As the UK games industry recovers from the three day jolly-by-the-seaside known as Develop, it's time to prove I did do some work.

Camera and tripod in hand, I found some interesting people to interview to about various subjects relating to mobile game trends.

These ranged from middleware to enabling charitable giving in-game, and encouraging developers to distribute their games through Samsung's own app store.

But first up, we tracked down debut author Will Luton to find out about his just released book Free2Play: Making Money From Games You Giveaway, as well as getting his take on the wider future of the business model.



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