Into The Fire
DeltaDNA opens doors of new San Francisco office, and announces new hires
California calls for the Scottish analytics company
Paid To Watch
Crossy Road rakes in $1 million on iOS with Unity's incentivised video ads
Inspired by Disco Zoo
Hot Stuff
Tag heats up mobile games tools market with open source ChilliSource engine
First slice of the ChilliWorks suite
New Rules
Free-to-play is a legal minefield, warns top video game lawyer
How will EU regulation affect mobile?
Acquisitions
Kabam buys TapZen and Magic Pixel Games
Will be merged into new Los Angeles studio
Learning To Fail
Mobile games don't make players feel connected, says Peter Molyneux
Lionhead founder explains where devs are going wrong
Government
UK government wants to crack down on app regulation
David Cameron wants to ban WhatsApp and iMessage
Virtual Reality
Sixense picks up CES awards for virtual reality controller
Pegs mobile as the way forward for VR
You And Me
Selfie with Steel Media to win $2,500 ad spent at PG Connects London 2015
A meta-game with benefits
Paid Success
Minecraft: Pocket Edition crosses 30 million downloads mark
Smartphone version performs at premium price point
Appointed
Bandai Namco America hires EA Mobile vet Jeferson Valadares
New man in charge of games
Dota's Top
Exclusive: China's top grossing Android games revealed - DOTA Legend is #1
Data gathered from over 1 billion phones shows $2.8 billion revenues in 2014
Virtual Reality
Leap Motion announces 3D Jam winners, expands prizes to top 20 winners
VR input specialist reveals 'innovative and compelling' experiences
Resurrected
Behaviour Interactive steps up to mobile, acquiring Zombie Farm IP
Canadian dev enters new market
Ubijobs
Ubisoft graduate program opens for 2015 business
Opportunity to work with a top studio somewhere in the world
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Pg Connects
[Update] Last chance to join over 900 execs from 45 countries on 13-14 January for PG Connects London
Our biggest conference yet is about to start
Looking Good
The early pioneers of VR have the best opportunity to win big, says Oculus' Rubin
Strike while the VR iron is warming
Puzzle & Mario
GungHo and Nintendo collaborate on a Mario flavoured Puzzle & Dragons for 3DS
Mobile titans meet handheld legends
Jobs
Seriously mines Rovio, Supercell and Fox talent in recruitment drive
Best Fiends dev scales up
Market Movement
Com2uS opens Taiwan office to better target Chinese-speaking countries
Aggressive expansion plans in force
Free Event
Registration opens for Microsoft Cloud Gaming Day on 19 January
Head down London way
Busy Week
Apple App Store smashes revenue records in first week of 2015
Apple has set the bar high for this year
Integration
mNectar reveals what ads of the future could look like, and Twitter wants in
Alongside Opera Mediaworks, Sprint and Fuse Powered
Audience
Adult women confirmed as YouTube's fastest growing gaming audience
Female gamers are powering views online
Finnvestment
Finnish investors prefer safe bets not innovation, says Rival Games' CEO
Is Finland taking the fun out of funding?
Awards 2015
A Grand Adventure: 80 Days shortlisted for three awards in IGF 2015
Mobile devs outshines PC
State Of Exchange
Apple to increase App Store prices in EU, Canada and Norway
Prices will also change in Russia and Iceland
Maturing
Growth of mobile game usage drops 50% in 2014
Users move to entertainment apps
Streaming
Razer Forge TV will unite console and mobile gaming
One half Android, one half surprise
Hot Chips
Nvidia Tegra X1 promises eye-popping console graphics on mobile
And it just might deliver
Crowdfunding
Kickstarter campaigns raised $1,000 a minute in 2014 to fund nearly 2,000 games
Game developers struck gold last year
Chart Of The Week
Stasis at the top: 7 of 2014 top grossing apps were there in 2013
No room at the top
Piracy
Ustwo says only 5% Android users paid for Monument Valley
But ustwo is "not complaining"
Ad Wrists
Is this what ads will look like on the Apple Watch?
Wearable advertising
Sweet Success
Candy Crush Saga is officially the most downloaded Android game of 2014
Google Play Top 5 titles revealed
Hot Cash
Investors line up for Series A pitching event at PG Connects London
Exclusive access to 10 of the hottest Finnish studios
Going Private
Perfect World founder launches private buyout bid
Share jump sky high
Data
Microsoft's says Windows Store downloads were up 110% during 2014
With registered developer numbers up 80%
Investment
KongZhong spends $16 million on a 7% stake in Forgame
A strategic investment
Brand Power
BBC, CAA, Warners, and Kabam discuss brand power at PGC London 2015
What to expect at PG Connects London 2015
Consumer Rights
Apple announces 14 day returns policy for App Store purchases in Europe
EU forces new policy
Interview
Reliance Games explains how its Game Hack is unlocking the Indian market
Indie devs get started on the road to PGC Bangalore
Happy Holidays
Amazon gets into Christmas spirit with $220 app and games giveaway
Currency and IAPs also gain 30% discount
Virtual Reality
Microsoft enters the virtual reality gaming race with Xbox One VR
Reportedly prepping its own headset
Reliance Games launch GameHack initiative to encourage and celebrate Indian mobile game devs
1 million Rupees plus a place at the PGC Bangalore Big Indie Pitch up for grabs
Big In Bangalore
Steel Media and Reliance Games unite to launch Pocket Gamer Connects India in Bangalore
The next big market unwrapped
Investment
GameAnalytics get a C-Level talent injection and raises $5.5 million
Three from GoViral join the top table
Extreme Ua
Following Machine Zone, uCool to drop tens of millions of dollars on Heroes Charge TV campaign
Running in US and globally until January
Characustomize
Game Insight supports 3D printing via Toyze
The Tribez units first to be available
Community
Palringo announces 35 million users, but expects 50 million by end of 2015
Community and gaming platform growing by 1 million a month