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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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Reckless Getaway, Paper Munchers, Kard Combat
Critically acclaimed
Mobile Pie's Will Luton says Android ain't no gold rush, but there's still money in them there hills
The wild frontier
Report: Angry Birds' effect: Why Helsinki is the hot spot for mobile start ups
Experience, finance and confidence driving activity
The PG.biz Hot Five: Levine's not a fan, Zynga buys again, Tapjoy loves Android, Kiip's disruptive, while Apple's hiking UK App Store prices
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PG.biz week that was: EA's $1.35B PopCap buyout, UK App Store prices bumped up, Android loses favour with developers and Steel Media swoops for AppSpy
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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Jack of All Tribes, Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer
Critically acclaimed
iOS developers on Apple's decision to hike App Store prices in UK
Bringing the UK in line, or likely to damage sales?
MobileBeat 2011: Microtransactions will continue to be mobile's money maker
Count the coins
World of Goo, Sword & Sworcery, and First Touch Soccer are the top-reviewed iPhone games of Q2 2011
Critical acclaim
PlayScreens William D. Volk asks is Nokia the MySpace of mobile?
It's even failing when it succeeds
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on the value of developing games for niche platforms
Is iOS, Android and Windows Mobile all there is?
The PG.biz Hot Five: Console studios go mobile, the fundamentals of freemium, and Zynga, Zynga, and more Zynga
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PG.biz week that was: Freemium games hit 65%, HTC ships 11M, Tapjoy raises $30M, and Steve Jobs isn't Patrick Mork's dad
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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games DeathSmiles, Async Corp.
Critically acclaimed
Distinctive's Nigel Little on designing mobile games for freemium success
Balancing download volume with IAP density
The PG.biz Hot Five: RIM in ruins, Infinity Blade's ode to IAPs, and PS Vita whips up a storm
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The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on the potential of HTML5, WebGL and Project Spartan
The rise of web gaming?
PG.biz week that was: Zynga's $1 billion IPO, Infinity Blade's $9 million profit, Android's up to 500k devices daily, while RIM's in exec meltdown
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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Hard Lines, Continuity 2: The Continuation
Critically acclaimed
Five seemingly contradictory things we learned from GameHorizon 2011
Sturm und drang
PapayaMobile's Si Shen on how mobile gaming could be more viral
Your social graph is your lifeline
The PG.biz Hot Five: Nokia nudges N9, Amazon eyes Android tablet and Google's social game exposed to the world
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PG.biz week that was: Android gains Zombie Farm and Cut the Rope, EA's after PopCap, Storm8 does 210 million installs, and Nokia reveals MeeGo and Windows phones
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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Pudding Panic, Tiny Tower, Baseball Superstars II Pro
Critically acclaimed
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on what was big and what was missing from E3 and WWDC
No news is bad news
XMG's Ray Sharma on the ratios of freemium: one million installs and 50k players
Two-thirds of its revenues now from IAP
The PG.biz Hot Five: Tapjoy taps up Android, iOS earns its Halo, and Carmack cuts up PS Vita
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The Smartphone Alliance and W3i's WWDC 2011 party pictures
Were you on the list again?
Glu Mobile and Pocket Gamer's WWDC 2011 party portraits
Were you on the list?
PG.biz week that was: Facebook's new HTML5 platform, RIM does 500k Playbooks, Samsung to overtake Nokia, and Acer slashes its Android tablet sale estimates
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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Rocket Bunnies, Bumpy Road, Joining Hands
Critically acclaimed
The making of iPad social physics-puzzler Casey's Contraptions HD
How it all dropped into place
The PG.biz Hot Five: Storm8 cooks up a social storm, Sony sets PS Vita sales targets and HTML5 comes of age
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The five key mobile game industry trends we saw at E3 2011
Threats, weaknesses and opportunities
PG.biz week that was: WWDC 2011 wilts, PS Vita wins big at E3, Apple attacks Lodsys and RIM swoops for Scoreloop
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