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
Maus Up To 160 Million
EA Mobile's FY15 Q3 sales down 1% to $121 million
SimCity BuildIt is building it
Sore Thumbs
Average time spent playing mobile games now over two hours a day
Kids play, adult pay
Virtual Reality
Budget range VR system VISR looking for budget
Better than Cardboard and cheaper than Rift. The VR platform for everyone
Growing On Controversy
Thanks to #Gamergate, Feminist Frequency's 2014 revenue was boosted 600%
Anita Sarkeesian prepares for 2015
Light Up
Mobcast buys Lumines and Meteos for mobile reinvention
Pieces of the puzzle
Equivalence
Android game ecosystem now as profitable as iOS
Lower ARPU, but lower UA too
Drink Up Think Up
Meet up for a Drink Up in Amsterdam at Casual Connect Europe
Starting in style
On The Up
Hashstash Studio on its aspirations for the Indian mobile game market
Plenty of potential
On The Up
Cost of a loyal iOS user rose to $2.10 in December
Peaks and troughs
First Step
Summoners War to launch in China with Baidu and 360
Key partnerships
Hot Five
Crossy Road as examplar, plus the increasing value of YouTube, Twitch and video ads
Last week's top 5 stories
The Insider
FunPlus hires Greg Essig
Takes head of business role
On The Box
Quaid Media Burst TV promises a mobile gaming UA goldrush
Driving user acquisition, one ad break at a time
Get Physical
UCWeb enters gaming hardware market with Android Xiaoqi Gamepad
Hardcore gaming for Chinese Android players
Off The Grid
New Fortumo SDK allows offline in-app purchases
Who needs internet anyway?
Watch And Earn
35% of game devs are now using video ads
Conclusions from Millennial's 2015 State of the Apps report
Cabin Fever
Global applications open for Swedish Stugan game accelerator
Eight weeks in the countryside
Crystal Ball
Facebook will consolidate UA dominance in 2015 with 1 billion monthly mobile users
eMarketer forecasts $11 billion of ads
Bay Area Switch
Storm8 hires Zynga's VP of product Pablo Paniagua
Aggressive hiring continues
Tiger Roars
Steel Media and Reliance Games officially launch Pocket Gamer Connects Bangalore
Asia next in line following record-breaking PGC London event
For St George
England's creative industries booming but too London-centric
Creative England announces its top 50
Second Stream
Gaming Live provides alternative to Twitch
Coming soon to iOS and Android
Flying High
After B funding round, AppsFlyer is $20 million stronger
San Francisco firm take funding total to $28 million
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