Two From The Top
King and Supercell boost European trade association ISFE
Industry is 'converging'
Chart Of The Week
Google Play downloads top iOS by 45%...and now it's not far behind on revenue, either
But iOS generates 85% more revenue
Samsung’s used aggressive marketing, not imitation, to top Apple
Need to beat Cupertino giant was a 'survival strategy'
Wartune is generating 40% of Hoolai's mobile revenue
Q1 mobile revenues have tripled
International Games Week Berlin brings in record numbers
Global visibility key to success
Parisian pow-wow: Game Connection Europe 2014 issues call for speakers
Deadline set for submissions on 30 April
Developer Demand
Oculus Rift claims 85,000 dev kits sold
Beating out expectations
Mobile Mavens
Gay people in games: Industry experts call on devs to "share stories of diversity"
Our Mavens give their take on this week's burning issue
Windows Phone 8.1 rolls out to registered devs worldwide
Full deployment expected this summer
Monetizer
Does Royal Revolt 2 make a run on your wallet?
Rise of the republic
Love thy developer: New community launches looking to make indies 'feel appreciated'
Developer worried studios are 'giving up'
Eye On Estonia
Join Pocket Gamer in Tallinn for our next Mobile Mixer
AdCash, Creative Mobile and Intergame on board
Top of the class: UKIE launches first ever student game jam
Building games around 'regeneration'
Hot Five
Backflip heralds return of the publisher, we put Finland in focus, and the issue of gay people in games
Last week's top five stories
Stateside
Developers, beware the democratisation of game development
With opportunity comes risk, warns Carter Dotson
Wargaming: Oculus Rift needs 5 million users for F2P to be viable
CEO Kislyi on the realities of free-to-play
Booming in Berlin: Kabam looking to build on its new European base
Getting its game on in Germany
No Small Success
Minecraft hits 21 million downloads on mobile
Dev to hold live Q&A to celebrate
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TapSense launches $10 million fund for RTB users
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Racing Rpgs
In Japan, Quiz RPG is catching Puzzle & Dragons
23 million downloads vs 25 million
SourceNext to publish Burn the Rope Worlds in Japan
Big Blue Bubble partners up
The Finnsider
What Supercell did next: Boom Beach masters the art of the follow-up
Fighting on the beaches
On The Up
Kabam expects 2014 sales to be at least $550 million
That's growth of more than 35%
Next Up
Aeria Games rebrands for mobile F2P as PlayNext
Launching into RPGs and sports management
By Invitation
'Uncheatable' Android benchmarking app GameBench gets beta release
Watch out cheaters, there's a new benchmark in town
Manchester goes mobile: Developer showcase Update heading for MediaCityUK
Book your place for 12 April
Open Doors
AppFlood rolls out RTB platform to bring China into global ad ecosystem
Powered by Amazon for low latency fulfilment
The Charticle
Which unlikely country was the first to see Boom Beach hit #1 Top Grossing?
The global game
Mobile Mavens
Will Amazon's Kindle Fire TV set the mobile games world alight?
Or is it smoke and mirrors?
End Of The Road?
Little Worlds Studio: Mana Crusher's Kickfailer is our last chance for survival
Time running out for French developer
Shanda Games Europe announces first mobile release
Rhinesoft's Happy Tribes inbound
Special Offer
Early Bird tickets for Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki ends this Tuesday
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Intergame 2014
Tackle outsourcing and recruitment challenges at Intergame 2014 in Estonia
Bridging northern and eastern Europe on 14-15 May
Sharing The Success
NHN Singapore and Cherry Credits deals double number of publishers with rights to Million Arthur
Square Enix's hit comes to 5 new Asian markets
Moving On Up
Welcome to the new PocketGamer.biz
It's time for a fresh look
Hot Five
Flappy Bird gets a 'sequel', Boom Beach fires its first shots, and is Candy Crush Saga causing obesity?
Last week's top five stories
What's The Qi?
Card City Nights and Threes! are heading the Quality Index's Top 10 rated iOS and Android games of March 2014
Critically acclaimed
Marvellous George
UK Chancellor George Osborne: I'm 'open to ideas' about how to follow up Games Tax Relief
Celebrates industry at BAFTA at UKIE event
Deals By The Double
HitFox buys Datamonk, invests €1m in Apploop
More acquisitions planned for the year ahead
Call To Action
Digital Dragons 2014 welcomes developers to VC Speed Networking
Poland's biggest show meets Polands biggest investors
Globe Trotters
Pocket Gamer is hitting the road
Fancy meeting us on our European tour?
Wwdc 2014
Apple announces WWDC dates, random ticket lottery available for devs
San Francisco, 2-6 June
Three Become One
Microsoft unveils 'universal' apps for Windows 8, Windows Phone and Xbox One
Easy to implement across multiple devices
Another Ipo
Chinese app distributor Cheetah Mobile files for $300 million IPO
Kingsoft subsidiary stepping up
As designers Clint Hocking and Kim Swift join up, Amazon Game Studios sneak peaks 8 new games
Splinter Cell and Portal designers are now onboard
LINE passes 400 million users worldwide, adding 826,000 new users per day
Not bad for three years on the market
Amazon Firing Ahead
Amazon announces 'gaming too' TV streaming box Fire TV
$99 box can be up-consoled with $40 gamepad
Child's Play
Apple offers IAP refunds for 'easy' unauthorised purchases by kids
Sends out email directly to customers
Little Princes
Expanding the empire: King looking to bring in 165 fresh faces
The wolf of Wall Street?
Flappy Bird 'sequel' soars to the top of the App Store
Fake game beats Nguyen to the punch