Miniclip's Saad Choudri on defining your brand, remaining flexible, and refining, refining, refining
From web to mobile
Silicon Valley Come to the Baltics combines with Live Mobile Congress in Lithuania
Find out more 11-12 October
Deal
How much money would a woodchopper game make if a woodchopper game would integrate Cashplay?
Timberman developer Digital Melody uses real-money platform
Pocket Gamer Connects
Last chance for Pocket Gamer Connects London 2015 early bird tickets
Make a saving while getting connected
FTC fines TinyCo $300,000 over COPPA data violations in pre-2013 games
Beware the kids
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Worms on the rise as Football Manager holds top spot
September 8 - September 14
Jobs Board
LINE man joins Wooga, Zynga's reshuffle continues, and Next Games looking for designers
Job lot
Charitable hook up between Rovio and Playmob raises $28,000 from Angry Birds Epic IAPs
Building schools for Room to Read
Amazon presses reset: Launches new tablets, rolls out OS update
Sangria hits Fire devices
Rumours
Ovum suggests Alibaba could make a $1.5+ billion move for Tango
What to do with its IPO warchest
Gameloft launches App Bundles, and Metal updates but only for A7 and A8-class hardware
Basking in iOS 8 love
Pangea Software quick off the mark with three App Store game bundles
Bundles priced from $6.99 to $12.99
Data
Like Fiksu, Tapjoy estimates iOS 8 adoption rate significantly lagging previous OSes
iPod touch the most updated device
Financials
With H1 2014 sales up 71% to $21 million, Feiyu Technology announces Hong Kong IPO plans
Xiamen Haloer+Cairot=IPO
Investment
Swrve raises $10 million to provide the tools enabling brands to grow the consumer relationship
Acero Capital leads the B round
TIGA calls for incubator program between universities and developers
Building on success of Cambridge cluster
King triumphs in 6waves legal dispute, Chinese firm pulls 'clones' from sale
Treasure Epic and Farm Epic are no more
Fortumo giving $5,000 UA spend to devs integrating its carrier billing SDK on Windows Phone
The third way
Delete and make space: iOS 8 requires at least 5.7 GB of free space to install
Will Hearthstone and World of Tanks have to go?
SkyMobi looks to expand its instore reach to over 100,000 operator shops in China
Enabling more pre-installations of the Maopao app store
Adam Saltsman and Anita Sarkeesian honored in the 2014 Gaming Insiders 30
Movers and shakers
Vrvana promises a universal VR solution with its multi-platform Totem headset
Goal in sight inside of 24 hours
Data
Watch iOS 8 take over the world with Fiksu's live analytics
It's alive!
Berlin, Vilnius, Minsk, Paris, Belgrade, Helsinki - Pocket Gamer and SkyMobi go on tour
Bringing mobile mixers to Berlin, Vilnius, Belgrade, Paris and Helsinki
Pocket Gamer's Mobile Mixer panelists discuss the power of triple-A
Thanks to our sponsors TapSense, Everyplay, and Tango
Investment
Chobolabs raises $1.3 million to redefine competitive shooters on mobile
Round led by Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors
Vungle's new tech takes 300 milliseconds to decide between a pre-cached or streaming ad
Optimisation the experience
Jobs
Wooga hires ex-LINE game man to run new Japan office
Heading east
Chart Of The Week
Compared to Supercell, Microsoft paid 100 percent too much for Minecraft, says analyst
Digi-Capital crunches the numbers
Tango boasts its social stickiness as Road Riot breaks 1 million DAUs barrier
US social network looking for good games
Chart Of The Week
Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm
Under the skin
Google launches its first $100 Android One phones in India
Targetting the next 5 billion
It's not about the money. It's about my sanity, says a departing Notch
Minecraft founder is 'not a symbol'
Deal
Microsoft acquires Minecraft for $2.5 billion
Rumour becomes reality
Jobs
Zynga's head of social slots leaves for stealth start-up
End of the line
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Football Manager and Minecraft top the league
September 1 - September 7
Conscious Coupling: Zoink and Image & Form create a publishing partnership
New model attempted
Jobs Board
Zynga appoints Pete Hawley as GM, SkyMobi gets new SVP, and Glu, Telltale, and Kabam all search for new talent
New positions
TIGA calls for a $5 million Creative Content Fund
Put in the funds, reap the rewards
Virtual Piggy streamlines teen payments with Oink 2.0
This little piggy...
Google Play gets two hour returns window
Change your mind
Chinese publisher OurPalm says it's making a major investment into Unity
Part of a wider strategic reorg?
EA Mobile working on "prototype wearable experiences" for Apple Watch
Compelling potential
Event
Games Funding Forum looks to show you the money on 23 October
New London-based half-day event launching
Jobs
Zynga appoints EA, Sony, Lionhead veteran Pete Hawley as GM
The rebuild continues
Creative England looks to boost female game development with £15,000 Queen of Code initiative
Pink pounds
Monetisation experts Eric Seufert, Nicholas Lovell and Mark Sorrell speaking at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2015
First speakers for Acquire, Engage, Monetise track announced
A matter of time: Apple Watch is announced but not available until 2015
From $349 device focused on health and communications
Apple supersizes with 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus
Also looks to shake up US retail payments
Jobs
Rumour: Changyou cuts 100 jobs at 17173.com
Looking to reduce staff costs