Deal
Passing the baton: GREE sets up a joint venture to make games for LINE
Social platform wins over games platform
Amazon is discounting its Appstore Coins by 20% until 19 October
Free money, sort of
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: No faulting FIFA as it gives the competition a kicking
September 29 - October 5
Jobs
Storm8 hires ex-Zynga pair to boost creativity and operations
Transplanting the 'Ville
Jobs
NaturalMotion steps up the search for full-time senior environment artist
Are you exceptional?
Investment
IDG Capital drops $1.55 million on Cloudcade to drive F2P innovation
Seed round complete
Mobile Mixer Tour with SkyMobi hits Minsk on 16 October
We're bringing the best in mobile gaming to Belarus
Multiplayer and more: Google ups cross-platform support for Android developers
New tools and services enable smarter link up with iOS
Video
Why Hong Kong and Taiwan are key but often overlooked Asian markets
6waves' Arthur Chow makes the case
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Deal
[Updated] RNTS Media acquires monetisation outfit Fyber for $190 million
Consolidation strikes
Data
Three weeks on, a majority of iOS users still haven't upgraded to iOS 8
A long wait for eight
Jobs
Monetisation specialist NativeX seeks new director of product management
Could it be you?
Data
Over 2.8 million copies of Super Smash Bros. sold on 3DS
Portable gaming not yet dead
Do you have 6 minutes 40 seconds of PechaKucha gold for PG Connects London 2015?
Wilhelm Taht is looking for entertainers
Video
How Hitcents defeated the pirates and built a business in China
Stuart Westphal's talk from PG Connects Helsinki
SkyMobi Mixer Tour lands in Vilnius on 10 October
Second leg of the tour arrives in Lithuania
Deal
Thumbstar and Bossa join forces to bring titles including Thomas Was Alone to emerging markets
Bossing it
Jobs
Tag Games looks to fill senior code and art positions
Growing its core team
Jobs
King-owned Nonstop Games searching for senior game designer
Making magic
YoYo Games lifts the lid on community portal GameMaker: Player
Make, share, play
SkyMobi Mixer Tour hits Berlin 7 October
First leg of the tour sponsored by SkyMobi and GameGenetics
Jobs Board
Rovio cuts 130 staff but Next Games, Goodgame, Pixelberry, and InnoGames search for new talent
New positions
Jobs
Goodgame Studios hires 1000th staff member to become biggest German studio
And firm still looking for more talent
Event
David Amor to keynote Games Funding Forum with his top 10 funding tips
New event on 23 October in London
DeNA drops Mobage branding
Simplifies its approach
New Doodle Jump collectables to be sold exclusively at Toys R Us
Collect 'em all
Event
Meet Pocket Gamer at the Brazil Game Show 2014
Going big in San Paulo
Jobs
Rovio lays off 130 staff
Finnish Facebook group offers help
VisusVR combines PC and smartphones for wireless virtual reality headset
Budget-range HMD takes a new cross-platform approach to VR
Game Connection Europe
Oculus, EA, and Epic sign up for Game Connection Europe
Ubisoft and Microsoft also on board
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: FIFA flies to the top of the free charts
September 22 - September 28
Virtual Reality
Free Unreal Engine 4 rumoured for Oculus Rift developers
Epic looking for new opportunities
Investment
Hugo Games raises $4 million for marketing new Hugo the troll games
Boosting the troll
Gaming Insiders Summit to feature talks from Twitch, Google Play and Valve
Plus SGN, Halfbrick, Disney and Glu
Jobs
Next Games looking for project manager, game designer, and level developer
The means to succeed
Investment
Remerge secures $1 million funding for its adtech platform
Enabling audience segmentation and retargeting
Video
SkyMobi on targeting the bulk of Chinese mobile gamers who live in third tier cities
Knowledge from PG Connects Helsinki 2014
Appsfire hails ad network shift a success as ZeptoLab and NaturalMotion jump on board
News a 'great validation'
Deal
Stolen Couch Games secures $315,000 in funding for Animal Crossing-style game
Development paradise
Video
Chinese mobile gamers want pay-to-win says localisation expert
Knowledge from PG Connects Helsinki 2014
Jobs
AdColony hires ex-Grand Cru, Wooga marketing man Thorbjorn Warin
Bulking up in Europe
Jobs
InnoGames on the hunt for UX designer, marketing lead plus backend and Flash devs
New horizons
Expand your skills to extraordinary levels at ARM Gaming Developer Days
London, San Francisco and Chengdu
Jobs Board
Wooga and Kiwi shake things up while Zynga, TellTale, Rovio, and Gameloft all looking for new talent
New positions
Financials
Shanda to award 8 key staff golden handcuffs worth at least $13 million
Please stay
Data
Eight days on, iOS 8 adoption rate is around 30%
Apple's estimate seems rather high
Financials
Shanda sees Q2 FY14 mobile game sales up 31% to $14 million
Chain Chronicle gives a boost
Deal
Pint and publishing deal: Remedy and Flaregames sign Agents of Storm contract in London pub
Three quid well spent says Remedy CEO
Video
DeNA on why western best practices don't work in Asia
Kenji Kobayashi on acting local
DevGAMM 2014 heads to Minsk on 17-18 October
Boosting game development in CIS