Short Cuts: 15 predictions for the future of mobile games in 2014
Video interviews from Game Connection Europe
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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
PG Connects speaker spotlight: David McCarthy, Metaps
The opportunity is huge across the whole of Asia
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Tim Wicksteed, Twice Circled
Get a handle on your game's scope and think small!
Official figures underestimate Chinese mobile games market in 2013 by up to $300 million
Just growing too fast?
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Ricardo Flores, Biodroid
Don't forget about Brazil
Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: Considering Kabam's hits and misses while driving a beat-up BMW 2002 tii
This guy will play anything that's free
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Ken Asakura, Adways Interactive
Ad networks need to improve their transparency
2013 In Review: Top 10 Charts of the Week
All the peaks and troughs
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Wilhelm Taht, Playground
2014 is time to experiment with monetization techniques
Plain Vanilla's CEO on why QuizUp won't be an easy-come easy-go fad like Draw Something
22 million new reasons to expect global success
Plain Vanilla strikes while QuizUp is hot, raising $22 million
Trivia quiz app prepared for a big 2014
Gumi raises $18 million, also forms a joint venture with Fuji Media
Japanese developer spreading its wings
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Paul Flanagan, Creative Mobile
Don't overlook Eastern Europe
2013 In Review: PocketGamer.biz's Keith Andrew
The year of Ouya. Well, not quite
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Andy Gibson, Team Pesky
Our challenge is to build and retain a fanbase
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Guy Cocker, Wired
2014 is the year to take risks
CyberAgent invests in Indonesian mobile developer TouchTen
Looking to hook into strong regional growth
Subsidiarized: NHN breaks out three independent mobile studios
BlackPick, PixelCube and Studio 629 emerge
Xiaomi claims 30 million users for its MIUI Android fork
Generating around $5 million per month
GameSalad adds support for Tizen
And kicks off a $500,000 incentive program
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Colin MacDonald, Channel 4
Indies need to push boundaries in 2014
Hot Five: Paid games dominate GotY awards, Heroes of Dragon Age analysed, and a Charticle Gameloft special
Last week's top stories
Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: A floppy ninja raises a smile, and the significance of building a wall
This guy will play anything with a pulse
We had a $1 million UA launch fund but only spent a fraction, says Plain Vanilla CEO of US #1 hit QuizUp
Virality built into the gameplay
Android OS customisation outfit CyanogenMod raises $23 million
Tencent and Andreessen Horowitz invest
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Nicoll Hunt, I Fight Bears
Micro-consoles could be the 2014 opportunity for indies
Chart of the Week: 63% of lifetime IAP spend happens on day-one
So says Playnomics' Q3 2013 survey
Ex-OpenFeint engineer launches Awear; a platform for wearable computing
Accelerated out of Studio 9+ program
Monetizer: Heroes of Dragon Age
Westernising the card-battler
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Veli-Pekka Piirainen, Critical Force
I'm looking to China in 2014
Following ARM deal, Geomerics hopes mobile will be 10% of sales by end of 2014
Chip company has bought a kindred spirit
Chart of the Week: Chinese mobile advertising booms 151%
Focus on populous SE Asia and lucrative Middle East
The Charticle: A Gameloft special
Downloads are vanity. Only top grossing is sanity
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Volker Hirsh
The opportunity in 2014 is for the big beasts
Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss whether the games industry is inherently sexist?
And not treating them as silly, hysterical women...
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Steve Gray, Tencent
We're looking to work with great developers
Chart of the Week: Value of Korean app market up 759% in 2013
Why you need to be on Android and in Asia
Clash of Clans is 2013's top grossing app says Distimo
At least from January to November
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Harry Holmwood, Marvelous AQL
Costs will rise in 2014, but so will the opportunities
PG Connects speaker spotlight: Enda Carey, Standfast
Time to focus on content quality
Hot Five: Angry Birds is Go, King is delayed, and Oceanhorn is Zelda
Last week's top stories
Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: Dark District, Angry Birds Go and Heroes of Dragon Age catch my eye
This guy will play anything with a pulse
Asia's golden triangle of mobile gaming will provide our long-term success, says Yodo1's Henry Fong
China, Korea and Japan are the places to be
ARM buys game real-time lighting specialist Geomerics
Global illumination meets the chip roadmap
Sponsored feature: Speeding up the Android emulator on Intel architecture
How to get an order of magnitude speed boost
Rovio brands a newborn generation of Finns
Swag for birdday babies
Angry Birds Go is our first step to take the brand in new directions, says Rovio
Company also working on brand new IP
Chart of the Week: Why getting players to opt-in to game push notifications matters
Urban Airship's Good Push Index reveals all
Chinese mobile games market rises 75% in Q3 to $600 million
Boosted by WeChat games launch
Storm8 launches new publishing arm with Mad Head's War of Dragons
Bringing Asian success to western markets