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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
Video Interview
FunPlus CEO on building global success from Beijing
Chinese company makes a reverse play
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Kimberly Unger, Bushi-go
Any game can benefit from simplification
Financials
Perfect World praises mobile's 'meaningful revenue contribution' as Q1 FY14 sales rise 44% to $143m
Return of the Condor Heroes doing the business
Interview
Perfect World on successfully simplifying Chinese games for western audiences
How Lies of Asaroth became Elemental Kingdoms
Game Over
Israeli backend services outfit Applicasa is shutting down
Servers go dark 31 July
Interview
Why Chorus is bringing western indie mobile games to Japan
Big, simple market is ripe for new content
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Jiri Kupiainen, Shark Punch
We've reached 'Peak Bird'
Jobs
Vungle looks to triple staff in 2014; appoints Ville Heijari to head Europe
Video ad outfit on the rise
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: JV Chardon, HasOffers
#clones versus #originals
We went local and thought global at our PG Mobile Mixer in Tallinn
Thanks to Creative Mobile, AdCash and Intergame
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Arthur Chow, 6waves
The global opportunity
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: Patrick 'Mad' Mork
Looking to replace consoles with tablets
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Colin MacDonald, Channel 4
Broadcaster's games guru on the challenges of money
Financials
Nexon sees Q1 2014 mobile game sales down 4% to $70 million
Accounts for 15% of overall revenue
Interview
SkyMobi CEO on why he's looking to succeed in China by publishing western casual games
Quality drives the opportunity
Moneti$er Special
Opinion: Why your game needs to load within 30 seconds
Time is power
Financials
Castle Clash boosts IGG's FY14 Q1 revenue 206% to $44.1 million
Generated $13.6 million in profits
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Ben Cousins
Ex-DeNA man now ripping it up freelance
Promiscuous Gamer
Three crazy - and not always in a good way - Japanese games come west
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
Deal
Berkeley's California Memorial Stadium rebranded as Kabam Field
Getting the name out there
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Corey King, ZenFri Inc
Clandestine: Anomaly man on future visions
Interview
We're very enthusiastic about Diner Dash 10, says Glu CEO de Masi
Context of $16.5 million acquisition revealed
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: Scott Foe
The challenge of the infinitely replayable game
Making Of
Eastern monetisation meets Western UX: The making of Heroes of Honor
Henric Suuronen on Nonstop Games' debut
Investment
Ex-Rovio team Boomlagoon raises $3.6 million for F2P character-driven gaming
Northzone leads the round
Interview
Perfect World CEO Robert Xiao on its 'balanced transition' to mobile games
Mobile games will not destroy PC market
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Alexander Krug, Softgames
Go HTML5 or die!
Hook up with Julian Gollop, Jason Della Rocca and the PlayStation open day at Digital Dragons
Not forgetting the Pocket Gamer Big Indie Pitch
Interview
Kamcord raises $7.1 million to drive discovery through gameplay videos
Record, share, download and play
Glu Mobile sees Q1 2014 sales up 81% to a record $44.6 million
Boosted by Deer Hunter 2014 and Eternity Warriors 3
Acquisition
Core meets casual: Glu Mobile dashes to pick up PlayFirst in $15.6 million deal
Opposites attract
Meet up with PocketGamer.biz at GMIC Beijing
Back in the hottest market in the world
Deal
LINE partners with Wandoujia to grow in China
Taking on WeChat in its own back yard
PG Connects: Speaker videos from London event now available
Get insights from King, Rovio, Chukong, App Annie, Tencent...
Advertising Data
AppFlood sees Q1 2014 traffic up 46% but ad spend is up 62%
Android network extends reach
Moneti$er
Variation in the dollar value of reciprocity in 15 F2P mobile games
Giving it all away?
Yodo1 and ZeptoLab are bringing Cut the Rope 2 to Kakao
Both companies going Asian
Financials
In the absence of major releases, Gameloft sees Q1 FY14 sales up just 4% to $77 million
Looking to Modern Combat 5 and Asphalt Overdrive
Financials
Pause or decline? Rovio sees 2013 profits drop 51% to $37 million
Sales up 2.5% to $215 million
Financials
Wartune and TLBB decline as Changyou posts Q1 2014 loss of $19.5 million
But revenues up 2% to $181 million
Promiscuous Gamer
Becalmed in mid-range grind, and surprised by Family Guy's 'Second Mexican' problem
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
Monetizer Special
Comparing the relative performance of Boom Beach, Frontline Commando 2, Royal Revolt 2 and HonorBound
Beyond damn lies and statistics
Interview
Zynga deal goes beyond the price tag - it's about putting quality first, says Torsten Reil
NaturalMotion CEO on company synergies
DevGAMM Moscow 2014 expands with Unity, Vlambeer, Facebook and Wargaming
For mobile and online companies on 15-16 May
Tencent tells 'Mark Zuckerberg' to find real friends on WeChat
Spoof TV ad from South Africa
Monetizer
Shooting for success with Frontline Commando 2
Glu brings franchise back up-to-date
Garden-in' & Leave
Zynga founder Pincus out, as Alex Garden becomes head of studios
New chief marketing and visual officers hired
Tough times for Zynga as Q1 2014 sales drop 36% to $168 million
Heavy losses expected to continue into Q2
Ruzzle developer MAG Interactive wins Swedish Tech5 award with growth of 5470%
And looking ahead with release of Ruzzle Adventure