2017 And Beyond
Why Behaviour Interactive is committing to big-brand midcore for the next 3 years
VP of mobile publishing Jimmy Gendron thinks big
Staff
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
What's Next?
People will be surprised by our second game, says Nordeus CEO Branko Milutinovic
Life after Top Eleven
No Tanks Required
Offering $30,000 for soft launch UA, Wargaming's WG Labs is looking for midcore mobile games to sign up
Natallia Pershyts explains the deal
Dos And Dont's
The cost of bad UX: why Star Wars: Commander hasn't reached Supercell-level success
Player Research CEO Graham McAllister on UX cardinal sins
A Little Moor Detail
Moor Games CEO Davon Robinson on Fetty Wap, real world rewards, and engaging multicultural audiences
The background and inspiration behind Fetty Wap: Nitro Nation Stories
London To Mumbai
With the India mobile games market set to explode, why Nazara is investing in UK devs
Two down, more to come?
Double Strike
PlayRaven CEO Lasse Seppänen on being bold and trying new things in the mobile strategy genre
A different strategy
Attack Of The Clones?
Will Clash Royale's success herald a wave of synchronous PVP imitators?
Mobile Mavens on clones and eSports
Mobile > Pc
Mobile games revenue to hit $37 billion in 2016, overtaking PC
Landmark year expected for mobile says Newzoo
Shuttered
Updated: Gumi shutters studios in Canada, Sweden, Germany, Austin and Hong Kong
First to try. First to fail. First to recover
Betting Made Legal
Nazara makes second UK investment with virtual currency gambling dev Mastermind Sports
Nazara takes 26% stake in London firm
Iap Inspector
Gifts galore: the monetisation of Tales of LINK
IAPs from the players' perspective
Enter The Future
The Future Group seeks Oslo-based UI designer for fusion of games, TV, and online shopping
"Not a game, content platform or eCommerce solution - it is all three"
Join The Apes
How to get a job at Vancouver developer A Thinking Ape
People Team Lead Alysia MacInnes shares insights
Fetty App
Hip Hop artist Fetty Wap bags mobile game deal with Creative Mobile and Moor Games
Fetty Wap: Nitro Nation Stories coming 3 May
Time To Compete
Smite dev Hi-Rez on three months of learning about the nascent mobile eSports market
COO Todd Harris is playing a waiting game
Apply Now
Barcelona-based mobile ad exchange startup Tappx is hiring a business development manager
Experienced analyst needed
Sustainable Coexistence
Clash Royale on track for $1 billion-a-year success, and all without cannibalising Clash of Clans
Clash Royale the world's top grossing game
Can It Last?
Miitomo set to generate $1 million in April 2016
So reckons SurveyMonkey
Riding The Waves
How Distinctive Developments moved from PlayStation and Java to F2P sporting success
CEO Nigel Little on 1994 consoles, 2001 feature phones, and 2016 smartphones
Taking Charge
GSN Games appoints Arun Dutta as Country Manager for India
Overseeing new projects and Bingo Bash live ops
Big Boots
How to get a job at one of Gameloft's 21 global studios
HR Manager Romain Delebecque shares insights
Time To Split
Cliff Bleszinski, Rami Ismail and Tim Schafer among the speakers for Croatia's Reboot Develop 2016 conference
Croatia's premier conference returns 28-30 April
Cogs In The Machine
Machine Zone hiring for live ops and engineering in Hamburg and Palo Alto
In the zone
Hello World
What do the Mobile Mavens think of Nintendo's mobile debut Miitomo?
Mario or Luigi?
Iap Inspector
Hardcore Heroes: the monetisation of Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2
IAPs from the players' perspective
Gdc Learnings
Indian Mavens discuss their GDC 2016 highlights
Back from San Francisco, what have they learned?
Listen To Your Players
Are you making the most of your user reviews? Not without Player XP
CEO Garry Barter on isolating helpful reviews
The Client's Always Right
NativeX is hiring a Developer Relations Manager
Courting clients and analysing performance
Never The Twain
Wooga on its tactical separation of core and casual development, and why wearables will trump VR
Jens Begemann and Wilhelm Oesterberg on the casual/midcore divide
Your Next Job
Helsinki developer Next Games is hiring a Full Stack Developer
The Walking Dead: No Man's Land dev looks to bolster Live Ops team
From Facebook To Mobile
Disney launches Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2, the sequel to its most successful social game ever
2012 Facebook title gets a 3D, mobile-only sequel
Tune In, Join In
How the deep Twitch integration of Amazon's Lumberyard engine will drive a new type of community and gaming
VP of Games Mike Frazzini on its multiplatform community approach
Vr Everywhere
Mobile Mavens reflect on GDC trends and highlights
Back from San Francisco
Still Building
10 years of Pocket Gamer: EA's Petri Ikonen reminisces on Digital Chocolate days
From Tower Bloxx to SimCity BuildIt
All Action
Japanese giant COLOPL on its struggle to grow a US mobile business, but its expectations for big VR success
Catching up with new CEO Jikhan Jung at GDC 2016
Headline Grabbing
5 key mobile game trends from GDC 2016
Key trends from San Francisco
Downsized
Apple announces a 9.7 inch iPad Pro, gunning for Windows users
Available 31 March, from $599
Bigger =/= Better
Apple announces iPhone SE, the most powerful 4-inch phone ever
Starting at $399
Affordable Wearable
Apple Watch price dropped to $299
New nylon band announced
Best Of Both
700-strong Chinese giant Locojoy moves west with Narvalous partnership and Palo Alto office
Three games coming West in Q2
Why Did Mickey Cross The Road?
Disney announces Hipster Whale collaboration Disney Crossy Road
GDC breaking news
Creativity Through Limitations
ZeptoLab's Eugene Yailenko on lessons learned from King of Thieves
From prototype to 24 million downloads
The Unsatisfied Mind
FRAMED designer Joshua Boggs on the self-destructive drive of creators
Chase happiness, not acolades
Speaking Volumes
Spry Fox's David Edery on Alphabear: post-mortem of a viral hit
Third time's the charm
Something To Build On
What EA's Petri Ikonen learned from designing SimCity BuildIt
How user testing saved the project
The Mobile Traps
The top 5 ways mobile developers are chasing away their own players
UserTesting's Michael Mace on what NOT to do
10 In 10
10 years of Pocket Gamer: Distinctive's CEO Nigel Little on the journey from FIFA on Java to Rugby Nations on iOS
10 questions, 10 answers, 10 years
Double Figures
10 years of Pocket Gamer: Gram Games CEO Mehmet Ecevit reflects on a decade in mobile development
10 questions, 10 answers, 10 years
Vr In Focus
COLOPL takes its VR focus global, promoting Jikhan Jung to head US operations
Aiming to publish several VR titles per year