Dominating Worldwide
DomiNations hits 12 million worldwide downloads in its first 5 months
Average player clocking 36 minutes in daily play
Straight Up
F2P doesn't work for small indies now, says Flick Fishing dev Strange Flavour as it reverts to paid
Discovery and player perceptions both challenges
All In
Inside the Game: How to get a game writing job
Lessons from Luke Georgette
Core Focus
Pocket Gems looking to bolster core games team with Lead Game Designer, Art Lead, and more
High-profile roles available
Lolcats
Indie game Nom Cat pulls 2M downloads in 2 months with no UA spend but famous feline approval
Herdije Zhou takes to the stage at PGC Helsinki.
London Calling
TIGA's 2015 Smartphone and Tablet Conference will feature speakers from Rovio, Natural Motion, and more
A day of networking and talks in West London's Dolby Theatre
Balancing Act
Leo's Fortune publisher Tilting Point on how to balance skill in free-to-play
Jesse Divinch takes to the stage at Pocket Gamer Connects Heksinki.
Opportunities
Starting with China, how Kabam is looking to boost Asian revenues beyond 10%
Chris Petrovic on Marvel Contest of Champions' debut
N.i.c.h.e
Don't fear targeting a niche, says Slitherine's Marco Minoli
Nothing too small
Vision Thing
Unity's Helgason on the importance of stupidity, going against the grain, and focus, focus, focus for mobile success
PGC Helsinki's fireside chat
Look Out
How to find inspiration for your next game
Guardian Games Editor Keith Stuart takes at PGC Helsinki
Name Game
Indian devs on the potential and risks of developing for branded IPs
What's in a name?
Laying The Foundations
Current VR tech is "relatively primitive" and "expensive," says Oculus creator
Palmer Luckey: "It is inevitable that it will become better"
Finnovation
We don't make clones. We'll make our fresh F2P games a success or die, says PlayRaven CEO
Lasse Seppänen on death or glory
Serve Me Right
20% of Samurai Siege revenue came from customer service, says Space Ape Games
Simon Hade takes to the stage at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Double Take
You’ve been talking about UX all wrong
Graham McAllister takes to the stage at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Going It Alone
Boomlagoon founder Tuomas Erikoinen goes solo with Part Time Monkey
Former CCO steps down to pursue indie dev
Tweet Tweet
Twitter is a water cooler so harness its chatter
Twitter's Ross Sheil takes to the stage at PGC Helsinki
Testing, Testing
Games that spend more than one month in soft launch can increase retention by 20% says deltaDNA
Patience is a virtue
Building Up
We built a strong team culture before SimCity BuildIt, says Johannes Peltola
Johannes Peltola takes to the stage at PGC Helsinki.
Ad This Up
Cheap data packages will revolutionize mobile ads, says Eric Seufert
Rovio's VP of user acquisition Eric Seufert takes to the stage at PGC Helsinki
Everything's Hard
The grass is not always greener on PC and console, warns Rami Ismail
Sage advice from PGC Helsinki
Most Read
Glu's CEO talks LTV, Mavens discuss the $10B mobile game, and Paradise Bay’s monetisation inspected
The top stories of last week
Pay For It
AppLift India on making the most of your paid advertising
More bang for your buck
Seriously Seeking
Seriously is hiring a UA Manager for its LA office
Best Fiends dev hiring UA expert with at least 2 years' experience
Making Connections
PGC Helsinki ticket opens door to Asia for UK studio Rumpus Entertainment
The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle found success in Asia after PGC Helsinki
Little And Large
Indie learnings from exhibiting at Gamescom 2015
Two speak out
A Little Bird
Apple opens a gaming-specific App Store Twitter account - @appstoregames
The Apple Games Editors get social
Money Talks
Games Funding Forum 2015 announced for 15 October
Funding matters
Nothing Hidden
Isn't it time to push for open-sourced SDKs?
Time to be open
A Wonder
Dominations does 1 million downloads in Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Building a civilisation
Catch 'em All Randomly
Should western F2P designers be using more Gacha, Fusion and Collection mechanics?
The Monetisation Mavens debate
Socio-media
Very Big Indie Pitch runner-up Socioball's designer on lessons learned during development
How to get the ball rolling
Social Impact
Bandura Games hires 35-year industry veteran Randy Angle as new CCO
Company's debut game to be announced soon
Woman Up
Why we need a Women in Games conference
Oestrogen in video game development
No Disclosure
Machinima settles FTC charges of "deceptive conduct" over paid YouTube reviews
Undisclosed promotional videos reached over 30 million views
Sanity Not Vanity
Only 2 of the App Store's all-time most downloaded games feature in top grossing
Highlights download-revenue discrepancy
Talk Talk
What happens when mobile industry bigmouths get 20 slides and 400 seconds? PechaKucha!
Automatic for the people
Remixed
Raven becomes Evilbane as Netmarble renames its top grossing Korean RPG for international release
Flown away
Helping Hand
Women In Games mentoring scheme encourages new talent
Women in Games is on the hunt for industry veteran mentors
Next Platform
AppsFlyer extends to support UA on Instagram
Selfie that
Good Advice
How IndieDevKit can educate indie devs for business success
Make informed decisions
Primed For Action
Why pre-registration campaigns are key to Japanese UA
Get them pre-launch
Important Lessons
Leading Indian mobile game developers discuss how they found success
Education, education, education
Out With A Bang
Undead Labs opens fungates in soft-launched Moonrise prior to 31 December shutdown
Getting experimental
Wrist Action
Minecraft goes wearable (sort of) with Gameband
Gameband+Minecraft lets you craft on any PC
Iap Inspector
Examining the slow pace of island life in Paradise Bay
IAPs from the players' persepctive
Bulking Up
West-to-China publisher MyGamez announces 9 million MAUs and new funding round
Growing portfolio
The Other Side
Devs responsible for how they implement our #actuallyfree Underground system, says Amazon
The motivations and goals behind the initiative
Final Call
Just 5 days to go until Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2015
Final PGC conference of the year on 7-8 September is shaping up to be unmissable for members of the mobile gaming industry