Sweet Success
Candy Crush Saga is officially the most downloaded Android game of 2014
Google Play Top 5 titles revealed
Hot Cash
Investors line up for Series A pitching event at PG Connects London
Exclusive access to 10 of the hottest Finnish studios
Going Private
Perfect World founder launches private buyout bid
Share jump sky high
Data
Microsoft's says Windows Store downloads were up 110% during 2014
With registered developer numbers up 80%
Investment
KongZhong spends $16 million on a 7% stake in Forgame
A strategic investment
Brand Power
BBC, CAA, Warners, and Kabam discuss brand power at PGC London 2015
What to expect at PG Connects London 2015
Consumer Rights
Apple announces 14 day returns policy for App Store purchases in Europe
EU forces new policy
Interview
Reliance Games explains how its Game Hack is unlocking the Indian market
Indie devs get started on the road to PGC Bangalore
Happy Holidays
Amazon gets into Christmas spirit with $220 app and games giveaway
Currency and IAPs also gain 30% discount
Virtual Reality
Microsoft enters the virtual reality gaming race with Xbox One VR
Reportedly prepping its own headset
Reliance Games launch GameHack initiative to encourage and celebrate Indian mobile game devs
1 million Rupees plus a place at the PGC Bangalore Big Indie Pitch up for grabs
Big In Bangalore
Steel Media and Reliance Games unite to launch Pocket Gamer Connects India in Bangalore
The next big market unwrapped
Investment
GameAnalytics get a C-Level talent injection and raises $5.5 million
Three from GoViral join the top table
Extreme Ua
Following Machine Zone, uCool to drop tens of millions of dollars on Heroes Charge TV campaign
Running in US and globally until January
Characustomize
Game Insight supports 3D printing via Toyze
The Tribez units first to be available
Community
Palringo announces 35 million users, but expects 50 million by end of 2015
Community and gaming platform growing by 1 million a month
Investment
Tencent co-leads $10 million investment into Dots developer
What comes next for Dots and TwoDots studio?
Virtual Reality
Oculus expands into motion detection through Nimble Sense acquisition
Hand-sensing Rift attachment Kickstarter grabs VR attention
Data
Crime City and Castle Clash are the most asymmetric top grossing games
How the other half prospers
Integrated approach sees The Mobile Majority hit $50 million run rate
The future of mobile advertising is a "holistic system"
Deal
Tencent and Aiming sign mutual game distribution deal in China and Japan
Best of both worlds
Data
Gamers who buy paid games spend more in F2P games
Across the great divide
Investment
Qualcomm invests in Chukong as part of its strategic Chinese fund
Betting on synergies
Jobs Board
Kamcord, Flaregames, Goodgames and Innogames hiring
Positions available
Investment
Off the back of $1.8 million Indiegogo tablet campaign, Jolla total funding reaches $42 million
Hardware and OS projects funded
Partnership
Storm8 partners with Hasbro for Monopoly Bingo! social casino game
More than Monopoly money
Investment
Video & Dragons: GungHo leads $15 million funding for Kamcord
Gaming social network goes global
Data
Five years on, Rovio celebrates 600 billion slingshotted Angry Birds
How you've grown
Pivot
Games over: UK indie Lucky Frame switches from making games to running experimental events
We were uncompromising about the games we wanted to make
DeltaDNA makes a game to help devs maximise their analytics
Cooking, eating its own dog food
Tencent finally bringing Puzzle & Dragons to China
But is it too late?
Investment
Promising to shake up F2P grossing stasis, PlayRaven raises $4 million
Spymaster dev is making plans
Restructure
With the $4 billion Chinese mobile game market its big play for 2015, Kabam ditches web games
Sold off to RockYou
Awards
SXSW Gaming Awards submissions close 12 December
Your last chance looms
Payments
Fortumo builds out Windows Phone carrier billing operations adding subscriptions
Big in Brazil, France, Argentina, Italy and Vietnam
Joint Venture
Alibaba invests in Chinese mobile social platform KTplay as it builds out gaming network
Yodo1 spins out its Kryptanium tech
Market Data
199 million-strong, southeast Asian mobile game market outnumbers PC
Over 20 million more gaming on mobile than PC
Publishing
Kuju founders reboot to ride the second age of indie gaming as Chilled Mouse
Focused on the best cheese
Glu hopes to prove you can never have too many Kardashians in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
Kourtney and Khloe set to make their entrance
Virtual Reality
Samsung Gear VR now available for $200
The Oculus-designed smartphone virtual reality system finally launches
Deal
Bandai Namco partners with Roadhouse for new western-focused mobile RPG
Bubbling up in Vancouver
Augmented Reality
Live Game Board launches augmented reality SDK for Unity
Adding depth
Payments
Updated: LINE Pay to launch soon for digital and real-world purchases
Following Apple and Google into wallet business
Data
Superdata estimates Clash of Clans will generate $1.8 billion in 2014
Just keeps on growing
Promising to revolutionise your data, Omniata launches Data Apps
Promises to "go beyond data"
Disney reacts to F2P concerns with subscription tie-in for Club Penguin Puffle Wild
Subscribers get everything for free
Jobs
Tag Games is hiring senior and junior roles for coding, artist and design
Dundee outfit is in full-on mode
Solving UA: Pocket Gems hopes its Night at the Museum game will ride third movie's coattails to success
Hidden Object game out now
Jobs
GREE is looking for a director of engineering
Level up its RPG studio in San Francisco
Jobs
Rovio shuts down Tampere studio as it confirms 110 job losses
Consolidates in Espoo