Investment
Skillz raises $6 million for an aggressive UA campaign for real-money skill-based games
Total funding now over $13 million
Staff
Jon Jordan
Job Title
Contributing Editor
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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
Deal
Pint and publishing deal: Remedy and Flaregames sign Agents of Storm contract in London pub
Three quid well spent says Remedy CEO
Video
DeNA on why western best practices don't work in Asia
Kenji Kobayashi on acting local
Data
Mobile games are a force multipler for entire industry says US survey
ESA looks at how mobile engages new audiences
Video
Can Game Power Score Analysis really predict your game's commercial success?
Markus Ramark certainly thinks so
Data
Puzzle & Dragons hits 38 million downloads of which 5 million are in North America
Planning a community event to celebrate
Deal
Consolidation in mobile monetisation fragments then coalesces as Science Inc buys Upsight's PlayHaven ad network
Now focusing on our individual goals
Kiip claims its new reward video ads generate 77% view-through rates and up to $30 CPM
A new way to view
Interview
From charity to $3.5 million: How Grantoo became Fuel to drive competitive casual gaming
Driving the virtuous circle of player engagement
Investment
New company name, faces and direction as Fuel raises $3.5 million
Grantoo is reborn
Interview
Things3D on why its 3D printing platform will improve your game's longterm retention and monetisation
Chillingo co-founders get physical
Data
Apple sells 10 million iPhone 6s, but iOS 8 adoption rate remains slow
Five days, 25 percent uptake
Deal
How much money would a woodchopper game make if a woodchopper game would integrate Cashplay?
Timberman developer Digital Melody uses real-money platform
Chart Of The Week
Social casino game Slotomania generates 15% higher ARPU on Amazon than iOS
Reaching your target audience
Charitable hook up between Rovio and Playmob raises $28,000 from Angry Birds Epic IAPs
Building schools for Room to Read
Rumours
Ovum suggests Alibaba could make a $1.5+ billion move for Tango
What to do with its IPO warchest
Gameloft launches App Bundles, and Metal updates but only for A7 and A8-class hardware
Basking in iOS 8 love
Pangea Software quick off the mark with three App Store game bundles
Bundles priced from $6.99 to $12.99
Data
Like Fiksu, Tapjoy estimates iOS 8 adoption rate significantly lagging previous OSes
iPod touch the most updated device
Financials
With H1 2014 sales up 71% to $21 million, Feiyu Technology announces Hong Kong IPO plans
Xiamen Haloer+Cairot=IPO
Investment
Swrve raises $10 million to provide the tools enabling brands to grow the consumer relationship
Acero Capital leads the B round
Fortumo giving $5,000 UA spend to devs integrating its carrier billing SDK on Windows Phone
The third way
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: Maria Alegre and Sean Fannan
Chartboost co-founders on the up
Delete and make space: iOS 8 requires at least 5.7 GB of free space to install
Will Hearthstone and World of Tanks have to go?
Investment
Chobolabs raises $1.3 million to redefine competitive shooters on mobile
Round led by Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors
Vungle's new tech takes 300 milliseconds to decide between a pre-cached or streaming ad
Optimisation the experience
Chart Of The Week
Compared to Supercell, Microsoft paid 100 percent too much for Minecraft, says analyst
Digi-Capital crunches the numbers
Tango boasts its social stickiness as Road Riot breaks 1 million DAUs barrier
US social network looking for good games
Deals
Harmonix and Tilting Point working together for multiple mobile music games
Rock Band dev partners with mobile ops expert
It's not about the money. It's about my sanity, says a departing Notch
Minecraft founder is 'not a symbol'
Deal
Chinese investment group spends $10 million to acquire Star Girl franchise for fashion retail opportunities
Animoca will continue to operate young teen franchise
Deal
SkyMobi brings Battle Towers, Major Mayhem and Dungeon Quest to China
Small file size, big entertainment
Interview
Why there's no vanity in Super Evil Megacorp's plans for Vainglory
Rethinking MOBAs based on first principles and brutal player feedback
Chart Of The Week
Russians fighting for the Empire according to player choice in Star Wars Commander
Rebels need reinforcements in Europe and North America
Chinese publisher OurPalm says it's making a major investment into Unity
Part of a wider strategic reorg?
Jobs
Zynga appoints EA, Sony, Lionhead veteran Pete Hawley as GM
The rebuild continues
Deal
Halfbrick and iDreamsky bring a new version of Fruit Ninja to Tencent's mobile platform
Locked into QQ and WeChat users
Data
The intersection of iPhone-owning watch-wearers wanting to spend $349 looks small
Dirty straw poll suggests price is also an issue
Opinion
Quantified Self just boils down to Self: What I've learned from two years of wearables
Data versus life
Interview
Hoolai on why content is king in the saturated Chinese mobile game market
Although Tencent's help doesn't go amiss either
A matter of time: Apple Watch is announced but not available until 2015
From $349 device focused on health and communications
Apple supersizes with 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus
Also looks to shake up US retail payments
Jobs
Rumour: Changyou cuts 100 jobs at 17173.com
Looking to reduce staff costs
Interview
From IAPs to Clash Mobs: Chair on learning from the 50 million players of its Infinity Blade trilogy
Donald and Laura Mustard look back with pride
Mobile Mavens
Where next for user acquisition?
A powerful tool or a rich man's toy?
Jobs
SkyMobi poaches Glu Mobile China's GM to run its game operations
Gio Zhang to expand international sourcing and M&A efforts
Jobs
Adjust appoints ex-Upsight exec Shawn Bonham to head up APAC expansion
Japan and South East Asia on target
Investment
Adjust raises $7.6 million for US and Asian expansion
Active Venture Partners leads the round
Financials
Privatisation of Shanda Games takes another turn as a member resigns its special committee
Another twist in the tale
Financials
Leaked email reports Chukong's August 2014 sales up 130% to $28.5 million
Good news can't wait