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
Indie-pendence Day
What makes a game an "indie game"?
Got the feeling
Foundational
Basemark to underpin OSVR open standards ecosystem for VR
Better together
Eyeing Twitch
Mobcrush bags $11 million investment for mobile-first streaming
Californian startup elbows rival Twitch
Spending Power
Glu CEO Niccolo de Masi on comparing whale behavior in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and Deer Hunter 2014
Free and flexible
Smart Move
Smartwatch specialist Everywear Games raises $2.25 million
Wearable games developer gets cash injection
Suits You
King appoints ex-Burberry man as Chief People Officer
Mark Taylor brings 20 years' experience
Soft Bulletin
Can Instagram be a strong UA channel? Apsalar thinks so
Selfies and six packs
Global Ambition
Hero Entertainment on bringing its FPS eSports hit Crisis Action to the west
Crisis Action has 10 million DAUs in greater China, looking west for more
Building Up
#PGCHelsinki speaker Johannes Peltola on rebuilding SimCity for the F2P generation
What to expect at PG Connects Helsinki 2015
Indie Introspection
What does indie mean in India any way?
What they think about how they think
Freebies
Gameloft joins the Amazon Underground experiment
Drops 4 games into play
Movie Magic
The Transporter Refuelled piggybacks off Asphalt 8 brand
Hollywood wants a bit of mobile's brand
Hot Five
Rovio Studio Profile, Resolution Games strike VR gold, how to make success from failure
The top stories of last week
Thinking Bigger
Is the $10 billion mobile game franchise inevitable?
Our Mavens ponder big numbers
Finer Details
Mech Mocha on why Indian indies have to get smart about the "other stuff" in F2P games
It's not just about the game
Gobbling Up
PAC-MAN 256 achieves 5 million downloads
Arcade classic meets leader of the new school
Best Of Both
DeNA guns for Kamcord and Mobcrush in new streaming app Mirrativ
Japanese company enters the mobile streaming game
Trumps
GSN Games is expanding in Palo Alto with new office and open positions
Relocation, relocation, relocation
Experiential
Grand Cru shuts down Supernauts to focus on new 2016 launch
Better next time
Things Don't Look Closer...
VR revolution pushed back to 2016 as Vive's launch slips
Looking further ahead
Value Of Nothing
Why Amazon Underground is broken for F2P games
Ultimate Robot Fighting borked
The Future
A history of Finland's mobile games industry: What's next?
The next wave
Micro-transact That
Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm?
Two new approaches
Call To Action
Can you use post-call ads to boost revenue and retention?
Power of voice
Hole In One
Com2us revs BMW's engine for Golf Star partnership
Leveraging a luxury car brand
Go Underground
Lara Croft Go PR stunt will give away free iPads in London
Square Enix draw flashy attention to their latest mobile game launch