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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
London Calling
TIGA's 2015 Smartphone and Tablet Conference will feature speakers from Rovio, Natural Motion, and more
A day of networking and talks in West London's Dolby Theatre
Laying The Foundations
Current VR tech is "relatively primitive" and "expensive," says Oculus creator
Palmer Luckey: "It is inevitable that it will become better"
Going It Alone
Boomlagoon founder Tuomas Erikoinen goes solo with Part Time Monkey
Former CCO steps down to pursue indie dev
Seriously Seeking
Seriously is hiring a UA Manager for its LA office
Best Fiends dev hiring UA expert with at least 2 years' experience
A Little Bird
Apple opens a gaming-specific App Store Twitter account - @appstoregames
The Apple Games Editors get social
Social Impact
Bandura Games hires 35-year industry veteran Randy Angle as new CCO
Company's debut game to be announced soon
No Disclosure
Machinima settles FTC charges of "deceptive conduct" over paid YouTube reviews
Undisclosed promotional videos reached over 30 million views
Sanity Not Vanity
Only 2 of the App Store's all-time most downloaded games feature in top grossing
Highlights download-revenue discrepancy
Good Advice
How IndieDevKit can educate indie devs for business success
Make informed decisions
Wrist Action
Minecraft goes wearable (sort of) with Gameband
Gameband+Minecraft lets you craft on any PC
Iap Inspector
Examining the slow pace of island life in Paradise Bay
IAPs from the players' persepctive
The Other Side
Devs responsible for how they implement our #actuallyfree Underground system, says Amazon
The motivations and goals behind the initiative
Suits You
King appoints ex-Burberry man as Chief People Officer
Mark Taylor brings 20 years' experience
Global Ambition
Hero Entertainment on bringing its FPS eSports hit Crisis Action to the west
Crisis Action has 10 million DAUs in greater China, looking west for more
Gobbling Up
PAC-MAN 256 achieves 5 million downloads
Arcade classic meets leader of the new school
Value Of Nothing
Why Amazon Underground is broken for F2P games
Ultimate Robot Fighting borked
New Approach
Amazon unveils its Underground store, where devs get paid $0.002 per minute of player time
Flipping the model
Berlin Calling
Berlin studio Wooga seeking experienced strategy game designer
Designer wanted to polish strategy game prototypes
Iap Inspector
Pulled taut: the monetisation of Angry Birds 2
The IAP Inspector examines Rovio's F2P sequel
Changing Direction
Why Tequila Games developed Earthcore; the game that wanted to be a CCG
Radek Smektala and Marcin Traczyk on the making of Tequila's CCG
Guilt Trip
Bugbyte on how it's using push notifications to attack pirates' conscience
Sales up 15 percent
Bigger Things To Come?
League of Legends dev Riot Games makes time-limited debut on mobile
Live for one month only
Can't Beat The Original
Tencent pulls its version of hit game Tower of Saviors as players reject harder monetisation
Mad Head's original version remains popular
Cutting Edge
Pixel Toys on moving out of its startup phase with Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade
Gunfinger developer talks growing pains
The Iap Inspector
Dark Ages: The monetisation of Age of Empires: Castle Siege
IAPs from the players' perspective
Hockedoff
Clint Hocking leaves Amazon Game Studios for reasons unclear
Former Valve and LucasArts man departs
Finding Audiences
Ex-Lionhead man Keith Anderson joins Wargaming to run European marketing
Connecting players to games
Expanding The Nest
Rovio spreads its wings with new country director for India
Anurag Sachdeva is taking Angry Birds east.
Ua Play
MMX Racing looks to boost install rates with PlayCanvas playable 3D ads
Early engagement
Istanbul-built, China-bound
iDreamSky snaps up Chinese publishing rights for US hit Toy Blast
Will its healthy US grossing translate Eastward?
Step Up
MobilityWare promotes former COO Jeff Erle to CEO
The California firm shaping up for the future
Get Hired
How to get a job at one of Remote Control Productions' 14 studios
Creative Producer Knut Gollert reveals top tips
The Few Among The Many
Cost of buying a loyal user rises 30% to $3.21
Download volume also rises
Leaving Beta
Autodesk announces release date for its $30 workflow-oriented Stingray game engine
Going live 19 August
Two And Growing
How to get a job at Helsinki mobile games indie Two Men and a Dog
GM Ville Heijari reveals top tips
Summoning Downloads
Local branding campaigns power Summoners War beyond 40 million downloads worldwide
Com2uS USA on understanding your market
Messiah Complex
Bethesda vs. the F2P bogeyman: Why Fallout Shelter's success is built upon a false premise
Pete Hines' messaging has been off-key
July Gloom
Following GREE, Kixeye is latest SF company to shed jobs
Hasn't made the mobile transition
Major Players
Spil Games expands exec team with hires from Bigpoint and Ubisoft
Jan-Michel Saaksmeier and Christian Godorr join the team
Casually Connect
Register now for the GungHo and Pocket Gamer-hosted Playphone Summer Bash at Casual Connect
12 August - remember the date
Open Arms Around The World
Why Google's Niantic Labs is taking Ingress' success and scaling up to an open platform
Anne Beuttenmüller shares insights
The End For Ouya
Razer confirms all-cash Ouya acquisition, with software and staff assimilated into Forge TV operation
All-cash deal sees Razer strengthen its Android TV business
Rare Treats
Despite Fallout Shelter's success, Bethesda's not ready to open mobile game floodgates
Not developing for mobile "unless it's a good fit."
Creative Control
NetEase's Success Fund offers up to $500,000 for indie mobile games
Promises an alternative to traditional publishing model
Jobs In Germany
Angry Birds Epic developer seeking several new faces for its Munich office
Plus vacancies from Zeitland and It Matters Games
Apply Now
How to get a job at Berlin casual developer GameDuell
Head of HR Rüdiger von Hennig reveals top tips
Your Move
Relentless on why casual devs should look to board games for inspiration
Life after Buzz
Signed And Sealed
OKAM Studio signs publishing deal with Deep Silver Fishlabs
An "instant genre classic" in the making
Iap Inspector
Mainly the same but a bit different: The monetisation of Siegefall
IAPs from the players' perspective