Stateside
Apple is fast becoming the faceless giant developers love to hate
Life not so rosy inside the walled garden
Data
One in five apps opened just once before being deleted
But stats suggest user engagement is on the up
Three quick and dirty tips for how best to network at games events
Use these tricks to meet the right people
Deal
Chinese app distribution heats up as Alibaba acquires rest of UCWeb in $4 billion value deal
Already owned 66 percent of browser outfit
Pocket Gamer's Ultimate E3 2014 party guide
All you need to know about the afterhours scene
Apple releases WWDC 2014 tutorial videos for iOS 8, Metal, Swift and more
Getting to grips with the future
Creative England welcomes Ian Livingstone to the boardroom
Experience will help the UK
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: Bubble Witch Saga 2 burst onto the scene
2 June - 8 June, 2014
Deal
Parallel Kingdom dev PerBlue raises $3 million
Ready for an expansion of staff and audience
Start Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki with an early morning run
Time to get the blood flowing
Mobile Mavens
iOS 8: Industry experts on the good, the bad, and the downright dangerous
More questions than answers?
Apple beefs up iTunes analytics and attribution as it extends control over user acquisition
Full conversion funnel transparency
Apple's new dawn: iOS 8 changes will "empower developers", says Heyzap
The complete package?
We've not seen rejections of apps that show incentized video ads from GameAds, says Applifier CEO
What is Apple up to?
Wandoujia social-integrated match-3 Happy Pop does 2.4 million downloads
App store's added social power
Apple bans rewarded actions: "I think it wants to own app discovery," says source
Developers caught in the crossfire between Apple, Google and Facebook
Rumourmill
Another brick in the wall: Rumours suggest Apple's banning incentivised video ads and Facebook sharing
Also randomising MAC address
TIGA's Games Tax Relief tour heads to MediaCityUK
North by North West
Government crackdown: No nudity please, We're Chinese mobile gamers
Bikinis banned
UK games industry undergoes renaissance thanks to "mobile explosion"
TIGA proves the UK has found its feet
The Charticle
How did Temple Run reach 1 billion downloads?
The analysis of a lifetime
Hot Five
Why Supernauts will be a game changer, the making of Samurai Siege, and Apple surprises developers with Swift and Metal
Last week's top five stories
Wrapping up DevGAMM Moscow 2014
Conference in reflection
AgeCheq brings COPPA compliance to Unity with new SDK
Free to all Unity developers
Monetizer Mavens
Is there any place in the F2P designer's toolbox for energy-based economies?
Fuel for thought
We mixed things up at our Berlin Mobile Mixer
King and crobo sponsored a night of brilliant debate
Deal
Nexon accumulates, adding "killer core" title from US startup Turbo to 2015 portfolio
Second publishing deal in 2 weeks
Royal Revolt dev Flaregames raises $12.2 million to build portfolio
German developer now looking to scale and publish
Deal
Metaps buys market intelligence outfit App Data Bank
Japanese consolidation for smarts
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: Blek regains first place, Battleheart fights its way onto the scene
26 May - 1 June, 2014
Funding
Core tablet dev Super Evil Megacorp raises $11.6 million, nabs Segerstrale as COO
All systems go for MOBA devotees
Investment
Flexion raises $2.5 million to expand its 'off-Google Play' app distribution channel
Dealing with ecosystem fragmentation
Exclusive: République stars as Unity launches new developer profiles initiative
Camouflaj features in new video
Deal
Glu working on a F2P mobile game for fifth Terminator movie
Hitting screens and app stores in summer 2015
Sweet news: Marmalade's cross-platform SDK goes free
Supporting iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows Store, BlackBerry and Tizen
Quiz RPG hits 26 million; is poised to dethrone Puzzle & Dragons' download total in Japan
The race is on
Monument Valley, Threes and DEVICE 6 win big at Apple Design Awards
Leo's Fortune and Blek also honoured
Pg Connects
Schedule for PG Connects Helsinki 2014 is finalised with Supercell, King, Rovio, Creative Mobile, EA, Revolution and more
Look who's talking
Apple surprises developers with iOS 8's Metal graphics API and Swift programming language
Upgrade path from Objective-C and OpenGL
Tim Cook: We're "investing a ton" in the App Store with iOS 8 discoverability
Testflight integration, app bundles, and video previews
Pg Connects
Meet the global games industry in Helsinki at Pocket Gamer Connects
And you're invited too
Rumour
Amazon offered us $600 million for Cocos2d-x, says Chukong CEO
Chinese outfit refused as it looks to IPO
Mobile Mavens
Cracking the code: Will Apple's promo code push for IAPs help or hinder developers?
Our experts give their take
Chart Of The Week
King and GungHo games now bringing in more revenue than Nintendo's entire library
Slipping down the ranks
The Charticle
Can Brave Frontier fight the good fight on two fronts?
Around the world
My Horse, CSR Racing and Clumsy Ninja powerhouse NaturalMotion is hiring
Apply within
Hot Five
Why App Store promotion isn't always a blessing, the making of Hearthstone, and can Thomas Was Alone hit the top?
Last week's top five stories.
Adways highlights power of its pre-launch Yoyaku Top 10 service in Korea
Smarter UA
Financials
SkyMobi looks to the future with $20 million stock buyback
Also reseting financial calendar
Rumour
$28 million rights issue suggests Glu Mobile is about to buy again
PlayFirst deal hasn’t sated appetite