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
Indie Outreach
The next Big Indie Pitch is heading for Krakow
Teaming up with Digital Dragons
Interview
Crops with Clans: How Zynga rethought FarmVille 2 for the post-Facebook generation
Planting a new set of seeds
Interview
Gaining on Gamevil: How the Big Indie 40 project is helping small studios take on Korea's big boys
Curtis File on why the shutdown law isn't affecting mobile
Is F2P the only way? $3.99 Out There was "profitable 3 weeks after release"
Developer Michael Peiffert waves the premium flag
PG Mobile Mixer: Windows Phone 8.1 dominates the conversation in San Francisco
Think. Drink. Connect.
GungHo Online’s Princess Punt Sweets passes 8 million downloads in Japan
Chasing the dragon
Candy Crush makes move on China via Tencent’s WeChat platform
Easing the IPO headache
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Dropforge Games CEO David Bluhm
Hyped for Helsinki
Making Of
Ready for launch: The making of Out There
Michael Peiffert on becoming a rocket man
Taking The Mickey
Former Disney SVP Javier Ferreira joins Scopely
The new COO on the block
The Charticle
How did the $9.99 Faster Than Light compete in the top grossing charts?
A measure of LTV
Two From The Top
King and Supercell boost European trade association ISFE
Industry is 'converging'
Chart Of The Week
Google Play downloads top iOS by 45%...and now it's not far behind on revenue, either
But iOS generates 85% more revenue
Samsung’s used aggressive marketing, not imitation, to top Apple
Need to beat Cupertino giant was a 'survival strategy'
Wartune is generating 40% of Hoolai's mobile revenue
Q1 mobile revenues have tripled
Guest Column
Kickstart your game's longevity and profitability with multiplayer
Grantoo's Tyler York makes the argument
International Games Week Berlin brings in record numbers
Global visibility key to success
Parisian pow-wow: Game Connection Europe 2014 issues call for speakers
Deadline set for submissions on 30 April
Developer Demand
Oculus Rift claims 85,000 dev kits sold
Beating out expectations
Mobile Mavens
Gay people in games: Industry experts call on devs to "share stories of diversity"
Our Mavens give their take on this week's burning issue
Windows Phone 8.1 rolls out to registered devs worldwide
Full deployment expected this summer
Interview
Western gamers deserve all new titles from Asian devs, not ports: Crooz's Kenji Hiruta on going global
But simplicity is a universal
Monetizer
Does Royal Revolt 2 make a run on your wallet?
Rise of the republic
Love thy developer: New community launches looking to make indies 'feel appreciated'
Developer worried studios are 'giving up'
Eye On Estonia
Join Pocket Gamer in Tallinn for our next Mobile Mixer
AdCash, Creative Mobile and Intergame on board
Top of the class: UKIE launches first ever student game jam
Building games around 'regeneration'
Big In Japan
More Mana and Saga games coming to mobile
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Hot Five
Backflip heralds return of the publisher, we put Finland in focus, and the issue of gay people in games
Last week's top five stories
Promiscuous Gamer
The invasion of IP: Star Wars, Game of Thrones and Family Guy
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
Stateside
Developers, beware the democratisation of game development
With opportunity comes risk, warns Carter Dotson
Guest Column
How we successfully monetise around Snail Bob's cliffhanger moments
Hunter Hamster Studios' conversion to video ads
Wargaming: Oculus Rift needs 5 million users for F2P to be viable
CEO Kislyi on the realities of free-to-play
Booming in Berlin: Kabam looking to build on its new European base
Getting its game on in Germany
Time To Grow
Fuse Powered: Developers need to get to grips with their advertising
Darren Keyes on making the most of FuseBoxx and AdRally
No Small Success
Minecraft hits 21 million downloads on mobile
Dev to hold live Q&A to celebrate
Interview
From Ragdolls to riches: How Backflip is looking to become the publisher developers love
Providing real publishing value in the modern era
No Fees
TapSense launches $10 million fund for RTB users
Get 100% of your ad money
Building A Bridge
How AppFlood’s RTB smarts will help unlock China’s mobile ad market
PapayaMobile’s Chris Hanage on the opportunities
Must Knows
18 key trends from the Chinese mobile games market
A quantitative deep dive
More Moneypenny
Glu Mobile bags 007 licence for F2P action
Title due summer 2015
Big In Japan
Colopl on the up, Capcom on the slide, Cygames getting drunk?
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Racing Rpgs
In Japan, Quiz RPG is catching Puzzle & Dragons
23 million downloads vs 25 million
SourceNext to publish Burn the Rope Worlds in Japan
Big Blue Bubble partners up
The Finnsider
What Supercell did next: Boom Beach masters the art of the follow-up
Fighting on the beaches
On The Up
Kabam expects 2014 sales to be at least $550 million
That's growth of more than 35%
Next Up
Aeria Games rebrands for mobile F2P as PlayNext
Launching into RPGs and sports management