Monetizer Mavens
On F2P games' moral core, ability to unlock creative freedom and redistribute wealth
Our Monetizer Mavens lead the fightback
Data
Despite growth of 73%, iResearch claims the $4 billion Chinese mobile games market is 'maturing'
Estimates Q3 market value at $1.1 billion
Pay-to-play
Pay-to-play: Why Fotonica's digital paradise is worth every cent of your $3
Run with me
Mobile Mavens
VR is cool, but currently lacks commercial viability say our Indie Mavens
Show us the retail units!
Charticle
Can New Words With Friends continue the franchise's success?
New game, same words
Mobile Mavens
What Unity did next: Industry reacts to Riccitiello appointment
Is Unity looking to sell, float or..?
Hot Five
Mobile gaming to be worth $41 billion by 2017, 12 funding tips, and whatever happened to tablet gaming?
Last week's top 5 stories
Week That Was
A new direction for Unity as Riccitiello replaces Helgason, 12 top funding tips, and whatever happened to tablet gaming?
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Stateside
Death threats and dictatorships: Why 'ban happy' platform holders are good for no-one
What Newell-gate says about the power of platform holders
Jobs Board
Riccitiello steps up, Playfab bring in Donahue, and Vivid, Next, and Gunjin Games look for new recruits
Positions available
Games Funding Forum 2014
12 tips for getting your game funded
Knowledge is power
Studio Profile
Handmade dreams: How State of Play crafted its future
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Data
Fast-growing and canabalistic, the mobile games market will be worth $41 billion by 2017
Newzoo predicts $25 billion worth in 2014
Chart Of The Week
RPGs take top grossing share from card-collection games on Japanese Google Play charts
Metaps marks the changes
Wearable Mavens
Retail virtual reality: What does it need, and where the hell is it?
Our Mavens look into the future of consumer VR
Interview
The story so far: Pocket Gems on five years of growth
Daniel Terry looks back and forward
Reading List
Reading List: Freemium Economics: The Savvy Manager’s Guide
Eric Seufert on leveraging analytics and user segmentation to drive revenue
Charticle
Rovio Star's Plunder Pirates discovers buried treasure in France, China and South Korea
A pirate's life
Mobile Mavens
Apple's iPad reveal: What the industry wanted and what we got
Did reality match up to the hype?
Stateside
iPads, iPads everywhere, so whatever happened to tablet gaming?
Is the dream of games made specifically for tablets over?
Hot Five
9 growth hacking tips, Rovio vs King and Supercell, and gameplay first
Last week's top 5 stories
Week That Was
9 growth hacks, Osmo gets $12 million, Apple's transition away from innovation, and Unity's not for sale
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Jobs Board
Zynga's VP of games jumps ship but WildTangent, Next Games and Supercell hiring
Positions open
Pay-to-play
Pay-to-Play: Does Nitrome’s 8bit Doves deserve your $2.99?
Dream on
9 growth hacking tips to boost your mobile game's success
Pascal Clarysse provide guerilla tactics
Inside The Game: The thrill and terror of High School Story's launch
Pixelberry spills the beans
The Finnsider
Don't make me Angry: Why Rovio is better equipped to ride the mobile wave than King or Supercell
An IP to last the ages
Chart Of The Week
43% of the 'red hot' $4.5 billion Latin American game is mobile
Growing 16% year on year
Mobile Mavens
Rovio's risk: Are layoffs evidence of lean times ahead at the house that Angry Birds built?
Our Mavens give their view
Hot Five
Six companies Oculus should buy, why developers need to kill their darlings, and is Rovio a dead man walking?
Last week's top 5 stories
Charticle
Pricing success: Is The Banner Saga being held back by its $9.99 price tag?
Cash converter
Week That Was
Fyber bought for $190 million, Threes creator on clones, and can World of Tanks go the distance?
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Jobs
Storm8 bring in former Zynga men as NaturalMotion, Tag Games, and NativeX look for exciting talent
New positions
Mobile Mavens
Indie Mavens on providing physical addresses for Google Play
Studio Profile
Threes creator Asher Vollmer on growing up, going indie, and the dangers of cloning
It's a magic number
Stateside
I'm ashamed of progressive game culture, and here's why
Carter Dotson issues a call to arms
Making Of
From Dreamcast to F2P reality: The making of Crazy Taxi: City Rush
Speeding away with Sega
Chart Of The Week
Five crazy deals which have inflated the games M&A bubble during 2014
Show me the profits
Mobile Mavens
Nine's not fine, so is Microsoft onto a winner with Windows 10?
An OS for all devices, or a Microsoft mess up?
Charticle
Has World of Tank Blitz's 1.4 GB file size restricted its top grossing chart success?
The weight of armour
Hot Five
We analyse the potential of card-collection mechanics, Rovio slashes employee count by 16 percent, and we share our biggest lesson from EGX
Last week's top 5 stories
Week That Was
Layoffs hit Rovio, DeNA drops Mobage, and we explain how Windows 10 can earn full marks
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Jobs Board
Rovio cuts 130 staff but Next Games, Goodgame, Pixelberry, and InnoGames search for new talent
New positions
Sponsored Feature
7 steps to crushing your next app campaign
Adknowledge gives you some wise advice
Stateside
Ticking clock: Why developers shouldn't give smartwatches the time of day just yet
Or will they forever be niche devices?
Promiscous Gamer
Goth Chris, learning the way of the tank and spates with Willow Pape
This guy will pl*y anything as long as it's free
Monetizer Mavens
The power and potential of card-collection mechanics for F2P mobile games
The Monetisation Maven ponder trumps and jokers
The Charticle
The most downloaded iOS game in August, but how well does Crazy Taxi: City Rush monetise?
Converting eyeballs
Mobile Mavens
Advantage App Store? The industry reacts to App Bundles on iOS 8
Can Apple shake up app discovery?
Dice Europe
Where the big boys go to play: 3 big lessons from DICE Europe 2014
Thoughts from a conference in Kensington