Get The Message
Zynga’s pro-activeness with iMessages reaps dividends for Words With Friends
Downloads up 74%
Global Mobile Report
China will lead global app revenues to $44.8 billion in 2016
An in-depth analysis of the global mobile market
Top Of The World
Mobile eSport Vainglory goes to Hollywood for first ever World Championship on December 2nd
First mobile eSports world championship ever
The Ideal Mixi
Marvel Tsum Tsum developer Mixi on catering to the new casual Marvel fan
Senior Producer Erika Nakamura explains why Disney chose Mixi
Pokemon Maybe
Pokemon GO still jostling for top spot on US App Store with Clash Royale and Mobile Strike
Remains at the top of the UK charts
Vr Goes Mainstream
Daydream believer: Google Daydream View can bring virtual reality to the masses
Dreaming of the mainstream
Back To Reality
EA, Ubisoft, Warner Bros and CCP all making games for Google Daydream VR
Big developers and relatively big indies get in on the launch
Apple Tv Go Home
Apple discontinues third-generation Apple TV
Focusing on flagging fourth-gen model instead
Dreaming Of Vr
Google reveals new $79 Google Daydream View VR headset for November release
Search engine giant expands its VR presence
Google Pixel Reveal
Google unveils Google Pixel smartphone
New lineup of smartphones
Investing For The Future
$2.3 billion has been invested in AR and VR over the last 12 months
$500 million in the last quarter alone
Watch The Drop
Apple Watch sales to drop by one million units in 2016 compared to 2015, analyst claims
So says analyst Ming-Chi Kuo
Foster The Pixels
Google hires former Amazon exec to lead development of new Pixel phones
David Foster joins as VP of Product Engineering
#madebygoogle
Watch the Google Pixel and Google Daydream VR headset reveals right here
YouTube livestream to show off everything Google has to offer
Daydream Into Reality
Google Daydream to launch in October for $79
According to sources close to the announcement
Going To The Top
Pokemon GO generated $204 million of August 2016's $3 billion mobile game revenues
Highest grossing game of the month
Look At Me
App Store developers can start using Search Ads on October 5th to promote their games
Appe details pricing structure and analytics package
Opening Up
Push notifications sent on a Monday lunchtime that say "get your" are the most likely to be opened
So says Tapjoy's new report
Commercial Break
How not to advertise games on TV
Quaid Media CEO Volker Dressel analyses TV commercials to break down the good and the bad
Licence To Print Money
Pokemon GO was making $16 million a day at its peak
Revenues have settled at a still impressive $2 million a day
Big In Japan
Pokemon GO’s Japan launch three times as big as US release
Global launch had 50x more players than expected
Unreal Dev Grants
Epic awards $50,000 in Unreal Dev Grants to UE4 education projects
The latest round from Epic's $5 million funding initiative
East To West
Chinese publisher Kingnet debuts in the West with multiplayer war game Thunder Fleet
Newly public company eyes global expansion
More Zynga Hires
Zynga recruits another EA exec as its new Chief Financial Officer
Gerard Griffin leaves EA after 10 years
Iap Inspector
How does Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Warner Slots
Warner Bros enters the social casino market with Extra Slots Stars
Still a tie-in production, but more casual than usual
Pokemon No
Outraged Pokemon GO players have been filing complaints with the Federal Trade Commission
Users ticked off with bans and trespassers
Gotta Add 'em All
4 features Niantic should add right now to re-ignite the Pokemon GO phenomenon
Limited time events, gachas, trading and collaboration on the table
Bit Of A Jam
BlackBerry ceases smartphone manufacturing as company reports $372 million net loss
CFO James Yersh set to leave
Ua Top Tips
The indie game developers guide to user acquisition
5 top tips for indie UA
Making A Mark
How a vibrant community is helping shape the future of 60-second RPG Exiles of Embermark
Tim Harris talks us through the latest in Exiles' development
Cloud Gaming
Cloud gaming platform LiquidSky secures $4 million to bring PC games to Android smartphones
Service streams games to numerous devices
Dreaming Of Vr
Google Daydream VR SDK out of beta
Comes with Unity and Unreal Engine support
End Of The Road
Roadhouse Interactive's CEO opens up on the studio's cash flow problems and closure
Key client pulled out of apps business
Zynga Hiring Spree
Zynga hires ex-DeNA VP Doug Scott as its new CMO
Yet another senior hire for Zynga
The Race Is On
Western devs must get better at F2P before Chinese giants steal their players, says NetEase's Tom van Dam
Great game design can't overcome F2P naivety
Lovin' It
Chinese investor splashes $1.4 billion on mobile marketing platform AppLovin
US ad firm gets Chinese ownership
Most Read
Roadhouse Interactive closes, King on why it's offering the DeFold game engine for free and Supercell's Ilkka Paananen on company culture
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No Uprising
Kabam shutting down Star Wars: Uprising mobile game
Servers to be taken offline on November 17th 2016
In Preview
Amazon Lumberyard Beta 1.5 goes live with new Asset Builder SDK
Lumberyard strengthens its feature set
Facebook Streaming
Why BlueStacks is investing big in bringing Facebook Live app streaming to its 150 million users
BlueStacks Senior Director of Marketing Yuriy Yarovoy on the future of streaming
East To West
Popular China MMORPG MU Origin hits one million downloads in Europe, US and South America
Strong start for Webzen-published mobile hit
Fraud Or Flight
Apps marketers will lose up to $100 million from fraud in 2016
AppsFlyer introduces DeviceRank to combat it
Get Into The Jam
SGN Games rebrands as Jam City as it bolsters branded IP roster with Peanuts license
All in the name of growth
Party Hats And Streamers
BlueStacks integrates Facebook Live streaming into its Android-to-PC platform
Making streaming even easier
Battle's End
Blizzard dropping Battle.net name after almost 20 years of service
Technology will continue to be used
Studio Closure
Update: Vancouver studio Roadhouse Interactive closes and lays off around 100 staff
A Thinking Ape hosts hiring party for affected employees
'allo 'allo
Google releases iOS 10 Messages rival app Allo
Stickers, font sizes, and Google Assistant
A Good Note
Improved Galaxy Note 7's are already being sold by US mobile carriers
Only 25% of owners have returned their exploding phones
Going, Going, Gone
Pokemon GO falls from the top of the US App Store grossing charts for first time in 74 days
Still floundering in Japan