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Sundar Pichai
CEO
Jennifer Lui
Senior Product Manager
Anastasia Selchuk
Industry Manager
Mariusz Gasiewski
CEE Mobile Gaming Lead
Mathieu Sneep
Team Lead, Mobile Developer Sales EMEA
Alejandro Manchado
Video Game Analytics and Monetization Business Development
Kunal Soni
Head of Google Play Apps and Games - South East Asia, India and Australia
Luana André Assumpção
Phil Harrison
Stadia vice-president and general manager
David Foster
VP of Product Engineering
Jennifer Chan
Business Development Manager, Google Play Apps & Games
Noah Falstein
Chief Game Designer
Greg Hartrell
Director of Product Management: Android/Google Play
Sergio Salvador
Global Head Gaming Partnerships and Head Mobile APAC
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Screen Moves
Crossy Road, Does Not Commute and The Talos Principle released for Android TV
Google content dumps
Cheap But Popular
Google Cardboard underlines its leading VR status, with 1 million sold
Leaving Oculus in the dust
Lion's Share
Apple and Google eat up 83 percent of the world's $24.5 billion mobile games market
Newzoo report reveals the top 25 games companies
Rift Opens For Occulus
Google looks to standardise mobile VR around its Cardboard ecosystem
$20 wonder gaining market share
Less Laissez Faire
Google brings stronger approvals and age ratings to Google Play
Change is in the wind
Going Global
Google Play opens up merchant accounts for 12 new countries
Big bucks for Bolivia, Bulgaria and more
Wonky Vision
Google Glass: The explorer is lost, maybe forever
Time to reboot
Audience
Adult women confirmed as YouTube's fastest growing gaming audience
Female gamers are powering views online
Sweet Success
Candy Crush Saga is officially the most downloaded Android game of 2014
Google Play Top 5 titles revealed
Google allows Chinese developers to sell their games in over 130 countries
Still can't sell in China though
Opinion
Android TV is just another failed attempt to find middle ground between mobile and console gaming
Mind the gap
Android: 3 out of 10 users now running KitKat
But half are still on Jelly Bean
App trials could be heading to Google Play
Play your heart out
Virtual Reality
Google rumoured to be investing in Magic Leap's 'cinematic reality'
When virtual and augmented reality just won't do
Multiplayer and more: Google ups cross-platform support for Android developers
New tools and services enable smarter link up with iOS
Google launches its first $100 Android One phones in India
Targetting the next 5 billion
Google Play gets two hour returns window
Change your mind
FTC forces Google to refund up to $19 million in US over kids' mis-use of IAPs
Show me the money
Mobile Mavens
Rise of the YouTuber: An opportunity too good for developers to turn down?
Our experts on the pros and cons of the new media wave
Golden age of video: Google confirms $1 billion Twitch purchase
Video killed the radio star
EC orders Apple and Google to clamp down on 'exhortative' F2P games
Consumers need to be informed of costs
How can UK developers make the most of funding?
TIGA partners with Google to find out
Stateside
A matter of control: Google needs a standardised controller if Android TV is to take off
As much about identity as gamepads
Gamehorizon 2014
Want to reach kids? Forget Facebook, it's all about YouTube
Super Awesome on the challenge of children
Can buy me love: Apple and Google offering devs promo spots for exclusivity
Wall Street Journal weighs in
Chart Of The Week
Google Play downloads top iOS by 45%...and now it's not far behind on revenue, either
But iOS generates 85% more revenue
Week That Was
Amazon goes 'gaming too' with Fire TV, LINE tops 400 million users, and Microsoft announces Universal Apps
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Time To Play
Google adds support for real-time iOS-Android multiplayer to Play Game Services
What's Apple next move?
PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: King gives up on Candy(TM), Rovio unveils new publishing program, and MagicSolver 'moves on'
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European Commission to take Apple and Google to task over free-to-play
Many apps are 'misleading' consumers
Stateside: Developers, it's time to look beyond the holy trinity of Apple, Google and Amazon
Studios need to adopt an 'international approach'
Size matters: How to scale your game for overnight success
MAG Interactive on riding the Ruzzle wave
Nordics and Japanese spend the most on development, while Chinese spend most on promotion
Latest PocketGamer.biz survey reveals global data
The flap is over: Flappy Bird to be pulled from sale on Sunday
'I cannot take this anymore'
Google Play revenue unlocked for developers in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand
Opening the wallet
Opinion: I don't care about the Dungeon Keeper debacle, and neither should you
Games press spectacularly misses the point
Opinion: It's a global hit, but Flappy Bird is probably only making $6,000 a day
Banner ads just don't make the money
Mobile Gaming Mavens
Will Apple's next big innovation wipe away the memory of iPhone 5C?
Our Mobile Gaming Mavens on getting things back on track
Charticle Special: What Flappy Bird's success tells us about social openness and geopolitics
Looking at the outliers of this week's viral phenomenon
The Charticle: Puzzle & Dragons and global conquest
PAD's hits and misses
Android forks rank as #2 global OS thanks to China and India
Cheap and plentiful
Google flushes $9 billion down the toilet as Lenovo picks up Motorola
Holds on to 17,000 strong patent library
Stateside: Nevermind smartphone games, Nintendo's next move should be a Mario Mobile
Giant needs to do something revolutionary
Google to help devs bring Chrome apps to iOS and Android
Looking to expand reach
Amazon cold-calling Google Play's top devs in attempt to bolster its own Appstore
Throwing kindling onto the fire
Lockscreen ad platform start-up Buzzvil raises $3 million from Softbank
Got your screen
PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: Phablets explode, PlayRaven raises $2.3M, Linekong raises $80M, and lessons learned from PG Connects
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Sony Pictures launches its first original mobile IP - Suits and Swords
Mixes Blackjack with RPG
South Korea, Japan and US now generate 75% of Google Play revenues, says App Annie
Google's OS ruling in Asia