Investment
Intel Capital puts $28 million into Chinese wearable tech startups
First input from $100 million China Smart Device Innovation Fund
Jobs
RevMob appoints Pedro Jahara as CEO
New dawn
Deal
Skillz brings cash prizes to Big Buck Hunter
Let the hunt begin
Deal
GREE agrees publishing partnership with carrier KDDI
The power of two
Jobs
MediaBrix builds biz dev team, promoting Art Santos and poaching Appsavvy's Lo Norona
One new, one old
Financials
KongZhong announces special dividend worth $40 million
Buttering up the shareholders
Investment
OurPalm invests $30 million into loss-making subsidiary FingerFun
Moving money around
Alongside new wearables company, Lenovo reveals China-only Google Glass rival
Fits on your spectacles
Deal
OnLive partners with Samsung to give Note 4 users a taste of cloud gaming
Three months for free
Delhi rising: LINE reaches 30 million registered users in India
A billion to go
GLAZEDcon set to explore wearable tech trends on 22 October in London
A day of speakers and an evening of showcases focused on wearables and IoT
Video
Fiksu's Oliver Clark on overcoming the dangers of discoverability
No reward without risk
Gameloft brings Twitch streaming to iOS versions of Heroes of Order & Chaos
Third game from the publisher to support streaming platform
Jobs Board
Zynga's VP of games jumps ship but WildTangent, Next Games and Supercell hiring
Positions open
Video
TrailPay's Wachtang Budagaschwili on the value of Facebook, Kongregate and Steam
Patience is key
Xiaomi ships 19 million smartphones during Q3 2014
Shipping out
Now we are 5: Apple adds iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 to iPad Air, iPad mini 2 and iPad mini range
Consumer segmentation runs wider
Deal
GungHo and Rovio plan two week Angry Birds and Puzzle & Dragons crossover
When worlds collide
Helpshift introduces free product tier to help indies deal with player support
Reducing your support requests
UK government games policy “shouldn’t pick industry winners”
Nicholas Lovell argues for future-friendly policy environment.
Animoca closes $10 million joint venture deal for Star Girl franchise
Crosby Capital becomes majority owner
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Angry Birds makes its return
October 6 - October 12
Video
Can crowdfunding move from rewards to equity?
David B Hoppe considers the future
Data
Final Fantasy's Sakaguchi first F2P game Terra Battle hits 500,000 downloads
Pushing the social aspect
Qihoo 360 targets 30% share of Chinese mobile search within 2 years
Another way to win in app distribution
Jobs
WildTangent searching for business development manager
Join the team
LINE expands its vision with native iPad app
The next 70 million
Amazon Game Studios ramps up output with 3 new original releases
Exclusives for Fire phone and tablet
Live Mobile
Don't have 10 million MAUs, don't bother with merchandising says ex-Zeptolab CRO
Diana Moldavsky warns a hit game isn't a brand
Vlambeer, Inkle and Fireproof to star on Pocket Gamer Connects Indie Track
Big names to give advice on how they're staying alive in mobile gaming
Video
Why breaking into the lucrative Korean mobile games market is an uphill battle
Wisdom from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2014
Leap Motion and IndieCade team up for global VR game jam
Submit your games, musical experiments, artistic explorations, educational apps
Supercell planing a 'Rovio' as it looks to hire merchandising experts
Barbarian bedspread?
App trials could be heading to Google Play
Play your heart out
Research
It takes two: Multi-platform gamers play more and spend more, says Everyplay
Plus, boys still outpacing girls
Virtual Reality
Google rumoured to be investing in Magic Leap's 'cinematic reality'
When virtual and augmented reality just won't do
Unity: We have no plans to sell
CTO Ante dismisses latest round of rumours
Mistakes are good, but make sure you can survive them, says Mobile Mixer panel
Learnings from Vilnius
Jobs
Fingersoft seeks programmers fluent in C++ and OpenGL, offers Finland's biggest hot tub
Check out the benefits
Game Insight launches #CraftedInBaltics, with two games localised for Lithuania
Flower House and Cloud Raider get local
Game Insight announced as lead tenant in new Vilnius Tech Park
Hub will act as local and international beacon
Why Lithuania should be a tempting location for international ICT companies
Invest Lithuania spills the beans
Gamevil partners with 8elements to open southeast Asia office in Singapore
Covering Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam
Playmob CEO Jude Ower makes Talent Unleashed shortlist
A 'one to watch' in the tech scene
First 300 signs up save $100 off Samsung Developer Conference ticket price
Discounts going fast
Virtual Reality
Vrvana cancels Totem virtual reality headset Kickstarter campaign
Opts for a retail version pre-order instead
Understanding market research helps your game become a hit says Wooga's marketing head
Eric Seufert on design and total addressable market
Deal
Temple Run 2 to add the option to buy real-world NFL players
Kaepernick and Wilson will be first two in rotation
Jobs
Storm8 bring in former Zynga men as NaturalMotion, Tag Games, and NativeX look for exciting talent
New positions
We kicked off our European Autumn Mixer Tour in Berlin
Thanks to SkyMobi and GameGenetics