Fresh Start
Former Rovio Stockholm GM Oskar Burman opens "narrative-rich" VR studio Fast Travel Games
Kristoffer Benjaminsson and Erik Odeldahl complete the team
Power Of Playable
How Miniclip doubled CPMs in Agar.io
Growth of playable ads
Pushing In The Same Direction
Newzoo partners with push notification service Pushwoosh to crunch more data
Aims to "introduce smart KPIs on device usage."
Know Your Audience
Nielsen's TalkingData-powered Games IP Evaluator will "quantify game potential" for China
Using data to understand, and maximise, an IP's potential
Pandora's Mmo
Kabam bets big on the success of future Avatar films with MMOG tie-in announced
In development in LA
Clash Of Visions
Gameloft appoints Alexandre de Rochefort as temporary CEO
Board rejects "strategic vision and managerial values it does not share"
Another Law
Chinese government announces new personal data regulations for mobile app developers
The trend continues
Blocked Channels
How damaging will paid App Store search ads be for the discovery of indie games?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Pokkt Change
Adways opens India office and acquires POKKT's reward-based platform Pocket Money
POKKT doubles down on gaming as Adways takes Pocket Money forward
Best Practices
Are you regularly changing your IAP pricing and taking advantages of international price tiers like the best developers?
Scientific Revenue taps into developer intelligence
He's Back
Plarium to release Terminator Genisys mobile strategy game in early 2017
Robot Wars
The Little Things
96% of the top 100 free games on Google Play are under 100MB, finds AppFigures
Paid games are often larger
On The Up
Quality, reputation, innovation: Why you should consider ZPLAY as the publisher of your next game
Randy Barenscott on a fast-growing partner
On The Move
Evening and weekend studio Swiftmill hopes to accelerate App Store success with 12 games in 12 months
Monthly cadence
Now Hiring
How to join the bickering, passionate, effective family that is Madfinger Games
Recruiter Honza Stafa shares insights to the Czech studio
The New 52
DC Comics Legends revamps gameplay to be more like EA's successful CCG Galaxy of Heroes
Streamlined character progression and simplified missions
Deminions Renamed
Rovio's Monster Strike-like, Deminions Unleashed, renamed Pet Monsters
Stealing an audience or setting up a new franchise?
Mash-up
Fox and Kongregate team up for CCG featuring American Dad, Family Guy, Futurama, and more
Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards due in Q3
Hunt No More
Capcom cans international release of Monster Hunter Explore after 2 months of soft launch
Japan-only
Back On The Beach
Develop:Brighton brings the games industry back to the seafront on July 12-14
Weeks away
Most Read
David Diaz joins Supercell, Peter Vesterbacka spreads his wings, and the key trends changing match-3 games
The hottest articles of last week
Brighton Future
Brighton-based Studio Gobo hiring artists, programmers, and more
Former Disney Infinity developer bouncing back
No Guts No Vainglory
Amazon Appstore becomes major sponsor of Vainglory US & EU Summer Season
Season structure also altered to be more eSports friendly
Mixing With Vr
150 VR experts enjoy night of games and networking at London’s BFI
Judging underway at the Global VR Challenge
Poundlandslide
Pocket Gamer Connects Vancouver, Helsinki and London tickets have never been cheaper
Tonight we're gonna barter like it's 1985
Retention Driver
How do your push notification metrics compare to industry benchmarks?
You could do better
Big Spender
With over 40 deals and $2 billion invested, how Ourpalm become a major force in the global gaming market
Looking to the future
The Iap Inspector
A generous heart: The monetization of Kingdom Hearts Unchained X
IAPs from the player's perspective
Apply Now
Goodgame Studios hiring Java Server Developer for first ever puzzle game
Hamburg studio hiring MMO server developer
From Singapore To The World
Singapore publisher GoGame hiring Game Producer
Join the Sega-backed publisher with global ambitions
Core Ambition
Core-focused Helsinki dev Reforged Studios hiring VFX Artist
NetEase-backed startup hiring for debut game
Developing Strategy
Helsinki strategy experts PlayRaven hiring Senior Game Designer
Spymaster and Winterstate seeks experienced F2P design pro
Best In La
Scopely CEO Walter Driver named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for LA
CEO honoured as The Walking Dead: Road to Survival hits 20 million downloads
Going Home
Sky-mobi is the latest Chinese NASDAQ-listed game company to delist
CEO Michael Tao Song offers MBO
Referending
One-day-only discount for PG Connects Helsinki 2016
Massive - and massively topical - 28% off core ticket prices
Privacy Breach
InMobi fined $1 million for tracking children's location without consent
FTC punishes Singapore ad firm for breach of COPPA
World Class
Hall of Fame: Branko Milutinovic
The CEO of Top Eleven studio Nordeus on discovering games as a career
Always On
Why changing gaming habits are fuelling the rise of BaaS
Griffin Parry is connected
Known Unknowns
What 1,000 players can really tell you about your game
Oliver Kern on the power of statistics
Big Indie Pitch
The Big Indie Pitch comes to Develop:Brighton 2016 on 12 July
Come show us your game and maybe win some prizes
Eventful
Pocket Gems on the importance and best implementation of in-game events
When to do them, and why they matter
More With Less
What we can learn from the success of Nonstop Knight
Torulf Jernström never stops
The Mad Way
New Madfinger studio head Miguel Caron on the company culture that's building nextgen mobile shooters
"There's things that I should fix, but I don't want to."
From The Top
Why the world's "least powerful CEO" has never been more powerful
Implications for company culture
Ongoing Quest
How a retention focus and data-led difficulty helped Sudoku Quest outgross its competition
Hashcube CMO Gurinder Pal Singh on monetising casual games
Giving Back
Indiagames founder Vishal Gondal launches early stage game investment fund
Vishal Gondal is interested in more than just mobile
Pgc 1-2-3
One week to go - everything you need to know about PG Connects Vancouver 2016
Learn more in 2 days than you have in 2 years
Dream Jobs
Meet Capcom, Bandai Namco and Hothead at Pocket Gamer Connects Vancouver's Careers Fair
Still time to get involved
The Secret's Out
EA partners with Minions creators Illumination Entertainment for film tie-in The Secret Life of Pets: Unleashed
Relationship continues after Minions Paradise
Big Winner
Tencent deal sees Supercell-funded charitable foundation raise $225 million
Value of shares