Pg Connects
4 reasons why Pocket Gamer Connects is ideal for indies
I heart Helsinki
TIGA: More than 4,600 jobs to be created in UK games industry in next 5 years
Survey points the way to strong growth
Infographic
The 24 countries where Windows Phone is outselling iOS
Fortumo reveals the spots
'We don't really like developing on iOS,' admits FTL dev team
Justin Ma says studio is PC 'at heart'
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: Hitman and Spider-Man team up to hit top
Our new exclusive charts courtesy of Apple
Chukong and Microsoft extend Cocos2d-x hackathons to boost games on WinPho
Plus six best practices you'll need to make the leap
UKIE to host Global Accessibility Awareness Day game jam in London
Running 16-18 May
Opinion
Why a week with Amazon Fire TV hasn't changed my gaming life
The sparks have yet to catch
Interview
Kamcord raises $7.1 million to drive discovery through gameplay videos
Record, share, download and play
Meet and greet: Pocket Gamer goes on tour this May
All aboard the Pocket Gamer Bus
Guest Column
How the three points of player value will help you monetize your entire player base
Minnows, dolphins, whales and beyond
Oh Canada: Full Indie Summit set to return to Vancouver in August
Two day conference is back
Pg Connects
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Nick Malaperiman, Chunky Pig Marketing
Copycats are not sustainable
Interview
'Not everyone needs to be King or Supercell': Unity's David Helgason talks Unity 5, Everyplay, and Unreal Engine
'We're still learning'
Glu Mobile sees Q1 2014 sales up 81% to a record $44.6 million
Boosted by Deer Hunter 2014 and Eternity Warriors 3
Acquisition
Core meets casual: Glu Mobile dashes to pick up PlayFirst in $15.6 million deal
Opposites attract
Meet up with PocketGamer.biz at GMIC Beijing
Back in the hottest market in the world
Deal
LINE partners with Wandoujia to grow in China
Taking on WeChat in its own back yard
Kabam, NaturalMotion, Wargaming.net and EA join the debate at Game Monetisation Europe 2014
Talking money from 14-15 May
Making Of
FTW: The making of Faster Than Light
And why Subset Games might skip iOS next time around
Singular vision: Zynga co-founder Schiermeyer to unite analytics and design at fresh mobile studio
Balancing the scales
The Iap Inspector
How to win at Hearthstone without handing over stacks of cash
IAPs from the players' perspective
PG Connects: Speaker videos from London event now available
Get insights from King, Rovio, Chukong, App Annie, Tencent...
Eastern promises: Chorus Worldwide aims to help developers take flight in Asia
West to East
Sponsored feature: Why Facebook app ads outperform other channels for games
Right tool for the job
Advertising Data
AppFlood sees Q1 2014 traffic up 46% but ad spend is up 62%
Android network extends reach
Ben Cousins leaves DeNA to become free-to-play consultant
Ready to go solo
Puzzle & Dragons hits Japanese arcades with real-time multiplayer mode
Prove you're the best at ¥100 a go
Increasing by a factor of 2048: Nextpeer adds 1.5 million users a day to Android multiplayer network
Team is 'racing to keep up'
Moneti$er
Variation in the dollar value of reciprocity in 15 F2P mobile games
Giving it all away?
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Heikki Repo, Cornfox & Bros
Oceanhorn developer tells us why he's keen for PG Connects
The Finnsider
The next big thing: How Supercell's former analytics ace Achrén set about firing up free-to-play
The story of Next Games
Calling All Devs
Question time: The huge summer developer survey is here and we need your views
Share your thoughts and win a ticket to PG Connects
Indie No More
Giving up going it alone: The tale of the developer who couldn't afford to be indie any more
Can the barriers to mobile development be broken?
Yodo1 and ZeptoLab are bringing Cut the Rope 2 to Kakao
Both companies going Asian
The search for mobile gaming at Coachella 2014
PG talks with Girl Talk and Krewella
Financials
In the absence of major releases, Gameloft sees Q1 FY14 sales up just 4% to $77 million
Looking to Modern Combat 5 and Asphalt Overdrive
Chart Of The Week
How Rovio’s growth stacks up against Mojang, King, and Supercell
Embattled birds
TIGA criticises PEGI's 'unreasonably high' fees as hurting small game studios
Why pay for ports?
Financials
Pause or decline? Rovio sees 2013 profits drop 51% to $37 million
Sales up 2.5% to $215 million
Mobile Mavens
Would Oculus have caught Facebook's eye without the Kickstarter kick?
And should backers get a refund?
Financials
Wartune and TLBB decline as Changyou posts Q1 2014 loss of $19.5 million
But revenues up 2% to $181 million
Hot Five
Supercell called out at F2P conference, the making of Monument Valley, and does Family Guy deserve your cash?
Last week's top five stories
Charticle
Blizzard's Hearthstone shines strong in the East
But US is darker
Big In Japan
Monsters, mushrooms, meow meows and Puzzle & Dragons hits the arcade
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Promiscuous Gamer
Becalmed in mid-range grind, and surprised by Family Guy's 'Second Mexican' problem
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
Week That Was
A new age for Zynga, Microsoft formally acquires Nokia, and Kabam bullish about IPO
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Life's a beach: UKIE plans a seaside stand for Gamescom 2014
Networking on the sand
Stateside
Early access needs to be a premium proposition, not a borked beta test
Carter Dotson on following the Vlambeer model
Interview
Vungle looks to reboot mobile video ads with Vungle Exchange
It only takes 15 seconds to make a statement