Charles Cecil announced as host for GameHorizon 2012
Broken Sword creator will MC
Kickstarter perfect for high priced iOS games, but keep Apple in the loop says Six to Start
No set rules says developer
Velti CMO guestimates Facebook could generate up to $2 billion a year from its mobile app
Lots of eyeballs for lots of time
Cave cans upcoming Vita projects as COO Watanabe resigns
Vita support pulled as handheld popularity wanes
iQU's Fraser MacInnes on why big data without segmentation is just nonsense
Providing the meaning behind the numbers
Claritics adds user segmentation tools to version 2.5 of mobile social analytics platform
Set to optimise user engagement
Facebook calls time on share orders as $100 billion floatation nears
Share price hiked to up to $38
Serious Parody raises £1 million to launch new Dundee studio
Studio begins recruitment drive
HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE blocked entry into US
Apple patent dispute forces Customs' hand
8 out of 10 mobile apps to be based on HTML5 by 2015
IDC claims standard is gaining ground
Alawar signs up wave of titles for PlayPhone's Social Gaming Network
Service now boasts 150+ games
Smartphone sales up 45% in Q1 2012 as feature phones fall back
Samsung leading the charge
Creative Assembly looking to Unity to keep pace with fast moving mobile industry
Praises game engine's ease of use
Ineffective user tracking holding back $2 billion mobile ad market, reckons AdTruth
Economics 'make no sense'
Ubisoft and ngmoco on board as first track talks unveiled for GDC Europe 2012
Cologne event filling up
Android fragmentation is 'rich and vibrant like multicultural diversity', says Animoca
Support as many handsets as you can
Mondia Media partners with PS Moviles to launch ad-financed services
Set to serve as 'pilot project'
Unity opens nominations for fifth annual Unity Awards
Eight titles up for grabs
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
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Critically acclaimed
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Critically acclaimed
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