Drawbridge levels up, appointing stats marketing man Daryl McNutt
Will retarget retargeting ad tech outfit's efforts
Three is the magic number as Pocket Gamer parties in Cologne
Thanks to NativeX, Creative Mobile and Qihoo 360
AppVersal on the difficulty of app discovery
It's all about better brand recognition
Mobile payment provider Mo9 closes Series B round
Company secures millions of dollars in funding
Cloud burst: Big Fish shutters its Unlimited casual game streaming service
Costs too high, uptake too low
Newbie Mobile Gamer likes Icebreaker but thinks its IAP is 'cheating'
Truth through inexperience
Creative Mobile, TinyCo and Animoca add support for subscription-based unconsole GamePop
Android focus
Sega leading publisher initiative to create a cross-promotion network in Japan
Looking to build their own UA mine
Cologne Big Indie Pitch proved a love-in for devs and journalists
Thanks to sponsors Sega and Apmetrix
iOS gameplay video sharing outfit Kamcord announces 1 billion recordings
Plus additional funding brings seed round to $2.5 million
Sponsored feature: Why all game developers need to take notice of BlackBerry 10
Anders Jeppsson highlights 'fastest growing ecosystem'
Hoolai Games bringing web MMOG Wartune to mobile - for China and the west
Promises optimised gameplay and more engagement
Chart of the Week: Android game revenue now bigger than 3DS and PS Vita
App Annie and IDC have the breakdown
Opinion: After its initial failure, Sony's now looks to turn PS Vita into a mini-PlayStation 4
Time for a pivot
There was plenty of fizzy pop and chocolate cake at PG's Mobile Mixer in Cologne
Thanks to sponsors PapayaMobile, Immersion, Grand Cru, Everplay and King
Jolla's MeeGo-based smartphone closes initial pre-order
Production run 'in the order of 50,000'
LINE messaging service now has 230 million registered users
Including 15 million in Spain
From $60 console game to $20 iOS game in 9 months: The Making of XCOM: Enemy Unknown
The platforms they are a-changin'
Extreme Motion SDK 'motionizes' snowboarding game with Kinect-like control
Uses front-facing camera on tablet or laptop
Monetizer: Plants vs. Zombies 2
What are Crazy Dave's F2P tricks and techniques
How DeNA turned Transformers Legends into a monetisation machine for the west
#GDCEurope Money maker in disguise
Gameloft bringing a further 15 games to Windows Phone 8
Taking 2013's slate up to 25
Hook into the Japanese market with cross-promotion platform AppExTrade
Now available through a Unity plug-in
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From Saints Row to CCP, Rovio, and beyond
Stateside: The ethics of IAP are complex which is why the industry needs to define them
Because if we don't do it, others will
As Plants vs Zombies 2 hits 16 million downloads, EA takes FIFA 14 free-to-play
The transformation is complete
Is Kakao already dominating the market in the Philippines?
Messaging app rises to the top after two weeks.
Tencent talks how to tempt Chinese gamers away from a diet of rice and noodles
#GDCEurope Peng Lu on changing the menu
Linking fiction to action: Why touchscreen controls depend on pace, position and direction
Anna Marsh talks non-literal actions
'No one wants to be Zynga anymore': Lessons from the Pocket Gamer Mobile Mixer
F2P, monetisation, and is there a third platform?
How Frogmind made it big with Badland (without a big marketing budget)
#GDCEurope Finding power without a publisher
Transition extended as KongZhong's mobile games business drops 40% in Q2 2013
Still waiting for the smartphone uplift
Get ready for an eyeful - Oculus Rift's John Carmack working on mobile SDK
Android support coming first
Exclusive: 78% of mobile gamers spending $50+ on IAP say they've received 'their money's worth'
EEDAR survey of 3,000 reveals surprising facts
Are you an indie dev looking to make it big? Enroll in Chartboost University
It's all about the hothouse
Candy crushing the competition: The 'stars have aligned' for King, says Tommy Palm
#GDCEurope And Facebook is still a force
The Charticle: A year on from relaunch, The Simpsons is EA Mobile's biggest earner
Franchise generating $100 million per year
Don't count on chat apps being the next big gaming platform, warns GameDuell
#GDCEurope KakaoTalk and co. not the answer
Make love, not metrics: Wooga on the importance of romancing the player
#GDCEurope Timo Dries talks Monster World
Will a BlackBerry buyout save its bacon?
Our Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss
Synchronous multiplayer on mobile is going down the toilet, says PerBlue
#GDCEurope CEO Justin Beck flushes out the myths
Hot Five: Windows Phone outsells iPhone, the making of Rymdkapsel, and what happened when Apple messed with the App Store
Last week's top 5 stories
PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: BlackBerry's future, King's billion daily gameplays, and PopCap defends PvsZ 2's F2P model
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Social gaming and charity network Gramble closes out $5 million seed round
A real charity case
PopCap: Going free-to-play with Plants vs. Zombies 2 is worth the 'flak'
'Evil' model hasn't hindered success
Goko's new CEO on its HTML5 pivot, launching Dominion, and creating Catan for the mobile generation
Kate Connally is building a better deck
Cologne Week: 'Berlin is buzzing, but Cologne is Germany's media hub'
RockAByte on the city Gamescom calls home
Freemium first: In-app purchases to push app spending to $75 billion by 2017
Premium model to drop to 25 percent of revenue
Cologne Week: How developers can get ahead of the game in Cologne
Find your funding with AV-Gründerzentrum
Peter Relan's new incubator offers $110,000 to game devs looking to apply their smarts more widely
Deadline for first applications ends 31 August