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Craig Chapple
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About Craig Chapple is the head of content at PocketGamer.biz, leading the team's editorial direction and developing the conference agenda for our Pocket Gamer Connects conferences around the world. He has previously served as Senior Editor at PocketGamer.biz, as well as holding roles at Sensor Tower, Nintendo and Develop.
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Designing Candy
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Jeremy Kang discusses level design on match-3 games
Facebook Friends
How Facebook is tightly integrated into InnoGames’ UA campaigns
Uncovering users and adapting with new data
Paid Vs. Free
"Paid apps are truly dead”
But are they really?
Boss Remedy
Remedy names former RedLynx boss as its new CEO
Finnish studio hires Tero Virtala after 12 years at RedLynx
Gaming Ninja
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The creative director on designing a mobile sensation, and what's next
Thinking Big
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Retail giant's first time on the entertainment floor
Asia Bulletin
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Here's your weekly Chinese summary of the top stories in mobile gaming
Spending Habits
Chinese mobile game players spend more at midnight but play more at midday
Key user habits and profiles based on 100 million players
Simple Ua
Mobile marketing platform Simplaex reaches more than 50 million players in four months
100 million expected by the end of September
Cultural Clash
Cultural clashes are still holding back Chinese developers overseas
Companies should focus on quality over quantity, panel suggests
Total Dominance
Apple loses ground as Android swallows up 97% of India smartphone market in Q2 2016
iOS market share for the quarter fell to 2.4%
Zynga's Latest Exec
Zynga swoops for EA exec Matthew Bromberg as its new Chief Operating Officer
New exec will oversee business operations and Bangalore studio
Mobile Nation
iOS the most popular platform for UK games developers
Mobile leads the way
Banking Billions
App Store developers have earned more than $50 billion since 2008
July 2016 was a record breaking month for the marketplace
High Rollers
US casino operator splashes up to $170 million on developer Rocket Games
Management could earn extra $110m from acquisition
Reality Strikes
In Pictures: The Global VR Challenge
Visions of China
Virtual Winners
Global VR Challenge: The winners in the spotlight
The rising stars of VR games development
Very Big Indie Pitch
Very Big Indie Pitch comes to PG Connects Helsinki on 5 September
Pitches, prizes, indies...
Hunger Games
Hall of Fame: From Amiga to mobile with Future Games of London's Ian Harper
The studio's MD on dreaming of development and making it a reality
Poke Tumble
Nintendo's market cap drops $7 billion as company says Pokemon GO won't dramatically impact financials
Only owns a small slice
Top Draw
Finalists revealed for Global VR Challenge
Developers a step closer to winning from cash prize pool of $35,000
Under Pressure
Three games canned, daily reviews, little freedom: Why Gameloft Helsinki failed
The studio cancelled three games before its closure
No Stars
Rovio Stars on why it hasn't published a game for over a year
Matthew Wilson is getting fussy
Designs On Vr
Video: Resolution Game's Tommy Palm on what makes a great VR game
CEO discusses VR's future
Big Indie Pitch
Big Indie Pitch heads to Gamescom 2016 on 16 August
Come show us your game and win some prizes
Pc Challengers
Global VR Challenge: The PC VR contenders
We profile the developers targetting desktops
Successful Unity
Hall of Fame: The hinterland of thoughtful entrepreneur and Unity founder David Helgason
The co-founder of the game engine firm on his entrepreneurial beginnings
Born Free
“Don’t make a premium app on mobile unless you’re Monument Valley”
Leanne Bayley on why indies should consider embracing free-to-play
Vr Hyperbole
Hideo Kojima on virtual reality’s potential to change the world
"I really think the possibilities are infinite"
Mobile Challengers
Global VR Challenge: The mobile VR contenders
We profile the developers targetting smartphones
New Reality
Asobo: Augmented reality devices closer to market than you think
AR more user friendly than VR, says David Dedeine
Kitted Out
DeePoon VR dev kits make way to Global VR Challenge contenders
Developers ready their games for next round of judging
To The Test
Up to 90% of App Store views 'don’t generate installs'
The importance of A/B testing
Vr Challengers
22 games through to second round of Global VR Challenge
Developers a step closer to winning $35,000 worth of cash prizes
Pole Position
Hall of Fame: NaturalMotion's Torsten Reil on an exciting future of new genres
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Mixing With Vr
150 VR experts enjoy night of games and networking at London’s BFI
Judging underway at the Global VR Challenge
World Class
Hall of Fame: Branko Milutinovic
The CEO of Top Eleven studio Nordeus on discovering games as a career
Last Chance
Global VR Challenge submissions close today
Get your mobile VR game in front of global experts and journalists
Dreaming Of Vr
Can Google Daydream be the driving force for a booming VR market in China?
Headset shipments could reach 80m in 2018, claims DeePoon
China Challenge
How can western developers break into the fast-growing Chinese VR market?
DeePoon's Leon Zhang offers helpful advice
The Final Countdown
Global VR Challenge submissions close on Monday
Get your mobile VR game in front of global experts and journalists
Swift Education
Apple wants to ‘revolutionise' how people learn to code with Swift Playgrounds
Education app only available on iPad
In Control
Apple TV to get iPhone controller support
Support for four gamepads coming soon
Game And Watch
Game Center coming to Apple Watch
New enhancements for WatchOS 3
Number Crunch
650 million people play Facebook-connected games each month
So says global games partnerships director Leo Olebe
Sharing Is Caring
Blizzard integrates Facebook Login into Hearthstone, World of Warcraft and more
Social Blizzard