Mobile reward network PaeDae raises $11.6 million to grow user-centric advertising
Looking to extend into UA and app discovery
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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
Hall of Fame: Xavier Carrillo-Costa
Digital Legends CEO on the push for console quality
Don't chase a hit. Build a community, says Kiwi Inc's Omar Siddiqui
The path to success is building a better game every time
SundayToz on the continuing value of Kakao in the rise and rise of Anipang
The power of connecting friends with games
Fruit Ninja goes F2P as it hits Tencent's WeChat social platform
China's version of Kakao opens its doors
Are you happy? Let us know in the PocketGamer.biz Global Mobile Developer Survey 2013
Testing the industry's pulse
ICS Mobile's Joe Bayen on bringing emotional currency to app discovery with AppXchange
Building an expert app community for iOS and beyond
'This is not a zero-sum game' says Kabam's Andrew Sheppard as the $325M outfit prepares for 2014
We're not competing with Supercell, GungHo or King
High Fives: Spil Games to invest $5 million in HTML5 game ecosystem
Native not the only way
Qihoo 360 takes a 2.6% stake in Japanese game maker KLab
Making content for the Chinese market
Maximum reciprocity: Gamevil gives away $1.8 million in new RPG Kaizin Rumble
First 30,000 signees get $60 value pack
Building on Million Arthur success, Shanda licenses Sega's Chain Chronicle
Bringing top 10 grossing game to China and Korea
Monetizer: Tank Nation
Wormhole Games launches with bang
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: Jason Citron
From Aurora Feint to OpenFeint and beyond
Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: Spent another $4.99, fat-fingered 512 gems by mistake, but love the snow angels
This guy will pl*y anything with a pulse
Short Cuts: Predictions for 2014 from our Berlin Mobile Mixer
From Facebook and consolidation to more Hollywood
All the action and talking points from Pocket Gamer's first Berlin Mobile Mixer
Thanks to sponsors GameGenetics and Immersion
Post-91 Wireless deal, NetDragon sees FY13 Q3 sales rise 66% to $79 million
Pushing original content for 2014
Monetizer: Why the 'third builder' bottleneck is crucial to monetising Clash of Clan clones
A natural paywall that leads to the first IAP
Don't focus on UA. Focus on re-targetting, says Trademob
CPI is so 2013 argues Florian Lutz
We're now in the era of non-intrusive UA, says AppLift
But you need to track ROI on a per channel basis
Million Arthur's Chinese success boosts Shanda's FY13 Q3 mobile game sales to $25 million
Mobile now accounts for 14% of total revenue
Renren continues to struggle in mobile transition; FY13 Q3 sales down 6% to $47.6 million
Net losses widen to $25 million
Chart of the Week: How Disney is dominating Amazon's Android Appstore
Lack of other brands provides the opportunity
Where Clash of Clans is going wrong in China
Not thinking locally when it comes to Android billing
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: James Song
Gamevil's CEO on striving for success
Boom times as Qihoo 360 sees Q3 FY13 sales up 124% to $188 million
Game platform and search business growing fast
Metaps' zero commission pay-per-click DirectTAP ad network opens its doors
Japanese game-focused service out of closed beta
From slice to entire cake: Gamevil extends investment to fully acquire Monster Warlord dev Everple
Taster leads to full feast
The Charticle: Jelly Splash for KakaoTalk
Can it match its US success in Korea?
Tencent and Baidu both big up their value to thirdparty developers
But can anyone defrag the Chinese mobile market?
Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: Spent $5, unlocked a Mini Thumper, waited around for stuff to upgrade
This guy will pl*y anything with a pulse
Amazon launches Amazon Coins platform currency in UK and Germany
Gives away 400 Coins per user to prime the pump
Monetizer: Batman: Arkham Origins vs. Injustice: Gods Among Us
Holy Warner Bros. monetizing mash-up
Changyou spends $50 million to buy gaming comms channel Raidcall
Another strand in building a global platform
Com2uS sees FY13 Q3 sales down 28% to $15 million
Domestic sales suffer strong downturn
Jason Citron on why MOBA is the best genre for a core tablet gaming audience
Competing by doing something different
Hammer & Chisel raises $8.7 million to bring MOBA to tablets
Riot Games' investor Mitch Lasky leads the round
Alibaba buys Chinese mobile app analytics outfit Umeng
E-commerce giant looks to improve mobile intelligence
KongZhong predicts better times ahead but Q3 FY13 mobile sales down 12% to $4.7 million
Now releasing 2 core games every quarter
WeChat growth boosts Tencent to #2 on chart of top global publishers by download
Only EA had more volume says App Annie
Stop wasting your UA budget. Use our Acquisition Value Predictor, says Playnomics
Claims 75% accurate LTV within 3 days
Right answer: QuizUp dev Plain Vanilla raises $2 million in funding
Sequoia Capital and e.ventures invest
Monetizer: EA and King had the perfect October, but Rovio and Disney need to do better
Comparing App Annie's top downloads with top grossing
Chart of the Week: Similarities and differences of the Russian mobile market
The world is not all the same
Opinion: Does Puzzle & Dragons prove that games can become platforms?
The dangers of global success
Choice? There is no choice. Leanplum on why you should use its A/B testing platform
Success is built on good, better, best
Hall of Fame: Kevin Chou
Kabam's CEO on the explosive rise of F2P gaming
PapayaMobile: We're solving China's fragmented user acquisition problem
Rolling out AppFlood for advertisers and brands
Monetizer: Backyard Monsters: Unleashed
How does Kixeye's strategy game rank?