Epic and Adobe raises mobile and browser gaming to console level with Unreal Engine 3 support for Flash 11
Your console is dead
Apple unveils iPhone 4S, promises 7x graphical leap with dual core A5, due October 14
Prices start from $199, while 8GB iPhone 4 to live on
EA sells 879,000 copies of FIFA 12 on iOS in launch week
All kicking off
Infinity Blade 2 to demonstrate the power of iPhone 4S in December
Infinity Blade: Awakening eBook available now
App Store customers have downloaded 18 billion apps
As Apple pay out $3 billion to devs
Game Center has 67 million users
Conversion rate guestimated at less than 50 percent
iPhone 4 makes up more than half of all iPhones sold says Tim Cook
Let's Talk iPhone delivers the numbers
PixoFactor taps into Tapjoy's $5 million Android dev fund with launch of Gaslight
Partnership to produce further releases
Pocket Gamer will be at Droidcon London, 6-7 October
And, of course, we're having a party
Russian publisher Nival sets up new smartphone studio in Kiev
Nival Red is its fourth studio
Rovio breaks 70:30 revenue split rule on Android thanks to carrier billing deal with T-Mobile
Demonstrates biggest brand can get better deal
Two more join Fishlabs as it builds up for freemium MMO version of Galaxy on Fire
Plus another new project in the universe
Angry Birds movies will 'create mythology' around Rovio series, claims former Marvel man Maisel
3D epic could be next Iron Man
Xperia Play is our gateway device into the US says Sony Ericsson CEO Nordberg
AT&T and Verizon deals now in place
YouGov research says Android tablets need Kindle pricing to catch up with iPad
Only 14% of consumers look outside of Apple
Australian indie-focused marketing agency Surprise Attack launches
Free campaigns for early birds
Tiswaz's Kevin Dent on why he'll buy a Kindle Fire, but won't recommend you make games for it
Android tablet opens the door for Windows Phone
FGOL sees Hungry Shark installs rise by 5 million in 8 weeks as it switches to freemium
Series total downloads now 24 million-strong
DeNA heads into Latin America with Atakama Labs acquisition
Part of masterplan to increase headcount to 1,000
Android projected to hit 1 million activations per day in late October
Or perhaps in December
Ballmer's annual bonus capped at $682,500 as Windows Phone misses 2011 sales target
Microsoft man's reward tied to performance
HTML5 is at least 10 times faster on iOS 5 than iOS 4, says YoYo Games boss Sandy Duncan
Apple plans to dominate native and browser gaming
DS Effects' Dario Sciacca on selling its 200-strong HTML5 game catalog to operators
Hooks into advertising, premium SMS and subscription
Chartboost launches ad platform to allow push cross-promotion between developers
Cutting out the middle man
OpenFeint loses another exec as carrier expert Scott Prather joins PlayPhone as bizdev director
Change in the air
Tap.Me announces integration of its ad system within iOS and Android Unity games
Will be available via the Unity Asset Store
Jetpack Joyride and DrawRace 2 are top-reviewed iPhone games for September
Critical acclaim
Amazon reportedly leading race to purchase Palm from HP
Future Kindles could benefit from webOS
MocoSpace acquires location-based social network Geocade
Founder Caralis installed as VP of HTML5 platform
GamesAnalytics starts supporting iOS and Android through its Predict and Engage platforms
Data miner adds mobile gaming to its roster
BlackBerry PlayBook Native SDK available for select developers
Designed for performance
Sony rep claims PS Vita 3G downloads to be capped at 20MB for launch
Taking the wi-fi only route
Amazon to lose at least $10 on every Kindle Fire made according to iSuppli estimate
Loss leader for added services
Birmingham City University holds open day for game dev 'finishing school' Gamer Camp
19 November 2011 if you're game
The PG.biz Hot Five: PopCap's freemium fuel, Sony's portable strategy discussed, and Xoom 2 xcitement
Last week's top five stories
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on what's going to be the most exciting Apple news of the week
Plus a bonus gold versus APPL shares question
Tapjoy presentation suggests top iOS and Android games should be monetising 10% of players at $0.15 ARPDAU rate
Plus an additional $2 eCPM for adverts
Tapjoy's working to become a consumer brand says new CMO Peter Dille
Ex-Sony man bringing mobile ad company centre stage
PG.biz week that was: Amazon gets serious with $199 Kindle Fire, Microsoft releases Mango, and Unity embraces the future in Unite 11
The past seven days' news compressed bite-sized
Playfish exec Shanti Bergel joins GREE as SVP of business development
Follow the money
Diablo creator David Brevik predicts a golden age of gaming
Portable, freemium, cloud-based and browser-y
Former Mythic CEO Mark Jacobs starts new casual mobile company City State Entertainment
First Android and iOS title due Q4 2011
Mika Mobile's Battleheart wins Best Game Award at Unite 11
Android/iOS game best made on the technology
Survey of 252 developers finds half have made less than $3,000 lifetime revenue per app on iOS
Only 25% have picked up more than $30,000
Nokia completes Symbian's handover to Accenture
2,300 jobs transferred
RIM dismisses PlayBook discontinuation rumours as 'pure fiction'
Remains committed to tablet
Ex-QNX, Microsoft and Versatel exec Alec Saunders replaces Tyler Lessard as RIM's developer relations head
Looking forward not back
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Quarrel Deluxe, The Secret of Chateau de Moreau, Samurai Bloodshow
Critically acclaimed
In first month, GetJar has given away free apps worth $1 million through GetJar Gold
Downloads rise by 5,000%
Mobile apps superseding television and internet as the prime slot for advertising, reckons Flurry
App usage higher than rivals 6am-6pm