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
One Microsoft: Elop claims "possibilities are endless" for newly acquired Nokia
Deal goes through
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Temmu Huuhtanen, Next Games
Helsinki here we come
Monetizer Special
Comparing the relative performance of Boom Beach, Frontline Commando 2, Royal Revolt 2 and HonorBound
Beyond damn lies and statistics
Interview
AppsFire on Brichter-San, its new pull-to-refresh ad solution
'Banners are dead. They just don’t know it yet'
Interview
Zynga deal goes beyond the price tag - it's about putting quality first, says Torsten Reil
NaturalMotion CEO on company synergies
F2p Summit
BRIC by BRIC: How Brazil, Russia, India and China are building F2P success
Glispa MD Tim Nilsson on the shifting balance of power
DevGAMM Moscow 2014 expands with Unity, Vlambeer, Facebook and Wargaming
For mobile and online companies on 15-16 May
F2p Summit
Player to player economies: Why mobile needs to do it, and how Hay Day did it badly
Vili Lehdonvirta of the University of Oxford explains all
Tencent tells 'Mark Zuckerberg' to find real friends on WeChat
Spoof TV ad from South Africa
Update: More big names join Frogmind, Grand Cru, King, Remedy, and Ubisoft for PG Connects
Even more big names heading to Helsinki
Guest Column
Oscar Clark on the reasons to release a paid game
F2P is not the only way
F2p Summit
How Surgeon Simulator rode the viral wave of 2.3 million YouTube videos
Bossa Studios' Roberta Lucca on being F2P without being F2P
Monetizer
Shooting for success with Frontline Commando 2
Glu brings franchise back up-to-date
Mike Bithell, Boss Alien and Twitch lead Develop in Brighton 2014's speakers list
Media Molecule, Nickelodeon, and more on board
Garden-in' & Leave
Zynga founder Pincus out, as Alex Garden becomes head of studios
New chief marketing and visual officers hired
Tough times for Zynga as Q1 2014 sales drop 36% to $168 million
Heavy losses expected to continue into Q2
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Nafna Games GM Nadav Barkama
Helsinki here we come
Unity to back Russian developers with launch of new Moscow office
For Russia with love
Making Of
Stairway to heaven: The making of Monument Valley
How an untypical developer made an untypical game
Pocket Gamer Connects: Developers, secure your place in the I Love Indie showcase
Indie outreach in Helsinki
TIGA announces UK Games Tax Relief Tour to explain benefits to studios
Focus on innovation and experimentation
King launches Japanese base to seize bigger piece of $5 billion smartphone gaming market
Tokyo HQ unveiled
UKIE lifts the lid on free 'How To' games development event in London
Tackling the modern gamer
Can buy me love: Apple and Google offering devs promo spots for exclusivity
Wall Street Journal weighs in
The Iap Inspector
Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff... and fighting the desire to spend $430
In-app purchases from the players' perspective
Kabam bullish about IPO chances, but firm is 'following its own timeframe'
Steve Swasey: "We do everything purposefully"
Guest Column
Why you need to be thinking about TV ads for your mobile game
Motility Ads' Josh Rinsky is switched on
When two become one: Microsoft announces official date for Nokia acquisition
New terms agreed upon
Interview
The European equation: How Kabam plans to ride the Berlin boom
Andrew Sheppard talks up the firm's quest for continental glory
Ruzzle developer MAG Interactive wins Swedish Tech5 award with growth of 5470%
And looking ahead with release of Ruzzle Adventure
Interview
Why Aeria Games ditched PC to reboot as F2P mobile publisher PlayNext
Going for maximum growth
Perfect World spends $100 million to join group taking Shanda Games private
Complexity in China
The Charticle
Did Monument Valley rise or fall in the global App Store charts?
Beautiful mediocrity
Exclusive
Bears and beards: Why Fist of Awesome almost launched with a gay lead
Developer Nicoll Hunt on addressing equality
Interview
Forget installs - what’s your game’s deep engagement event?
Midverse's Jim Rainey talks replacing CPI with CPE+
Hot Five
How indies can handle PR, why the industry owes a debt to homosexuals, and is the great crowdfunding crash nigh?
Last week's top five stories
Big In Japan
GREE announces Wright Flyer Studios while Puzzle & Dragons comes to arcades
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Week That Was
Unity acquires Playnomics, Twitter unveils mobile app promo suite, and F2P might not be the only ticket in town
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
CandySwipe and Banner Saga trademark disputes resolved with King
Peace in the realm?
Full Indie Uk Column
Six simple steps to productive and effective games PR
How to get the most for your time and money
Interview
Northern soul: How one conference is looking to recharge games dev in the UK's North West
Update's Andrew Bennison reveals all
Pocket Gamer Connects: Announcing our Helsinki schedule
Two days of mobile mastery
Candy Crush ‘tops out’ as the industry once again focuses on core gamers
Blizzard's Hearthstone part of a ‘new volley’ of branded blockbusters
Unity acquires player engagement platform Playnomics
Helgason: Technology to be integrated into Unity Cloud suite
UKIE names Goldsmiths University students first-ever student game jam winners
Phil Elliott dubbed ‘Mentor of the Universe’
Guest Column
Computers are gay: Scott Foe on why the industry owes a debt to homosexuals
Fags, frags, and Alan Turing
Stateside
Giving Kickstarter the kick: The great crowdfunding crash is upon us
How Oculus f*cked it up for everyone else
Twitter unveils new mobile app promotion suite to drive installs
Direct download links included in ads