LAUNCH: Future Gaming & Digital Conference puts out call for speakers
November event to bolster line-up
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Opinion: The flip from Casey's Contraptions to Amazing Alex will be the test of Rovio's longterm success
Why brand building matters
Sony Mobile posts 1.15 billion Euro loss in FY2011
Revenues fall more than 12% yoy
Trade bodies TIGA and UKIE out of touch with indies, reckons Mobile Pie's Will Luton
Both using broken business models
Apple on top in Japan as iPhone grabs 30% smartphone share in 2011
Year long sales hit 7.25 million
RIM unconvinced quad-core CPUs the right fit for BlackBerry 10
OEMs obsessed with specs, says Bocking
CTIA 2012: 'Mobile gaming will not kill the console,' claims EA CEO John Riccitiello
YouTube didn't destroy TV
PlayPhone picks up Red Herring Top 100 Americas award nomination
Mobile social venture praised for innovation
Sony pegs worldwide PS Vita sales at 1.8 million
Total surpassed in March
Nokia's Tango-equipped Lumia 900 launches across UK
Flagship sports updates out of the box
Urban Airship tops 20 billion push notifications on iOS and Android
65,000 companies on board
GREE, DeNA and 4 other Japanese social gaming firms outlaw 'complete gacha' mechanism
All releases, all platforms
DeNA to deliver 'safe environment' for young gamers with new spending limits
18 and below limited to ¥10,000 a month
Facebook locks in on location with Glancee acquisition
Discovery has its day
GREE announces plans to self-police social platform
Looking to deliver 'worry-free' environment
Acquiring 'one hit wonder' studios makes a lot of noise, but delivers little long term value, reckons EA CEO Riccitiello
Current trend making EA man 'anxious'
Freemium 'fad' fails more studios than it helps, reckons Days of Wonder's Hautemont
Developers should follow their own path
Metaio launches drag-and-drop augmented reality Creator tool
SDK already has 10,000 downloads
Ad engagement outfit SessionM raises $20 million in fresh funding round
Venture now valued at $100 million
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on the odds of an EA buyout
Everyone has a price
Samsung's bada-Tizen merger is go as 4.3-inch prototype is unveiled
Android back up in play
GREE and DeNA's share price down over 20% on back of Japanese investigation into 'gacha' IAP mechanism
Too close to gambling
Virgin Media challenges devs to deliver 'next Angry Birds' in 100 days
Game to be revealed at Eurogamer Expo 2012
Google Play passes 15 billion app downloads
Did it 'a few weeks ago', says Google
Atari hires former Glu CCO Giancarlo Mori for mobile focus
Set to serve as product development EVP
TIGA is 'not a charity', needs financial backing to fight industry's corner
CEO Dr. Richard Wilson hits back
EA to close social outfit Playfish's Tromso studio
21 jobs lost
Apple iPad pushes Kindle Fire out of the picture in Q1 2012
That's despite a shipment slip, notes IDC
Nokia shareholder files lawsuit, claims giant 'misled' investors over Windows Phone deal
Finnish firm hyped up Lumia
Molyneux on board as GameCity 7 returns to Nottingham in October
Event expands to full week
Draw Something brings brands on board as Zynga looks to shore up revenue
Draw what the advertisers tell you
Android to dominate as smartphone shipments hit 1.7 billion in 2017
Google to grab 48% share
Gameloft sales jump 14% in Q1 2012 to 44.8 million euros
Smartphone and tablet games make up 40%
Sony partners with Major League Gaming to bring competitive leagues to smartphones
Gameloft's Modern Combat 3 on board
TIGA guilty of looking out for itself rather than indies, claims Zee-3's Ste Pickford
Charging for self-pub guide goes against the grain
Samsung ships 2 million Galaxy Notes in first 5 months in South Korea
Sales also soar in China, Spain and France
Nokia plans bounce back with multiple Windows 8 tablets
Finnish firm 'happy' with Microsoft alliance
Samsung ousts Nokia to become world's top mobile manufacturer
8 year run comes to an end, claims IDC
6 out of 10 mobile developers don't generate enough revenue to break even
App Promo says marketing budgets are key
Motorola smartphone shipments up, but losses hit $86 million in Q1 2012
5.1 million units shipped
Paid games still alive and kicking on iOS, says Halfbrick
Growing happily alongside free-to-play
Unity appoints new North America VP and development director in recruitment drive
Former Disney man Soloman and Junl on board
OpenFeint founder Jason Citron launches 'post PC' social studio Phoenix Guild
Raising $1 million see funding round
Dropping Draw Something DAUs making Zynga investors nervy
OMGPOP acquisition branded a 'miscalculation'
Samsung and Apple surge points to smartphone duopoly in US
Giants control 40% of mobile market
GREE acquires US hardcore social publisher Funzio for $210 million
Set to support firm's global mobile platform
Facebook set for record breaking stock market debut from 17 May
IPO timetable now it SEC's hands
Move over Kickstarter: AppStori launches community platform to fuel indie development
Users can offer funds, feedback and promotion
Atari unveils 20 semi-finalists in Pong Indie Developer Challenge
Devs to submit playable builds by 5 June
Amazon's net income falls 35% to $130 million in Q1 2012
But Kindle Fire fuels strong revenues