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Calling all mobile, wearable, or VR game devs: enter the Very Big Indie Pitch at PGC Helsinki 2015
Get free conference passes, your game noticed, and a chance to win big
Something New
Gumi chooses Berlin for its new European-focused mobile game development team
Central location is best
Casually Connect
Register now for the GungHo and Pocket Gamer-hosted Playphone Summer Bash at Casual Connect
12 August - remember the date
Vice Versa
Learn how to break into the Japanese market via lessons in the other direction
Cybird's David McCarthy is on a two-way street
Rebounds
Following hard reset in SF, GREE expands with new offices in Berlin and Melbourne
Cheaper, fresher locations
Open Arms Around The World
Why Google's Niantic Labs is taking Ingress' success and scaling up to an open platform
Anne Beuttenmüller shares insights
The End For Ouya
Razer confirms all-cash Ouya acquisition, with software and staff assimilated into Forge TV operation
All-cash deal sees Razer strengthen its Android TV business
Rare Treats
Despite Fallout Shelter's success, Bethesda's not ready to open mobile game floodgates
Not developing for mobile "unless it's a good fit."
Hot Five
How to get a job with Gameduell, and how Siegefall makes money
We round up the top five stories of last week.
Spell It Out
Stugan: How to write for video games
We ask three video game writers about their creative processes
Iap Vs Ads
deltaDNA SmartAds increases in-game ad revenue by 300%
Breaking the IAP vs advertising dichotomy
Out & About
Want to ChinaJoy(n) us this week in Shanghai?
Alternatively you can catch up in Cologne, see us in San Francisco or say hi in Helsinki!
Those Who Can, Speak
Final call for speakers at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2015
Just a few slots left to share your knowledge at 7-8 September conference
Going Public
Japanese monetization maestro Metaps is going public
Japan's most-funded startup is filing for an IPO
Play For Cash
BigBit partners with Cashplay for real-cash Race Team Manager tournaments
New game mode allows players to compete for money
Creative Control
NetEase's Success Fund offers up to $500,000 for indie mobile games
Promises an alternative to traditional publishing model
First In
Klang Games bags London Venture Partners investment
Former Supercell investment finds a new project
Jobs In Germany
Angry Birds Epic developer seeking several new faces for its Munich office
Plus vacancies from Zeitland and It Matters Games
Puzzle Unlocked
Puzzle & Dragons does 37 million downloads
Big downloads, bigger revenue
Apply Now
How to get a job at Berlin casual developer GameDuell
Head of HR Rüdiger von Hennig reveals top tips
Eurozone
PlayFab cracks Europe, wants to help you do the same
Backend specialist opens new Berlin office
Your Move
Relentless on why casual devs should look to board games for inspiration
Life after Buzz
Big Bucks
SGN bags $130 million Netmarble investment to break into East
Korean publisher invests in US outfit
Brand Intro
HyprMX's Dan Laughlin on bringing big brand advertising to mobile games
Into the mainstream
Signed And Sealed
OKAM Studio signs publishing deal with Deep Silver Fishlabs
An "instant genre classic" in the making
Iap Inspector
Mainly the same but a bit different: The monetisation of Siegefall
IAPs from the players' perspective
How To
Stugan: Indie devs share how to choose a game engine
The developers at Stugan explain how they choose a game engine
Watch Out
What does Apple's financial report mean for the Watch?
Tim Cook kept tip toed around cold hard facts.
Bigger Cake
N3TWORK's Neil Young on learning from Japan to drive 10-fold growth in western mobile game markets
The only way is up
From The Top
You can't be lazy about monetisation, says Unity Ads' Mickey Maher
Not an add-in extra
Opinions And As*holes
Rami Ismail on how developers trained gamers to have unreasonable expectations
The bar's set too high, but we're to blame for setting it
Axe Falls
GREE lays off 30% of its key San Francisco office
Times are hard
Ad Attack
Appodeal's Pavel Golubev on the future of mobile advertising
A deal just for you
Save The Date
Women in Games conference kicks off 2 September
The fifth annual Women in Games conference heads to London
Long Tail Wags
RockYou recycles MavenHut's Solitaire classics
RockYou swipes Solitaire Arena and Solitaire 3
Was It Worth It?
Bossa Studios on the confusing, exciting, unprofitable development of an Apple Watch launch game
Vince Farquharson speaks out at Develop:Brighton
Plus One
Helsinki dev Two Men and a Dog looking for experienced game programmer
"let's make the coolest games on the planet together"
Bite Of The Apple
What's ideal price point for mobile games in India?
Our India Mavens sift through the pricing labels
Pgc Hearts Sf
Pocket Gamer Connects lights up San Francisco with over 650 delegates, sponsors, and speakers
First event in the US continues conference series' successful run
Wide Appeal
Zynga's Empires & Allies is off to a solid start, especially in US, Japan and China
Global beachhead established
Ol' Sport
Cashplay and Gamblified launch Dead Trigger 2: eSports Tournament
Betting on the undead
Create Your Own
Fabzat's Florent Pitoun on the opportunity for game devs in the $10 billion 'phygital' merchandising market
New streams
Hot Five
How to become an eSports dev, and pull 10M downloads using Reddit and Twitch
We round up the top five stories from last week
Stacking Papers
Pop-up game Tengami made 90% of its $1.1 million sales on iOS, and still sells strongly
Not bad for a £55,000 investment
Shoulders Of Giants
Who are your game industry heroes?
Indie Mavens spread the love
Let's Play
Why Apple needs to get into the mobile game publishing business
Carter Dotson has a radical proposal
Looking Ahead
Flashback Friday: Neil Young on how ngmoco and Freeverse will dominate the iPhone free2play market
40 titles planned for release over the next 12 months
Strength In Big Numbers
Square Enix Collective on the power of IP and the psychology of crowdfunding
What's been learned?
Relative Failure
Did Fallout Shelter really only make $5.1 million during its peak weeks?
Superdata reckons so
New Old Bird On The Block
Rovio will lay Angry Birds 2-shaped egg on July 30
Angry Birds 2 inks in a launch date