Breaking Bad
Scopely cooks up Breaking Bad license with F2P mobile title Breaking Bad: Empire Business in soft launch
It's time to cook
Going Wider
Tapjoy embraces 'meta mediation' role as it integrates MoPub, Fyber and AerServ
Aggregating the aggregators
Sign Up No
Nintendo opens rewarded pre-registration program for Miitomo
It's coming
Labour Of Love
Two years of cancer and crafting: The making of Crashlands
Butterscotch Shenanigan's Seth Coster on hard years
Ads With Passion
How Roostr hopes to combine scale and authenticity as it brings influencers into the UA playbook
CEO Marco Mereu on the win-win scenario
Jackpot
Social casino consolidation continues as GSN Games acquires Plumbee
London dev snapped up
Respecting Kid-ivacy
AgeCheq 3 offers mobile devs 'Compliance as a Service' for US and EU child privacy laws
Offers compliance with COPPA, GDPR, and PECR
Head To Moscone
Samsung opens its arms to developers, announcing its Developers Conference 2016 on 27-28 April
Plus Day 0 pre-event day
Extended Play
Chartboost acquires influencer network Roostr to tap into fast-growing social UA opportunity
Watch this now
The Right Ads
The power of rewarded ads within your monetization mix
Adam Salamon has the right present for you
Feat Of Endurance
Holding on too long for a hero: the monetisation of Marvel Avengers Academy
IAPs from the players' perspective
Island Retreat
How to get a job at Canadian data-focused F2P dev Icejam
Founder and CEO Stuart Duncan shares insights
Outgunning The Rest
No competition: Machine Zone owned the US UA battlefield in Q4 2015
Sensor Tower reveals the damage
Online Focused
Amazon announces Web Services and Twitch-integrated Lumberyard game engine
Console now, mobile to come
Drag-and-drop Development
How solo-developed Color Switch topped the App Store using 'codeless' dev tool Buildbox
Color Switch's David Reichelt and Buildbox founder Trey Smith tell all
Touchdown
How Madden NFL Mobile became EA Mobile's MVP
Anchored to the Super Bowl
Making It
Video: Disco Pixel's Trevor Stricker on making it as an indie
Everyone's doing it
On The Up
Strong Madden NFL Mobile growth sees EA Mobile's sales up 3% to $128 million
But non-GAAP sales up 43%
Swift Rebound?
Despite 2015 sales of $250 million, Glu slips back into loss
Kim Kardashian is maturing
Get It Right
Video: Mobile Game Partners on how to get self-publishing right
General design tips too
Power Of Web
Why you should be thinking 'mobile last', not 'mobile first'
Derrick Morton sees things in reverse
You Belong With Me
Glu continues its celebrity roll-up with a Taylor Swift mobile game due in 2016
Singing the same tune
Make The Right Choice
How Downtown Showdown embodies the best and worst of genre hybridisation
A lesson in extremes from COLOPL NI's city builder
Investment Investigation
Video: Ignited Artists on the 6 types of funding
Six ways to get funded
Business Panel
Video: Business experts discuss how to run an indie games business
Making games and money