Another Hero
Herocraft marketing man Alexey Sazonov announces Krabwerk start-up
Kaliningrad gets a new developer
Sca_e And Gr_w
3 up for Daily Celebrity Crossword dev PuzzleCreator
Two originators go full-time
Vinyl Slugs
Seriously takes the next step in Best Fiends franchisation with Kidrobot hook-up
Best Fiends creator has big plans
Rebound
With Dungeon Hunter 5 leading the charge, Gameloft sees FY15 Q1 sales up 17% to $71 million
New year, new hope
Talent Acquired
Super Evil Megacorp hires to push Vainglory into Asia
Yun sets sights on APAC
Unconsole Goes More Un
Leaked memo reveals Ouya is up for sale
End of the road for VC-funded outfit
Tag Team
Longtu is publishing Kabam's Marvel Contest of Champions in China
The final frontier
Farewell
Indie veteran Jeff Vogel abandons iOS due to Apple's planned obsolescence
Avernum developer reveals why he's pulled all his games from the App Store
Sonic Boom
iPhone and iPad boom in China as Apple pays out $2.5 billion to its developers
China earns Apple $16.8 billion
Vr For All
Following Mary Lou Jepsen hire, Oculus adds ex-Valve bizdev Anna Sweet
Anna Sweet and Mary Lou Jepsen make a real move
Game Glances
10% of Apple Watch apps are games
Tail is already wagging the dog
Making The Switch
Changyou selling Wartune dev 7Road as it focuses on mobile future
Announced in FY15 Q1 financials
Watch This
Over 3,000 apps available for Apple Watch, but games not yet key
App Annie track the newcomers
New Year, New City
Reboot Develop 2016 relocated to Split
Damir Đurović confirms the industry and developer's conference will return
Master Makers Wanted
PlayRaven are on the hunt for a new team to make the next Spymaster game
Can you redefine touchscreen espionage?
Top Dragon
Newzoo and TalkingData combine brains to track Chinese games market
New report available
Jobs Merry-go-round
Following Mattrick out from Zynga, Clive Downie is Unity's new CMO
As one door closes...
Experience Injection
Zynga strengthens board with ex-Big Pharma CFO
Louis J. Lavigne Jr. lends support
Rim Of Fire
Centre of gravity swings east as APAC game market rises to $43 billion in 2015
China to overtake US as #1
Watch And Earn
Video mediation platform AerServ launches incentivised ads
New platform promises more flexibility
Loss Of Support
UPDATED: Most of Club Penguin's redundancies are support staff
Brighton office closed
Entries Open
Spil Games' Unsung Heroes will launch your game to 130 million gamers
Plus $50,000 marketing support
Good Start
New Legend of the Sword 3D rakes in $1.6 million on first day
CMGE's RPG reveals launch figures
Lab Rat
Vungle helps devs design better mobile ads with its creative labs service
News service for "premium advertisers"
Axed
Disney Interactive begins “targeted reduction" of Club Penguin workforce
Teams behind popular brand are shrunk
Fan Power
97.6 percent of all YouTube game views are bagged by fan-made channels
Newzoo and Octoly research shines light on viewer habits
Sisters Take Flight
Angry Birds Stella games pass 30 million downloads
Angry Birds Stella POP! does 5 million in launch month
Westward Ho!
Fantasy Westward Journey testifies to the strength of China's leading game company
NetEase makes its case
Cough Up
TIGA survey reveals programmers got biggest pay rise
Annual salary survey sheds light on development pay packets.
Lion's Share
Apple and Google eat up 83 percent of the world's $24.5 billion mobile games market
Newzoo report reveals the top 25 games companies
Lots Of Friends
Yahtzee with Buddies scores 1 million downloads in four days
Racking up the numbers
See & Control
MergeVR announces $129 headmount and controller
Coming this fall
All To Play For
Develop:Brighton Indie Showcase 2015 now open for submissions
Free to enter for indie teams and individuals
Big In The Big Apple
NetEase Games debuts its Passionate Gaming Enthusiasts publicity campaign in New York Times Square
Celebrating success and new US office
Launch Of Faith
Soft launch your game as soon as possible, says Zeptolab
CEO Misha Lyalin advises at PGC Bangalore
India's The Place
99Games raises $5 million to target growing Indian market
Star Chef dev sees massive potential in India
Rift Opens For Occulus
Google looks to standardise mobile VR around its Cardboard ecosystem
$20 wonder gaining market share
Talent Show
Why talent acquisition is vital to India's gaming success
All In A Day's Play co-founder Abhinav Sarangi puts out a call for talent
Giving It All Away
Amazon gives away $105 app and game bundle to drive Amazon App downloads
Alternative retailing
Fiery Launch
Pocket Gems takes flight with synchronous PvP-focused breed-and-battler War Dragons
Strategy game comes with Watch integration
Growing Opportunity
The Indian mobile market will eclipse PC and console, says Manish Agarwal
Pocket Gamer Connects Bangalore kicks off
Stand Out
Heed my advice and ignore advice, says Mike Bithell
Thomas Was Alone developer takes to the PGC Bangalore stage
Racing Ahead
Angry Birds Go smacks down Mario with 130 million downloads
Rovio spin-off game raises the stakes
Opening Up China
LoopMe to bring native video ads to Baidu, Cheetah Mobile and Sungy Mobile
Adding inventory
Charting Success
Snail Games expands its mobile game distribution with Taichi Panda
Year of the panda
Ceo Acquired
GameGenetics appoints Jeffry van Ede as CEO
Alexander Piutti remains in advisory capacity
Watch This
Apple giving away Apple Watch game Rules! for a limited period
It's an Apple Store app promotion
More Me
Frenzoo raises another $1 million to expand Me Girl franchise
Start-up working towards inter-app synergy
Emerging Opportunity
Bee7 and Vserv forge partnership to solve emerging market monetisation
The next billion
Leveled Up
Logres of Swords and Sorcery racks up 6 million downloads in Japan
Aiming and Marvelous' RPG on the up