Tranzfuser Infusion
UK Games Fund's student competition Tranzfuser announces its first entrants
20 teams competing for a chance to pitch their prototypes
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
Miito-no
With declining MAUs and falling retention, Miitomo looks like it's on the slide
Slow core loop to blame
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
Shanghai Calling
EA hiring for Creative Director, Arts Director, and CG Supervisor at its PopCap Shanghai studio
Experienced individuals needed to establish Plants vs Zombies and Need for Speed brands in Asia
Microsoft Streamline
Microsoft cuts 1,850 jobs as it "streamlines" mobile hardware business
Restructuring to cost company $950 million
New Signing
Cybird signs up Maradona as the face and boots of its forthcoming BFB Champions: Global Kick-Off
Off the bench
Looking Ahead
With a deadline of 6 June, Global VR Gaming Challenge now accepting all 2016 VR games
Get your mobile VR game in front of global experts and journalists
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
Vamos Vancouver
Activision, Twitch, Scopely, Mobcrush and Square Enix Montreal confirmed for PG Connects Vancouver 2016
Five more reasons to come to Canada
More Than Mobile
Loot Crate looking for a Game Producer for games and VR/AR projects
LA-based geek box firm hiring more gaming pros
Misunderstood
Rejecting US undervaluation, PapayaMobile decides to IPO on Beijing's NEEQ exchange
Projects revenue of $150 million in 2016
Easy Peasy
As devs drift towards midcore, is there an opportunity for super casual experiences?
231 Play founder Matthias Hoechsmann thinks so
Join The Arkadians
How to get a job at New York casual studio Arkadium
VP of People Operations Jim Lally shares insights
What To Watch
A practical guide to making the most of the data you get from mobile analytics
Albert Kolacek discusses the options
London Calling
Pokerist dev KamaGames expands with new London office, hires Daniel Kashti and Sam Forrest
Appoints new CMO and PR
New Studio Lead
Deconstructor of Fun Michail Katkoff leaves Zynga for FunPlus
Deconstructor of Fun editor jumps ship
Frontman
Bastian Schweinsteiger does a Megan Fox as the German face of Clash of Kings
Elex splashes some celebrity cash
Tencell?
Tencent might be looking to buy SoftBank's stake in Supercell
The biggest to get bigger?
Flying Higher
The Angry Birds Movie rakes in $70 million from US and China opening weekends
Now number 1 in 44 markets
Most Read
Hungry Shark World hits 10m, King pulls its soft-launched midcore game, and why Clash Royale players are churning
The hottest articles of last week
Trumping The Donald
What's the moral of Trump's Wall: Build it Huuge?
Build him up or tear him down?
Apply Now
EA hiring mobile Senior Product Marketing Manager for its Star Wars games
Mobile-first role at EA's Redwood City HQ
Happy Valley
Two years and 26 million downloads on, Monument Valley has generated $14.3 million
73% revenue comes from iOS
Good Causes
IGG Canada donates $100,000 to Fort McMurray fire relief fund
I Got Good
Testing Testing
Stratosphere Games one of the first to launch a game through the new Google Play Early Access program
Importance of feedback
Local Content
Ubisoft and Ourpalm partner to make mobile Assassin's Creed MMO for China
Ourpalm also publishing Hungry Shark World
Minecraft Enters China
NetEase bringing Minecraft to China on mobile and PC
World's biggest game meets world's biggest game market
Show Me The Money
Slither.io is ripping up the download charts, but has it really only made $72,000?
So reckons Apptopia
Nextgen Snake
Will the success of Slither.io have a lasting effect on indie mobile games?
The Indie Mavens weigh in
Deconstructor Of Churn
Here's why players are churning in Clash Royale
Michail Katkoff on why players are losing interest
That Vision Thing
Will Google's Daydream be a wake up call from VR's current nightmare?
What's the why?
Steel Media Operations
Steel Media appoints ex-Future Publishing EIC Dave Bradley as Operations Manager
Will run day-to-day editorial while growing global events over the next 12 months
Eyes Glued
Next Games enjoys 80% opt-in rate for rewarded video ads, driving ARPDAU of $0.06
Sustained revenue
Tooled Up
Unity and Unreal Engine quick to pledge support for Google Daydream VR platform
A new vision
Off Limits
Palestinian indie's war-themed game rejected by Apple, available on Google Play
"Not appropriate" for the games category
I'm A Dinosaur :3
Bigger than Miitomo, Futurefly releases 3D chat app Rawr
"A millienial equivalent to pen pals"
Imga Sea
IMGA to host first Southeast Asia awards in Malaysia, submissions now open
Entries close 31 August 2016
Older Female Payers
G5 Entertainment announces it's generated $100 million from mobile hidden object games
Can you spot the difference?
Getting Better
Google outlines the future of Google Play, including better betas and Early Access
A plethora of useful changes
Shmup-ing For Success
Eight Pixels Square on the evolution of its accidental shoot-'em up RAID HQ
Co-owner Hugh Binns talks soft launch, UX, and more
Lights, Camera, Action!
Bouncing birds and staying on brand: The making of Angry Birds Action!
How Tag Games gave the familiar characters a whole new style
Launch Window
Flaregames' Olympus Rising hits 1 million downloads
Strategy revisited
Looking Ahead
Google announces its high performance mobile VR-for-all ecosystem Daydream
For future Android hardware