UKIE to host student and indie conference at Staffordshire University
One day event on 20 May
Nintendo automatically pushed F2P game to 3DS systems via SpotPass
A captive audience
Samurai Siege success pushes Space Ape Games past revenue of $12 million
CEO talks scaling, communities, launching in Japan
Oculus: 'John Carmack did not take any intellectual property from ZeniMax'
No stolen code identified in SDK
Helping hand: App Annie launches 2 free services to help devs overcome 'mobile's biggest challenges'
Advertising Analytics and App Store Optimisation are go
Investment
Ex-Rovio team Boomlagoon raises $3.6 million for F2P character-driven gaming
Northzone leads the round
Level up: Rovio announces new publishing label LVL11
Looking to do things outside Angry Birds
Mobile Mavens
Firing blanks: Is there any hope for the FPS on mobile?
Our Mavens debate
The Charticle
Did Family Guy's quest for cash push it to the top of the charts?
Simpsons successor?
Hot Five
Former Supercell man aims to fire up F2P, how to win at Hearthstone, and the indie who couldn't afford to be indie
Last week's top five stories
Apple's 30% in-app purchase cut criticised as Comixology pulls IAPs on iOS
Android version also impacted
Hook up with Julian Gollop, Jason Della Rocca and the PlayStation open day at Digital Dragons
Not forgetting the Pocket Gamer Big Indie Pitch
Pg Connects
4 reasons why Pocket Gamer Connects is ideal for indies
I heart Helsinki
TIGA: More than 4,600 jobs to be created in UK games industry in next 5 years
Survey points the way to strong growth
Infographic
The 24 countries where Windows Phone is outselling iOS
Fortumo reveals the spots
'We don't really like developing on iOS,' admits FTL dev team
Justin Ma says studio is PC 'at heart'
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: Hitman and Spider-Man team up to hit top
Our new exclusive charts courtesy of Apple
Chukong and Microsoft extend Cocos2d-x hackathons to boost games on WinPho
Plus six best practices you'll need to make the leap
UKIE to host Global Accessibility Awareness Day game jam in London
Running 16-18 May
Meet and greet: Pocket Gamer goes on tour this May
All aboard the Pocket Gamer Bus
Oh Canada: Full Indie Summit set to return to Vancouver in August
Two day conference is back
Glu Mobile sees Q1 2014 sales up 81% to a record $44.6 million
Boosted by Deer Hunter 2014 and Eternity Warriors 3
Acquisition
Core meets casual: Glu Mobile dashes to pick up PlayFirst in $15.6 million deal
Opposites attract
Meet up with PocketGamer.biz at GMIC Beijing
Back in the hottest market in the world
Kabam, NaturalMotion, Wargaming.net and EA join the debate at Game Monetisation Europe 2014
Talking money from 14-15 May
Singular vision: Zynga co-founder Schiermeyer to unite analytics and design at fresh mobile studio
Balancing the scales
The Iap Inspector
How to win at Hearthstone without handing over stacks of cash
IAPs from the players' perspective
PG Connects: Speaker videos from London event now available
Get insights from King, Rovio, Chukong, App Annie, Tencent...
Eastern promises: Chorus Worldwide aims to help developers take flight in Asia
West to East
Ben Cousins leaves DeNA to become free-to-play consultant
Ready to go solo
Puzzle & Dragons hits Japanese arcades with real-time multiplayer mode
Prove you're the best at ¥100 a go
Increasing by a factor of 2048: Nextpeer adds 1.5 million users a day to Android multiplayer network
Team is 'racing to keep up'
The Finnsider
The next big thing: How Supercell's former analytics ace Achrén set about firing up free-to-play
The story of Next Games
Calling All Devs
Question time: The huge summer developer survey is here and we need your views
Share your thoughts and win a ticket to PG Connects
Yodo1 and ZeptoLab are bringing Cut the Rope 2 to Kakao
Both companies going Asian
Financials
In the absence of major releases, Gameloft sees Q1 FY14 sales up just 4% to $77 million
Looking to Modern Combat 5 and Asphalt Overdrive
Chart Of The Week
How Rovio’s growth stacks up against Mojang, King, and Supercell
Embattled birds
TIGA criticises PEGI's 'unreasonably high' fees as hurting small game studios
Why pay for ports?
Financials
Pause or decline? Rovio sees 2013 profits drop 51% to $37 million
Sales up 2.5% to $215 million
Mobile Mavens
Would Oculus have caught Facebook's eye without the Kickstarter kick?
And should backers get a refund?
Financials
Wartune and TLBB decline as Changyou posts Q1 2014 loss of $19.5 million
But revenues up 2% to $181 million
Charticle
Blizzard's Hearthstone shines strong in the East
But US is darker
Life's a beach: UKIE plans a seaside stand for Gamescom 2014
Networking on the sand
Stateside
Early access needs to be a premium proposition, not a borked beta test
Carter Dotson on following the Vlambeer model
One Microsoft: Elop claims "possibilities are endless" for newly acquired Nokia
Deal goes through
F2p Summit
BRIC by BRIC: How Brazil, Russia, India and China are building F2P success
Glispa MD Tim Nilsson on the shifting balance of power
DevGAMM Moscow 2014 expands with Unity, Vlambeer, Facebook and Wargaming
For mobile and online companies on 15-16 May
F2p Summit
Player to player economies: Why mobile needs to do it, and how Hay Day did it badly
Vili Lehdonvirta of the University of Oxford explains all
Tencent tells 'Mark Zuckerberg' to find real friends on WeChat
Spoof TV ad from South Africa
Update: More big names join Frogmind, Grand Cru, King, Remedy, and Ubisoft for PG Connects
Even more big names heading to Helsinki