Stepping away from our half-packed suitcases ahead of Pocket Gamer Connects Bangalore in a few days time, we took pause to consider the top five stories of last week.
Apple finally heaved open the floodgates for its spangly new smartwatch, so we thought the time was right to put together a list of the first few games blazing a trail to launch on the Apple Watch.
Our weekly Charticle also took a look at Finnish startup Seriously's popular match-3 puzzler, Best Fiends. It may have just hit the 1 million DAU milestone, but how well and where is it monetising?
Then, of course, came the revelation that Crytek was saved back in 2014 from financial disaster by none other than Amazon in a deal that opened up CryEngine to the commerce behemoth.
Other stories that captured the clicks included news that Rovio Stars scooped Mark Sorrell for its team, and Electronic Arts signed a multi-title partnership enabling it to create mobile games using the Minions characters from filmmaking company Illumination Entertainment.
So there's the summary, but click below to get the lowdown on each story in full.
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