Square Peg, Round Hole?
Does E3 need mobile games more than mobile games need E3?
Mobile Mavens discuss the mobile dearth at E3 2016
Get In Gear
Why we need to take off our VR beer goggles, stop worrying about 'proper VR', and focus on 'accessible VR'
Modality vs Intent
Long View
Striking the balance between user experience and monetization
Tapdaq's Ted Nash lays down some rules
Know Your Players
From engine to ad: How Unity helps you better understand and monetise your players
Deep insight
Mum's The Word
Seriously on giving influencers the creative freedom to promote your game
Not just gamers anymore
Faster, Harder
Why Marvel: Contest of Champions ditched Android and went auto-play/pay-to-win in China
Kent Wakeford on Chinese changes
State Of Esports
It's not about mobile game eSports. It's about is this a good mobile game for eSports?
The story so far
China Challenge
How can western developers break into the fast-growing Chinese VR market?
DeePoon's Leon Zhang offers helpful advice
Hiring Now
How to get a job at Capcom Vancouver
Senior Recruiter Tracey Saretsky shares insights
Data Play
Why Playlab, Aeria Games and Spil Games are using Tableau to better understand their data
James Eiloart highlights partners
Unity Certification
How Unity Certification will give developers a boost over the competition in the job market
Laetitia Santore gives us the lowdown
Modality Vs Intent
Will the introduction of carrier billing unlock paying users' intent for India?
Indian Mavens discuss structural change
Next Steps
What happens if your backend provider gets acquired?
Gamesparks' Griffin Parry has some advice
On The Up
How to get a job at San Francisco publisher FunPlus
PR and Partner Manager Keeley Boess shares insights
Nice Problem
Why is Clash Royale running out of steam?
Torulf Jernström on what's next for Supercell
Games Meet The Real World
Big Data startup Icejam on why mobile games should utilize Connected Reality
Founder and CEO Stuart Duncan talks Connected Reality
Bet Him It Won't
XBLA creator Greg Canessa on why real-money gaming portal Sparcade will revolutionize casual F2P game monetization
What GSN Games did next
Kick Off
How top developers will score big during the Euro 2016 Championships
Christy Wong-Taylor on making the most of the opportunity
A New Strategy
How Space Ape's next games take an either/or approach to market trends and passion for gameplay
COO Simon Hade on playing with new genres
Games First, Funding Later
Cloudcade on why raising money mustn't get between you and a great game
Johan Eile on maintaining focus
Press Power
PRing mobile games in Japan is tough, but you get better results than trying to PR mobile games in Europe
David McCarthy on when less is more
Mumbai To Copenhagen
"Creative dissatisfaction": Why Indian indie Shailesh Prabhu swapped Mumbai for Copenhagen
Leaving home to chase the art
Consolidation
Mobile Mavens discuss Vivendi's risky Gameloft acquisition
And will it be a good thing for either party?
Number Crunch
650 million people play Facebook-connected games each month
So says global games partnerships director Leo Olebe
United?
Unity isn't an engine. It's about a providing successful games-as-a-service. So why don't developers get it?
Unity is making F2P easier, but is anyone listening?
Half-time Analysis
Six months on, Space Ape's Simon Hade reflects on his predictions for 2016
Why he still expects to see a Chinese dev hit Western top 20
Roll Out
Space Ape on making Transformers: Earth Wars its most accessible game yet
Appealing to people who never played Clash of Clans
Talent Scout
Hire or train: Can anyone really be a UA manager?
Do you know your ROI from your LTV?
Timing Not Location Is Key
Flashback Friday: Think less EA, more Bethesda: Why E3 needs to get decentralised and go global to stay relevant
Out with the old, in with the new
French Fancy
Has Vivendi just bought an over-staffed, under-skilled company, which is failing to compete in a rapidly maturing market?
Buyer beware
Free Time
Why self-driving cars will grow the games market more than VR
Torulf Jernström on freeing up game time
Going Global
Why Playlab is investing Juice Cubes' western profits in UA campaigns in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia
How to break into southeast Asia
Taking Aim
Why Hothead Games is betting big on FPS and PvP mobile games
PGC Vancouver speaker Mike Inglehart explains
Ua Xp
UA MegaTrends guy Eric Seufert on setting up Heracles, a boutique agency providing CMO smarts
Partnering for success
On The Horizon
Why the VR mass market will only take-off when the mass market has actually experienced VR
Sarah Blackburn looks ahead
Vive La Arcade
With $50 million to invest in VR, why COLOPL thinks arcades are the best place for its early adoption
Plus updates on Rune Story and Downtown Showdown ahead of PGC Vancouver
Forced Marriage?
Would a Tencent acquisition of Supercell benefit it or the mobile game industry?
Mobile Mavens discuss a potential giant
Beyond Ads
The downsides of and alternatives to incentivised video ads
Nick Hatter on new revenue streams
Indian Mavens
With Indian women playing more than men, should more games target them?
Is this engaged player-base overlooked?
(dis)approval
Why did Apple U-turn on Palestinian indie game, and does its approval process need to change?
Liyla and the Shadows of War developer Rasheed Abueideh speaks out
A Level A Day
How Nitrome committed to retention, promising a new level every day for Leap Day
Mat Annal on keeping the customer satisfied
Mass Market
The Brandroid effect: How Android monetization is getting an upgrade
Jeff Sue on the changing OS balance
Rolling Stone Gathers $$$
How Bandai Namco balanced IAPs and rewarded video monetisation in Tap My Katamari
Designer Peter Qumsieh explains
Looking Ahead
4 key trends shaping the future of F2P mobile games
Leonard Frankel has seen the future
A Cat Reborn
Why we ditched "esoteric" UI and fixed poor retention to give Lumo's Cat another life
Steve Stopps on creativity in the right places
Competition =/= Sport
Updated: To be an eSport, you have to design a game for spectators as well as players, says Mobcrush
Koh Kim discusses the rise of the spectator
Going Global
How western developers can find success in Japan and China
Chorus Worldwide CEO Shintaro Kanaoya explains
Making Of
Back on track: The making of Train Conductor World
Simon Joslin on bringing the franchise to free-to-play
Mobile Mavens
Can Google's Daydream accelerate a slow-to-start 'year of VR'?
Are the Mobile Mavens Daydream believers, or wide awake?
Look No Hands
Why all F2P mobile game designers should be forced to make an idle game
Torulf Jernström is getting lazy