Nordic Game 2014
'Kickstarter is your story': Cindy Au on crowdfunding successes, failures, and the evolution of Kickstarter
It's all about you
Staff
Chris Kerr
About What do you call someone who has an unhealthy obsession with video games and Sean Bean? That'd be a 'Chris Kerr'. Chris is one of those deluded souls who actually believes that one day Sean Bean will survive a movie. Poor guy.
Articles by Chris Kerr
Nordic Game 2014
Unity and Everyplay have power to "change the world" of game dev, says Oscar Clark
Better together
Nordic Game 2014
"I'm doing a bad job and getting away with it": Thomas Was Alone creator on devs embracing their flaws
"We can be a bit messy"
Mobile Mixer
Mobile rock ’n’ roll, embracing globalisation, and art vs. monetisation: Sparks fly at our Malmö Mobile Mixer
Stories from Sweden
Nordic Game 2014
Nordic success down to "strong tradition of storytelling", says Massive Entertainment MD
Polfeldt tracks the rise of Scandinavia
The Charticle
Has FarmVille 2: Country Escape planted the seeds of success?
Growing tall
Hot Five
Devs on the brink of murder, the truth behind loading times, and the sexual dilemma facing Candy Crush players
Last week's top five stories
Cutting costs: Australian Government pulls video game funding
Trouble down under
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: Blek and Minecraft fly high
5 May - 11 May, 2014
"We were about to murder each other": How Real Cricket 14's devs went from despair to 1 million downloads
Indie uplift
The Charticle
Has 2048 cloned success?
A numbers game
Hot Five
Family Guy's quest for cash, Windows Phone outsells iOS, and why Rovio's new publishing label is a 'magical place'
Last week's top five stories
Sponsored feature: How the Israel Mobile Summit 2014 is uniting mobile's brightest and best
4 years and counting
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
Singular vision: Zynga co-founder Schiermeyer to unite analytics and design at fresh mobile studio
Balancing the scales
Eastern promises: Chorus Worldwide aims to help developers take flight in Asia
West to East
Hot Five
Supercell called out at F2P conference, the making of Monument Valley, and does Family Guy deserve your cash?
Last week's top five stories
Charticle
Blizzard's Hearthstone shines strong in the East
But US is darker
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Nafna Games GM Nadav Barkama
Helsinki here we come
Unity to back Russian developers with launch of new Moscow office
For Russia with love
UKIE lifts the lid on free 'How To' games development event in London
Tackling the modern gamer
Can buy me love: Apple and Google offering devs promo spots for exclusivity
Wall Street Journal weighs in
When two become one: Microsoft announces official date for Nokia acquisition
New terms agreed upon
The Charticle
Did Monument Valley rise or fall in the global App Store charts?
Beautiful mediocrity
Hot Five
How indies can handle PR, why the industry owes a debt to homosexuals, and is the great crowdfunding crash nigh?
Last week's top five stories
PG Mobile Mixer: Windows Phone 8.1 dominates the conversation in San Francisco
Think. Drink. Connect.
Taking The Mickey
Former Disney SVP Javier Ferreira joins Scopely
The new COO on the block
The Charticle
How did the $9.99 Faster Than Light compete in the top grossing charts?
A measure of LTV
International Games Week Berlin brings in record numbers
Global visibility key to success
Parisian pow-wow: Game Connection Europe 2014 issues call for speakers
Deadline set for submissions on 30 April
Hot Five
Backflip heralds return of the publisher, we put Finland in focus, and the issue of gay people in games
Last week's top five stories
No Small Success
Minecraft hits 21 million downloads on mobile
Dev to hold live Q&A to celebrate
More Moneypenny
Glu Mobile bags 007 licence for F2P action
Title due summer 2015
Racing Rpgs
In Japan, Quiz RPG is catching Puzzle & Dragons
23 million downloads vs 25 million
SourceNext to publish Burn the Rope Worlds in Japan
Big Blue Bubble partners up
The Charticle
Which unlikely country was the first to see Boom Beach hit #1 Top Grossing?
The global game
Hot Five
Flappy Bird gets a 'sequel', Boom Beach fires its first shots, and is Candy Crush Saga causing obesity?
Last week's top five stories
Little Princes
Expanding the empire: King looking to bring in 165 fresh faces
The wolf of Wall Street?
That's A Relief
Applying for Tax Relief: British Film Institute unveils crucial cultural test guidelines
Applications now open
Checkin In
Habbo Hotel's Timo Soininen joins Small Giant Games
Serving as studio's new chief executive
The Charticle
Dissecting Surgeon Simulator
Pass me the scalpel
Hot Five
The making of Disco Zoo, looking back at GDC, and are mobile devs leaving mobile en masse?
Last week's top 5 stories
Sweet & Sour
King's market debut opens at 10% below IPO price
But mobile is still maturing
No Drift
Oculus: We've always been 'culturally aligned' with Facebook
Firm calls on fans to have faith
Two Heads Better Than One
Double Fine enters the publishing fray
Helping indies stay indie
Financial News
King set for $7.6 billion valuation ahead of NYSE debut
Top brass could sell up for multi-millions
The Charticle
Disco Zoo versus Tiny Tower
A lot has changed since June 2011
Unlocking Success
iPhone version of The Room had 12 percent conversion rate
Series now close to 10 million downloads
Massive Increase
WeChat boasted 335 million monthly active users in Q4 2013
Embracing mobile, embracing success