Big Year
Thanks to southeast Asia, Com2uS sees 2014 sales up 188% to $216 million
International sales up 523%
Ambition Rising
With 2014 sales up 79% to $131 million, Gamevil predicts 2015's sales will rise another 120%
Korean RPGs drive the growth
Bric By Brick
Glispa reports 90% growth in BRIC regions
Mobile marketing thriving in explosive-growth regions
On The Rise
PC and mobile games drive 29% rise in NetEase's 2014 sales to $2 billion
Building from PC to mobile
Vision Becomes Reality
Open Source Virtual Reality signs up 13 new partners
Partnership requests accelerate, and Academia Support Program detailed
Keep It Core
Tencent leads investment in Hammer & Chisel's Series B
Funding success fuels Citron's ambition
Pc To Mobile
Gamevil bringing two top Korean PC games to mobile
Age of Storm Mobile and Devilian Mobile inbound
Higher Standards
Supercell pulls the plug on fourth game Spooky Pop
Soft launch wasn't a success
Small And Mighty
3 UA megatrends small devs should ride to outperform the big boys in 2015
Eric Seufert calls the changes
Big Backing
Supercell and King investors join Hutch Games' board of directors
Hutch gears up for MMX Racing Multiplayer launch
Tough Times
DeNA still in transition with FY14 Q3 revenues down 4%
But coin sales on the up
Get Involved
Develop: Brighton 2015 speaker applications now open
10th games development conference calls for industry talent
Oops I Did It Again
Glu's market cap rises $150 million on strong 2014 financials and the promise of Katy Perry
Overnight sensation
Awards
Monument Valley, Hearthstone and Threes among SXSW 2015 Gaming Awards finalists
'Tis the season of award-ies
Pocket Showroom
Porsche reveals Cayman GT4 in Real Racing 3 update
Complete challenge for in-game ownership
Super Success
Did the $15 million spent on Super Bowl XLIX UA ads score app store success?
Post-game app store rankings revealed
A New Window
Marmalade and Microsoft add second tier to Windows Developer Offer
Win $2,000, a Surface Tablet, and 1 million ad impressions
Bubble M&a
Four years on, GREE writes off $75 million from its OpenFeint acquisition
Also drops $78 million from Pokelabo deal
Gogglebox
Pocket Gamer's Twitch channel smashes 3 million views milestone
The kids are streaming
West Talks East
Western mobile games journalists head to PG Connects Bangalore 2015
First batch of the press corp due east to Indian leg of PGC event is officially revealed
Post Kardashian
Glu Mobile looks to roar with Katy Perry-themed game
Here's hoping for a Russell Brand easter egg
Disney Dollars
Tsum Tsum's top grossing success in Japan boosts Disney Interactive's sales
Revenues dipped, but profits were up thanks to mobile
Last Years Love
93 games nominated for 2015's IMGAs
And you can vote for People's Choice
Change Of Direction
Gameloft looks to in-game advertising in 2015
Publisher has set up internal agency
Sf Merry-go-round
Storm8's Dan Scheidegger joins Scopely as general manager of casual games
Reaching broad audiences
Another Puzzle
iDreamSky bags exclusive Chinese Android rights for Monument Valley
Ustwo sets sights on China
India Calling
Rovio, Xiaomi, Unity, and Roadhouse Interactive to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Bangalore 2015
First speaker announcement
Joining The Dots
LINE looks to partner with mobile game devs in Taiwan and Thailand
Building presence in its #1 markets
East Meets West
Perfect World CEO Robert Hong Xiao on a strategy for global F2P success
From PC to mobile and console
2020 Vision
TIGA's manifesto outlines 5-year roadmap for UK games industry success
Presented to MPs at House of Commons
Western Proxy
Taiwanese mobile game sector to hit $474 million in 2015
Annual growth of 70%
Watch
Liam Neeson takes over Super Bowl for Supercell's $9 million Clash of Clans ad
Selling mobile games requires a very specific set of skills
Turn Up To 11
Wargaming.net rocks out with Vevo sponsorship deal
Tanks can't blitz if they don't have a rocking playlist
Hot Five
2015 trends, Super Bowl game ads, and Steam better that app stores?
Last week's top 5 stories
Ouya Elsewhere
Ouya leverages its library to earn $10 million investment from Alibaba
Ailing unconsole gets capital injection
Fantasy Land
CyberAgent Q1 FY15 sales up 4% to $119 million
Profit growth of 39% predicted for the year
Market Trends
Losing up to 300 jobs, Sega Sammy restructures for mobile and online
Moving from San Francisco
Woods Vs Trees
App stores are dying as a source of organic discovery
Zombie apps are taking over
Extreme Ua
Supercell and uCool battle for a Super Bowl XLIX advertising victory
Clash of Clans vs Heroes Charge
Long View
Despite dialling back short-term growth, Kabam's sales hit $400 million in 2014
Tweaking for success
Liftoff
As it launches on Amazon, Best Fiends hits 1 million DAUs
Match-3 match-up
Slight Decline
Gameloft's 2014 revenues drop 3% as 2014 line-up flops
Looks to ads and better games for rebound
Accelerate
Execution Labs reveals new international line-up, including PewDiePie game
Montreal braces for intense game development program
Fly Away
Jami Laes leaves "magical place" Rovio for something "interesting"
Rovio loses its head - of games, that is
Pewdie-mario
Nintendo opens entente cordiale with YouTubers through advertising share program
New beta program live
Even More Dominant
Tencent rumoured to have bought China's #1 gaming website for $1 billion
Changyou hands over 17173.com
Crossing Fever
Crossy Road does over 10 million Google Play downloads in 20 days
Android version is up and running
Hotting Up
GameAnax wins Pune's Game Hack competition
Four more cities still to visit
Westernisation
How China's soon-to-be #2 iOS status could shift our perceptions of the F2P Android gaming market
Shake up Shanghai style
Hallel-ouya
Ouya now boasts Unreal Engine 4 support
Good things come to those who wait