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Jon Jordan
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Articles by Jon Jordan
Vungle raises $17 million to deliver in-app video ad monetisation tools and exchange
Also opens a Berlin office as part of aggressive expansion
Zynga and the gaps: Talking real-money gambling, third-party publishing, and success in Asia
Repositioning the company
Opinion
As DeNA's financials disappoint, can casual games like Bingo PartyLand bring it success?
Platform problems in a superhit ecosystem
Glu Mobile sees FY13 sales down 2% to $106 million, but buoyed by Q4 growth
Predicts a profitable 2014
Opinion: It's a global hit, but Flappy Bird is probably only making $6,000 a day
Banner ads just don't make the money
Troubles in Japan and the West as DeNA sees FY14 Q3 revenue slide 20% to $408 million
Platform approach is creaking
Video gameplay sharing tech Kamcord integrates into Unreal Engine 3
Now part of the official Integrated Partners Program
Develop in Brighton 2014 opens speaker submissions
Got something to say? Tell them by 7 March
China In 2014
Beyond games, the big mobile battle will be payments, says App Annie
Riding the year of the horse
It all ads up: Adways partners with InMobi
Asian specialist gains global reach
Charticle Special: What Flappy Bird's success tells us about social openness and geopolitics
Looking at the outliers of this week's viral phenomenon
Gamevil levels up with longterm deal for Dark Avenger dev Boolean
The M&A chain combo builds
KongZhong makes a $16.5 million strategic investment in OurPalm
Two floated publisher look for synergies
China In 2014
Beware the clash of Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu and 360, warns Yodo1
Riding the year of the horse
It's official: Puzzle & Dragons is the first mobile game to $1 billion in revenue
Makes up 91% of GungHo's $1.5 billion 2013 sales
Ludia signs up to integrate SessionM's real-world rewards program across portfolio
Building on success in Family Feud & Friends
China In 2014
10 app stores now have the distribution power, reckons Glu Mobile
Riding the year of the horse
Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: Glu gears up and an old dungeon opens
This guy will play anything that's free
Going native: CyberAgent's Q1 FY14 mobile game sales rise 14% to $96 million
DQM Super Light already shining
"NaturalMotion deal isn't symbolic. It's an accelerator for Zynga."
COO Clive Downie predicts 50% of 2014 revenue will be from mobile
Short Cuts: More videos from Pocket Gamer Connects 2014
The whats, whys and wherefores
Scott Steinberg steps up to become GM for Phoenix Online
Gabriel Knight dev expands global biz dev role
Opinion: Forget the cash. Zynga's NaturalMotion deal is much bigger than Supercell-SoftBank-GungHo
Can CSR drive Zynga back into the fast lane?
China In 2014
Chinese devs are going international now, says PapayaMobile
Riding the year of the horse
Chart of the Week: The graph that's killing Nintendo
A simple plan?
Zynga sees FY13 sales down 32% to $873 million
But losses narrow to $37 million
Monetizer: Epic Empire
Pocket Gems' action-RPG town-builder mash-up
PocketGamer.biz Top 30 Chinese Developers of 2014: The complete listing
Who's who in the fastest growing market
Power of mobile ads: Facebook's 2013 sales up 55% to $7.9 billion
Now a majority mobile outfit by users and revenue
Thanks to Quiz RPG's TV ads, Colopl sees FY13 sales rise 230% to $170 million
Profit up 306% to $33 million
China In 2014
Distribution fragmentation is over, says Wandoujia
Riding the year of the horse
PocketGamer.biz Top 30 Chinese Developers of 2014: 10 to 1
From CMGE to ?
A new flow: The making of Dark District
How Kabam reinvented mobile strategy
China In 2014
WeChat heading for 30% market share, says Chukong
We're riding the year of the horse
Lockscreen ad platform start-up Buzzvil raises $3 million from Softbank
Got your screen
PocketGamer.biz Top 30 Chinese Developers of 2014: 20 to 11
From Hoolai to Magic Universe
EA Mobile sees Q3 FY14 sales up 13% to $97 million
Simpsons leads - lifetime sales now $130 million
Gameloft sees 2013 sales up 12% to $320 million, but misses guidance
Blames game delays and weakness of the dollar
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: Dave Castelnuovo
Looking to do more with less
The Charticle: Just how powerful is an Apple Game of the Year award?
Tracking Ridiculous Fishing, Device 6 and Badland
Chart of the Week: Why the 288% rise in US CPI costs is good news
Unsustainable model finally breaks?
Shanda Games receives $1.9 billion offer to take it private
Shanda Interactive and Primavera make their move
Puzzle & Dragons goes pink with Hello Kitty mash-up event
Dragons withs hair clips
Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: One big arrival and a massive clear out
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
Chart of the Week: They're lucrative but how open are Korea, China and Japan to western content?
You need to think local
Short Cuts: Videos from Pocket Gamer Connects 2014
The whats, whys and wherefores
Umeng reckons first WeChat games had 1-day retention of 32%
Market analytics from China
The Asian app market grew 162% in 2013, accounting for 41% of global sales
And it's only going to get bigger
Sony Pictures launches its first original mobile IP - Suits and Swords
Mixes Blackjack with RPG