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Matt Suckley
About Matt is really bad at playing games, but hopefully a little better at writing about them. He's Features Editor for PocketGamer.biz, and has also written for lesser publications such as IGN, VICE, and Paste Magazine.
Articles by Matt Suckley
Learn From The Best
5 things we learned about Supercell from Ilkka Paananen's BAFTA Games lecture
The world's least powerful CEO in the spotlight
Winding Back The Clock
Paid game subscriptions now live on iOS
Can subscriptions thrive in a F2P world?
Something From Nothing
Opportunity to build a team from scratch as Head of Studio at "blank slate" startup Skill Nation
Power to recruit own team at Amsterdam-based skill games studio
The Hunt Is On
"My goal as the CEO is to be the dumbest guy in the company"
TreasureHunt CEO Kyle Smith talks hiring the perfect team and drawing inspiration from Pixar
Mobile Mavens
Mobile developers react to iOS 10's Limit Ad Tracking changes
Can the UA market cope?
Crashing Head-on
Why Richard Hazenberg left Lunagames after 12 years to pursue real-time game Destruction Derby Multiplayer
Swapping casual for synchronous PvP action
Pgc Helsinki Speaker Spotlight
1010! and Six! developer Gram Games on its game-specific UA approaches
UA Manager Kerem Alemdar explains all
Disconnected
If retention is the most important metric in mobile games, why are we turned away when we lose connection?
An easy way to kill momentum
Gtr Accelerator
Global Top Round incubator awards 10 studios $50,000 each to develop their games
Mentorship and publisher access on offer for the selected studios
Pgc Helsinki Speaker Spotlight
UA expert Eric Seufert on his new challenge at marketing agency Heracles
Weighing up in-house UA vs. life at Heracles
Pgc Helsinki Speaker Spotlight
Mana Cube on its "Player Happiness Agents" and going the extra mile with customer service
CEO Nicolas Godement-Berline on the soapbox
Indian Mavens
Is Shilpa Shetty's newly co-founded Viaan Studios set for success?
Leading Indian developers weight up the new studio's chances
Apply Now
Angry Birds Action developer Tag Games hiring Producer and Senior Game Designer
Dundee-based studio now hiring
Mobile Focus
How to get a job at Forge of Empires developer InnoGames
HR Director Andreas Giesa shares insights
E3 On Borrowed Time?
Updated with post-Gamescom impressions: Mobile Mavens discusss Gamescom's B2B-meets-consumer approach
Mobile Mavens discuss the ideal trade show
Money Makers
Community-funded startup Janeious on designing games for the high-spending 1%
Mark Peterson on the psychology of an affluent mobile gamer
The Time Is Soon
Wooga on establishing a scalable smartwatch gaming market ahead of Apple Watch 2 and watchOS 3
CEO Jens Begemann on Fish Time and experimenting with IAP
Learn From The Best
What other mobile shooters should learn from Glu Mobile's Rival Fire
The case for Rival Fire as a best-in-class shooter
Scaling Up
1010! developer Gram Games on opening a new London studio and developing midcore games
New recruit Alex Willink reveals all about the company's plans
Good Catch?
Endemol Shine sets up new London studio Good Catch Games, developing official game of YouTuber KSI
Hiring Product Manager, UA Manager, and Head of Development
Be The Baddies
Why Turbine wants you to see yourself become the villain in Batman: Arkham Underworld
Behind the scenes with Executive Producer Athena Peters
Party With Pocket Gamer
Join Pocket Gamer, Rovio and KamaGames for the PG Connects Helsinki Party
Register for PGC Helsinki to get access
Apply Now
How to get a job at Ruzzle developer MAG Interactive
HR Manager Ida Wate shares insights
Back From Cologne
5 things we learned at Gamescom, GDC Europe and Respawn 2016
Three conferences, one week
Now In Soft Launch
Indian studio June Software signs publishing deal with Tango, soft launches Warrior Dash
Game launched in seven markets
The Puppy Gets It
Goodgame Studios cuts 100+ jobs as it ditches casual and PC client games to focus on core
RPGs in, casual games out
Ready For Launch
Ex-LucasArts and EA vet Darrell Rodriguez joins mixed reality firm CastAR as CEO
Zynga's former SVP of Games, Steve Parkis, joins as COO
War Theory Meets Supercell
Plarium on the Strategic, Operational, and Tactical levels of war in Clash Royale
Guy Ulmer on the games disrupting the flow
Strategy And Celebrity Titles Incoming
Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty sets up new Indian game developer Viaan Studios
Indian handset manufacturer Viaan Industries diversifies
No Code, No Problem
Apple has featured more than 50 games made in codeless dev tool Buildbox
Engine behind Color Switch powers Apple's favourites
Exposing Hidden Talent
PlayJam and Marmalade vets join to launch new UK publisher PlayStack
Founded by former Marmalade CEO Harvey Elliott
See You In Cologne
Updated: Pocket Gamer's Gamescom and GDC Europe 2016 party and networking guide
Drink, eat, and chat after-hours
New Frames Needed
How to convert your freemium-hating colleagues to F2P
MegaZebra's Matthew Laurence on challenging stigma
Learn From Experience
Pitching advice from 45-year industry stalwart Don Daglow
How to sell your vision
No Babysitting
OKAM Studio on empowering designers with Godot Engine's adventure game framework Escoria
Ariel Manzur on letting designers design
Secret Service
Unity Finland working on mysterious "revolutionary" Project X
Jussi Laakkonen teases details
All Aboard
Ex-Kabam COO Chris Carvalho joins G5 Entertainment's board of directors
Mobcrush and Playfab investor on board
Nearly Free-to-play
Top Indian indie games selling at $0.15 apiece as part of Indian App Store's Independence Week
Four Indian Mavens featured
Child's Play
Kids' game publisher TabTale crosses 1 billion downloads
Tel Aviv studio scores big with family-friendly angle
The Xtra Mile
Backend as a Service provider Clan of the Cloud rebrands as XtraLife, gives devs open source access
Wandrille Pruvot appointed new CEO
Premium Or F2p?
Indian Mavens discuss Blyss and the power of an App Store feature for paid games
Is premium still too risky?
Ready To Grow
Unity relocates Brighton office to newly-built CityView tech hub
A 16,124 square foot commitment
Be In The Running
2016 Unity Awards now open for submissions
Categories include Best Mobile Game and Best VR Game
Together Again
Matthieu Burleraux named Business Development Director as Playlab snaps up ex-Gumi trio
Yevgeniy Maiboroda and Charlotte Gailledreau also incoming
All About Volume
Why 25-person Israeli studio Ilyon Dynamics releases up to 10 games a week
From army officers to casual game developers
Time To Network
Pocket Gamer and G-STAR to team up for the best industry party at Gamescom, in association with G2A
Join us for drinks and networking on 17 August
Mobile Mavens
Do mobile game developers actually care about Nintendo?
Does NX bridge the gap to mobile, or is it more of the same?
Multiplayer Made Easy
New V-Play feature lets devs implement real-time and turn-based multiplayer for free
Multiplayer implementation with less than 100 lines of code
Freeing Resources
Third-party Pokemon GO apps "hurt" game and delayed Latin America launch
Niantic explains why it blocked them