Finance the future: Save the UK games industry by unlocking lottery cash, says TIGA
A helping hand
Square Enix launches Dive In game streaming service in Japan
How to get Final Fantasy VII on your mobile
Jobs
SkyMobi poaches Glu Mobile China's GM to run its game operations
Gio Zhang to expand international sourcing and M&A efforts
Deal
BoosterMedia gains 6 million MAUs with the purchase of HTML5 outfit Hallpass Media
Doubling its reach
Jobs
Adjust appoints ex-Upsight exec Shawn Bonham to head up APAC expansion
Japan and South East Asia on target
Investment
Adjust raises $7.6 million for US and Asian expansion
Active Venture Partners leads the round
Jobs Board
Jobs Board: Fishlabs' looking for 25, Big Fish lands PopCap's CFO, and Turbo gets advice from Helgason and Gunnarsson
New positions
FTC forces Google to refund up to $19 million in US over kids' mis-use of IAPs
Show me the money
Jobs
Turbo announces advisory board including Unity's Helgason and CCP's Gunnarsson
Bank, consultant and ex-Vice journalist also onboard
Financials
Privatisation of Shanda Games takes another turn as a member resigns its special committee
Another twist in the tale
Jobs
Big Fish Games finds a new CFO in former PopCap man Robert Chamberlain
Fish are friends
Financials
Leaked email reports Chukong's August 2014 sales up 130% to $28.5 million
Good news can't wait
Deal
Comedy Central and Pocket Gems to revive Ugly Americans on mobile
The power of Episodes
Video
App stores are brilliant for distribution, but terrible for discovery, says BlackBerry
Distribution, not discovery
Deal
Slitherine makes a significant advance into mobile strategy, acquiring Shenandoah Studio
Wargaming specialists combine
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Disney's Castle of Illusion seizes control
August 24 - August 31, 2014
Marmalade 7.4 brings added features for Facebook, WinPho 8.1, Roku and Firefox
This is your jam
Jobs
Amazon CFO Thomas Sztukat to step down in 2015
Passing the torch
UK trade body Ukie launches its games policy manifesto
Looking to influence the next government
VR titles Gunner and Perfect Beach to launch with Samsung's Gear VR headset
A unique experience
Temple Run goes first person as it supports Samsung Gear VR
Run away from arctic demon monkeys
Samsung goes virtual with its Note 4-powered Gear VR headset
Partnering with Oculus and launch game from DeNA
Games, music and TV executives head to New York for 2014 DMW Week NYC
Digital Media Wire's conference returns from 8 Sept
Pocket Gamer is turning Tokyo Game Show into an (App) Annie Wonderland
Unlike the white rabbit, don't be late
North by North West: Meet fellow developers at Manchester social DrinkUp!
Break out the ale!
Deals
Consortium swap: 3 new investors including a textiles company step up to take Shanda Games private
Stranger and stranger
Deal
Hoolai tests the hardcore appetite of WeChat players with War of Immortals
Successful web game goes mobile
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Come and meet the elite of the mobile games world
SkyMobi reveals the Chinese opportunity in Budapest
Pocket Gamer and SkyMobi tour ended in Hungary
Get your game seen at Apps World 2014 in November
The Big Indie Pitch joins the big apps show at its new venue in London
Creative England launches £250,000 GameLab accelerator programme in association with PlayStation
Successful developers to receive up to £50,000
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Ex-Rovio, Remedy, Guerrilla, and Digital Chocolate devs form Helsinki GameWorks
Band of brothers
Financials
Despite having $100 million in the bank, LineKong files for Hong Kong IPO
The rich get richer
Ban hammer: Korea's game rating committee shuts down Facebook gaming
For the greater good
Adapt and thrive: Nintendo unveils redesigned 3DS
Harder, better, faster, stronger
Jobs
Fishlabs looks to hire 25 as it staffs up another production team
Hamburg dev futureproofs with a new office
Rovio CEO Mikael Hed to step aside in 2015
Flying the nest
Deal
Twitch integration coming to Gameloft's Heroes of Order & Chaos
Streaming heroes
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Heads Up! beats Minecraft as Ketchapp dominates the free charts
August 18 - August 24, 2014
Deal
Flaregames get another drop, signing Fuzzycube's Epic Loot
Ensemble veterans on the dotted line
Financials
KongZhong's mobile sales boom in FY14 Q2 up 30% to $10.5 million
Has another 5 titles ready to go
On the back of Japanese app success, Disney sells 1.6 million Tsum Tsum plushies
Cute sells
Stuck on top: Glu is top iOS games publisher by downloads during July
Kardashian and the dinosaur
Thinking outside the UA loop: TinyLoot platform will pay gamers to play
A logical conclusion
Toyze partners with Pou to enable 3D-printed personalised pets
Personal creatures
Video
Free-to-play was our only option, explains Trials Frontier dev
RedLynx talks moving from console to mobile
Financials
Renren sees FY14 Q2 game revenue slide 27% to $15 million
Mind the gap
Big Indie Pitch at Unite 2014 a huge success
The Pocket Gamer team returns from Unity's annual developer show with some great new games
Miniclip, Matmi and Bossa talking at TIGA's Smartphone and Tablet Games conference
All happening on 18 September in London