Week That Was
A new age for Zynga, Microsoft formally acquires Nokia, and Kabam bullish about IPO
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Stateside
Early access needs to be a premium proposition, not a borked beta test
Carter Dotson on following the Vlambeer model
Monetizer Special
Comparing the relative performance of Boom Beach, Frontline Commando 2, Royal Revolt 2 and HonorBound
Beyond damn lies and statistics
Monetizer
Shooting for success with Frontline Commando 2
Glu brings franchise back up-to-date
Making Of
Stairway to heaven: The making of Monument Valley
How an untypical developer made an untypical game
The Iap Inspector
Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff... and fighting the desire to spend $430
In-app purchases from the players' perspective
The Charticle
Did Monument Valley rise or fall in the global App Store charts?
Beautiful mediocrity
Hot Five
How indies can handle PR, why the industry owes a debt to homosexuals, and is the great crowdfunding crash nigh?
Last week's top five stories
Big In Japan
GREE announces Wright Flyer Studios while Puzzle & Dragons comes to arcades
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Week That Was
Unity acquires Playnomics, Twitter unveils mobile app promo suite, and F2P might not be the only ticket in town
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Stateside
Giving Kickstarter the kick: The great crowdfunding crash is upon us
How Oculus f*cked it up for everyone else
Making Of
Ready for launch: The making of Out There
Michael Peiffert on becoming a rocket man
The Charticle
How did the $9.99 Faster Than Light compete in the top grossing charts?
A measure of LTV
Chart Of The Week
Google Play downloads top iOS by 45%...and now it's not far behind on revenue, either
But iOS generates 85% more revenue
Mobile Mavens
Gay people in games: Industry experts call on devs to "share stories of diversity"
Our Mavens give their take on this week's burning issue
Monetizer
Does Royal Revolt 2 make a run on your wallet?
Rise of the republic
Big In Japan
More Mana and Saga games coming to mobile
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Hot Five
Backflip heralds return of the publisher, we put Finland in focus, and the issue of gay people in games
Last week's top five stories
Promiscuous Gamer
The invasion of IP: Star Wars, Game of Thrones and Family Guy
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
Stateside
Developers, beware the democratisation of game development
With opportunity comes risk, warns Carter Dotson
Big In Japan
Colopl on the up, Capcom on the slide, Cygames getting drunk?
Weekly digest from Tokyo
The Finnsider
What Supercell did next: Boom Beach masters the art of the follow-up
Fighting on the beaches
Making Of
Fighting the monsters: The Making of Threes
Counting on success
The Charticle
Which unlikely country was the first to see Boom Beach hit #1 Top Grossing?
The global game
Monetiser Special
Comparing the monetisation efficiencies of Boom Beach and Clash of Clans
Mobile Mavens
Will Amazon's Kindle Fire TV set the mobile games world alight?
Or is it smoke and mirrors?
Hot Five
Flappy Bird gets a 'sequel', Boom Beach fires its first shots, and is Candy Crush Saga causing obesity?
Last week's top five stories
Diary Of A Promiscuous Gamer
Week of the Big Uninstall
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
Week That Was
Amazon goes 'gaming too' with Fire TV, LINE tops 400 million users, and Microsoft announces Universal Apps
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Sponsored Feature
How to translate a game into 20 languages and avoid going to hell
Exorcising the four devils of confusion
Salvaging The Second Screen
Why PC and console games can't ignore what's in a player's pocket
James Parker on broadening developer horizons
Guest Editorial
Mobile game marketing is broken ... and here's why
It's not just about user acquisition says James Kaye
Big In Japan
Dragon Quest finds mobile gold, game market is now +50% mobile, and the end of Mobage?
Weekly digest from Tokyo
If Oculus is the future of Virtual Reality, then why didn't Google buy it?
Our Mavens talk Facebook's very real recent acquisition
The In-App Purchase Inspector: Boom Beach storms onto the scene
IAPs from the players' perspective
Welcome to the jungle: 10 challenges and opportunities in the Chinese mobile game market
GMGC 2014 raises a fist to your ear
The Charticle
Dissecting Surgeon Simulator
Pass me the scalpel
Worth The Wait
TIGA's Richard Wilson on winning the fight for Games Tax Relief
A date to remember
Opinion
43 reasons why differentiation is the key challenge for Chinese developers
Generic heroines ahoy
Week That Was
PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: Facebook buys Oculus, Games Tax Relief is go, and Pocket Gamer suffers major GDC jetlag
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Hot Five
The making of Disco Zoo, looking back at GDC, and are mobile devs leaving mobile en masse?
Last week's top 5 stories
Guest Editorial
'Everybody bumps into the first pipe': How Flappy Bird and Ikaruga turn scoreboards into an asset
Full Indie UK's Aitcheson on the numbers game
Stateside
Why playing the ethical card in the F2P debate is a dangerous game
All of mobile is a little bit murky
Opinion
Think Oculus and King deals are signs of a 'maturing' industry? Think again
It's a matter of definition
Light Relief
'We're headed for the top table': UKIE's Jo Twist talks EC's green light for Games Tax Relief
Riding the state aid rollercoaster
Guest Editorial
5 classic mistakes game developers make when tracking their mobile ad campaigns
What are you measuring?
Party In The Park
The making of Disco Zoo
How Milkbag learned from Tiny Tower
The Charticle
Disco Zoo versus Tiny Tower
A lot has changed since June 2011
Guest Editorial
China's mobile gaming market: A quantitative deep dive
Part 1: Behind the Great Wall with TalkingData
Gdc 2014
The problem with VR, gays in gaming, and learning to kill your games: 7 things we learned at GDC 2014
Our week in San Francisco summarised