Most Impressive
Fingersoft's Hill Climb Racing franchise rolls past one billion downloads
CEO Teemu Närhi and marketing director Sami Saari on how it got here and how it plans to get the next billion
Ad Strategy
Space Ape's Fastlane: A growth engine fuelled with ads
The developer's head of growth Nicolas Boulay on how it refined its ad implemtation to generate nearly $30m in yearly revenue
Rediscovering Value
Why mobile game consultancy group DOD Media is moving into legacy publishing
Leveraging app store muscle
Come Together
Unity aims to double down on mobile at Unite Berlin
A look ahead at what to expect from the conference in June
Regional Expansion
Chinese ads firm PapayaMobile opens London office to extend European reach
CEO Si Shen discusses the big move and future plans
Indie Mavens
Is there an opportunity for indie developers on chat app platforms like Facebook Instant Games?
We caught up with Strange Flavour CEO Aaron Fothergill and Perchang’s co-founder Ben Murch to find out
Strategic Development
Exploring the links between 4X games and mobile monetisation
Tappx's Kinga Kruzmanowska analyses what makes these titles so successful
Quo Vadis
Meet MoGi Group at Quo Vadis in Berlin
Global video games services company wants to meet with developers and publishers
Artistic Flair
Services Spotlight: Art outsourcer 5518 Studios
CEO Michael Casalino on working on Snoopy Pop and outside of games
Local Launch
How Mech Mocha culturalised Halfbrick’s hit mobile game Jetpack Joyride for India
CEO Arpita Kapoor tells us what's changed in the title to suit the local market
Player Creativity
Why you should consider developing user-generated content-based mobile games
Traplight creative director on the benefits of letting users be creative
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Bontegames' Bart Bonte on creative constraints and the allure of puzzles
The developer discusses his most successful games to date and what the future holds
Terminal Decay?
Something has gone terribly wrong with Finland - it has become an emblem of mobile games industry stagnation
Tero Kuittinen looks at the recent hot trends in the mobile space, and wonder where Finland's studios are
Mobile Games Trends
Singapore snapshot: Mobile Legends and battle royale games lead the way
Niko Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad on what the charts tell us about the local games industry
Live And Kicking
Four years on: Square Enix Montreal on the evolution of Hitman Sniper
Senior producer Dominic Allaire discusses how the studio learned to use live ops to sustain a premium game
Top Tips
5 ways mobile games developers can engage their communities outside an app
Plarium's Helen Burda on how to foster a community that extends from the game and into other areas
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Eldring Games' Dan Olsson on overcoming adversity and taking risks
“I set out to do this because it has a lot of potential and I figure it's worth the risk. And it is a big risk, but you've got to take those sometimes.”
Out-gunned
"The European games industry is a non-stop unicorn juggernaut"
Atomico partner Mattias Ljungman is bullish about the region's exciting games sector, and its future
What's Trending?
The must know Japan mobile games trends for 2018
AppLovin's Johannes Heinze on what's hot in one of the world's most lucrative mobile markets
Iterative Approach
Keep on shipping: How Fluffy Fairy Games updated its game 50 times in a year
Founder and CTO Oliver Löffler explains the challenges and advantages of this iterative approach to development
Gender Pay Gap
Women in Games CEO: Pay gap figures are depressingly unsurprising
Marie-Claire Isaaman discusses the figures and what the next steps should be
Kid Friendly
SuperAwesome’s Dylan Collins on building a flourishing kidtech platform in a zero data world
Embracing COPPA and GDPR-K
Deeper Engagement
Gameloft Advertising Solutions’ long-term bets for future growth
Alexandre Tan on meeting brand and player needs
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Pixel Hunt’s Florent Maurin on Bury me, my Love and trading journalism for games development
"Bury me, my Love tells the story of a Syrian woman as she tries to reach Europe in hope of a better life. You just can’t write a game like that light-heartedly"
Wing A Wager
How a real-money version of Angry Birds has WorldWinner flying high
Jeremy Shea on the success of Angry Birds Champions
Big In China
How Mobvista's UA campaign for Marvel: Contest of Champions led to better conversions and engagement in China
NativeX's Joyce Ye deals out the advice
C-level-only
White Nights CEO Summit: Games industry leaders set to gather in Cyprus
A look at a brand new event exclusive to C-Level execs
Deep Data
Increasing user LTV by 45% with automated loyalty and dynamic pricing
Wappier CEO guides developers through automated revenue management
User Interface
Tech talk: Can Coherent Labs rise as the new standard for game UI?
We take a peek at the mobile-friendly Hummingbird
X-powered
Superhero hot: The making of Marvel Strike Force
FoxNext’s Amir Rahimi provides the lowdown
Indie Publishing
Habby: We don’t believe in copying like other publishers
Start-up wants to help guide indies onto the global stage
Get The Message
Chat app gaming: The massive opportunity in mobile no one’s talking about
Facebook Instant Games presents an exciting future for mobile
Service Provider
Meet games services company MoGi Group at GDC 2018 in San Francisco
The team will be at booth 2103 in the South Hall of the Moscone Convention Centre
Looking East
Flaregames sets its sights on solving China's publishing problems with Yeahmobi partnership
German publisher rebrands as it continues to expand its operations
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Alto’s Odyssey and the reinvention of the snowboarding genre
Team Alto’s executive producer Ryan Cash and producer Eli Cymet talk about growing as a studio, delays and capturing a feeling
Match-made
Matchmade wants to be the Google AdWords of influencer marketing as it surpasses a 200 million YouTube subscriber reach
Eeva Hattara joins as CFO while Heini Vesander is named CMO
Breaking Japan
“The Japanese games market has come out from its closed-off period”
Yengage chief operating officer on the opportunities that await developers in Japan, and how to break in
Soft Launch
A guide to soft-launching your mobile game
Pixel Federation's Matej Lancaric offers advice from his personal experience.
Another Way
Alternative Android game store Flexion raises $10 million prior to 2018 IPO
Levelling up
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Arcane Circus’s Molly Heady-Carroll on the accessibility of the mobile market and finding the balance in life
"Defining what you want and don’t want is vital to creating a clear plan for yourself to reaching your goals. This definition can be surprisingly different for each person"
Getting The Message
How to approach game design for Facebook Instant Games
Chatterbox Games CPO Adam Telfer breaks down how to make games for chat apps like Messenger
Building Blox
How one student's The Sims-like Roblox game racked up 160 million play sessions
Coeptus on the success of Welcome to Bloxburg
Set To Crush It?
Livestreaming service Mobcrush wants to democratise streaming with Go Live, Get Paid ads platform
CEO Mike Wann discusses the company's new strategy for paying content creators
Indie Mavens
Is there any room for indie games developers to get in on the battle royale trend?
Our mobile mavens weigh in
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Tiny Corp talks being indie and coming second in the first ever BIP in Poland
We speak to Tiny Corp, runner-up of the first ever Big Indie Pitch at GIC in Poznan
Mobile Games Trends
Indonesia Snapshot: The largest mobile games market in Southeast Asia
Niko Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad on what the charts tell us about the local games industry
Gold Rush
What opportunities does India hold for social casino developers in 2018?
India is proving to be a promising new mobile market with its abundance of new phone owners and cheap data with this year set to be an especially eventful one for mobile devs in the region
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Zaibatsu Interactive talks saving zombies and indie pitching
We speak to Zaibatsu Interactive, who took away the third place prize at The Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2017
Early Testing
Breaking down the key elements of a mobile game soft launch
The marketing firm and Medals of War developer break down the key elements for a successful soft launch
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Wee Door talks striking OIL at The Big Indie Pitch
We speak to Wee Door, who came third at The Big Indie Pitch at Abertay University in Dundee 2017