Chart of the Week: Looking to make money on Google Play? Launch in Japan and South Korea
Both nations make more revenue that US
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Apple: 93% of our customers are running iOS 6
Users keeping up with updates
[Updated} Com2us triples its monthly mobile users to 28 million in less than a year
Korean pub attracting 4.8 million users a day
Betting the Farmville: Zynga acquires casino gaming specialist Spooky Cool Labs
Firm 'expanding into new game categories'
Opinion: iOS 7 is the product of an Apple without Steve Jobs...and it's all the better for it
When innovation turns to consolidation
Supercell eyes up Asia as Clash of Clans heads for Japan
Expanding its kingdom
The crown jewels: Candy Crush's King looking to cash-in with IPO
Hires banks to pursue initial offering in the US
BlackBerry 10 opens doors to Android Jelly Bean apps
Simulating success this summer
Chart of the Week: Advertising makes up just 5% of mobile and portable gaming revenue
Reacting to the King
British breakout: GameDevUK unveils plans for nationwide events
Starting with Rezzed in Birmingham
GungHo's Puzzle & Dragons hits 15 million users in Japan
Still adding 1 million new users every few weeks
Hot Five: iOS 7 gets spruced up, PS Vita boosted by PS3 games, and why Xbox One's awful E3 matters for mobile devs
Last week's top five stories
Samsung dismisses analysts' Galaxy S4 concerns, claims sales are 'fine'
'It's been selling well,' says CEO
Google to close ad mediation platform AdWhirl
Consolidating operations around AdMob
Chart of the Week: Handheld games still generate more ARPU than mobile
But mobile's base is far, far larger
King's decision to drop advertising a sign of the industry 'maturing', says PapayaMobile
Hanage says devs need to work out what works
New 'Windows Everywhere' ad campaign hints at massive restructuring at Microsoft
Windows 8 and Windows Phone could be merged
Halfbrick: Success is no longer about counting download numbers
CMO Larsen says its all about creating value
Nokia finally calls time on Symbian, shipments to cease this summer
808 PureView the last handset
EA looking to boost Real Racing 3 take up on Android with ZTE deal
Set to be pre-installed on OEM's handsets
Confirmed: Apple opens door to licensed iOS game controllers
Details specifications for new pads
King to pull in-app advertising from games library
Looking to provide 'uninterrupted entertainment'
UPDATE: Apple-licensed controllers to launch for iPhone and iPad later in 2013
Looking to implement gamepad standards
Mobile marketplace: Apple to allow developers to sell on their apps
App Store acquisition becomes a reality
Apple lining up to take on Unity in iOS 7, says Chartboost
Sprite Kit signals a shift in direction
Ridiculous Fishing and Badland win big at Apple Design Awards
Sky Gamblers also honoured
Opinion: Why Xbox One's erratic E3 matters for the mobile market
One vision, one platform, one big problem
First look: iOS 7 bursts the bubble that green felt was Game Center's only issue
Redesign does little to lift by-the-numbers approach
PS Vita boosted by cloud gaming as Gaikai features at Sony's PS4 reveal
First the US, then the world
All change: Apple unveils 'flatter' iOS 7 for autumn launch
WWDC delivers the goods
Apple: App Store hits 50 billion app downloads, with 93% of titles downloaded each month
$10 billion paid out to developers
Rovio nabs Nokia veteran Teemu Suila to serve as new COO
Set to 'steer corporate development'
Out There: Supercell turns Supercycle as studio treats staff to bikes
Keeping things turning over
Apple to stream iOS 7 reveal live on the web
WWDC set to lift lid on 'flatter' OS
Chart of the Week: Move over mobile tablets to enjoy near 50% CAGR between now and 2016
Newzoo predicts the next 3 years
Hot Five: Why you need to spend $56,000 to have a hit iOS game, Supercell teams up with GungHo, and is Candy Crush the new Angry Birds?
Last week's top five stories
Desperate, but not yet dead? The industry responds to Zynga's downward spiral
Mobile Gaming Mavens talk job cuts
Chat app Tango makes move on games with Gameloft deal
Set to integrate 'entertainment' into platform
iPhone now accounts for 4 out of every 10 smartphones in the US
But Android still in charge, says comScore
Bringing out the big guns: Microsoft bolsters Windows Phone, Windows 8 with Halo
Spartan Assault exclusive to MS platforms
Drawing nothing: OMGPOP reportedly shuttered as Zynga restructures
$180 million for 15 months of business
Android holds half US smartphone sales, but iOS and Windows Phone growing faster
Kantar claims BlackBerry blown away
Opinion: King's Candy Crush is enjoying its 'Angry Birds moment'
Developer living up to its name
Hot Five: Vlambeer worries about F2P, Unity goes free and Halfbrick talks Fish Out of Water
Last week's top five stories
Unity to offer 'discounts on future purchases' rather than refunds to existing licensees
Valid for devs who signed up in last 30 days
We didn't want to 'shoe-horn' in F2P: ustwo's mills on opting for ads in Blip Blup
But monetisation experiments will follow
Keflings dev NinjaBee on the 'crazy potential' of Windows 8, and the cross-platform appeal of Xbox One
'Tons of devs' love cross-platform, says Bascom
Whale Trail developer ustwo launches dedicated games studio
Hires three 'high-profile' members of staff
Opinion: Mobile missing-in-action as Microsoft and Sony blunder into next-gen
Talk about a bad start
Smartphones expected to land central role in Xbox reveal
Next Xbox could adopt Metro UI and more