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
PlayPhone picks up Red Herring Top 100 Americas award nomination
Mobile social venture praised for innovation
Game Center for Android in the works
Google looks to consolidate social features
Tapjoy launches new $5 million fund for free-to-play iOS and Android developers in Asia
Follows success of similar US fund
First Facebook phone could run Windows Phone
Collaboration with Microsoft 'likely'
Frenzoo raises $1 million for upcoming Me Girl fashion games
Former Mattel CSO joins board of directors
Sony pegs worldwide PS Vita sales at 1.8 million
Total surpassed in March
Nokia's Tango-equipped Lumia 900 launches across UK
Flagship sports updates out of the box
Urban Airship tops 20 billion push notifications on iOS and Android
65,000 companies on board
Flexion integrates SponsorPay's incentivised actions via Android offer wall
New model integrated within wrapper
Facebook launches user curated web, iOS and Android app store - Facebook App Center
Google Play+ or Apple App Store (for the people)
Storm8 hits 300 million downloads, 100 million unique devices
Looking to double headcount to double down
GREE, DeNA and 4 other Japanese social gaming firms outlaw 'complete gacha' mechanism
All releases, all platforms
iOS gaming market worth 5 times Android in US
91% of revenue from IAPs, says Newzoo report
DeNA to deliver 'safe environment' for young gamers with new spending limits
18 and below limited to ¥10,000 a month
Angry Birds franchise passes one billion downloads
While Rovio teases next non-Angry Birds game
Facebook locks in on location with Glancee acquisition
Discovery has its day
Kindle Fire traffic share now slipping against iPad 3
Holiday peak dropping off, reports Jumptap
DeNA has a record Q4, also boosting FY11 sales to a record $1.8 billion
Fingering acquisitions with $720 million cash pile?
GREE's new social gaming platform set to be live in 153 countries and 14 languages by September
20 game released a month from July
GREE announces plans to self-police social platform
Looking to deliver 'worry-free' environment