Rovio unveils Angry Birds Star Wars II, set to launch Skylanders-style physical toys
A new hope?
Sponsored feature: Leading smartphone ad agency CyberZ considers new gaming trends in Japan
How to win in the competitive Japanese market
Thomas Was Alone's Mike Bithell: 'It's been one hell of a year, and I've been very lucky'
How one indie dev avoided the bargain bin
The Charticle: Leading on iOS, Android now accounts for around 40% of CSR Racing's sales
Distimo estimates Google Play is 8.75% of lifetime sales
Following $38.5 million share sale, Kabam now valued at $700 million
Rumours about IPO grow
Dutch mobile outfit Lunagames raised $520,000 for expansion
Linden Mobile Ventures sees the potential
Hot Five: GREE scales back in the west, how to top Thomas Was Alone, and why Double Fine has damaged Kickstarter
Last week's top five stories
Winner takes it all: Real brand monetisation platform GoPrezzo hits UK
Launches via Amazon Appstore
Chart of the Week: How localisation tripled Clash of Clans' Japanese revenue
Or so Distimo says
What is Monetizer?
A guide to our new F2P ranking process
PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: App Store turns 5, the news from Develop 2013, and did Unity turn down a $750 million deal?
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Check your media strategy with free-to-download PRninja app
Interactive helpmate
Tablet in-game spending nearly 3 times that of smartphone
Paying players spending $48 each a year
Five things we learned from Develop 2013
Mixing with the mobile movers in Brighton
FreeAppADay creators tease new app discovery platform 'Project X'
'Your apps your way'
Brighton Week: Why Boss Alien is thankful there's no dominant developer in Brighton
Jason Avent on the city's open nature
XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Where's My Mickey? are the highest-reviewed iOS and Android games of Q2 2013
Critically acclaimed
Human Demand on the importance of re-engagement
How to build lifetime value
Short Cuts: Why Blitz is integrating Playmob's charity Coins donation system
Launching this summer in Paper Titans
Short Cuts: Havok's Andrew Bowell on its longterm strategy for mobile game tools
The calculated thinking behind Project Anarchy
Short Cuts: Author Will Luton on why F2P games are harder to design and make money from
Needs more thoughtful design and a great game
Short Cuts: 100% Indie, Havok, Playmob and Blitz, and Will Luton
Video interviews from Develop 2013
Sponsored feature: Why Immersion is leading by example to bring better tactile feedback to games
Download Haptic Muse for a world of possibilities
It was a happy Question Time at our Brighton Mobile Mixer
Thanks to sponsor Everyplay
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Expects it to lift your IAP revenue by at least 10%
I can't comment on a $750 million buyout, but we would have turned it down, says Unity CEO
Deflects industry rumour with future ambition
Develop 2013: Games dev not a 'hit driven' business anymore, says Thomas Was Alone creator
Mike Bithell on why he's not in it to get rich
Develop 2013: Barry Meade talks The Room - the game with no great plan, but a lot of success
Fireproof man on the business of ignoring business
Brighton Week: FuturLab's James Marsden on building the Made In Brighton movement
Supporting the city's creative industry
Immersion releases app to teach devs how to best use haptic feedback
Haptic Muse highlights 124 pre-set effects
Metricsmonk on the importance of combined Facebook and mobile analytics
Adds iOS analytics and user distribution feature
Come and rock out at Casual Connect SF with NativeX and Grand Cru's Supernauts
SuperMixer features all-star panel and The Sunrunners
Nordeus' Top Eleven tops 10 million downloads on Android
Footy fanatics
Develop 2013: How to turn touchscreen controls into an asset, by Lady Shotgun
They don't need to be a compromise, says Anna Marsh
Develop 2013: Developers, send out your press releases on a Tuesday afternoon
Simon Byron on how to win press for your game
Apsalar rolls out its behaviourally-honed demand-side platform
Optimise the value of your high-value users
Happy Birthday App Store, says Oscar Clark. You transformed our industry
Five years of plenty
Choo-chooing down the track with Chillingo: The making of Bridgy Jones
How to take on a genre and win
Develop 2013: Free-to-play games aren't exploitative, they're like cake, says Boss Alien's Jason Avent
Chewing the fat
Brighton Week: Basing in Brighton offers devs 'low risk and high reward', says Mediatonic
CEO Bailey on setting up shop by the sea
Gamevil to launch Train City and Air Penguin Friends for Facebook Mobile
Rethinking social and mobile
Tell us your five favourite apps and games, over on Best App Ever
Celebrate the App Store's birthday with us
Transforming: Tapjoy announces new CFO
Second 'C-level' hire under new CEO's watch
Unity now being used by over two million developers
Powering ahead
Develop 2013: Half of all repeat IAPs are made within an hour of a previous purchase
Amazon on profiting from keeping players engaged
Stateside: Double Fine debacle threatens legitimacy of entire crowdfunding model
Hitting your funding goal is just the start
Develop 2013: Some mobile games just work better on the TV, contests GameStick creator PlayJam
Why unconsoles meet a market need
Five essential - and new - skills that mobile game developers need to succeed
James Kaye asks if you're equiped for the modern age
Develop 2013: MAQL Europe's Harry Holmwood on why western devs could take the lead in Japan
Big opportunity to change consumer thinking
Hasbro acquires 70% of Backflip Studios for $112 million
A real paper toss