Future Proof
NDreams raises $2.75 million to build VR games portfolio
Funded by new investment outfit Mercia
Community Builder
Social discovery better than app stores, says Unity's Kuusisto
Word of mouth the most effective
Latent Demand
Virtual reality app store WeArVR hits 150,000 downloads
Looking to hit one million by summer 2015
Wonky Vision
Google Glass: The explorer is lost, maybe forever
Time to reboot
Listen Hard
Somethin' Else on the power of spatial audio to streamline UX
Less talking, more shooting
Weak Pulse
Zombies, Run! dev treating future of wearable gaming with a healthy dose of skepticism
Adrian Hon is not convinced
New Face
Alysia Judge joins PocketGamer.biz as news editor
Noticed anything different?
Top Draw
Banner Saga, Papers, Please, and Sentinels of the Multiverse were highest-reviewed games of Q4 2014
Critically acclaimed
Midwest Move
Glu exec Matt Ricchetti abandons San Francisco for PerBlue's Midwest
West coast blues
Starting In Style
Pocket Gamer connected 1100 execs from 620 companies in a record-breaking London event
Attendees up over 50%
Building Connections
Nexon set to develop Asia-first LEGO game for iOS and Android
LEGO's first foray into free-to-play on mobile
Hot Five
Crossy Road's monetisation, DOTA Legends rules China, and 10 to play in 2015
Last week's top 5 stories
Weekly News Digest
Monument Valley, Crossy Road and Minecraft announce monetisation milestones
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Rotten Apples?
Is a blue shell inbound for Apple?
Carter Dotson on a decline in standards
Dual Use
Getting client work to fund your games
Brandon Wu on building a business
Chart Of The Week
Does Monument Valley prove China can be a paid game market?
Ranks #2 globally
Chart Of The Week
Monument Valley is either a massive success or a demonstration of paid games' upside cap
The glass is half....
Old Ties
Riccitiello-isation of Unity begins with new CFO
Ex-EA man Mike Foley welcomed into the fold
Console Revenge
GDC report reveals dip in US developer interest on mobile as consoles rebound
Power of the boxes
Into The Fire
DeltaDNA opens doors of new San Francisco office, and announces new hires
California calls for the Scottish analytics company
Paid To Watch
Crossy Road rakes in $1 million on iOS with Unity's incentivised video ads
Inspired by Disco Zoo
Hot Stuff
Tag heats up mobile games tools market with open source ChilliSource engine
First slice of the ChilliWorks suite
The Long Game
Killer insights to monetize your players revealed
Balancing long term retention and early monetization
Invest In You
The way to build a successful one-man-band is "to not give a fuck" says Nicoll Hunt
Fist of Awesome dev’s sage advice
New Rules
Free-to-play is a legal minefield, warns top video game lawyer
How will EU regulation affect mobile?
Mobile Mavens
Indie Mavens debate Monument Valley and piracy levels on Google Play
Play & Chat
Palringo on the powerful convergence of mobile messaging and gaming
Strong community synergies
Acquisitions
Kabam buys TapZen and Magic Pixel Games
Will be merged into new Los Angeles studio
Learning To Fail
Mobile games don't make players feel connected, says Peter Molyneux
Lionhead founder explains where devs are going wrong
Fear, Tragedy & Timing
Inside The Game: How bullying came to High School Story
Pixelberry's CEO on the start of an idea
Government
UK government wants to crack down on app regulation
David Cameron wants to ban WhatsApp and iMessage
State Of Play
When it comes to monetization in 2015, we have all the questions...
Monetizer Mavens on the unknowns
Virtual Reality
Sixense picks up CES awards for virtual reality controller
Pegs mobile as the way forward for VR
You And Me
Selfie with Steel Media to win $2,500 ad spent at PG Connects London 2015
A meta-game with benefits
Paid Success
Minecraft: Pocket Edition crosses 30 million downloads mark
Smartphone version performs at premium price point
Appointed
Bandai Namco America hires EA Mobile vet Jeferson Valadares
New man in charge of games
Next Step
Behaviour on coming to triple-A mobile with HOME, Pro Feel Golf and Zombie Farm
Exec Jimmy Gendron on plans for 2015
Dota's Top
Exclusive: China's top grossing Android games revealed - DOTA Legend is #1
Data gathered from over 1 billion phones shows $2.8 billion revenues in 2014
Virtual Reality
Leap Motion announces 3D Jam winners, expands prizes to top 20 winners
VR input specialist reveals 'innovative and compelling' experiences
Resurrected
Behaviour Interactive steps up to mobile, acquiring Zombie Farm IP
Canadian dev enters new market
Ubijobs
Ubisoft graduate program opens for 2015 business
Opportunity to work with a top studio somewhere in the world
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The Next Billion
Ironkill dev Play Motion on the growing Indian mobile gaming scene
Pune start-up looks to the future
Week That Was
Early trends emerge for 2015: VR, wearables, stasis, maturity, creativity, Taiwan
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Gizmos
Best gaming tech from CES 2015
Hot tech surprises from this year's show
Looking Good
The early pioneers of VR have the best opportunity to win big, says Oculus' Rubin
Strike while the VR iron is warming
Puzzle & Mario
GungHo and Nintendo collaborate on a Mario flavoured Puzzle & Dragons for 3DS
Mobile titans meet handheld legends
Jobs
Seriously mines Rovio, Supercell and Fox talent in recruitment drive
Best Fiends dev scales up
Market Movement
Com2uS opens Taiwan office to better target Chinese-speaking countries
Aggressive expansion plans in force
Stateside Optimism
After a stagnant 2014, Carter Dotson is hoping for creativity to reign in 2015
Kill the clones