Mind The Gap
A Candy Crush Saga hole sees King's sales down 14% to $490 million
Bitter pill
New Location
Ingress dev Niantic Labs spins out from Google mothership
Safety blanket jettisoned
Sharp Edges
Pixel Toys announces heavy mecha Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade game
Future war today
Looking Up
Unity announces Vision Virtual and Augmented Reality Summit 2016
Running from 10-11 February 2016
Catapulted
Angry Birds 2 does 30 million downloads in two weeks
Birds and pigs are flying
Snakes And Ladders
How Finland created the mobile games industry
The house that Nokia made
Hooked
Palringo uses the power of rare fish to raise $310,785 for charities
Annual drive
Play Nice
#PGCHelsinki speaker Shin Kanaoya on why western games need to be more shinsetsu to Japanese gamers
What to expect at PG Connects Helsinki 2015
Levelling Up
Off the back of aggressive UA spending for Summoners War, Com2uS' sales rise 16% to $97 million
RPGs are the way ahead
Tweet Tweet
How Jonatan Crafoord squeezed the entire audio for Angry Birds 2 into 10Mb
Rovio Stockholm's audio director takes us behind the scenes on Angry Birds 2's audio
Building Brand
WWE brawn boosts MMX Racing brand in new partnership
Monster truck racer partners with monster wrestlers
Mobilizing Profit
Mobile boosts Hearthstone's $20 million a month revenue, says SuperData
SuperData research shines light on Hearthstone
Pgc Is Key
Everything you need to know about September's Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2015
And why you ought to be there...
Watch This Space
Facebook adds autoplay native videos ads into its UA channel, advertising Game of War in the process
UA goldmine
Action Stations
Inside the Game: How to deal with a bug that kills your live game
Kara Loo on staying calm and not panicking
New Game In Town
DeNA West CEO Shintaro Asako on why Nintendo's 'free-to-start' games will be successful in Japan, China and the west
PCG San Francisco's Superstar Sessions
Super Soap Box
What does Rami Ismail think about indie mobile gaming? Find out at #PGCHelsinki
As he delivers Superstar Sessions keynote
Volte-face
F2P developer Kobojo changes tack and goes paid for western release of Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey
Rethinking your approach
Cologne Victors
I-Illusions' Element4l wins Pocket Gamer's Big Indie Pitch at Gamescom 2015
Dynamic states
Tactical Move
Nordeus works with Chelsea star Nemanja Matic for Top Eleven's animated live match feature
Filling the holes
Well Heeled Plan
Animoca Brands goes glam with Paris Hilton-branded Star Girl IAP
Hey big spender
Open The Door
Minecraft programmer Jeb Bergensten calls for a more accessible games industry
Accessibility is key, says Jeb Berngensten
Get Hired
How to get a job at one of Remote Control Productions' 14 studios
Creative Producer Knut Gollert reveals top tips
Concentrated Data
#PGCHelsinki speaker Allison Bilas on the secret sauce for F2P game success
What to expect at PG Connects Helsinki 2015
Audience-building Pivot
Is a free-first monetisation-second strategy as practised by Agar.io and Vainglory the next UA trick?
Reactions to cost of UA
Getting Bigger
Remote Control Productions links with Cursor to open Finland office
Joint Venture opens later in 2015
Sporty Pivot
$26 million investment turns Super Evil's attentions to eSports in Asia
Vainglory creators get a serious cash injection
Shooting For Flukes
Stugan: Does the "Lucky Indie" myth still exist?
The Stugan devs question whether being lucky is still enough
Always On
#PGCHelsinki Finnovator speaker Aki Järvilehto on the wearables opportunity
What to expect at PG Connects Helsinki 2015
Hot Five
Angry Birds 2 breaks records, Game of War uncovered, and video ad insights
The top stories of the last week in detail
Make A Connection
Deadline for Game Connection Development and Marketing Awards 2015 closes 17 August
Two ways to win
Nadir Continues
Still loss-making and losing players, but Zynga sees FY15 Q2 sales up 9% to $200 million
Trying times
Fan Powered
Crowdfunding isn't going away, says Double Fine's community manager James Spafford
It's taken us up and down
Global Strategy
Youzu appoints former Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei as its 'one-man think tank'
Added brains
Different Strokes
Chinese version of Angry Birds Epic will be more core, more pay-to-win
Chimera's Ellen Lyse Einarsen talks cultural differences
Lets Play
How important is playing other people's games for indie developers?
Indie Mavens on balancing work and play
Ad This Up
AdRally boosts MMX Racing ad ARPDAU by 46%
UK studio Hutch has a new ad mediation strategy
Finnsential
Five tracks at PG Connects Helsinki 2015 that’ll knock your socks off
Pocket Gamer Connects returns to Finland bigger and better
Rival Move
Zynga hires ex-EA Mobile EVP Frank Gibeau
Joins Bing Gordon on the board
Birdie's The Word
Behaviour Interactive pulls Jason Dufner for Pro Feel Golf Android launch
Sporting superstars muscle in on mobile action
Bursting With Advice
Seven tips for a successful mobile burst campaign that you can't afford to ignore
Stanislava Todorova shares her experience
Kardashian Decline
Glu slips back into loss as FY15 Q2 sales slide 19% to $56 million
Cash in hand higher thanks to Tencent
Console Quality
Concept Art House CEO James Zhang on helping Supercell make its Super Bowl ad
Game art is getting better and more expensive
Discount Finnish
Cheapest tickets for PGC Helsinki 2015 finish midnight Friday 7 August
Want cheap entry to September 7-8 conference? Better hurry...
Egg-selent
Angry Birds 2 blasts 20 million downloads in first week
Rovio's on a roll
Fanbase
Top Eleven dev Nordeus sponsors the best football team you've never heard of
Bottom up
Another Node
N3TWORK hires Kaito Royale creator Takeshi Otsuka
Gets a 10x-er
Another Woman
Glu builds more social muscle adding Nicki Minaj to its Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry and Britney Spears deck
Bring the fanbase
Big Promotion
Seriously partners with Premier League club Norwich City to better market its mobile games
Gaining a global reach
Moneybags
Zeotap raises $6.4 million Series A funding
Zeotap taps investor cash