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When Matt was 7 years old he didn't write to Santa like the other little boys and girls. He wrote to Mario. When the rotund plumber replied, Matt's dedication to a life of gaming was established. Like an otaku David Carradine, he wandered the planet until becoming a writer at Pocket Gamer.
Articles by Matt Sakuraoka-Gilman
All articles written by Matt Sakuraoka-Gilman
News
Feb 9th, 2012
Halfbrick's Jetpack Joyride ascends to 13 million downloads since going free-to-play
News
Feb 9th, 2012
With monthly users up 185% to 40 million, Wooga looks to mobile and HTML5 to continue growth
News
Feb 8th, 2012
Train2Game and Epic Game secure Fighting Fantasy IP for Make Something Unreal Live final
News
Feb 8th, 2012
Music education app WildChords set for expansion as Ovelin raises $1.4 million in seed funding
Data & Research
Feb 8th, 2012
Share of US smartphone and tablet owners downloading games more than doubles in last 3 years, reports Park Associates
Interview
Feb 8th, 2012
Users engage more with play if achievements have economic value, reckons Beintoo CEO Tormarcho
News
Feb 7th, 2012
DeNA's sales climb 16% to $445 million in Q3 2011 as social giant touts overseas expansion
Halfbrick's Jetpack Joyride ascends to 13 million downloads since going free-to-play
With monthly users up 185% to 40 million, Wooga looks to mobile and HTML5 to continue growth
Train2Game and Epic Game secure Fighting Fantasy IP for Make Something Unreal Live final
Music education app WildChords set for expansion as Ovelin raises $1.4 million in seed funding
Share of US smartphone and tablet owners downloading games more than doubles in last 3 years, reports Park Associates
Users engage more with play if achievements have economic value, reckons Beintoo CEO Tormarcho
DeNA's sales climb 16% to $445 million in Q3 2011 as social giant touts overseas expansion
Top Stories
News
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News
May 8th, 2024
Krafton teases AI-developed games as "limited" voice actors, writers, and level designers get the boot
Feature
May 7th, 2024
Mobile Mavens: The industry has its say on Squad Busters ability to draw in “untapped audiences” with its “influence from a range of genres”
Feature
May 7th, 2024
Hot Five: Supercell’s Squad Busters supremacy, Brawl Stars bounces back, and a games industry journey at King
Feature
May 7th, 2024
April 2024 mobile game charts: Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile loses launch momentum and Brawl Stars’ astronomical rise
Events
Valencia Indie Summit 2024 | Europe | May 16th |
Mobidictum Meetup Tallinn May 2024 | Europe | May 21st |
Israel Mobile Summit 2024 | Middle East | Jun 6th |
WN Conference Istanbul 2024 | Jun 11th | |
DevGAMM Vilnius 2024 | Europe | Jun 14th |
Develop: Brighton 2024 | Europe | Jul 9th |
Devcom 2024 | Europe | Aug 18th |
Gamescom Cologne 2024 | Europe | Aug 21st |