Rival Realities
Has Microsoft HoloLens helped augmented reality overtake virtual reality?
Our VR Mavens discuss the impact of the new holographic headset
Financial Roundup
Snapshot of Japanese mobile game company financials
Marking mobile gamings winners and losers
Higher Standards
Supercell pulls the plug on fourth game Spooky Pop
Soft launch wasn't a success
Small And Mighty
3 UA megatrends small devs should ride to outperform the big boys in 2015
Eric Seufert calls the changes
The Road Ahead
What advice would you give a F2P developer without $500,000 for UA?
Our Mavens debate broken app stores, crippling UA costs and a misguided bar for success
Big Backing
Supercell and King investors join Hutch Games' board of directors
Hutch gears up for MMX Racing Multiplayer launch
Hot Five
Glu gets Perry, Norway is small but booming, and Neeson52 is Angry
Last week's top 5 stories
Week That Was
Gameloft 360 on in-game adverts, Superbowl ad success considered, and Katy Perry boosts Glu Mobile
The past 7 days in bite-sized chunks
Tough Times
DeNA still in transition with FY14 Q3 revenues down 4%
But coin sales on the up
Hopes From Oslo
Still small but Norway's games industry is on the rise
Nordic Game Bits opinion
Get Involved
Develop: Brighton 2015 speaker applications now open
10th games development conference calls for industry talent
Oops I Did It Again
Glu's market cap rises $150 million on strong 2014 financials and the promise of Katy Perry
Overnight sensation
Awards
Monument Valley, Hearthstone and Threes among SXSW 2015 Gaming Awards finalists
'Tis the season of award-ies
Pocket Showroom
Porsche reveals Cayman GT4 in Real Racing 3 update
Complete challenge for in-game ownership
Super Success
Did the $15 million spent on Super Bowl XLIX UA ads score app store success?
Post-game app store rankings revealed
A New Window
Marmalade and Microsoft add second tier to Windows Developer Offer
Win $2,000, a Surface Tablet, and 1 million ad impressions
Bubble M&a
Four years on, GREE writes off $75 million from its OpenFeint acquisition
Also drops $78 million from Pokelabo deal
Gogglebox
Pocket Gamer's Twitch channel smashes 3 million views milestone
The kids are streaming
West Talks East
Western mobile games journalists head to PG Connects Bangalore 2015
First batch of the press corp due east to Indian leg of PGC event is officially revealed
Post Kardashian
Glu Mobile looks to roar with Katy Perry-themed game
Here's hoping for a Russell Brand easter egg
Disney Dollars
Tsum Tsum's top grossing success in Japan boosts Disney Interactive's sales
Revenues dipped, but profits were up thanks to mobile
Last Years Love
93 games nominated for 2015's IMGAs
And you can vote for People's Choice
Cash Guzzler
Is TV advertising just for the big guys?
Josh Rinsky of Quaid Media talks about a 2015 megatrend
Change Of Direction
Gameloft looks to in-game advertising in 2015
Publisher has set up internal agency
Next Billion
Yellow Monkey Studios' Shailesh Prabhu on his aspirations for the Indian market
The build up to Bangalore
Vr Vision
Imangi Studios on remaking Temple Run for Gear VR
A new perspective
Sf Merry-go-round
Storm8's Dan Scheidegger joins Scopely as general manager of casual games
Reaching broad audiences
Another Puzzle
iDreamSky bags exclusive Chinese Android rights for Monument Valley
Ustwo sets sights on China
India Calling
Rovio, Xiaomi, Unity, and Roadhouse Interactive to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Bangalore 2015
First speaker announcement
Joining The Dots
LINE looks to partner with mobile game devs in Taiwan and Thailand
Building presence in its #1 markets
East Meets West
Perfect World CEO Robert Hong Xiao on a strategy for global F2P success
From PC to mobile and console
2020 Vision
TIGA's manifesto outlines 5-year roadmap for UK games industry success
Presented to MPs at House of Commons
Western Proxy
Taiwanese mobile game sector to hit $474 million in 2015
Annual growth of 70%
Watch
Liam Neeson takes over Super Bowl for Supercell's $9 million Clash of Clans ad
Selling mobile games requires a very specific set of skills
Turn Up To 11
Wargaming.net rocks out with Vevo sponsorship deal
Tanks can't blitz if they don't have a rocking playlist
Hot Five
2015 trends, Super Bowl game ads, and Steam better that app stores?
Last week's top 5 stories
Week That Was
Android hits iOS equivalence, Kabam 2014 sales $400m, and UA ads at the Superbowl
The past 7 days in bite-sized chunks
Looking Forward
VR has a future, but it's not the future
Does the future look cool?
Ouya Elsewhere
Ouya leverages its library to earn $10 million investment from Alibaba
Ailing unconsole gets capital injection
Fantasy Land
CyberAgent Q1 FY15 sales up 4% to $119 million
Profit growth of 39% predicted for the year
Market Trends
Losing up to 300 jobs, Sega Sammy restructures for mobile and online
Moving from San Francisco
Woods Vs Trees
App stores are dying as a source of organic discovery
Zombie apps are taking over
Future Earnings
Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14
Switch from monetisation to retention
Extreme Ua
Supercell and uCool battle for a Super Bowl XLIX advertising victory
Clash of Clans vs Heroes Charge
Touchdown Or Sacked?
Should you advertise your mobile game during the Super Bowl?
GrowMobile CEO Brendan Lyall ponders a Hail Mary
Long View
Despite dialling back short-term growth, Kabam's sales hit $400 million in 2014
Tweaking for success
Liftoff
As it launches on Amazon, Best Fiends hits 1 million DAUs
Match-3 match-up
Slight Decline
Gameloft's 2014 revenues drop 3% as 2014 line-up flops
Looks to ads and better games for rebound
Accelerate
Execution Labs reveals new international line-up, including PewDiePie game
Montreal braces for intense game development program
Hot Air
Do discovery issues mean Steam is now better than mobile for indies?
Our Indie Mavens debate price, community and impact