Letter Attack and Cut the Rope: Time Travel are heading the Quality Index's Top 10 rated iOS and Android games of April 2013
Critically acclaimed
DeNA sees FY12 sales up 38% to $2 billion as profit hits $775 million
West generating around $70 million a quarter
How an indie explosion is transforming PS Vita into the developer's playground
SCEE's Shahid Ahmad on handheld hurdles
Ouya closes $15 million round, pushes back US retail launch until 25 June
Cites 'higher than expected demand'
To revolutionise the app ecosystem we need to get rid of the walled gardens, says Flexion's Jens Lauritzson
Google-Apple duolopy is stifling innovation
Mobile's new direction: Smartphone sales to double by 2017, but Africa and the Middle East will drive growth
West has had its day, says Pyramid Research
Everyplay: Bad Piggies notches up 2,000 replays in 8 hours flat
Video will 'change everything', says Laakkonen
Rovio rolling out company-wide Accounts system so players can sync progress
Starting with The Croods
Halfbrick's 200 million Chinese Fruit Ninja downloads generate 50 million MAUs
Working with local partner iDreamsky
Curiosity Chart of the Week: After the initial excitement comes cube-tapping hard graft
Currently taking 10 hours to destroy a layer
PlayStation Mobile's $99 publisher fees dropped in PS Vita's latest indie assault
Looking to 'remove barriers'
Opinion: Is Nintendo's push to bring mobile games to Wii U canny or just plain desperate?
Should indies be interested?
Kids spending over £30 million a month on unauthorised in-app purchases
Quarter of all parents suffering, says Microsoft
Unity opens nominations for the sixth annual Unity awards
Gongs to be handed out in Vancouver
Fuse Powered's Walsh on building a boutique ad network to solve the fragmented audience problem
A few developers but a lot of eyeballs
The Charticle: After 12 months, Blood Brothers still pulling in up to $225,000 a week on iOS in US
$1.7M for Q1 estimated, much more on Android
Estonian accelerator Gamefounders opens applications for its third intake
Deadline is 20 June
Sony launches Indie Games category on PlayStation Store
Showcasing innovation
As EA sees FY13 sales drop 8% to $3.8 billion, EA Mobile leaps 26% to $339 million
The Simpsons: Tapped Out nears $50 million
Miami mobile start-up SkyJoy announces its presence
Super Kid Cannon to debut soon
iVentureCapital invests in German social-mobile developer Kamicat
Taking Kamicat Football to new heights
Microsoft moving 10 million copies of Windows 8 a month
Changes ahead as total tops 100 million
Confusion reigns as three new app discovery platforms escape Apple's renewed clampdown
Developers speak out
Get 30 percent off ChinaJoy and World Mobile Game conference tickets
Offers closes 10 May
Facebook is best channel for driving app discovery at volume, reckons AppsFlyer
And it's got a graph to prove it
Form factor frustrations: How Mode 7 transformed Frozen Synapse's UI for tablets
Paul Taylor talks touch
Is Nintendo about to turn to smartphone apps to boost weak Wii U sales?
'Sources' say console being modified
Mobile Gaming Mavens: Should developers play the pirates at their own game?
Our experts discuss Game Dev Tycoon
Bluestacks now enabling Android apps and games on 10 million PCs and Macs
Everything, everywhere
Marvelous AQL rebrands US operations with separate console and mobile/online focus
Simplifies nomenclature
As EA gets core console licence, Disney retains Star Wars IP for mobile, tablet and web games
Promises original games with new stories
PlayScape partners with Amazon to launch games catalog for Kindle Fire HD
10 titles to start, 40 to follow during 2013
Fan-tastic: Fantasy sports developer DraftKings raises $7 million
In the game
Amazon opens Chinese version of Appstore for Android
Working with local devs for free and paid apps
Going mobile gives us global reach and a 10-fold increase in player sessions over browsers, says LEGO game dev 4T2
But F2P kids' games need a hard IAP limit
UK Government calls 'emergency meeting' to fight back against EC's Games Tax Relief block
Byron Atkinson-Jones reveals the response
How InMobi increased Ruzzle's eCPMs in Italy by 20%
Quality inventory meets premium campaigns
Apple extends 2.25 banhammer to apps with sharing, recommendation and App Store search tools
T&Cs tightened further
Hot Five: Apple to strip off the shine in iOS 7, BlackBerry slates tablets, and how to make an in-app purchase
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PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: iOS to be flattened, Minecraft Pocket hits 10 million, and Zynga attempts a 'sticky' sequel
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Google kickstarts Android gaming initiative, hires 'chief game designer'
Picks up LucasArts vet Falstein
Blue Byte co-founder Thomas Hertzler resurfaces with cloud-focused dev Stratotainment
Texas outfit to announces details soon
Social casino outfit Dragonplay embraces new genres with publishing initiative
Puzzle & Dragon-esque Gun N' Blade comes first
Barnes & Noble breaks down walls, allows Google Play onto Nook HD
Tablets get official app store
Heading to Beijing next week? So is Pocket Gamer
Bound for GMGC and GMIC
Our friends in the Nordics: Developers go it alone, and the Nordic Game Awards are announced
Our regular Nordic roundup
The App Store's most downloaded games of all time: Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja and Temple Run
Apple reveals
Chart of the Week: Is LINE or KakaoTalk growing faster?
Hare vs hare
How Bayern's bashing of Barcelona caused Fluid Football's daily downloads to jump 20-fold
AppyNation on real world benefits
Unity brings games to Tizen through its Union initiative
Emerging OS will have games