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Why Supercell ignored monetisation but Season Challenges made Clash of Clans the top grossing game anyway

Contributing editor Jon Jordan explains why Clash of Clans' new Season Challenges and Gold Pass are much more than a simple direction monetisation option.

Devs lose out on thousands of dollars as Apple cracks down on offerwall ads

Apple's rules have technically always stated it is against certain incentivised offers for app installs, but it never took action against offerwalls. We spoke with ad companies, developers and publishers to find out exactly what's going on and how the situation has affected them.

NBCUniversal's Chris Heatherly: "We don’t want to be a movie games company, we want to be a games company"

We caught up with NBCUniversal's EVP for games and digital platforms ahead of his talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle (May 13th and 14th) to discuss its strategy in the games space and how it chooses its bets.

Seriously soft-launches Best Fiends Stars on iOS and Android

Best Fiends has been a big success story for Finnish developer Seriously and now it's edging closer to a global release of the next entry in the franchise as Best Fiends Stars enters soft launch.

Voodoo outpaces hyper-casual rivals with 771 million downloads in six months

Apptopia has ranked the top 12 hyper-casual publishers around the globe. Unsurprisingly, Voodoo takes first place, though just how far ahead of its rivals it is may still surprise you.