Changing Times
Jacki Vause, CEO and founder of Dimoso, on the changing state of the games industry
"The games industry is fascinating, innovative and surprising"
Cheat Sheet
Michail Greshishchev from Denuvo by Irdeto on stopping cheaters in their tracks
"Building the next generation cheat detection solution"
Play Dirty
Nutaku's Tom Greenwood on the explosion of the adult games industry
"It's a tougher industry than ever before"
2019 In Review
Wooga CEO Jens Begemann on why personalisation will be key in 2020
What the players want
Burning Question
Burning Question: What mobile gaming trends do you expect to see in 2020?
Get all fired up in the comments and on social media
Playables Best Practice
After making hundreds of playable ads, these are the key things we’ve learned
Mindworks' Creative Director Stella Zhu offers best practice tips for playables
It's Heating Up
JetFuel CEO Tim Lenardo on the state of influencer marketing
"Achieve success in the dubious world of fake followers, bots, and algorithmic ranking"
2019 In Review
1,700 staff, 20 games in development, 8 acquisitions, 2 billion dollar games: Playrix's stellar 2019
Head of marketing Alexander Derkach drops some stats
Vancouver Vips
Ten Vancouver developers you need to meet at PG Connects London 2020
A Thinking Ape, East Side Games, Monstercat... the list goes on
Block Booking
Caty Tedman from Dapper Labs on kitties, the NBA and the future of blockchain gaming
"I'm learning more about the challenges to the industry and how blockchain can help solve those"
Strive To Survive
Funday Factory's Anders Leicht Rohde on the hypercasual bubble
If you know, you win
Kinda Mobile
Kinda Funny's Greg Miller and Tim Gettys on Apple Arcade and Google Stadia
"Google Stadia failed on its first impression"
Time To Connect
MAG Interactive's Chris Peters on the importance of live ops
How evolution can become revolution
Seeking Audience
Mobile games shouldn’t be at The Game Awards - and that’s fine
Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong audience
Esports Connects
Nancy Basi from the Vancouver Economic Commission on esports potential
A strong ecosystem is key
International Monetisation
LatinDV co-founder Julian Migura on emerging markets' potential
New markets are starting to catch up
A New Way To Play
Edge Esports' David Yarnton on dealing with constant change
From Nintendo to what's next
Looking Forward
Make Real's Sam Watts on how the possibility for XR breakthrough in 2020
It's this the year for mass adoption
Jobs In Games
IronSource's Sandra Schneider on using ads to improve retention and monetisation
"Whenever I recruit someone today, the first thing I do is give them a long list of top games to play"
Pixel Perfect
Super Arcade Racing dev OutOfTheBit on not compromising on your vision
Founder Ali Motisi explains
Hype Balance
Nitro Games' Maria Maunula on working with influencers
But maintaining your integrity
Crunch Time
Kukouri CEO Kim Soares on how mobile is getting harder for everyone
UA costs continue to bite
Igdc 2019
How the Indian mobile games market is progressing in 2019
It is primarily a mobile market
Question Time
Burning question: what would the UK games industry look like after Brexit?
In our new feature, we want to hear what YOU think of the latest hot topic. And right now, that’s Brexit.
Live And Kicking
Angry Birds’ unexpected decade-long success
From iOS to celebrity status to film:
Q&a
Matthew Buxton, Ideation lead at Mag Interactive, on how great ideas "can carve through the competition"
"Give players a long lasting, rich experience that will be fondly remembered"
Q&a
Leverage CEO Christian Fonnesbech on how to make "games into global Brands and lasting IPs"
"Building stable businesses without losing the passion"
Into The Unknown
Why Jam City believes Frozen Adventures isn't just another tie-in
“This is a game for fans and avid casual gamers alike”
Making The Case
Taking the gamble out of gaming
Kamagames on why social casino isn’t gambling
Indie Spotlight
Seawolf Studios on starting out as an indie developer straight out of university
Newcastle-based studio is headed up by a two-man development team
Smart Work
Why the mobile game industry needs intelligent revenue management
Making the most of your players with wappier
One Big Happy Family
June’s Journey Hidden Talents: How to create genuine moments with your players
Wooga provides 7 top tips
Jobs In Games
A career as long as the games industry: Team 17's Max Everingham
All about the people
Growing Up
Why 2019 is the first year Futureplay hasn’t shipped a new game
Something had to give
Foresight
Dead Cells' Steve Filby on why you need to design games with an audience in mind
Think about what you’re going to build before you build it
Organic Reinvention
Home-grown success: Why Zynga reckons the best is yet to come
COO Matt Broomberg talks up new releases
Deeper Magic
How to further optimize your mobile game's ad revenue
IronSource VP Nadav Ashkenazy's top tips
Politics X Games
Games design lecturer Zhia Zariko on the importance of politics in games
Positive GCAP 2019 session
Jobs In Games
Kiki Olofsson on building diversity and great art at Candy Crush Saga dev King
Dealing with the sweet and the sour
Indie Spotlight
Exospecies creator Eric Zinda on the move from Xbox to mobile
Finding the right way
Scary Numbers
How Keplerians saved time and bagged more money with Yodo1's managed ad service
Making more of Mr. Meat
Indie Mavens
Will subscription services be good for indie game developers?
The Indie Mavens share their thoughts
Switching Up
Switch Lite is already shaping up to be 3DS' worthy successor
Console and handheld strategy
Jobs In Games
Outplay's Emma Turner on the importance of HR for great company culture
Outplay HR head Emma Turner shares details of how she obtained her role
Winners
Who won Tencent's Game Without Borders Awards 2019?
Best games
Aggressive Roadmap
How Sylvester Stallone-fronted Battle Strike Force hope to shake up 4X gaming
Greater graphics, wider gameplay
What’s Next?
Eli Hodapp on GameClub’s future: deeper community, adding non-mobile games, and supporting Android
How indie monthly subs service will mature
Jobs In Games
How Hollow Knight composer Christopher Larkin got the gig
From film to games
Indie Spotlight
Indie Michal Pawlowski on finding a fresh, happy mind to come up with OXXO
"There are weeks that I don't code at all. There are also weeks that I code for 12 hours a day."
False Start
Monetizer Mavens on what went wrong for Mario Kart Tour
Another Nintendo misfire?