Speeding Away
From Lithuania to India: The making of Chhota Bheem Speed Racing
How a Lithuanian studio topped charts in India
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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
Out Of The Park
How Glu Mobile became an ambassador for Major League Baseball
What value can mobile developers offer to partnering IP holders?
Cut-price Sale
Baidu sells mobile gaming business for $173 million
Getting out of the games space?
Health Through Play
Therapeutic mobile game developer Tilak Healthcare raises $2.7 million
French digital healthcare startup get big investment
Still Switched On
Color Switch surpasses 150 million downloads in 15 months
Still going strong with 20 million downloads in last three months
Mobile Mavens
Why does Clash Royale have no worthy competition?
A year on, why has there been no challenger for the Clash Royale crown?
Disrupting The Market?
Rakuten and Blackstorm want to disrupt Japan's mobile industry with launch of HTML5 social game platform RGames
Post-app store technology outfit teams up with Japanese ecommerce giant
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Wooga's Rebecca Harwick on how to get a job as a Lead Writer
Some top tips in building a career as a game writer
Iap Inspector
How does The Elder Scrolls: Legends monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Seriously Profitable
Best Fiends franchise generates more than $65 million in revenue
Seriously making $100,000 a day
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Seriously on the evolution of Best Fiends
CCO Petri Järvilehto on the game's life so far
Indian Mavens
Is access to funding for Indian games companies improving?
How should Indian developers approach investment?
Not For Your Eyes
From game jam to indie hit: The making of A Normal Lost Phone
Accidental Queens' Diane Landais on the smartphone as a setting
Free To Roam
Gameloft on designing an open-world F2P mobile game with no limits in Gangstar New Orleans
The Gameloft Montreal team discuss a project two years in the making
Mobile Mavens
Can international mobile game developers still find success in China?
Is there still a way in for developers from abroad?
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Flaregames' Tara Brannigan on how to get a job as a Community Manager
Some top tips in building a career in Community Management
Now Playing
Now playing: Prettygreat's Phil Larsen on Triple Town
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Apps Become Platforms
Are we heading for a post-app store future?
Blackstorm's Michael Carter and Ernestine Fu on the rise of the super apps
Still Going Strong
Summoners War hits $780 million in lifetime revenue
Com2uS RPG generated $280 million in one year
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Com2uS on the evolution of Summoners War
Lead Developer Min Young Jung on the game's life so far
Instant Hit
Users play EverWing on Facebook Instant Games for an average of one hour per day
Blackstorm Labs CEO Michael Carter on early successes in post-app store gaming
Birthing Heroes
A team effort: The making of Alliance: Heroes of the Spire
Behind the scenes with Mark Spenner
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: 6waves' Ernest Wong on how to get a job as a Director of Product
Some top tips in building a career in product management
Life Goes On
Why Tag Games is offering external live ops for developers
Could it be the future?
Permanent Spotlight
NimbleBit, Zach Gage and Untame praise the App Store's new indie games section
“I think it has the potential to be really great,” says Gage
Iap Inspector
How does Alliance: Heroes of the Spire monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Live And Kicking
Two years on: EA on the evolution of SimCity BuildIt
Live Service Lead Inka Vikman on the game's life so far
A Perfect Match?
Can traditional analogue game mechanics make successful F2P casual titles?
231 Play on going back to basics to find a niche
Indian Mavens
Indian mobile game developers discuss Youzu's new Pune office
And potential Indian investment
London (and Brighton) Calling
How to get a job at Mediatonic
Recruitment Manager Jake Kimber shares insights
Back From San Francisco
Mobile Mavens reflect on their GDC 2017 trends and highlights
What sticks in the memory?
Same Philosophy
Pixonic on maintaining its quality-first ethos after Mail.Ru's $30 million acquisition
Don't treat your players like the enemy, says COO Igor Klyukin
Out-spending China
Why mobile developers shouldn't ignore the high-spending Middle East
Tamatem CEO Hussam Hammo on the challenges and opportunities in MENA
Point Proven
Vainglory ignored casual players "to a fault" in pursuit of eSport legitimacy, says Super Evil Megacorp
But now it's redressing the balance
More Than Fun
What's the potential for eSports in India?
And does mobile have a part to play?
Thinking Long-term
Why ZeptoLab is moving into midcore publishing
Head of Publishing Mike Sviblov explains all
A New Experience
Shadowgun Legends will do monetisation "completely differently", says Madfinger
No timers, no energy
Establishing Priorities
Kuato Studios on learnifying gaming and not gamifying learning
Creative Director Kris Turvey explains the game-first approach
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Big Huge Games' Brad Fisher on how to get a job as a Game Designer
DomiNations Game Designer shares career insights
Now Playing
Now playing: EA's Devin Nambiar on Summoners War
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Rip Tablets, Long Live Switch
Flashback Friday: The death of tablet gaming gives Nintendo Switch its best opportunity for success
There's a gap forming, and Nintendo should fill it
Puff Out Now
How a non-gamer found App Store success with single-mechanic "digital toys"
The story of The Frosty Pop Corps
Making Waves
How 6waves is helping Chinese developers find a Western audience
And bringing Western games Eastward
Insert Coin
Retro style, modern medium: the making of Evil Factory
Lawrence Koh and Jaeho Hwang on updating the shmup for F2P
Cardboard Foundations
10 million Google Cardboard VR viewers have been shipped since 2014
And Google Cardboard apps have racked up 160 million downloads
Safe For Kids
Kid-friendly ad platform TotallyAwesome raises $2 million
Set to launch PopJam in Australia and Southeast Asia
Portable Only
Some Nintendo Switch games can only be played in portable mode
VOEZ is the first
Chart Topper
Chhota Bheem Speed Racing racks up 1 million downloads and 500,000 DAUs in India
Nazara Games and Tiny Lab Productions team up
Wield Control
Samsung unveils new Gear VR controller at Mobile World Congress
Catching up with Daydream
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Nordeus' Aleksandar Aleksic on how to get a job as a Producer
Top Eleven Producer shares career insights