PG.biz week that was: Microsoft wins big with Windows 8 as Nintendo takes a knock and RIM gets ribbed for paltry PlayBook shipments
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GREE talks up OpenFeint revamp: gamers want deeper social experiences says Jori Pearsall
Enhanced games to roll out later in September
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss the value of age ratings for mobile games
Age old question
XMG's Ray Sharma on why mobile is the remote control for transmedia success
Push the button, everywhere
Topdown view: Rodeo Games on the making of Hunters: Episode One
Pick your targets, level up
The PG.biz Hot Five: Nvidia claims Android dominance, GameMaker for HTML5 coming, and Zynga-Glu deal (again)
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PG.biz week that was: Android downloads will beat iOS, PopCap adds IAP as Flurry and MocoSpace analyse usage, and GetJar goes gold
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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games DrawRace 2, NFL Rivals
Critically acclaimed
PapayaMobile's Si Shen on how mobile game business models are like bars and night clubs
Quiet drink or big night out?
The PG.biz Hot Five: Gameloft and EA beef up on Android, should Zynga buy Glu, and Windows Phone Marketplace hits 30,000 apps
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The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens debate whether Nintendo's next move should be mobile
Go with the flow?
PG.biz week that was: Samsung snubs webOS, Windows Phone gets app happy, and Apple, RIM, HTC and HP are dragged into the dock
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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Edge Extended, Jetpack Joyride
Critically acclaimed
Opinion: Flurry makes a confusing comparison between actual US online ad spend and potential US mobile app inventory
Fillrate is the missing piece of the puzzle
MocoSpace's Scott Hyman on 5 tips for developing HTML5 mobile games
Feeding the fire without getting burned
Opinion: What does turbulence at HP, Motorola and LG tell us about the state of the mobile industry?
Market's growth is narrowing
The PG.biz Hot Five: Apple stops UDIDs, Papaya needles DeNA, Gameloft tries subscription, while mills raises the anti-freemium flag
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PG.biz week that was: Jobs steps down, Cook steps up, and the world reacts with both panic and patience to all change at Apple
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The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on the legacy of Steve Jobs and Apple's future prospects
Use the Force, Tim
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Spy Mouse, iBlast Moki 2, A Game With Balls
Critically acclaimed
Opinion: Consumer demand for TouchPad post-demise proves price is the only way to combat the almighty iOS ecosystem
Have to subsise the app deficit with competitive price
Ustwo's mills on rejecting freemium and spending £100,000 developing a premium 69p game
Whale Trail won't fail
The PG.biz Hot Five: Nintendo's phone dilemma, Android will eat itself, and Union wants to make Unity developers millionaires
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PG.biz week that was: Google buys Motorola, HP drops webOS, HTC sues Apple, EA, Digital Chocolate and Zynga buy studios, and Richard Garriott's back, going mobile
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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Anomaly Warzone Earth, Aces 3D Brick Breaker, Flick Soccer!
Critically acclaimed
Opinion: Nintendo investors right to urge iOS development, but for the wrong reasons
Time to prepare for the future
Learning from MySpace's failure: Tag Games' Simon Adams on avoiding freemium apathy
Sidestepping 'band spam'
Updated: Mario perfect for mobile, but developers question whether now is the right time for Nintendo's smartphone assault
Investors out on a limb?
Opinion: Android will eat itself: Why Google-Motorola deal is great news for Nokia
Like Saturn devouring his son
The PG.biz Hot Five: Apple gets legal (again), VegasTowers doing $40 per IAP, and titanic Tegra turning round fortunes at Nvidia
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Analysis: What ratios tell us about the relative performance of EA-Gameloft, Gamevil-Com2uS and DeNA-GREE
The rival curves that really matter
PG.biz week that was: Apple stops Galaxy Tab 10.1 launch, VegasTowers' average IAP is $40, Spacetime gives away $330k, and Rovio could be worth $1.2B
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Why app store incompatibilities ended up with Spacetime Studios giving away $330,000 of in-game currency
Barriers to a universal wallet
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Wooords, Cordy, Mega Mall Story
Critically acclaimed
Dancing to a different beat: The making of Pulse: Volume One
Radial lines
PlayScreen's William D. Volk approves of gamification but thinks we can do better
Grind doesn't have to be the game
Capcom is the fastest growing mobile company, but DeNA remains the most impressive
Good news too for EA, Gameloft, Gamevil and Glu
The PG.biz Hot Five: Glu buy studios, then waves goodbye to execs, plus Storm 8 rebuffs Zynga interest with $1 billion valuation
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PG.biz week that was: Storm8 might be worth $1b, Mork's off to Google, Amazon's in the doghouse, while Glu buys 2 studios and axes key execs
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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Groove Coaster and Cut the Rope: Experiments
Critically acclaimed
All the world's a stage: The making of Shadow Cities
The layer beneath
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on whether there are any options beyond freemium
Is grind really all there is?
Spilt Milk's Smith on how to make the most of game conferences
Evolve versus arrested development
The PG.biz Hot Five: Pachter gets punched, the fuel behind the rise of freemium, and social gaming gets re-evaluated by Grand Cru
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PG.biz week that was: 3DS sales stall prompts price slash, freemium rolling in the revenue, Suda 51 goes social and Pachter gets KO'ed
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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Zynga Poker, Deadlock: Online
Critically acclaimed
Appy's Paul O'Connor on taking Trucks & Skulls from premium to freemium
Free and back again
The PG.biz Hot Five: Rovio's rummage for fresh IP, Gameloft's sliding working conditions, and argument for 'flexible pricing' for apps
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The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens debate whether mobile ecosystems are becoming restrictive
In the shadow of The Open And Free App Movement
PG.biz week that was: Top Tapjoy Android game makes $150k/m, Unity raises $12m, Rovio looks to 1 billion fans, and is freemium evil?
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