Owlchemy Labs' Alex Schwartz on going mobile because that's where publishers aren't
All about making great games
Velti sees strong growth in US and UK ad markets as Q1 FY12 sales rise 75% to $51.8 million
Cash flow breakeven expected in Q3
Android dominates in US and Europe as iOS makes up two horse race
Kantar Worldpanel casts light on 2012
Boasting 120 million lifetime downloads, the free-to-play boom lifts Gamevil's Q1 FY12 sales 160% to $14.7 million
91% of business from in-app purchases
Square Enix launches Indian development contest for phone, tablet and PC games
Backed with $40,000 in prizes
Appia launches pay per install service for ad platform
Adds advertiser support for Google Play
Samsung looking to dominate in China with 2 new low-end devices
Cheapest comes in at around $180
Apple ramps down iPhone orders by up to 25% as new model looms large
Analyst Wu makes bold prediction
Crowdstar announces new partnerships to take its titles to Asia
US dev partners with Tencent and Gamevil
Opinion: PS Vita risks becoming this generation's Dreamcast
Sony needs a sea change
Casey's Contraptions is 'in good hands' with Rovio, says co-creator Noel Llopis
Rovio made 'offer we couldn't refuse'
NTT DoCoMo tables 224 million Euro offer for mobile content provider Buongiorno
Moves to buy all shares
Playmesh's Shawn Foust on how to make location-based games work
Players not places should be the focus
Social gamers spending less, but more converting to paying players
Monthly ARPPU for April drops to $37.59
Indie Dev Marketing conference announced for Develop 2012
Dev Day sessions also revealed
Chinese web giant Baidu to launch low-cost smartphone
Handset to run own OS
LAUNCH: Future Gaming & Digital Conference puts out call for speakers
November event to bolster line-up
US court of appeals rules that Apple is free to pursue sales ban of Galaxy Tab 10.1
Samsung and Apple's wranglings continue
Meet Pocket Gamer at Nordic Game conference 2012
The PG team is Malmo-bound
HP re-enters tablet market with Windows 8-powered device
No second chance for its WebOS
Smartphone growth helps Square Enix back into the black
Final Fantasy and Lara titles do the business on iOS
More top-notch vacancies hit the PocketGamer.biz jobs board
Premier companies looking for new recruits
PS Vita hardware sales less than a third of the PSP after 10 weeks
Official Chart-Track data paints stark picture for Sony
Opinion: The flip from Casey's Contraptions to Amazing Alex will be the test of Rovio's longterm success
Why brand building matters
Zynga snaps up female-focussed casual developer Wild Needle
Wild Needle backer Rick Thompson is on a roll
Gameloft partners with MediaTek to preload games onto chipsets
Another way to reach China's one billion phone users
The PG.biz Hot Five: As the freemium backlash continues, one EA free-to-play game did $50M in Japan
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Despite arguing $10 is best, Fishlab's Michael Schade explains the 'painful decision' to add IAP to Galaxy on Fire
And maybe even go free-to-play on Android
Quality Index: The week's best Android games - Farm Invasion USA, Dark Legends
Critically acclaimed
Quality Index: The week's best iPad games - N.O.V.A. 3, Spellsword
Critically acclaimed
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games - The King of Fighters-i 2012, Spellsword
Critically acclaimed
PG.biz week that was: the 'gacha gotcha', Storm8's 300 million and Rovio's billion
The past 7 days' news compressed bite-sized
Sony Mobile posts 1.15 billion Euro loss in FY2011
Revenues fall more than 12% yoy
Camouflaj's Kickstarter project reaches $500k target
République has over 9,000 backers
Atari sees FY11/12 revenues fall 34% to $51 million as it transitions to mobile and online games
At least losses and debts are declining
Konami doubles profits on social games success
Japanese company eyes up partnership with Zynga
Online and mobile games push US market above $1 billion in April
Traditional software sales plummet 42 percent
Trade bodies TIGA and UKIE out of touch with indies, reckons Mobile Pie's Will Luton
Both using broken business models
The Super Voinov Twins on how brotherly love for the ZX Spectrum eventually led to Cut the Rope
Plus learnings from Digital Chocolate and Parachute Ninja
Fishlabs CEO Michael Schade on why he thinks BlackBerry 10 gaming could outgun Android
Install base matter less than quality ecosystem
Apple on top in Japan as iPhone grabs 30% smartphone share in 2011
Year long sales hit 7.25 million
RIM unconvinced quad-core CPUs the right fit for BlackBerry 10
OEMs obsessed with specs, says Bocking
Real-time bidding ad market explodes for tablets, up 472%
Highlight of booming sector
Tablets drawing consumers away from the high street, reports InMobi
Two thirds have made a purchase in last 30 days
Google updates AdMob SDK, includes the option to use UDIDs
Return to source
Funzio releases Crime City on Amazon Appstore for Android
Includes Kindle Fire version
Facebook Connect puts 75 percent of users off your app, says Orange
Users don't like the 'noise'
CTIA 2012: 'Mobile gaming will not kill the console,' claims EA CEO John Riccitiello
YouTube didn't destroy TV
Registration now open for Apps World conference
Gaming track detailed
Rovio acquires Casey's Contraptions IP for renewed splash on iOS and Android
Relaunch due this summer