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Weekly UK App Store Charts: Minecraft continues mobile dominance as Fit the Fat is squashed out
July 14 - July 20, 2014
Another Big Indie Pitch winner gets the spotlight after Casual Connect
Samsung-sponsored show brings indie titles to the fore
F2P furore causing indies to fall out of love with iOS, claims Curve Studios
Stigma now attached to mobile development
Financials
Mobile game UA boosts Facebook’s Q2 FY15 revenue 61% to $2.9 billion
Mobile advertising is now the company's main revenue stream
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Investment
GamePop primes for the big time with $13 million round led by Samsung Ventures
Subscription-based unconsole will now be distributed by cable companies
The honeymoon is over: $700 million Nokia loss causes Microsoft profits to fall 7%
Giant sticking to longterm strategy
iPhone sales soar past 35 million in latest quarter, but iPad continues slump
Tablet sales down for second quarter in row
Casual Connect Usa
"Marketing is cool, but product is king," says Sega veteran on creating quality casual games
Jill Braff reveals all at Casual Connect
Financials
EA Mobile sees Q1 FY15 revenue up 9% to $123 million
Four new games in development
Video
Electric dreams: Frogmind's CEO explains how indies can turn dreams into reality
Johannes Vuorinen's indie tips
Deal
Analytics acquisition: Yahoo to acquire mobile data giant Flurry
Moving on metrics
UKIE: EC ruling on F2P must not 'stifle developer creativity'
Most British devs already compliant, says Dr. Jo Twist
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood adds $340 million to Glu Mobile's value
Shares up almost 100% in a month
Video
Less is more: Oceanhorn's success was a product of "clear focus", says Heikki Repo
[Insert sea shanty here]
Amazing maze: Monument Valley tops 1 million downloads
A monumental success
Apple to EC: Our F2P controls already 'go beyond' those of our rivals
But US giant claims it will work with Europe
Dead Trigger 2 fires its way to Best App Ever 2014 victory
Madfinger game blows away competition to win the top prize
EC orders Apple and Google to clamp down on 'exhortative' F2P games
Consumers need to be informed of costs
SponsorPay rebrands as Fyber
Aiding better digestion of the app ecosystem
Play with pride: Atari to launch its first game aimed at LGBT community
Pridefest charges players with hosting own parade
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Weekly UK App Store Charts: Fit the Fat dominates the free charts as RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 loses out
July 07 - July 13, 2014
Microsoft to cull 18,000 jobs, Nokia to suffer bulk of cuts
A painful evolution
European developers set for VAT chaos come 2015, warns TIGA
27 individual calculations to complicate selling abroad
Video
5 key ways in which Cursor boosted the games industry in southern Finland
Top insights from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2014
Video
Get smart: MAG CEO Daniel Hasselberg on the power of free growth opportunities
Why blow your UA budget?
Big Fish on a roll with new Luxury Slots gameplay
Cashing in on $650 million social casino market
King of the castle: Google Play downloads dwarf App Store's by 60 percent
East versus west?
Finding (and funding) the next Supercell: European devs to be boosted by millions in seed funding
London Venture Partners on backing fresh talent
Video
Game changer: Rovio's Peter Vesterbacka on why brand building is the future
Detailing the '100 year plan'
Gamevil: 400 million downloads and counting on smartphones
But growth is slowing
Ninja skills: Square Enix's Mini Ninjas hits 6 million downloads
Zen mode
UKIE: UK Gov needs to support British businesses 'flying the flag overseas'
Speculate to accumulate
Faster, more furious: Racing Rivals hits 12 million downloads with Google Play launch
Going cross-platform accelerates business
Up to date: 90% of iOS devices now running iOS 7
One last hurrah
The write stuff: Pocket Gems' interactive story platform Episode hits 500,000 author signups
175 million chapters read
Video
How to Finnish first: Cursor's Mikko Kähärä on encouraging innovation in Finland
Top insights from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2014
Tapjoy names former Zynga man Rob Dyer as VP of dev relations
Dyer's "diverse experience" key
UK forecast to be Europe's premier development hub within 5 years
Sweden set to be dethroned
Wayward Souls and Xac USA: Pop Culture Trivia the top rated iOS and Android games of Q2 2014
Critically acclaimed
Develop 2014
Power play: Developers, not publishers, are now pulling the strings, says Giordano Contestabile
Former PopCap man on the digital revolution
Develop 2014
Free-to-play a form of 'digital pollution', says Professor Richard Bartle
Here today, gone tomorrow?
ThisWayUp's PaperLander tops the first Big Indie Mixer
Thanks to sponsors Samsung, Immersion, Everyplay & Unity, and the Trailer Farm
Social Party launches frequent-flyer-points-to-iOS-game redemption scheme with Finnair
Turn those useless points into Angry Birds and Badland
Develop 2014
We need a new name for free-to-play, says former Zynga man Wiggins
Too "generic" to have any meaning
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 stays on track
Atari's mobile reboot retains top of iPhone paid charts
Develop 2014
How Bithell did it: PR supremo Simon Byron on how indies can hit the top
Being like Mike
Chasing Carrots wins Havok’s $100,000 Project Anarchy mobile game prize
Three winners announced
Deals
Real-money mobile gaming gets a boost with 3 companies integrating Gamblit’s platform
Shanda Europe, Gamiker and Flexball spinning the wheel