We had a $1 million UA launch fund but only spent a fraction, says Plain Vanilla CEO of US #1 hit QuizUp
Virality built into the gameplay
Android OS customisation outfit CyanogenMod raises $23 million
Tencent and Andreessen Horowitz invest
LG's webOS set to resurface at CES
Back from the brink
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Nicoll Hunt, I Fight Bears
Micro-consoles could be the 2014 opportunity for indies
Chart of the Week: 63% of lifetime IAP spend happens on day-one
So says Playnomics' Q3 2013 survey
Ex-OpenFeint engineer launches Awear; a platform for wearable computing
Accelerated out of Studio 9+ program
SDK consolidation and data-led actionable insights are two key trends for 2014
Vungle's Andrea Sharfin considers the future
Monetizer: Heroes of Dragon Age
Westernising the card-battler
Turning the tables: Createrria on why it's looking to transform gamers into developers
Giving gamers the power of creation
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Veli-Pekka Piirainen, Critical Force
I'm looking to China in 2014
InMobi and Pocket Gamer decked London's hall at our Mobile Mixer
Santa doubles down at the Hippodrome Casino
Following ARM deal, Geomerics hopes mobile will be 10% of sales by end of 2014
Chip company has bought a kindred spirit
Chart of the Week: Chinese mobile advertising booms 151%
Focus on populous SE Asia and lucrative Middle East
Sponsored feature: Android Application Development and Optimization on the Intel Atom Platform
Tips and tricks from the Intel Dev Zone
Pixelberry's Oliver Miao on how weekly updates keep High School Story's day-7 retention over 50%
Plus the value of incentivised video ads
Indie devs hit out at YouTube over false copyright claims
Firm stands by broken policies
Stateside: Mobile needs to find a balance between success and failure
Focusing solely on either is no good
The Charticle: A Gameloft special
Downloads are vanity. Only top grossing is sanity
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Volker Hirsh
The opportunity in 2014 is for the big beasts
The Room, Ridiculous Fishing and Badland up for Satellite Awards
XCOM and Warhammer Quest also in the running
Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss whether the games industry is inherently sexist?
And not treating them as silly, hysterical women...
Winter Nights 2014 early-bird rate available for final couple of days
Get your tickets for Russia's premier event now
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Steve Gray, Tencent
We're looking to work with great developers
After 7 months, GREE's Knights & Dragons tops $5 million in a 30-day period on Google Play
Momentum built on events and updates
Chart of the Week: Value of Korean app market up 759% in 2013
Why you need to be on Android and in Asia
Clash of Clans is 2013's top grossing app says Distimo
At least from January to November
Emotional learning: Trip Hawkins' latest game aims to help kids understand their emotions
Shifting from materialism towards compassion
Sponsored feature: Creating and Porting NDK based Android Apps for Intel Architecture
Two how tos
F2P games sidelined as Ridiculous Fishing and Badland win Apple's 2013 accolades
Reveals iPhone and iPad games of the year
We should applaud micro-consoles for the size of their ambition
TIGA's Richard Wilson sees a big opportunity
PS4's video sharing is 'awesome', but mobile has much more potential says Applifier
Video tool Everyplay enjoys stellar 2013
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Harry Holmwood, Marvelous AQL
Costs will rise in 2014, but so will the opportunities
Polish education app start-up Frugoton secures $330,000 seed funding
W Investments provides the cash
Cheap tickets to PG Connects available until 18:00 GMT
Get your (ice) skates on!
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Enda Carey, Standfast
Time to focus on content quality
Hot Five: Angry Birds is Go, King is delayed, and Oceanhorn is Zelda
Last week's top stories
Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: Dark District, Angry Birds Go and Heroes of Dragon Age catch my eye
This guy will play anything with a pulse
PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: King delays its IPO, Angry Birds Go-es in a new direction, and Crytek embraces mobile
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
US mobile game spending up 34% to $274 million in November
26% of the market, according to Superdata
Ludonarrative insolence: Add one part 'game' to four parts 'story', mix well and serve
Full Indie UK's Klein on designing narrative-led games
Going global: PG Connects adds more internationals to its squad
Prices set to rise on 13 December
Use the force: How one company is looking to democratise A/B testing
Splitforce's Zac Aghion on helping devs to 'track anything'
Asia's golden triangle of mobile gaming will provide our long-term success, says Yodo1's Henry Fong
China, Korea and Japan are the places to be
ARM buys game real-time lighting specialist Geomerics
Global illumination meets the chip roadmap
Very Big Indie Pitch grows even bigger as Rovio, MyGamez and GameSparks join Wild Tangent as sponsors
Pre-submission deadline extended to 18 December
GDC 2014: Game Developers Choice Awards Nominations are now open
Honouring the best and the brightest
Amazon now allows players to give Amazon Coins as a gift
Unwrap some virtual currency this Christmas
Sponsored feature: Speeding up the Android emulator on Intel architecture
How to get an order of magnitude speed boost
Rovio brands a newborn generation of Finns
Swag for birdday babies
Angry Birds Go is our first step to take the brand in new directions, says Rovio
Company also working on brand new IP