Now we are 5: Apple adds iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 to iPad Air, iPad mini 2 and iPad mini range
Consumer segmentation runs wider
Investment
Education gaming outfit Osmo raises $12 million
Series A led by Accel Partners
Interview
Tangible Play on $2 million pre-orders, $12 million funding and Apple approval for its Osmo learning platform
Disrupting kids education one iPad at a time
Deal
GungHo and Rovio plan two week Angry Birds and Puzzle & Dragons crossover
When worlds collide
Helpshift introduces free product tier to help indies deal with player support
Reducing your support requests
UK government games policy “shouldn’t pick industry winners”
Nicholas Lovell argues for future-friendly policy environment.
Animoca closes $10 million joint venture deal for Star Girl franchise
Crosby Capital becomes majority owner
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Angry Birds makes its return
October 6 - October 12
Video
Can crowdfunding move from rewards to equity?
David B Hoppe considers the future
Data
Final Fantasy's Sakaguchi first F2P game Terra Battle hits 500,000 downloads
Pushing the social aspect
Qihoo 360 targets 30% share of Chinese mobile search within 2 years
Another way to win in app distribution
Jobs
WildTangent searching for business development manager
Join the team
Interview
Okam Studio on its plans for cult comic Dog Mendonca, and the potential of the Latin America market
CEO Martina Santoro on turbulent history and sarcastic humour
LINE expands its vision with native iPad app
The next 70 million
Deal
Thumbstar distributing GunFinger on Android devices
Deal of the dead
Amazon Game Studios ramps up output with 3 new original releases
Exclusives for Fire phone and tablet
Pay-to-play
Pay-to-Play: Does Nitrome’s 8bit Doves deserve your $2.99?
Dream on
9 growth hacking tips to boost your mobile game's success
Pascal Clarysse provide guerilla tactics
Data
Traps n' Gemstones and Galaxy Trucker are highest reviewed iOS and Android games of Q3 2014
Critically acclaimed
Live Mobile
Don't have 10 million MAUs, don't bother with merchandising says ex-Zeptolab CRO
Diana Moldavsky warns a hit game isn't a brand
Vlambeer, Inkle and Fireproof to star on Pocket Gamer Connects Indie Track
Big names to give advice on how they're staying alive in mobile gaming
Video
Why breaking into the lucrative Korean mobile games market is an uphill battle
Wisdom from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2014
Inside The Game: The thrill and terror of High School Story's launch
Pixelberry spills the beans
Leap Motion and IndieCade team up for global VR game jam
Submit your games, musical experiments, artistic explorations, educational apps
Supercell planing a 'Rovio' as it looks to hire merchandising experts
Barbarian bedspread?
Opinion
Gameplay first, visuals later: Why publishers don't want you to pitch a finished article
How to pitch and win
App trials could be heading to Google Play
Play your heart out
Research
It takes two: Multi-platform gamers play more and spend more, says Everyplay
Plus, boys still outpacing girls
The Finnsider
Don't make me Angry: Why Rovio is better equipped to ride the mobile wave than King or Supercell
An IP to last the ages
Virtual Reality
Google rumoured to be investing in Magic Leap's 'cinematic reality'
When virtual and augmented reality just won't do
Unity: We have no plans to sell
CTO Ante dismisses latest round of rumours
Mistakes are good, but make sure you can survive them, says Mobile Mixer panel
Learnings from Vilnius
Jobs
Fingersoft seeks programmers fluent in C++ and OpenGL, offers Finland's biggest hot tub
Check out the benefits
Game Insight launches #CraftedInBaltics, with two games localised for Lithuania
Flower House and Cloud Raider get local
Game Insight announced as lead tenant in new Vilnius Tech Park
Hub will act as local and international beacon
Why Lithuania should be a tempting location for international ICT companies
Invest Lithuania spills the beans
Gamevil partners with 8elements to open southeast Asia office in Singapore
Covering Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam
Playmob CEO Jude Ower makes Talent Unleashed shortlist
A 'one to watch' in the tech scene
First 300 signs up save $100 off Samsung Developer Conference ticket price
Discounts going fast
Chart Of The Week
43% of the 'red hot' $4.5 billion Latin American game is mobile
Growing 16% year on year
Mobile Mavens
Rovio's risk: Are layoffs evidence of lean times ahead at the house that Angry Birds built?
Our Mavens give their view
Virtual Reality
Vrvana cancels Totem virtual reality headset Kickstarter campaign
Opts for a retail version pre-order instead
Hot Five
Six companies Oculus should buy, why developers need to kill their darlings, and is Rovio a dead man walking?
Last week's top 5 stories
Understanding market research helps your game become a hit says Wooga's marketing head
Eric Seufert on design and total addressable market
Charticle
Pricing success: Is The Banner Saga being held back by its $9.99 price tag?
Cash converter
Week That Was
Fyber bought for $190 million, Threes creator on clones, and can World of Tanks go the distance?
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Full Indie Uk Column
10 key steps to project management success
”I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by”
Deal
Temple Run 2 to add the option to buy real-world NFL players
Kaepernick and Wilson will be first two in rotation
Jobs
Storm8 bring in former Zynga men as NaturalMotion, Tag Games, and NativeX look for exciting talent
New positions
Mobile Mavens