The Iap Inspector
Dark Ages: The monetisation of Age of Empires: Castle Siege
IAPs from the players' perspective
A Golden Ratio
How Glu Mobile balances UA spend and in-game advertising revenue
Spend vs Save
App-y Days
Google, Amazon and Microsoft talk app store best practices
Get noticed and make money
Hockedoff
Clint Hocking leaves Amazon Game Studios for reasons unclear
Former Valve and LucasArts man departs
Myriad Devices
How Testbird worked with DeNA to prime One Piece for Chinese success
Fixing critical bug
Finding Audiences
Ex-Lionhead man Keith Anderson joins Wargaming to run European marketing
Connecting players to games
Case Closed
Hothead Games settles with Glu over Deer Hunter 2014 copying claim
Payments are now ongoing
Making Of
Cocktails and IAPs: The making of Paradise Bay
We go behind the scenes of King's latest game.
Keep Them Coming Back
The four pillars of retention
Bee7's John Rankin wants you to read to the end
Drain Pain
Hearthstone on mobile could be losing Blizzard millions
Players switching from PC to mobile may be costing Blizzard.
Dynamic
F2P market is evolving faster than game diversity, argues #PGCHelsinki speaker Lasse Seppanen
What to expect at PG Connects Helsinki 2015
Om Nom Knowledge
How Zeptolab distilled 150 ideas into 50 prototypes, 5 soft launches, and one King of Thieves
There's no pleasing some people
Indie Ideas
Her Story dev, Boomlagoon, Tilting Point and The Guardian give Indie Inspiration at PGC Helsinki
Details of developer-focused track revealed
Incubate
Why Stugan is the accelerator every indie developer needs
Nestled in the Swedish woods, a new type of accelerator has been created
Bird Brand
Rovio's Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka on why brands are best
As since proved by Angry Birds 2
Core Move
iDreamSky invests $10 million into US core dev Rumble Entertainment
Big bet
Expanding The Nest
Rovio spreads its wings with new country director for India
Anurag Sachdeva is taking Angry Birds east.
Hot Five
DeNA discusses Nintendo deal, and King's profit drop while Com2us gains
We round up the top five stories of last week
Ua Play
MMX Racing looks to boost install rates with PlayCanvas playable 3D ads
Early engagement
Broader Vision
Why we need more games without Nolan North's voice in them
Carter Dotson is diversifying
Istanbul-built, China-bound
iDreamSky snaps up Chinese publishing rights for US hit Toy Blast
Will its healthy US grossing translate Eastward?
Step Up
MobilityWare promotes former COO Jeff Erle to CEO
The California firm shaping up for the future
Sweet
Friday Flashback: Candy Crush Saga revealed as the second 'billion dollar' mobile game
Puzzle & Dragons has a rival
Growth Area
With advertising already 19% of sales, Zynga is building out its own PMP to attract big brand dollars
Sticky eyeballs
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