Tse Says Yes
One week on, investors add $6 billion to Nintendo and DeNA's value
The market gives unqualified support
Walking The Line
Disney Tsum Tsum has generated $300 million
Puzzler cash cow
Magic Number
GetSocial 3.0 launches, powering social engagement for MMX Racing and Ruzzle Adventure
Increasing user engagement, player acquisition, and revenues
Talk Talk
Alistair Aitcheson on why you should be always pitching
Advice from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2015
Hot Five
Why Nintendo's DeNA alliance will fail, a GM RPG and jobs in Finland
A glance at last week's top stories
Open Vacancies
Helsinki-based Next Games looking for game and server coders and production lead
Join The Walking Dead
Week That Was
Nintendo and DeNA break the internet, King of Thieves examined, and anticipation mounts for PGC Bangalore
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Go Global
Rovio, ZeptoLab, Halfbrick and iDreamsky signed up for PGC Bangalore East Meets West track
Your opportunity to learn about the global mobile games industry
Omg Acronym Soup Lol
GREE hires Kabam's one-time VP of Revenue as its new VP GM RPGs
Keith Kawahata is levelling up
Rovio Rebound
Rovio sees 2014 sales drop 9% but game revenue is up 16% to $134 million
Merchandising decline hits margins
Watch List
Want a job at the world's first wearable games studio?
Everywear Games opens its doors in Finland
New Fantasy
Square Enix partners with Nexon to make Final Fantasy XI Mobile
Due in 2016
Summit Speakers
Final speakers for F2P Summit 2015 announced
Roll on 26 March
Cash Ringo
On the back of games business, Palringo's 2014 sales rise 100% to $14 million
And 50% profit margin
Going Global
Market Tech Holdings acquires majority stake in glispa with $77 million deal
glispa will become full service solution provider
Rise And Rise
LoopMe CEO on the vast, open, $200 billion mobile advertising market
Any advertiser can now buy any slot
Less Laissez Faire
Google brings stronger approvals and age ratings to Google Play
Change is in the wind
Platform Focus
Satoru Iwata on the thinking behind Nintendo's "unexpected" alliance with DeNA
Looking for synergies
Call For Speakers
Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco arriving July 7-8
Speaker Submissions open from now until May 8
Future Proof
Free events teach UK devs the future of gaming infrastructure
TIGA and SoftLayer host five free developer events
Unite
Unity calls for speakers as Unite Europe 2015 registration opens
Heading to the Dam
First Class
After 40 million downloads of its kids games, TribePlay rebrands as Dr Panda Games
Rebrand based on the strength of the firm's popular Dr. Panda IP
U Turn
Nintendo signs deal with DeNA to bring Mario and other IP to mobile
Will also operate open online service
Tallinn Times
Amazon, Google and Unity speaking at Estonian GameDev Days 2015
Third year of event
Eastward Bound
Chillingo sets up shop in Shanghai
Publishing services expand in to China
Ad Up Funds
Cheetah Mobile acquires MobPartner for $58 million
The move to mobile ad tech
Social Pays
Social gaming network Pocket Arena launches on iOS
New retention tool
Milestone
StartApp celebrates 350 million monthly active users
StartApp is a dev's best friend
Shiny Faces
Monument Valley dominates at BAFTA Games Awards 2015
Mobile games gain a good haul
16 March Deadline
Final few days for discounted Pocket Gamer Connects Bangalore tickets
Luxurious conference venue confirmed
By Indians For Indians
Moonfrog Labs raises $15 million to develop games for India
Zynga veterans rake in the cash
Smart Move
App Annie unveils Singapore office for India and SE Asia
Analytics firm targets emerging markets
Cheque Book
Facebook taken to court over F2P in-game purchases
Out-of-pocket parents are angry
Cash Flow
Vserv closes Series B round with Maverick Capital Ventures
US firm invests in India
New Revenue Stream?
Landmark ruling opens door to defend games against fake app store reviews
Defamatory online reviews can be punished
Closing Doors
PlayStation Mobile for Android and Vita will shut 10 September
Sony pulls the plug on mobile store.
Bring Home The Beacon
RevMob on why location will make mobile ads relevant
RevMob CEO highlights the benefits of beacons
Sdk Overload
There are too many SDKs, says Heyzap's Jude Gomila
SDK fragmentation is a big problem
Record Breaker
GDC 2015 breaks 26,000 attendees, announces 2016 dates
Gargantuan developer conference
Ios Extender
From $349 to over $10,000, Apple Watch will be available from 24 April
What's going to be on your wrist?
Quality Drive
Saturation of supply is behind mobile's drive to triple-A, says Behaviour VP
The industry needs to get serious
Daily Grind
Following a 4 cent ARPDAU testcase boost, DeNA partners with Fyber in US
Maximising monetisation
Angry Birds Still Go!
We talk about fans, not users or customers, says Rovio's Vesterbacka
Mighty Eagle bigs up branding for Angry Bird's future
Trophy Time
Mobile games clean up at 2015 IGF Awards
80 Days, Ephemerid: A Musical Adventure, and Metamorphabet rewarded
Changing Faces
Oculus' developer relations guru Chris Pruett on converting games for mobile VR
Chris Pruett of Oculus VR shares his tips at GDC 2015
Target Acquired
InMobi Appographic Targeting puts the personal in personalised marketing
New service launches at GDC 2015
On The Rocks
GREE's Andrew Sheppard talks talent acquisition, not user acquisition
GREE COO says we're focussing on the wrong things
Power Of Brands
Warners Bros doubles down on mobile with Mortal Kombat, Batman, LEGO and Game of Thrones titles
Experimenting with both premium and free-to-play
Set Free
Unreal Engine 4 goes upfront free, backed by a 5% royalty fee
"Epic succeeds only when creators succeed"
Squeezed Middle
Mid-tier companies need to shrink to indie, warns Tim Merel
GDC 2015 panel suggests a bit smaller is better