Interview
2014 in Review: Jude Gomila, Heyzap - Expect the rise of the idle game in 2015
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Staff
Jon Jordan
Job Title
Contributing Editor
Contact jon@pocketgamer.co.uk
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
Interview
2014 in Review: Jon Jordan, PocketGamer.biz - Beware the battle between Tencent and Alibaba in 2015
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Mobile Mavens
2014 in Review: The Mavens choose their Game of the Year
From Hearthstone to Monument Valley, Flappy Bird and Kim K...
Interview
2014 in Review: Jens Lauritzson, Flexion - China will dominate 2015's headlines
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Happy Holidays
Amazon gets into Christmas spirit with $220 app and games giveaway
Currency and IAPs also gain 30% discount
Interview
2014 in Review: Lasse Seppanen, PlayRaven - The future belongs to category-defining mobile games
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Interview
2014 in Review: Josh Presseisen, Crescent Moon - Make the games you’d like to play
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Interview
2014 in Review: Paul Baldwin, JoyBits - I'm still waiting for midcore to happen
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Interview
2014 in Review: Terence Fung, Storm8 - Our focus is winning in the west
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Mobile Mavens
2014 in Review: Mavens on Flappy Bird, fetishisation of the underdog, regulation, end of the gold rush, and moving beyond mobile
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Hot 10
2014 in Review: The top 10 most read stories on PocketGamer.biz
This year's top 10 stories
Interview
2014 in Review: Gio Zhang, SkyMobi - China will be biggest market in 2015
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Big In Bangalore
Steel Media and Reliance Games unite to launch Pocket Gamer Connects India in Bangalore
The next big market unwrapped
Interview
2014 in Review: Jesse Divnich, Tilting Point - As the market matures, consolidation begins
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Interview
2014 in Review: Mark Robinson, deltaDNA - Too many games are not making money
Future trends from past events
Investment
GameAnalytics get a C-Level talent injection and raises $5.5 million
Three from GoViral join the top table
Interview
Reliance Games' CEO on buying western studios and educating Indian devs at PGC Bangalore
Acting local and global
Interview
2014 in Review: Joost van Dreunen, Superdata - Mobile gaming is still brimming with innovation
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Extreme Ua
Following Machine Zone, uCool to drop tens of millions of dollars on Heroes Charge TV campaign
Running in US and globally until January
Interview
2014 in Review: Ashley Routledge, Full Fat - iPhone 6 Plus was a huge deal
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Characustomize
Game Insight supports 3D printing via Toyze
The Tribez units first to be available
Community
Palringo announces 35 million users, but expects 50 million by end of 2015
Community and gaming platform growing by 1 million a month
Interview
2014 in Review: Chris Akhavan, Glu Mobile - Expect more M&A consolidation in 2015
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Interview
2014 in Review: Reinout te Brake, GWC Investments - King's IPO was good for game investment
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Investment
Tencent co-leads $10 million investment into Dots developer
What comes next for Dots and TwoDots studio?
Interview
2014 in Review: Greg Richardson, Rumble - Monetisation will become a lot less aggressive
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Interview
2014 in Review: Mike Rose, tinyBuild - Breaking down the barriers between mobile and hardcore gaming
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Interview
We offer our Chinese clients global UA scale and expertise, says Adjust's head of China sales
Chris Rupp is outward-looking
Hot Five
Clash of Clans' $1.8B year, doing your own PR, and Kabam ditches web games
Last week's top 5 stories
Interview
2014 in Review: MJ Fahmi, Babil Games - Both developers and publishers must compromise
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Week That Was
Kabam drops web games, PlayRaven has $7M to reimagine F2P, and Clash of Clans will do $1.8B in 2014
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Investment
Qualcomm invests in Chukong as part of its strategic Chinese fund
Betting on synergies
Jobs Board
Kamcord, Flaregames, Goodgames and Innogames hiring
Positions available
Interview
Kabam on the fun at the core of its skill-based F2P brawler Marvel: Contest of Champions
It's Marvel. Don't mess it up
Investment
Off the back of $1.8 million Indiegogo tablet campaign, Jolla total funding reaches $42 million
Hardware and OS projects funded
Pivot
Games over: UK indie Lucky Frame switches from making games to running experimental events
We were uncompromising about the games we wanted to make
Interview
VR is a stepping stone to AR, reckons James Brooksby
What to expect at PG Connects London 2015
Tencent finally bringing Puzzle & Dragons to China
But is it too late?
Investment
Promising to shake up F2P grossing stasis, PlayRaven raises $4 million
Spymaster dev is making plans
Restructure
With the $4 billion Chinese mobile game market its big play for 2015, Kabam ditches web games
Sold off to RockYou
Interview
SimilarWeb on moving from comparative UA and app store data to providing app engagement analysis
Gali Arnon lifts the curtain on the app ecosystem
Joint Venture
Alibaba invests in Chinese mobile social platform KTplay as it builds out gaming network
Yodo1 spins out its Kryptanium tech
Social Network
Facebook is the place for casual and core games to conquer the world, says games man Bob Slinn
Social network reveals its best of the year
Interview
Speaker Spotlight: Matt Spall, Invisiplay
What to expect at PG Connects London 2015
Opinion
Apple's best games of 2014 over-indexes paid content once again
Following critical not commercial acclaim
Glu hopes to prove you can never have too many Kardashians in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
Kourtney and Khloe set to make their entrance
Interview
Indian dev 99Games on satisfying global tastes with Star Chef
Cooking up a tasty social gaming dish
Data
Superdata estimates Clash of Clans will generate $1.8 billion in 2014
Just keeps on growing
Interview
Gumi Asia CEO on bringing Sega's hit RPG Chain Chronicle to the west
Brave Frontier publisher's next release
Hot Five
Monster Strike rules Japan, Candy Crush bubbles up again, and the excitement builds for Gear VR
Last week's top 5 stories