Interview
Why Aeria Games ditched PC to reboot as F2P mobile publisher PlayNext
Going for maximum growth
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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
Perfect World spends $100 million to join group taking Shanda Games private
Complexity in China
Interview
Forget installs - what’s your game’s deep engagement event?
Midverse's Jim Rainey talks replacing CPI with CPE+
Interview
Crops with Clans: How Zynga rethought FarmVille 2 for the post-Facebook generation
Planting a new set of seeds
Wartune is generating 40% of Hoolai's mobile revenue
Q1 mobile revenues have tripled
Monetizer
Does Royal Revolt 2 make a run on your wallet?
Rise of the republic
Promiscuous Gamer
The invasion of IP: Star Wars, Game of Thrones and Family Guy
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
Time To Grow
Fuse Powered: Developers need to get to grips with their advertising
Darren Keyes on making the most of FuseBoxx and AdRally
No Fees
TapSense launches $10 million fund for RTB users
Get 100% of your ad money
Building A Bridge
How AppFlood’s RTB smarts will help unlock China’s mobile ad market
PapayaMobile’s Chris Hanage on the opportunities
On The Up
Kabam expects 2014 sales to be at least $550 million
That's growth of more than 35%
Next Up
Aeria Games rebrands for mobile F2P as PlayNext
Launching into RPGs and sports management
Open Doors
AppFlood rolls out RTB platform to bring China into global ad ecosystem
Powered by Amazon for low latency fulfilment
New Wave Publishing
Why Tilting Point’s success will come from talent, marketing, and data
Monetiser Special
Comparing the monetisation efficiencies of Boom Beach and Clash of Clans
End Of The Road?
Little Worlds Studio: Mana Crusher's Kickfailer is our last chance for survival
Time running out for French developer
Shanda Games Europe announces first mobile release
Rhinesoft's Happy Tribes inbound
Market Bias
Developers need to go orthogonal or get a publisher, says Scopely CEO
Intergame 2014
Tackle outsourcing and recruitment challenges at Intergame 2014 in Estonia
Bridging northern and eastern Europe on 14-15 May
Sharing The Success
NHN Singapore and Cherry Credits deals double number of publishers with rights to Million Arthur
Square Enix's hit comes to 5 new Asian markets
Diary Of A Promiscuous Gamer
Week of the Big Uninstall
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
Reaching Out
Our business is 40% mobile, but it will be 70% by year's end, says Crobo CEO
Growing UA outfit on market transition
Another Ipo
Chinese app distributor Cheetah Mobile files for $300 million IPO
Kingsoft subsidiary stepping up
As designers Clint Hocking and Kim Swift join up, Amazon Game Studios sneak peaks 8 new games
Splinter Cell and Portal designers are now onboard
Japanese, Korean and Chinese mobile market growth will drive total games industry to $120 billion by 2017
Asia is the engine, says Digi-Capital
Thrills and kills: How Industrial Toys reimagined the shooter for the touchscreen
5 million ways to accelerate the vision
Sega Sammy invests in Emblem of Falkyrie dev Mynet
Strengthening smartphone capacity
Game Insight hits 5 million players on Windows and Windows Phone 8
Off to a good start
Acquisition News
UA outfit Crobo acquires rival TrafficCaptain
Start of German consolidation
Core tablet game developer Industrial Toys raises $5 million
Accel Partners leads the charge
Capcom takes a $48 million charge on underperforming mobile and PC online games
FY14 net income downgraded by $19 million
Welcome to the jungle: 10 challenges and opportunities in the Chinese mobile game market
GMGC 2014 raises a fist to your ear
Opinion
43 reasons why differentiation is the key challenge for Chinese developers
Generic heroines ahoy
Gmgc 2014
Trends in mobile games advertising 2014
Going native with programmatic sophistication
Gmgc 2014
If you want to IPO in China, you have 6 months, says Ourpalm VP
Market sentiment is cooling
Gmgc 2014
We need to find growth that's not based on more users, says Youzu CEO
Better IP means more higher value opportunities
Gmgc 2014
ZQgame announces $100 million M&A investment fund
Looking for equity in devs, publishers and distributors
Gmgc 2014
Chinese web game developers on their mobile false start
Gamewave, Dovo, Youzu and Manyougu reveal their pain
Gmgc 2014
Tencent aims to dominate Chinese market with new Tencent Mobile Game Platform
Will launch with 40+ games
Gmgc 2014
Chinese developers need to let PC games go, says LineKong CEO
Welcome the new age of mobile opportunity
Boom Times
Chinese mobile games market grew 156% in 2013 to $2.2 billion
Estimated to be worth $6.9 billion by 2016
Opinion
Game journalism and my part in its decline
From Edge to the diary of the Promiscuous Gamer
Video Report Bonanza
GDC 2014 Short Cuts: The rise of VR, the potential of wearables, and more or less F2P
Lights, camera, action
Let The Betting Begin
Creative Mobile signs up for Cashplay's real-money wager tournaments in Drag Racing
Go head-to-head or pay for big skilled-based events
Tested By Millions
Get more from your publishing platform with PikPokPlus
Veteran developer opens up for all
Hot Five
Top 50 Developers, 3 guys making BioShock in a garage, and the power of FUUU
Last week's top five stories
Profitable Move
Mobile games generate $100 million for Tencent in Q4 2013
While FY13 revenues rise 38% to $9.9 billion
Financial News
Shanda Games sees FY13 mobile revenues rise dramatically to $79 million
But Q4 is down 21% as Million Arthur player churn
Top 50
PocketGamer.biz unveils the Top 50 Developers of 2014
The list in full
Chart Of 2010-2014
The six ever-present companies in our Top 50 developer lists
And the eight ranked between 2011-2014