Barcelona transport strike cancelled for Mobile World Congress week
Although bus services may remain disrupted
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games - Ant Raid for iPhone, Dariusburst: Second Prologue
Critically acclaimed
PG.biz week that was: PS Vita set for solid sales, Nokia and RIM kick off comebacks, Pokemon pulled from the App Store and Samsung's Galaxy S II shifts 20 million
The past seven days' news compressed bite-sized
Rumours swirl as Nokia promises 'significant industry news' at Mobile World Congress
Microsoft to splash the cash?
Nokia already top OEM on platform as Windows Phone shipments jump 36% in Q4 2011, reckons Strategy Analytics
Only 2.7 million units though
iPhone 4S boosted iOS to top spot in the US with 35.3% share in January reckons InMobi
Android slips to 32.7%
Facebook highlights its ability to drive mobile traffic to apps; pushing 320 millions sessions monthly
Diamond Dash iOS seeing 1.9M users from Facebook
GetJar CEO Ilja Laurs on how its incentivised virtual currency is seamless for users and liquid for developers
Will drive global downloads across Android app stores
Modern Combat 2 and Asphalt 6 go free on PlayBook as part of OS 2.0 update
Building an ecosystem
Cross-platform HTML5 tool Game Closure raises $12 million in Series A round
Facebook, Zynga, GREE and Motorola snubbed
China is about to surpass 1 billion mobile owners
Unless it already has...
Rovio waiting for the right time to sell, claims CEO Mikael Hed
Studio also in the market for acquisitions
Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha rumoured to be first casualty of Google buyout
Google man Woodside likely to be offered top job
Apple acquires app search specialist Chomp
Readys for App Store revamp
Pocketeers reveals open source 2D IwGame Engine for mobile, desktop and smart TV
Built on Marmalade
PS Vita to sell 12.4 million units in 2012, claims Strategy Analytics
But price cut needed to revive fortunes in Japan
Ad aggregator Smaato reveals countries' relative advertising value with its new Global Price Index
Windows Phone SDK also unveiled
PocketGamer.biz's top 50 developers of 2012 kicks off
Prepare the drum roll
Global Winners
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2012
The movers and shakers of the past 12 months
More than 1-in-7 US mobile users also own a tablet, reports comScore
40 million tablets shipped in 2 years
Fishlabs opens in-house quality assurance department
Plans more content, more platforms, more multiplayer
Claritics launches version 2.0 of its analytics tools for social and mobile app developers
Lets developers skip set up and get to 'the fun part'
Amobee announces Live Tile advertising unit for Windows Phone
Displays content based on user preference and behaviour
GSMA releases statement regarding planned transport strike during Mobile World Congress
Contingency plans in place
Social mobile outfit Z2Live acquires Big Sandwich Games
Canadian studio rebranded as Z2Live Games Vancouver
Indonesian developer Chocoarts closes Angel funding round for branded games
Looking for new artists and bizdev staffers
Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian steps up to save core gamers on mobile with new outfit Industrial Toys
Dreamworks, Marvel and DC veterans also onboard
Qualcomm announces dates and opens early bird registration for Uplinq 2012
In San Diego, 27-28 June
GREE wins $3 million in damages from DeNA over fishing game copyright infringement
DeNA appeals the ruling
Samsung Galaxy S II sells 20 million units in 10 months
Beats out predecessor by 7 months
Chinese iTunes credit card scam cost Three Kingdoms dev Hoolai Games $300,000 in one month
Studio without tools to fight the fraud
Outgunned by Google, iOS' US market share fell 8% in 2011, reckons Millennial Media
Android wave rolls on
Unity CEO David Helgason to present keynote at GameHorizon
Joins NaturalMotion's Reil and Papaya's Clarke
Halfbrick announces Fruit Ninja merch splurge including toys, bags, underwear and gummies
Characters to slice through
Speculation in Finnish press values Rovio at more than $6 billion
Company shareholding structure also revealed
DeNA builds out Chinese Android distribution for Mobage with Huawei deal
Dedicated section on HiSpace app store
GetJar launches Android-based virtual currency across GetJar, Android Market and Amazon Appstore
Get Gold for downloads
MocoSpace adds 5 games to HTML5 portfolio via its $2 million Developer Fund
Includes FunPark Friends and Pet Hotel
Fiveonenine Games launches to release culturally and politically relevant iOS content
Backed by E.W. Scripps and Capitol Broadcasting
Speakers announced for LAUNCH: Meet the Games Press
Get face time with Keith Andrew, and others
Fast growing Russian social mobile company Game Insight sets up San Francisco publishing office
Looking for North American dev partners
3DS opens eStore doors for paid DLC from retail games
Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy come with extras
Nokia expected to unveil budget-focused Lumia 610 at MWC 2012
Global release for Lumia 900 also to be revealed
Tapjoy VP Paul Bowen to reveal Android monetisation tricks in F2P Summit talk
Plus My Worst Mistake roundtable
The9's Chris Shen on why DeNA, GREE and The9 should work together to grow the Chinese gaming market
It's too early to get competitive
EA pulls Battlefield 3: Aftershock from App Store
After myriad user complaints
Tiny Invaders' downloads jumped tenfold since going free, reveals Hogrocket's Peter Collier
69p or less the only option for iOS newcomers
Thumbstar looks to Latin America for growth, hires Tom Viswat as regional director
Available for partnerships at MWC
You don't need a big name or fan base to get crowdfunded, says Gambitious' Paul Hanraets
Equity funding site offers a new approach
16 GDC 2012 mobile gaming talks you shouldn't miss
Apart from the 2 time clashes...