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Pocket Gamer Thursdays debate: Freemium vs Premium
The gloves are off and mills and Oscar are fighting
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Monsters Ate My Condo, Hypership Out of Control, Squids
Critically acclaimed
Back in play: The making of Speedball 2 Evolution
Return of Bitmaps Brothers' classic for touchscreens
Halfbrick's Phil Larsen on the opportunities of a market that enables global blockbusters like Fruit Ninja and very profitable niches like Jetpack Joyride
There are more options today than ever before
Tak Fung on the thinking behind Supermono's ultra-neon, free-to-play, online, collaborative, endless racer Forever Drive
Pedal to the metal
The PG.biz Hot Five: HTML5 10 times faster on iOS5, iPhone 5's no-show and Infinity Blade 2 on iPhone 4S
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Why Apple and RIM were the big news at London Android show Droidcon 2011
Sitting in your rivals' shadow
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on what Flash 11, HTML5 and WebGL mean for native apps
More the merrier
iBlast Moki 2, Infinity Field, and Jetpack Joyride are the top-reviewed iPhone games of Q3 2011
Critical acclaim
PG.biz week that was: Steve Jobs passes away at 56, Apple both excites and disappoints with iPhone 4S, and BlackBerry set for wipeout in US
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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Wheres My Water?, FIFA 12, King of Dragon Pass
Critically acclaimed
Opinion: iPhone 5's no-show says more about Android's stifled attack than Apple's failure
Cook and co. leading market at their own pace
Kick up the arse of the law: Making of Hector: Badge of Carnage
Point and flush
Four things we learned from Unity's Unite 11 conference
Everything everywhere
Tiswaz's Kevin Dent on why he'll buy a Kindle Fire, but won't recommend you make games for it
Android tablet opens the door for Windows Phone
The PG.biz Hot Five: PopCap's freemium fuel, Sony's portable strategy discussed, and Xoom 2 xcitement
Last week's top five stories
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on what's going to be the most exciting Apple news of the week
Plus a bonus gold versus APPL shares question
PG.biz week that was: Amazon gets serious with $199 Kindle Fire, Microsoft releases Mango, and Unity embraces the future in Unite 11
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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Quarrel Deluxe, The Secret of Chateau de Moreau, Samurai Bloodshow
Critically acclaimed
Tag Games' Paul Farley on the benefits of Games Hacks, even for established studios
Get the juices flowing
The PG.biz Hot Five: HTML5 starts to hum, EA's App Store sale is a touch sly, and IAP becomes dominant revenue driver on iOS
Last week's top five stories
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss Sony's future in mobile and portable gaming
Great brand, but where's the strategy?
PG.biz week that was: Apotheker gets the axe, Project Spartan slips as Facebook refocuses, and developers start to hunger for HTML5
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Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Infinity Field, Early Bird, Hector: Ep2 - Senseless Acts of Justice
Critically acclaimed
InMobi's Gregory Kennedy explains its #1 iOS campaign for Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Know your audience
From VDC: Exent's Rick Marazzani on why content is now important for Verizon
The kraken awakes
The PG.biz Hot Five: Microsoft and Adobe support HTML5, ARM's Mali-400 is the fastest, and Backflip nears 150m downloads
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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
Last week's top five stories
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
Last week's top five stories
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