SG&VGW 2011: Kids and pirates key to Chinese success reckons Apple Toon's Jouni Keranen
Go big or not at all
IMGAs gain ProSiebenSat.1 Games' sponsorship and media coverage worth 1 million euros
Tencent, ARM and KOCCA other sponsors
Microsoft brands Windows Store 'most significant opportunity ever' for devs, with userbase more than iOS and Android combined
Gearing up for Windows 8
PopCap retires Bejeweled 2 + Blitz but releases first freemium iOS game as it refreshes brand on iPhone
Gains Bejeweled Blitz plus all-new 99c Bejeweled
Gedda-Headz social multiplayer chat game the first app to employ IAPs on Series 40
Title pre-loaded on Asha range
Chinese MMORPG Rebel & Rulers to launch exclusively on PlayPhone
5 million-strong smash to hit before end of year
TeePee hooks up with iQU adding MMOGs to discovery platform
First titles include Battlestar Galactica Online
RIM loses BBX trademark case, OS renamed as BlackBerry 10
Moves from Roman back to Arabic numerals
Kontagent's Josh Williams on why its enterprise quality kSuite analytics platform is right for mobile
But only if you're big enough to take full advantage
MoPub signs deals with ngmoco for Mobage as real-time bidding ad platform adds support for Unity 3D
Neon Play on board
Android Market tops 10 billion downloads, offering 10 apps for 10p for next 10 days to celebrate
What's the magic number?
Gamevil announces opening of Japanese office
Expanding opportunities with DeNA and GREE
Rovio's Vesterbacka claims Angry Birds' is the largest mobile ad network with 10 billion monthly impressions
Studio looking for longterm $60 billion valuation
Rovio set to put social spin on Angry Birds with rumours of freemium mobile version in 2012
One of four games currently in development
Polarbit supports BlackBerry PlayBook with Raging Thunder 2, Tank Riders and Reckless Racing
Platform support added to Fuse engine
HTC's November revenue falls 20%, but 2011 total jumps 79%
Changing fortunes for Taiwanese giant
Touch Junkies' developer and ex-critic Michael Lysons talks about reviews from the other side of the fence.
Super Smoothies opened his eyes
Nokia brings in-app purchases to Series 40 with Asha 303 the first device to support it
130+ operator billing options on offer
SG&VGW 2011: Brands not virtual goods are the focus for Chinese Facebook RenRen
'We look at social gaming differently'
Blueprint 3D and Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion are the top-reviewed iPhone games for November
Critical acclaim
SkyVu shoots up to 14 million downloads of Battle Bears with Royale multiplayer release
Powered by W3i's Recharge Studios' support
iQU's Reinout te Brake on creating a centralised marketing place for games, not the 'disruptive approach' of GREE, DeNA and Papaya
Tracking gamer behaviour is the key
Gary Nichols on Playbox's rebranding as Atomicom; now prepared for a mobile-only future
Following the excitement and money
GREE part-owned social gaming outfit Gumi raises $26 million for global expansion and acquisitions
Japanese user base is already 10 million
GREE promises single sign-on, 'fully borderless' social platform across iOS and Android
SDK not available until Q2 2012 though
Astraware CEO Tomlinson on making the most of platforms such as Nook, webOS and Kindle Fire
Has dropped Symbian, Palm and BlackBerry though
Rovio partners with Samsung to giveaway Galaxy Notes via exclusive Angry Birds levels for Chrome
No turkey
Confirmed: Facebook hires Gowalla team, but doesn't buy the company
Service to wind down at the end of January
Dell pulls out of Android tablet market as online sales of Streak 7 dropped
Get it while retail stocks last
World's first Android retail experience opens its doors in Australia
It even smells of Gingerbread
Sony to remove Ericsson name from future smartphones come mid-2012
Aims to reclaim Android market share
Source claims location-based platform Gowalla has been acquired by Facebook
To be set to work on Timeline
Nexon IPO to raise $1.2 billion, largest in Japan during 2011
Goes live 14 December
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on how to make the most of the Holiday download frenzy
The Elf-ephant in the room or a Sanity Claus?
Black Friday bonanza sees analysts peg Amazon Kindle sales to date at 2 million
May have outperformed iPad over Thanksgiving
EA reworks Tetris on iPhone, integrating Origin social features, $100 IAP purchases and $30 annual subscription to T-Club
Get your global Tetris Rank now
Godzilab, One Man Left, Retro Dreamer, Matt Rix and Fargoal band together for Christmas charity
Supporting Child's Play and Doctors Without Borders
Neon Play's Oli Christie on the importance of cross-promotion and the increasing squeeze on freemium social games
'Savage churn rate' of App Store free chart
Android's continued ascent in US sees BlackBerry lose 4.5% share in 3 months, reports comScore
4S launch also sees iPhone jump 1%
The PG.biz Hot Five: FAAD gets new social app, Zynga's bad rep and Nokia big up Lumia 800 sales
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PG.biz week that was: Rovio goes nutty, Zynga gets angry, Bigpoint looks to mobile, and W3i offers developers $10 million
The past seven days' news compressed bite-sized
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Infinity Blade II, Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion
Critically acclaimed
EA, BioWare and Zynga execs form Rumble Entertainment, secure $15 million of funding
Social aspect including mobile
Rumour: Tapjoy looking for trade sale with Zynga, GREE and DeNA in the picture
IPO also still on the cards?
RIM reveals unshipped PlayBooks result in a $485 million charge
But still committed to the device
Facebook signs up Sencha's James Pearce as new head of developer relations
Bolstering social network's move on mobile
CGO Philip Reisberger on why mobile and tablets will be very important for Bigpoint in 2012
Bringing Farmerama companion app to iOS any day
Lack of demand to blame as Astraware drops BlackBerry, Palm OS, Windows Mobile and Symbian
Ailing OSes put out to pasture
Sony in negotiations with Adobe to add Flash support to PS Vita
Not dead just yet
Halfbrick's Luke Muscat to present Jetpack Joyride focused design session at GDC 2012
To be held March 5-9 in San Francisco