How Frogmind made it big with Badland (without a big marketing budget)
#GDCEurope Finding power without a publisher
Transition extended as KongZhong's mobile games business drops 40% in Q2 2013
Still waiting for the smartphone uplift
Get ready for an eyeful - Oculus Rift's John Carmack working on mobile SDK
Android support coming first
Exclusive: 78% of mobile gamers spending $50+ on IAP say they've received 'their money's worth'
EEDAR survey of 3,000 reveals surprising facts
Are you an indie dev looking to make it big? Enroll in Chartboost University
It's all about the hothouse
Candy crushing the competition: The 'stars have aligned' for King, says Tommy Palm
#GDCEurope And Facebook is still a force
Don't count on chat apps being the next big gaming platform, warns GameDuell
#GDCEurope KakaoTalk and co. not the answer
Make love, not metrics: Wooga on the importance of romancing the player
#GDCEurope Timo Dries talks Monster World
Synchronous multiplayer on mobile is going down the toilet, says PerBlue
#GDCEurope CEO Justin Beck flushes out the myths
Social gaming and charity network Gramble closes out $5 million seed round
A real charity case
PopCap: Going free-to-play with Plants vs. Zombies 2 is worth the 'flak'
'Evil' model hasn't hindered success
LOGIN 2013 conference kicks off with keynote on mobile games
Running 26-27 September in SF
King hits a billion daily gameplay sessions
Papa Pear Saga is the next to go mobile
Party with the cool kids in Cologne at Pocket Gamer's GDCE party
Sponsored by NativeX, Creative Mobile and Qihoo 360
G5 Entertainment sees H1 2013 sales up 37% to $7.3 million
Sees strong F2P revenue from The Secret Society
Nextpeer brings its iOS multiplayer SDK to Android for cross-platform play
Leveraging a network of 15 million unique users
Sluggish performance from GREE sees FY13 sales down 4% to $1.5 billion
Japan down, but US up
Zhongqingbao expands its mobile reach, gaining majority stakes in More Fun and Small-tech
Spends $72 million in the pursuit of scale
Tencent sees business boom with H1 2013 sales up 38% to $4.5 billion
Mobile QQ, Mobile Qzone and WeChat on the up
Game delays hit Renren as it makes a Q2 2013 operating loss of $34.7 million
But promises mobile investment will come good
Baidu closes its $1.85 billion deal for 91 Wireless to create a 69 million daily app download giant
Highlights the importance of mobile game distribution
Zynga COO David Ko handed $562,500 payoff as social giant restructures
Mattrick heralds end of firm's 'first chapter'
Come along to the Pocket Gamer Big Indie Pitch in Cologne
You pitching apps, the press watching, Sega sponsoring
Amazon adds push notifications to its iOS and Android email and text service
Fire out one million a month for free
Japanese mobile game market was worth $5.1 billion in 2012
Smartphone revenue grew 5.4-times
Five big countries where Windows Phone is outselling iPhone
And how to unlock those niche audiences
Get your brews in at the PG Drink Up with Grantoo and Heyzap
Head down to SF's Golden Gate Tap Room on 27 August
Close kingdom: King closes five games to focus on big hitters
Core releases to dominate
Thanks to international growth, Gamevil sees Q2 2013 sales up 35% to $18.5 million
But marketing and licensing costs knock back profits
ChinaJoy 2013 hits a new high with over 206,000 attendees
Let's do it all again on 31 July 2014
Amazon points to the power of injecting millions of dollars of Amazon Coins into its ecosystem
Mixing up the ways of value exchange
PG Mobile Mixer to kick-off LOGIN conference at KIXEYE Death Star
Battle over hot topics at 26 September event in SF
The Appsters add Best Indie Game Developer award
The deadline for submissions closes 16 August
Kiip announces its Build Fund 2013 winners
The 10 developers splitting $100,000
DeNA turns to events to boost user engagement in The Drowning
Toxic Beast Hunt is here
53% of LINE's $101 million Q2 2013 income generated by games
Total growth up 67% quarter-on-quarter
More trouble for Glu as Q2 FY13 revenue drops 17% to $24.4 million
Losses grow while sales decline
China and Korea on the up as Nexon posts $76 million in Q2 mobile sales
Mobile now accounts for 20% of total revenue
Limbo and You Don't Know Jack are heading the Quality Index's Top 10 rated iOS and Android games of July 2013
Critically acclaimed
Mobile the one silver lining to Disney's $58 million loss
'Decline in console game sales' cited
Glu strengthens publishing operations in Japan and Korea
Looking for developers to take global
![[Updated] The PG Mobile Mixer is coming to Cologne on 19 August](https://media.pocketgamer.biz/images/4345/52794/mixer_s320.jpg)
[Updated] The PG Mobile Mixer is coming to Cologne on 19 August
With Papaya, Immersion, Grand Cru, Everyplay and King
Less than 1 in 10 Indiegogo projects reach their goal
Trails Kickstarter by a distance
West on the rise as DeNA's Q1 FY13 sales up 10% to $526 million
But operating profit slides 8% to $171 million
MMOG Celtic Heroes dev recruits talent from Riot, Lionhead and Bigpoint
One Thumb Mobile adds six more thumbs
Kakao competition sees Com2uS' Q2 2013 sales down 8% to $18 million
Squeezed in SNS and RPG genres
Mobile mover: Namco Bandai opens up new Vancouver studio
Set to focus on North American market
Giant Interactive looks to mobile and web games to grow its player base
First inhouse mobile game due in 2013
Web ready: Amazon opens up its Android Appstore to HTML5 apps
Unveils one-stop-shop for web devs
The Room and Year Walk lead the mobile charge at Unity Awards 2013
And they're not alone