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Future trends from the remembrance of things past
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Jon Jordan
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About A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon is Contributing Editor at PG.biz which means he acts like a slightly confused uncle who's forgotten where he's left his glasses. As well as letters and cameras, he likes imaginary numbers and legumes.
Articles by Jon Jordan
Spectators All
2015 in Review: Skillz's Andrew Paradise on why 2016 is the year of mobile eSports
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Top Plays
2015 in Review: Pocket Gamer, PocketGamer.biz, AppSpy and 148Apps on the best games of the year
Action stations
Shake Out
2015 in Review: N3TWORK's Neil Young on why 2016 will see a UA shake out
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
All Change
2015 in Review: Nordeus' Nikola Cavic on why 2016 will see significant change in game discovery, eSports and China
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Data Based
2015 in Review: Shared2You CEO Brett Bauer on the rising value of data for competitive analysis
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Talking Heads
2015 in Review: Pocket Gamer, PocketGamer.biz, AppSpy and 148Apps on the biggest news of the year
What happened?
Big Beasts
2015 in Review: Activision acquiring King was huge market validation, says Storm8's Perry Tam
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Rise Of China
2015 in Review: NetEase's Tom Van Dam on the global rise of Chinese mobile games
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
All Change
Spellgun goes both ways, refreshing Chinese hit Papa Three Kingdoms for western release
Game flow is now both ways
New Process
Distributed UK startup Rocket Lolly announces it's working on an "iconic IP"
Game due in 2017
Valued Customers
Why French startup Mana Cube is focusing on CRM not UA for its longterm success
Nicolas Godement-Berline on player satisfaction
Friend Of The Stars
2015 in Review: Glu Mobile CEO Niccolo de Masi on building his deck with Katy Perry, Britney Spears and Nicki Minaj
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
All About Now
2015 in Review: Mobcrush's Koh Kim on the rise of mobile streaming and eSports
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Trumping The Rest
How EA Mobile's Galaxy of Heroes is winning the Star Wars app store battle
Card-collection game is top 50 in the west
More Pigs, Better Pigs
2015 in Review: Rovio's new head of games Wilhelm Taht on a big year coming
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Taking Back Control
Why Age of Empires designer Bruce Shelley thinks mobile strategy games are dissatisfying ... and what he's done about it
A new strategy
Alive And Kicking
Scopely shows it's alive with Telltale crossover event for The Walking Dead: Road to Survival
IP MASH UP
Future's Perfect
Presence Capital launches $10 million early-stage VR and AR investment fund
Investing in the vision thing
Wrist Action
How Everywear generated 25% D-30 retention in its Apple Watch game Runeblade
Always on
View For Pay
Are ads the way to monetise on Apple TV?
Tactile Labs is experimenting
Kiss The Watch
It's time for N3TWORK to launch its debut ultra mobile game; Mafia Watch
Collect and Protect
Hot Pocket
Smach Team takes to Kickstarter with its 'Steam-on-the-go' handheld dream
Only 841,000 euros to go
New Behaviour
Updated: Looks like Bethesda has hired the original Fallout Shelter dev team, setting up a new Montreal studio
Yves Lachance leads the charge
Mechs On The Move
NetEase to publish Dawn of Steel in China
RTS hits Asia
New Star
Instagram is offering Facebook-class UA campaigns but with cheaper CPI
Nanigans crunches the numbers
Galaxy Of Opportunity
Why Samsung's boutique Galaxy Apps store is a "great opportunity for indies"
Mihai Pohontu is looking for the best
A New Hope
To Star Wars: The Force Awakens and beyond: How Disney is shooting for midcore mobile success
Nate Etter on the opportunities ahead
This Month's Face
CrowdStar launches its monthly Covet Fashion program with Scream Queens' Emma Roberts
All about the cover star
Network Effect
Palringo claims it can drive installs through its network at $0.44 CPI
Cheap trick
Building Roi
DeltaDNA hires Rovio, DeNA, Sega veteran David Zemke to optimise US performance
The numbers stack up
Squad Power Up
Emerald City signs up with Flaregames for next titles in Lionheart RPG franchise
German publisher gains another convert
Smart Brains
Danger at every turn: the making of The Walking Dead: No Man's Land
Sulka Haro on shuffling towards success
Feedback Button
Video: The power of customer support for F2P gaming success
Simon Hade on listening to complaints
Going Deeper
Paris mobile startup Mana Cube emerges, ready to reinvent the dungeon crawler
Kobojo and Gumi Europe vets combine
On The Up
Animoca Brands raises $3.5 million to expand portfolio and enter ebooks market
Brands the way
Long-term Players
Is a 200 basis point increase for Dawn of Titans' 30-day retention significant?
Monetizer Mavens get numerate
Mobile Cadence
Why games-as-a-service not Fallout 4 has been key to Fallout Shelter's ongoing grossing success
Content not consoles
Portfolio Effect
Storm8's Ramine Darabiha on the challenges and opportunities of running 45 games-as-a-service
The power of many titles
Right Tool
Video: What are the different types of game UX professionals?
Graham McAllister sub-divides
Baltic Gateway
Video: Why Estonia is a great place for your startup
Creative Mobile CEO in the place to be
Apply Now
Deadline for GameFounders' Malaysia game accelerator program is 20 Dec
Come to Kuala Lumpur
Small Island
Video: A brief history of Iceland's game developers
Jon Thoroddsen looks back and forward
New Battles
Tencent releases Nekki's 90 million downloaded Shadow Fight 2 in China
A whole new territory
Trumps?
FTUE: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
EA builds a deck
Watch This
Next Games' top tips for making money from incentivised video ads
Mitchell Smallman on the watching economy
Discovered Gem
RetroEpic's A Day in the Woods wins Spil Games' $50,000 Unsung Heroes competition
Re-engagement initiative a success
Social Urge
Why Solitaire dev MobilityWare is looking to buy studios and bet big on social casino
The plan for 2016
First 10 Minutes
FTUE: Eternal Arena
NetEase's new action-RPG started
He's Back
Machine Zone rolls out the big guns with Schwarzenegger-faced TV campaign for Mobile Strike
More front than Kate Upton?