100 million downloads is just the start for us, says JoyBits' CEO Paul Baldwin
Doodle God dev has the whole world in its hands
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ChinaJoy 2013: The majority of Chinese mobile game devs will fail, predicts LineKong CEO
Mobile transition creates hard times
ChinaJoy 2013: Chinese developers need to up their quality to grow market, says Shanda CEO
Too many 'poor games' at present
Chart of the Week: 37% of top app publishers have already floated
Encouragement for King, Kabam and Rovio
Burstly poaches Rovio's advertising VP for new business development role
Jarkko Rajamäki makes the switch
The Charticle: Bananaaaa! Potato-naaaa! The slapstick rise of Despicable Me: Minions Rush
Comic yellow fellas turn to gold
Should developers be using offerwalls? TrialPay fights its corner
If you want to increase revenue, the answer is yes
Eye on Asia: Japan, Korea and China are leading the mobile gaming charge, says Digi-Capital
High profit margins and PVP focus
Building an empire: Japanese publisher KLab raises $9.3 million
Lord of the Dragons dev fills warchest
Delays in its Android gaming assault see Renren's Q2 sales 10% lower than expectations
Also expects to make a $29 million loss
Introducing Monetizer: A new ranking system for monetization efficiencies
Turd Birds, Blastron and Slot Revolution evaluated
Arkadium rolls out its cross-platform HTML5 casual games Arena
CNN, Chicago Tribune and LA Times onboard
CocoaChina on the gaming significance of Baidu's $1.9 billion acquisition of 91 Wireless
Shaking up Chinese app distribution
Zynga signs up Scramble With Friends for SessionM's real-world rewards scheme
Get double word score with mPOINTS
You need transparency to optimise your UA, says Papaya, rolling out AppFlood's new visibility smarts
Get yourself some X-ray vision
Opinion: Why your next hire should be a Chief Psychology Officer
Bridging the gap between gameplay and retention
Gameloft hits 10 million likes on Facebook
Focuses its social activity on company not games
Gamevil increases growth rate, breaks through 300 million download barrier
And that's before it unleashes new cash warchest
Kakao sees H1 2013 game platform revenue up 194% to $311 million
12 months of plenty for Korean Android developers
Appnext extends its interstitial discovery network from Facebook to Android
Windows Phone coming next
Reading List: Free-to-Play: Making Money From Games You Give Away
An industry primer
The Charticle: Leading on iOS, Android now accounts for around 40% of CSR Racing's sales
Distimo estimates Google Play is 8.75% of lifetime sales
Following $38.5 million share sale, Kabam now valued at $700 million
Rumours about IPO grow
Dutch mobile outfit Lunagames raised $520,000 for expansion
Linden Mobile Ventures sees the potential
Chart of the Week: How localisation tripled Clash of Clans' Japanese revenue
Or so Distimo says
What is Monetizer?
A guide to our new F2P ranking process
Check your media strategy with free-to-download PRninja app
Interactive helpmate
Short Cuts: Why Blitz is integrating Playmob's charity Coins donation system
Launching this summer in Paper Titans
Short Cuts: Havok's Andrew Bowell on its longterm strategy for mobile game tools
The calculated thinking behind Project Anarchy
Short Cuts: Author Will Luton on why F2P games are harder to design and make money from
Needs more thoughtful design and a great game
Short Cuts: 100% Indie, Havok, Playmob and Blitz, and Will Luton
Video interviews from Develop 2013
Sponsored feature: Why Immersion is leading by example to bring better tactile feedback to games
Download Haptic Muse for a world of possibilities
It was a happy Question Time at our Brighton Mobile Mixer
Thanks to sponsor Everyplay
Join up your advertising, user acquisition and monetisation in Chartboost Store
Expects it to lift your IAP revenue by at least 10%
I can't comment on a $750 million buyout, but we would have turned it down, says Unity CEO
Deflects industry rumour with future ambition
Immersion releases app to teach devs how to best use haptic feedback
Haptic Muse highlights 124 pre-set effects
Apsalar rolls out its behaviourally-honed demand-side platform
Optimise the value of your high-value users
Hasbro acquires 70% of Backflip Studios for $112 million
A real paper toss
How They Turn the Screw: A Data-Driven Approach to Ranking F2P Monetisation Efficiencies
Down, dirty and aggressive with zip gun analysis
We're looking for devs who can match Angry Birds' quality says Rovio Stars
Publishing arm wants to see your ambition
Digital Legends on going free-to-play, working with Zynga, and its new drive for original IP
Spanish studio respawns
The Charticle: Nine countries, three months, The Drowning's softest of soft launches
Growing pains
Walking the Line: WeChat announces 70 million international users
Preparing to open gaming floodgates
SXSW opens submissions for interesting, innovative talks about games
Get yourself a speaker's badge for Austin, TX
Go big, go China: ChinaJoy 2013 prepares to welcome 200,000 attendees
CGDC, WMGC etc kicking off from 25 July in Shanghai
1,600 devs prepare to be beside the seaside for Develop in Brighton
One week to go
GREE and IUGO looking to boost Knights & Dragons' revenue to $5 million/month
Planning for a five-fold increase by end of 2013
Consolidation is coming so it's warchest-building time, says a $130 million-backed Gamevil
What's required to be globally meaningful
Fast twitch synchronous multiplayer gameplay at massive scale: Scalify reveals all
Patented multiple ring topology is the key
Chart of the Week: 71% of developers think ad networks exaggerate their eCPMs rates
Results from Papaya's new app marketing survey