Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: TriangleSquare on its award-winning roguelite RTS Spirit Oath
We chat all tings indie development with the runners-up of The Big Indie Pitch at White Nights Berlin 19
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Seattle Speaker Spotlight: 12traits CEO Joe Schaeppi to discuss how psychometrics can power up retention and monetisation
Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019 will take place on May 13th to 14th
Network Effects
How hyper-casual games use network effects to supercharge growth
Tenjin CEO Christopher Farm discusses the attention economy and how publishers attract returning users
Indie Spotlight
Frogmind on going from a team of two working on premium games to the new F2P Rumble Stars
"There have always been thousands of games competing for attention but it has increasingly become harder as every day there are more"
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Voodoo’s Wesley Clarke on how to get a job as a technical lead
"Finishing projects should be your goal"
Interview
V&A curators weigh in on getting gaming on the museum floor
We speak accessible development and bringing games to the masses at the Design/Play/Disrupt exhibition's Dundee opening
Apple Arcade
Apple’s transformation into an entertainment streaming service: Is a virtual Blockbusters for mobile games really the future?
App Annie MD EMEA Paul Barnes offers his opinion on Apple Arcade
Live And Kicking
Four years on: Dodreams CEO Erik Pöntiskoski on why Drive Ahead is showing no signs of slowing down
"We realised that it's not about how much content the game has but how you combine it into fresh experiences"
Cafe Bazaar
How to succeed in Iran on Cafe Bazaar
A partnership with Bazaar can easily put products within a finger’s reach of 40 million consumers
Gearing Up
Disruptor Beam CEO Jon Radoff on his vision to become the ‘Epic of live ops’
Disruptor Engine will create stronger businesses
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Panzerdog on making Tacticool a $1 million a month hit
“It has never been better for indies"
Interview
Speaker Spotlight: Masquerade Media president Dayan Paul thinks the female gaming audience is still underserved
Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019 will take place on May 13th to 14th.
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Eight Pixels Square VP Hugh Binns on co-founding a studio
"When we started Eight Pixels Square six years ago, the shooter genre on mobile was hugely under-represented"
Apple Arcade
Will Apple successfully capture the midcore gamer market with Apple Arcade?
AdColony APAC MD Vikas Gulati expresses his doubts about Apple's subscription service for games
Hack Blocker
Defending against the dark arts of mobile game hacking with AppSealing
AppSealing delves into the problems at hand and its solution
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Future Games of London’s Elizabeth Sampat on being a creative director and the truth about the 'Idea Guy'
"Make games. Even if you can't do everything you need to do - find other people and make games with them"
Pitch Perfect
Financing your indie games development studio - part two: The killer pitch
Game Dragons director and industry veteran Philip Oliver gives you the lowdown on dealing with investors and publishers
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: PanicBarn’s founder Tim Constant on mistakes to avoid when starting out as a developer
“With hindsight, I should have made the jump a long time ago.”
Mobile Trends
Key mobile games industry trends for 2019 and how they’ll affect the sector in 2020
An overview of leading genres and new user acquisition formats and strategies for the year ahead
Critical Moment
How Critical Force's new CEO is fending off the battle royale threat
“After the dust had settled we managed to maintain a stable player base and eventually recovered to our normal DAU numbers"
Born Again
Rising from the ashes: Former Flaregames CEO Klaas Kersting on why he’s founding Phoenix Games
“There’s a cyclical pattern of consolidation with every new platform, and we’re at the stage now with mobile where it’s more competitive and expensive than ever"
Rethinking Paid
Monetizer Mavens on what Apple Arcade needs to do to be successful
A new way to play and pay
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Nitrome’s Matthew Annal on coming back from the brink
"Survival is success”
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Ludia studio art manager Serge Mongeau on how to get a job creating art for games
"Your portfolio is your window to the world. You need to let the world know how you think"
Eastern Stars
Is Brawl Stars set to knock it out the park in China as Supercell’s latest billion-dollar success?
An analysis of the online multiplayer shooter's Western and Eastern performance
Studio Profile
FlowPlay on building community-based virtual worlds for social casino and blockchain's integral role in gaming's future
A peek inside the Seattle studio
Better Together
Why NetEase is shooting up battle royale with stylish, team-based title Disorder
Another twist
Finding Funding
The games investor checklist: Hunting the next Supercell
Atomico details its framework for investment
Studio Finance
Financing your indie games development studio - Part one
Game Dragons director and industry veteran Philip Oliver gives you the lowdown on dealing with investors and publishers
Unsubscribe
Why Apple Arcade is doomed to disappoint both players and developers
AppAgent CEO Peter Fodor believes Apple's new subscription service may have come too late - five years too late in fact
The Future Is Now
What does Apple Arcade mean for indie games developers?
The Indie Mavens have their say on the new subscription service
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Double Coconut’s David Fox to share the secrets to success in hyper-casual at PGC Seattle
Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019 will take place on May 13th to 14th.
Clash With Ash
Clash Royale YouTuber Ash CWA on the ever-changing mobile esports scene and dealing with influencers
"The biggest misconception I've seen from companies when it comes to making competitive games is that they need to act immediately"
No Monitisation
Indie Spotlight: Big Indie Pitch winner E McNeill on cutesy puzzler Squeelings and making it as a solo developer
"I'd love to keep making games as an indie for the rest of my life, but since I have no idea how the industry will change, I feel like I need to launch a hit game"
Past Or Future?
Apple Arcade versus Google Stadia: Two very different visions of gaming
Considering two subscription services
Cinemagraph Ads
Facebook partner on using UnrealFront’s Cinemagraph ad creative to market your mobile game
High definition images offer an eye-catching solution to getting user attention
Extra Life
Apple Arcade subscription breathes new life into premium and mobile game creativity, but may worry developers not on it
Bold move by Apple, but will it pay off for the games industry?
Sharp Shiny Things
How does Raid: Shadow Legends engage, retain and monetise?
Plarium cracks the code
Voodoo Development Magic
Voodoo Development Magic: How UK studio Neon Play made a splash with hyper-casual hit Roller Splat
This special series focuses on how developers have built mobile's biggest hits, with help from publisher Voodoo
New Realities
GDC 2019: Unity "investing heavily" in augmented reality tech
"We’re really keen on AR and we’re seeing a lot of the big partners release a lot of products in this space, and we’re excited to see where it’s going"
Automated Future
How automated reports helped Futureplay and Webedia improve ad monetisation
Why developers are turning away from manual admin to focus on deeper insights and strategy
Existing Fans
Game IP versus entertainment IP: Which is best for mobile games?
We ask our Monetizer Mavens
Gdc 2019
How can indie games developers make the most out of GDC?
The world's biggest industry conference is just around the corner - we speak to our Indie Mavens on how to best utilise the event
Quarter Mile At A Time
Indie Spotlight: SMG Studio on going from Flash to Fast and Furious
"Know if you want to make games or run a business because sometimes the business side can get in the way of making games."
Voodoo Development Magic
Voodoo Development Magic: In-house Paris studio highlights the power of the number one publisher’s internal production with Ball Mayhem!
How Ball Mayhem! went from concept to over eight million downloads
All In
2019 is the year of performance programmatic buying - are you ready?
MobileGroove's Peggy Anne Salz speaks with Playrix lead UA manager Sergey Grytsuk to get the lowdown on its user acquisition strategy and tips
Live And Kicking
Six years on: Wooga on the evolution of hidden object game Pearl's Peril
Pearl’s Peril lead product manager Annelie Biernat speaks to us about the games' success
Ad Tech
How live user comments for in-game mobile ads are boosting developer revenues
AdTiming explains the benefits of its Creative Timing and AdMuing tools
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Florence composer Kevin Penkin on how to get a job creating music for games
"Music isn’t black magic! It’s just like any other craft where it takes hours and hours of (sometimes) pain-staking work to get what you want to say just right"
Women In Games
Kate Edwards: "Be open-minded and explore the possibilities of your talents"
Profiling a few of the industry's stars to celebrate International Women's Day