Making Connections
PGC Helsinki ticket opens door to Asia for UK studio Rumpus Entertainment
The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle found success in Asia after PGC Helsinki
A Little Bird
Apple opens a gaming-specific App Store Twitter account - @appstoregames
The Apple Games Editors get social
Money Talks
Games Funding Forum 2015 announced for 15 October
Funding matters
A Wonder
Dominations does 1 million downloads in Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Building a civilisation
Socio-media
Very Big Indie Pitch runner-up Socioball's designer on lessons learned during development
How to get the ball rolling
Social Impact
Bandura Games hires 35-year industry veteran Randy Angle as new CCO
Company's debut game to be announced soon
No Disclosure
Machinima settles FTC charges of "deceptive conduct" over paid YouTube reviews
Undisclosed promotional videos reached over 30 million views
Sanity Not Vanity
Only 2 of the App Store's all-time most downloaded games feature in top grossing
Highlights download-revenue discrepancy
Talk Talk
What happens when mobile industry bigmouths get 20 slides and 400 seconds? PechaKucha!
Automatic for the people
Remixed
Raven becomes Evilbane as Netmarble renames its top grossing Korean RPG for international release
Flown away
Helping Hand
Women In Games mentoring scheme encourages new talent
Women in Games is on the hunt for industry veteran mentors
Next Platform
AppsFlyer extends to support UA on Instagram
Selfie that
Important Lessons
Leading Indian mobile game developers discuss how they found success
Education, education, education
Out With A Bang
Undead Labs opens fungates in soft-launched Moonrise prior to 31 December shutdown
Getting experimental
Wrist Action
Minecraft goes wearable (sort of) with Gameband
Gameband+Minecraft lets you craft on any PC
Bulking Up
West-to-China publisher MyGamez announces 9 million MAUs and new funding round
Growing portfolio
Final Call
Just 5 days to go until Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2015
Final PGC conference of the year on 7-8 September is shaping up to be unmissable for members of the mobile gaming industry
Indie-pendence Day
What makes a game an "indie game"?
Got the feeling
Foundational
Basemark to underpin OSVR open standards ecosystem for VR
Better together
Eyeing Twitch
Mobcrush bags $11 million investment for mobile-first streaming
Californian startup elbows rival Twitch
Smart Move
Smartwatch specialist Everywear Games raises $2.25 million
Wearable games developer gets cash injection
Suits You
King appoints ex-Burberry man as Chief People Officer
Mark Taylor brings 20 years' experience
Soft Bulletin
Can Instagram be a strong UA channel? Apsalar thinks so
Selfies and six packs
Indie Introspection
What does indie mean in India any way?
What they think about how they think
Freebies
Gameloft joins the Amazon Underground experiment
Drops 4 games into play
Movie Magic
The Transporter Refuelled piggybacks off Asphalt 8 brand
Hollywood wants a bit of mobile's brand
Hot Five
Rovio Studio Profile, Resolution Games strike VR gold, how to make success from failure
The top stories of last week
Finer Details
Mech Mocha on why Indian indies have to get smart about the "other stuff" in F2P games
It's not just about the game
Gobbling Up
PAC-MAN 256 achieves 5 million downloads
Arcade classic meets leader of the new school
Best Of Both
DeNA guns for Kamcord and Mobcrush in new streaming app Mirrativ
Japanese company enters the mobile streaming game
Trumps
GSN Games is expanding in Palo Alto with new office and open positions
Relocation, relocation, relocation
Experiential
Grand Cru shuts down Supernauts to focus on new 2016 launch
Better next time
Things Don't Look Closer...
VR revolution pushed back to 2016 as Vive's launch slips
Looking further ahead
Call To Action
Can you use post-call ads to boost revenue and retention?
Power of voice
Hole In One
Com2us revs BMW's engine for Golf Star partnership
Leveraging a luxury car brand
Go Underground
Lara Croft Go PR stunt will give away free iPads in London
Square Enix draw flashy attention to their latest mobile game launch
Sell Yourself
Women in Games Conference announces personal branding panel with Yogscast co-founder Hannah Rutherford
What to do to get ahead
From Iap To Reality
Bandai Namco strikes Tekken trading card deal with Fabzat
Physical trading cards can be used in-game
New Approach
Amazon unveils its Underground store, where devs get paid $0.002 per minute of player time
Flipping the model
Berlin Calling
Berlin studio Wooga seeking experienced strategy game designer
Designer wanted to polish strategy game prototypes
Localising
COLOPL, the most successful Japanese company you've never heard of, is heading west
From Japan to SF
Lift Off
PlayCanvas and GMO Cloud partner to crack Japan
PlayCanvas launches in Japan
Fight, Fight, Fight
YouTube Gaming seeks to steal players from Twitch's yard
Google looks to crush Twitch with new platform
Plucked Feathers
Angry Birds creator Rovio readies 260 redundancies
Rovio is getting ready to shrink once more.
Breaking Ground
Resolution closes largest VR game development Series A funding round at $6 million
Led by Google Ventures
Cheep Tickets
Game Connection Europe 2015 Early Bird about to expire
Buy now
Keep In Touch
Make sure your player segmentation isn't too granular, says Fiksu
"They just need a little nudge."
Open Door
Tilting Point hires Gameloft Americas VP Samir El Agili as its new CPO
Staffing up
Speak Up
Andy Payne and BAFTA-winning Katherine Bidwell keynote Women in Games conference
Andy Payne and Kathetine Bidwell head to London
Global Lowdown
Unity's David Helgason and Kabam's Chris Petrovic lead PGC Helsinki's East Meets West track
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