Developing on iPhone's a gamble, but crowd funding builds fanbases reckons Bravado Waffle's Stephen Dick
Fans + funds = win win
Polarbit's Tommy Forslund on why developing for Xperia Play is a breeze
Phone's play on PlayStation won't confuse consumers
Tap Me's Joshua Hernandez on moving beyond incentivisation to better engagement
Keep eyeballs in the game
Microsoft and Nokia's alliance could serve up the next iPhone, reckons Babaroga CEO Djokovic
Developer already focused on 'what's next'
Glu Mobile's Mike Breslin on selling freemium games to a hardcore audience
The market's moving in the right direction
HandyGames' Christopher Kassulke on why he's totally committed to Xperia Play
Get your fingers off the screen
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on: IGDA versus Amazon Appstore
Responses range from the right thing to cheap publicity
Introducing the PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens
Squeezing the industry's elite on the hottest topics
Playforge's Thomas Chung on why Apple's incentivisation rejection doesn't solve iOS discoverability
One step forward?
Gamevil's Kyu Lee on why the publisher hopes to release a dozen indie developed games in 2011
Strategy already paying off with Air Penguin's US success
The Game Creator's Lee Bamber on AGK; bringing mobile game middleware to the masses
Building on 10 years of DarkBASIC
Astro Ape's Chieh Huang on making better social games than Zynga, Pocket Gems and Storm8
Our retention rate is close to 70 percent
TeePee Games' Tony Pearce on building a recommendation portal for social and mobile games
This one's for you
Imperial Game Studio's Martin Flensburg on cross platform deployment and Android fragmentation
Google needs to create Android device reference groups
Urban Airship's Scott Kveton on filling in the IAP gaps left by Android Market
Value-add services
iDreamsky's Michael Chen on building a Chinese Game Center for Android
And why western developers should get involved
Amazon Appstore for Android is perfect mass market channel says HandyGames' Christopher Kassulke
Great opportunity for distributing free games
With half its Android revenues coming outside the official Market, HeroCraft has high hopes for Amazon's Appstore
Openess trumps Apple's central planning system
Namco Bandai's Jonathan Kromrey says the Amazon Appstore is becoming a force du jour
Now all it needs is IAP and Game Center
Gamevil's Kyu Lee on why the Amazon Appstore will bring a lot of value to Android
Another strong piece added to a fast maturing ecosystem
Storm8's Johnny Coghlan on making social games that are downloaded hundreds of millions of times
The network effect
Following 5.5 million downloads of Slice It!, Com2uS' Don Lim says Android is becoming a 'free plus' market
Waiting on Amazon Appstore maturity
Conversion rates from Bejeweled LIVE trial to paid on WP7 are encouraging says Popcap's Giordano Contestabile
Looking good for the future
Game Doctors' Hochsmann on why zombie killing gameplay will always be guilt-free
Welcome to ZombieSmash! Camp Nowhere
We welcome competition. It's good for publishers and consumers, says Tapjoy's Deng-Kai Chen
Incentivising the incentivisers
Union deal will see dozens of Unity games coming to BlackBerry PlayBook from the summer says GM Brett Seyler
Will include new IP as well as iOS and Android faves
Jet Set Games's Rade Stojsavljevic on releasing Highborn for Android as an Amazon exclusive
Piracy, user experience and Highborn 3
Amazon wants broadest possible selection of apps on AppStore for Android says Aaron Rubenson
Catalog expansion follows successful launch
Kami Retro developer Antony White on why console publishers don't understand iOS
Gamers want original content, not console ports
Miniclip's Sergio Varanda on expanding its 25 million iOS download success to Android
And why straightforward game controls are key
Apple's move to block Amazon Appstore could become a three-way battle says Olswang's Jas Purewal
Trade mark war will rumble for months
QONQR's Andy Pickett on why Foursquare doesn't cut it for location-based games
Players looking to be engaged not checked in
Bizmey CEO Arfan Chaudhry on how competition will drive innovation in mobile monetisation strategies
Plus the untapped market of Indonesia gamers
Gamagio's Dom Duhan on how the irresistible lure of mobile and social gaming triggered the start up
From road friction coefficients to HTML5
Fuse's Jon Walsh on combining Flurry, Appfigures, AdMob, Mobclix and Tapjoy into one cohesive real-time publishing tool
The data for success
Apple needs to tighten up on sleazy App Store behaviour says Hiive's Andrew Rollings
Time to take control
Pyramid Research's Stela Bokun on Nokia's need to reassess its position on Symbian, MeeGo
CEO Elop not being realistic
Xona Games' Doucette on why access to the Ovi Store will shift Windows Phone 7 up a gear
Software alliance key to platform's future
Boost to WP7's userbase makes Nokia deal a mighty move, says Revo Solution's Hanganu
Huge turning point for platform
Sony Ericsson on Xperia Play 2, higher game price points and converting the casual gamer
With a special guest appearance from Gameloft
Critical Thought's Whatley sees Nokia deal as being strategic and important for Microsoft too
Flip your perspective
Thanks for ditching Symbian, but we're still cautious over Nokia's Windows Phone future, says IUGO
Bad history but hope ahead?
Gamerizon's Alex Sakiz on building out the Chop Chop franchise to 20 games and 40 million downloads
Targeting 30-50% install base across kids' iOS devices
Discovery service AppCircle reaches 30 million users daily, generating millions says Flurry's Farago
Minimum spend is just $250
Get Set Games' van Vliet says $95 Mega Jump in-app purchase has become one of our most lucrative sources of revenue
And adding TayJoy tripled income
Recharge Studios' Matt Tubergen explains why distribution is as important as your game
Social games need an audience
Backflip's Farrior on why the smart money is on a multi-pronged approach to game monetisation
Less crying, more innovating please
Creatures & Castles developer Hiive on why the App Store is no get rich quick scheme
After 300 iOS downloads, it's time to consider freemium
HandyGames is planning to do over 100 million free Java game downloads in 2011
Power of emerging markets
CEO De Masi on how Glu overtook rivals EA and Gameloft in the freemium race
And how $16 million will speed the business