Opinions And As*holes
Rami Ismail on how developers trained gamers to have unreasonable expectations
The bar's set too high, but we're to blame for setting it
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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
Was It Worth It?
Bossa Studios on the confusing, exciting, unprofitable development of an Apple Watch launch game
Vince Farquharson speaks out at Develop:Brighton
Plus One
Helsinki dev Two Men and a Dog looking for experienced game programmer
"let's make the coolest games on the planet together"
Stacking Papers
Pop-up game Tengami made 90% of its $1.1 million sales on iOS, and still sells strongly
Not bad for a £55,000 investment
Strength In Big Numbers
Square Enix Collective on the power of IP and the psychology of crowdfunding
What's been learned?
Against The Odds
8 things you need to do to become a successful eSports developer
Smite dev Hi-Rez shares insights
Bottom-up
Nordeus on the importance of optimising for low-end devices
Srdja Stetic-Kozic and Tomislav Rakić share insights
Back To Basics
Why three-man-indie Framebunker is going iOS, paid and niche core
Nicholas Francis and Charles Hinshaw's vision
Get Hired
How to get a job at Berlin mobile developer Wooga
Head of HR Vera Termühlen reveals top tips
Going Deeper
Game Insight on why mobile games need to move beyond 5-minute toilet sessions
Time sinks not tinkle breaks
Too Many Too Similar
Why the App Store doesn't need any more Clash of Clans clones
Now is the time to do something different
Overseeing Recruitment
Wooga appoints Vera Termuhlen as Head of Human Resources
Bringing 9 years' experience
Angel Returns
Prolific investor Klaas Kersting acquires stake in ZupCat
flaregames CEO sees Argentinian promise
Not A Smash
Supercell shuts doors on Smash Land development
Expiry date: September 1st
Hacker Defence
How Space Ape evolved its anti-hacking strategy from Samurai Siege to Rival Kingdoms
How to not let them get away with it
Untapped Potential
In-app messaging inspires 3.5 times higher retention
But only a third use it
Master Your 'craft
Microsoft encourages classroom crafting with 'Minecraft in Education' portal
Getting teachers up to speed
Riccitiello Speaks
Unity CEO John Riccitiello on GaaS, EA vindication, and his $5,000 Clash of Clans habit
A chat from Unite Europe 2015
New-look Board
PlayFab bolsters Board with Mitch Lasky and Emily Greer
Also hiring in Seattle and Berlin
Fresh Ingredients
How ex-Sony Liverpool startup Starship found itself making a VR cooking simulator
A chat with the Liverpool studio from Unite
Hot Five
Korean UA trends, "view-to-play", and the sustainability of Fallout Shelter
A glance at last week's top stories
The Iap Inspector
How Rival Kingdoms: Age of Ruin generously monetises the hardcore
IAPs from the players' perspective
United For The Future
Riccitiello keynote kicks off Unite Europe 2015, betting big on mobile ads and VR
"Democratise, solve hard problems, enable success"
Gearbox Guru
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford to deliver keynote at Develop:Brighton 2015
30 million-selling studio president with never-before-seen talk
Families First
Google Play spotlights family-friendly no IAP, no connectivity content, including Halfbrick's latest
No IAPs or ads for educational Fruit Ninja spin-off
Hot Five
Digging deep with Fallout Shelter, Goodgame goes casual, and Clash of Clans matures
A glance at last week's top stories
Week That Was
Fallout Shelter's success, E3's future, and #PCGSanFran speakers in the spotlight
The past 7 days in bite-sized chunks
Geared Up
Cryengine update adds supports Android TV and Oculus Rift
And more VR support to follow
Vita In A Phone?
Snail Games bringing its $400 Android gaming smartphone to US
Makes others "look like casual gaming devices"
Fresh Jobs
Berlin's GameDuell recruiting for 5 high-profile roles
Developers, Artists, Engineers, and more
Mobilising The Hardcore
Despite $20 max IAP, Fallout Shelter already making millions
Main series stopgap gets the hardcore spending
Android Meets Vr
Razer's latest OSVR dev kit brings Android support and position tracking
Shipping in July
Staying Premium?
Square Enix reveals stylised puzzler Lara Croft Go for mobile
Tomb Raider in the style of Hitman Go
Big Winnings
Claiming a third of all eSports revenue, Skillz says it's paying out $500,000 every week
eSports eclipsing real-world sports, says CEO
Fishing For Donations
Palringo launches 2015 IAP charity drive with rare fish event
Pledging 50 percent of Fishing Bot's revenue
Hard Life
Scarcity of resources: The monetisation of Fallout Shelter
IAPs from the players' perspective
Diversification
Bethesda goes mobile with Elder Scrolls: Legends and Fallout Shelter
Mobile outings for Fallout and The Elder Scrolls
Suits You
Steady as she goes: The monetisation of Lara Croft: Relic Run
IAPs from the players' perspective
Kalypso's First Baby
Right place, right time, right price: the making of Crowntakers
The story behind Kalypso's first mobile game
Playfab For All
PlayFab broadens access to its live game services with its Free Tier
Offering stronger retention and monetisation
A New Page
3 million downloads of Beast Quest game boosts original book up the charts
Spin-off game inspires new readers
Storming China
NetEase to publish Zen Studio's CastleStorm in China
Chinese rights negotiated
Devs Invited
Developers can now sign up for Magic Leap's augmented reality SDK
AR firm courts creators
Koukoi Games
Ex Rovio and Nokia staffers form hardcore-focused Finnish studio
Mobile first, console later
Unshackling Devs
Nvidia announces AndroidWorks, a tool suite to streamline Android development
Developer-friendly toolset accompanies Nvidia Shield
Rewarding Venture
SMS rewards platform Yoyo gains funding from GREE and KLab
Looking for southeast Asian expansion
Softbank, Hard Cash
Accel sells out, allowing SoftBank to bring its Supercell stake to 73%
Supercell to remain independent despite SoftBank further growing its stake
Unconsole To Mobile
NetEase secure Chinese mobile publishing rights for nWay's ChronoBlade
Action RPG eyes up the Asian market
Expert System
Futureplay Games decloaks as Finland's mobile game dream team
Says video ads are the future
Shooting For Your Gold
War on freeloaders: The monetisation of Frontline Commando: WW2
IAPs from the players' persepctive