6waves Lolapps CTO Brian Rue and CPO Arjun Sethi step down
Two chiefs depart following major layoffs
GREE's US studio unveils second iOS game Alien Family
More titles bound for launch in coming months
Develop Brighton speaker submission deadline nears
Proposals due by 30 March
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on Apple's almighty cash pile
Thar's gold in them thar devices!
The9 Game Zone to play host to 1,000 games before end of 2012, says VP Chris Shen
Western studios making mass move on China
Angry Birds Space hits 10 million downloads in less than 3 days
iOS and Android follow-up flying high
Madfinger launches sample Shadowgun level in Unity showcase
Stage give pointers on optimising code
Microsoft and Nokia to invest 18 million euros in app dev program
Backs Windows Phone, Symbian and Series 40
Nvidia's Kepler-based GPUs to 'power superphones'
CEO Huang spells out future
Andrej Nabergoj on why he left Talking Tom Cat behind to create the next great app distribution channel
Discovery around deals is a very powerful mechanic
The PG.biz Hot Five: Did Zynga overpay for OMGPOP? Grand Cru's $2M, plus Americans love their Lumia 710s
Last week's top five stories
Opinion: What Nintendo needs to do to keep the 3DS relevant for the next 12 months
Not out of the woods yet
Quality Index: The week's best iPad games - Gridrunner, Monster Flip
Critically acclaimed
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games - Azkend 2 HD - The World Beneath, Chaos Rings II
Critically acclaimed
RIM to give out 2,000 BB10 reference devices at BlackBerry Jam
Part of May's BlackBerry World event
Mountain Sheep's Bike Baron does 2 million downloads on iOS
Over 100,000 custom levels created
Rovio clarifies position as CEO Mikael Hed confirms Angry Birds Space is Windows Phone 7-bound
Studio already working on release
PocketGamer.biz's GDC 2012 party photobooth pics are live
Fancy a tag?
Canadian iPhone shipments topped BlackBerry during 2011
RIM knocked off home top spot
Zynga confirms it paid $180 million in cash for OMGPOP
SEC filing reveals all
Zipline Games launches open source dev platform Moai
Already boasts 6,000 backers
Tapjoy strongly refutes The Binary Family's hacking allegations; 'It was using a very outdated version of our library'
Developers have to keep code up-to-date
Rovio's Angry Birds Space to skip Windows Phone 7
Not hitting every screen
Microsoft and Nokia offer devs chance to feature apps in Windows Phone ad campaigns
'Your App Here' bound for 2 promo periods
Kiip's real world rewards network makes a move on fitness apps
Where muscles meet 'moments'
Playdek's Joel Goodman on the challenges of bringing physical card and board games to mobile
Cutting the pack
Tapjoy unveils new SDKs for Windows Phone
Designed to support XNA and Silverlight
Google updates Android SDK with added emulator support
x86 system images now on board
Benchmarking tests show the new iPad's A5X outperforming Tegra 3
But not that much better than iPad 2
ABI Research forecasts significant growth for sub-$400 tablet market
Smaller, cheaper Android tablets threat Apple
Unity opens speaker submissions for Unite 12
Amsterdam event waiting for luminaries
Opinion: BAFTA's credibility damaged by Peggle's Awards triumph
Something to Quarrel about
BuzzCity and National University of Singapore team up to prevent ad network click fraud
Wheat from the chaff
Angry Birds Space blasts off for iOS and Android
Plus PC and Mac
Kwalee starts new recruitment drive as it preps debut iOS release
Ex-Codemasters start up accelerates
Not so mobile; Americans mainly play on their phones at home says MocoSpace
52% claim to play more than a hour daily
Apple's new iPhone rumoured to sport a 4.6-inch display
Due to hit shelves in Q2 2012
GREE partners with brand agency Dentsu for global Platform push
Marketing expertise to build GREE name
European Games Developer Federation claims UK games tax relief a 'game changer for Europe'
Good for UK, good for Europe
Ludei rolls out CocoonJS Launcher for Android
Allows devs to test HTML5 games on platform
Mixi and DeNA launch social online shopping destination Mixi Mall in Japan
Aims to drive 'empathy consumption'
China now world leader in iOS and Android device activations, reports Flurry
App sessions sky rocket by 1,100 percent
Appcelerator survey says developers are looking to Google not Facebook for social differentiation
HTML5 will also be a key driver in 2012
Reminder: Pocket Gamer Mobile Mixer in Tampere, Finland on Monday 26 March
Along with Papaya, Flurry, Rovio and Nokia
Opinion: Why Zynga's $210 million acquisition of OMGPOP's is the right deal at the right price
Running the PG.biz slide rule over the numbers
Zynga's OMGPOP deal rumoured at $210 million as companies vow Draw Something won't change
Over 1 billion drawings sketched last week
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[UPDATE] Zynga confirms acquisition of OMGPOP
Next step to goal of one billion gamers
Boasting 35 million players a month, Gameloft announces all its future games will include in-app purchases
Even bringing free-to-play to Java
GREE, Flurry and Tapjoy announced for Edinburgh Interactive 12
Registration open now
Gameloft sees 2011 profits up 34% to 18.2 million euros
Has 36.9 million euros in cash