Investment
Gunjin Games gains investment from Ian Hetherington and Games Investor
Brighton studio up and running
Staff
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
We'll acquire western devs to generate $50 million by 2018 says Reliance Games CEO
Indian outfit investing to scale up
Jobs
Gumi hires ex-EA Sports Japan exec to head European push
Are Mack Growen changes continents
Bright Sparks
Nexon sees FY14 Q3 mobile revenues up 41% to $88 million
Japan still down, but Korea on the up
Investment
Scopely takes a big bet on its nextgen publishing philosophy with $35 million round
Doing things differently
Interview
PlayPhone's Anders Evju on viral tokens and social hooks
What to expect from PG Connects London 2015
F2P monetisation is extremely challenging that's why mobile devs need to learn about community, says Molyneux
World of Tanks and League of Legends show the way
MyGamez on why full localisation wasn't key to Hill Climb Racing's success in China
Test the water before investing heavily
Jobs
Flaregames snaps up growth hacking specialist Pascal Clarysse
German developer gains UA talent
Interview
Mike Bithell on finding success from aesthetic polish not the exploitative parts of the F2P business
What to expect at PG Connects London 2015
Interview
Jampp's Joff Hamilton-Dick: There's no one-shot answer for UA
What to expect from PG Connects London 2015
Rovio launches Angry Birds Stella in China with Alibaba
And promotes it via Chinese Idols
Save 33% on your PG Connects London 2015 tickets right now
Kicking off 13-14 January
With sales up 28,000% in 5 years, Goodgame is crowned German's fastest growing tech company
Don't blink or you'll miss it
Financials
Despite the strength of 'non-Candy Crush Saga business', King sees FY14 Q3 sales drop 13% to $514 million
But cash pile rises to $976 million
Jobs
Gumi Canada opens doors as Japanese publisher starts hiring in Vancouver
Building the perfect beast
80 currencies, 120 payment options, Paymentwall looks to monetise smart TVs
Going beyond the credit card community
Chart Of The Week
Everywhere is a boomtown for Com2uS, but especially Europe and Asia
Korea is now the laggard
Financials
With FY14 Q3 revenue up 28%, Gamevil looks to break $100 million mark for 2014
Profit up 185% to $9 million
Financials
Summoners War and Ace Fishing push Com2uS' FY14 Q3 sales up 102% to $85 million
Asia Pacific region dominates
Deal
French media outfit Ankama acquires Wizcorp for its HTML5 expertise
Japanese company's smarts impress
AppLift trio set up PocketWhale for transparent, fraud-free UA
Better, cheaper users
Deal
Fuse Powered buys Corona Labs to offer a one-stop shop for mobile development and monetisation
Consolidation extended
Jobs
Changyou CEO steps down "for personal reasons"
Publisher will now be run by co-CEOs
Financials
Changyou sees FY14 Q3 VAS revenue up 52% to $7.4 million
Core PC online titles see slight decline
Chart Of The Week
If you don't think in-game advertising can generate serious cash, look away now
A simple lesson from Glu Mobile
Hot Five
The return of Eggebrecht, the lifecycle of mobile games, and Nokia's not dead, just resting
Last week's top 5 stories
Financials
LINE Corp sees FY14 Q3 revenue up 17% to $210 million
Active user base totals 170 million
Week That Was
Debating F2P's soul, Glu's top financials and how the hot Helsinki scene just got hotter
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Financials
Ubisoft says FY15 H1 mobile game revenues already 45% higher than FY14
Sector growing very fast from a small base
Jobs Board
Hamburg is the place to get a job with Innogames and Goodgame recruiting hard
Positions available
Jobs
Gamevil opens Berlin office with ex-GameGenetics' David Mohr as GM
European expansion
Financials
Despite Kim Kardashian: Hollywood generating $43 million, Glu's shares drop 20%
Will Next Celeb sequel spark the bulls?
Financials
Thanks to Kim Kardashian, Glu Mobile sees FY14 Q3 sales up 199% to a record $65 million
Game generated majority of quarter's sales
Ex-DeNA, Kixeye-r Caryl Shaw on ditching F2P games to reclaim her soul with Telltale
She'll be telling all at GDC Next 2014
Monetizer Mavens
On F2P games' moral core, ability to unlock creative freedom and redistribute wealth
Our Monetizer Mavens lead the fightback
Osao Games and Nyamyam win big at Game Connection Development Awards
Plus Herocraft recognised for Warhammer 40.000: Space Wolf
Deal
From startup to consolidation in 2 months: Next Games buys Helsinki Gameworks
The Walking Dead dev gains talent and original IP
MyGamez kicks off gaming for China Unicom's set-top boxes with Tunnel Ground
The Finnish connection
Data
Despite growth of 73%, iResearch claims the $4 billion Chinese mobile games market is 'maturing'
Estimates Q3 market value at $1.1 billion
Deals
Rumour: GungHo Online buys 70% stake in PlayPhone to gain US and emerging markets reach
Android mobile social gaming network snapped up
Curiouser and curiouser: Shanda CEO steps down with immediate effect
The saga continues
Data
EA Mobile says audience for its mobile sports games is up 250%
Madden and FIFA Ultimate Team working their magic
Financials
EA Mobile sees Q2 FY15 revenue rise 64% to $123 million
Steady quarter-on-quarter
Interview
Turrican and Rogue Squadron dev Julian Eggebrecht on taking 4 years to make the perfect iOS fish tank sim
The big ambitions behind TouchFish
Chukong rolls out Cocos Services to provide one-stop mobile game-making shop
Adds monetisation, analytics and operations
Investment
Traplight Games raises $500,000 to launch user-generated social racer What on Earth!
Serial investors Nikolaj Nyholm and Henric Suuronen involved
Rise of Nations designer Brian Reynolds reboots Big Huge Games to revolutionise mobile strategy
DomiNations due in 2015, published by Nexon M
Playmob CEO Ower wins Talent Unleashed's The One to Watch award
Praised by Branson
Interview
Riccitiello will clarify our vision to help developers find an audience says ex-Unity CEO Helgason
Explaining the changes