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Top grossing western developer Supercell now valued at $800 million
Value calculated as it closes +$100 million VC round
#GDC 2013: Sony, Nintendo and Apple should be very worried about Android's rise, says PlayJam's Smith
The future of the games industry is green
#GDC 2013: Short Cuts from San Francisco
Close up with the mobile games industry
#GDC 2013: Worry about accessibilty, not shiny tech says Kixeye's Harbin, as he promotes the '12 month tractor beam'
Company will release 8 games in 2013
#GDC 2013: GungHo CEO Morishita on why Puzzle & Dragons' success isn't just the revenue
Revenue is just numbers. Success is the players
#GDC 2013: F2P is the worst business model, apart from all the others, jokes Trip Hawkins
Monetisation panel talk chews the cud
As it announces 49 million monthly mobile players, King.com rebrands as King
It don't need no .com .now
Top Ten
Top 10 mobile game developers to watch in 2013
Everyone agrees Supercell and GungHo are top grossing companies on iOS and Android, respectively
App Annie's estimates for February match Distimo's
#GDC 2013: Rockin' at the PocketGamer party with NativeX, Nokia and Appoday
Over one thousand revellers joined the celebration
#GDC 2013: You can't just port your browser game to mobile, argues Kabam
Lessons learned from Kingdoms of Camelot
#GDC 2013: Making games for IAP alone is a slippery slope says Shellrazer designer Neville
But you can use IAP without losing your soul
Aiming Inc CEO Tadashi Shiiba on bringing its core mobile games to the west
Kingdom Corps is just the start
PocketGamer.biz top 50 developers revealed in San Francisco
Yes, we had a small party
PocketGamer.biz top 50 developers of 2013 available as PDF magazine
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PocketGamer.biz unveils the top 50 developers of 2013
That list in full
The PocketGamer.biz top 50 developers of 2013: 10 to 1
From Com2uS to ?
The PocketGamer.biz top 50 developers of 2013: 20 to 11
From Game Insight to CyberAgent
Kiip launches $100,000 Build Fund, looking for indie devs who will redefine the market
Including health & fitness focus thanks to Pepsi
Having fixed app distribution, TestFlight takes on analytics with launch of FlightPath
New intuitive solution in beta
How GameGenetics is shifting its 23 billion monthly ad impressions for mobile user acquisition
Following the trend of browser game publishers
With peak ARPPU of $90, Aeria Games explains its unique approach to mobile games as a service
Global expertise combined with local action
GameDuell CEO Bolik on how mobile fits into the social publisher's aggressive cross-platform plans
Our players want to play anywhere, anytime
Berlin special: A snapshot of how German online game companies are successfully going mobile
It's a cross-platform world now
Chart of the Week: Higher the screen resolution, higher the monetisation
Apart from iPads
A/B optimisation outfit Leanplum expands beta, adds Android, HTML5 support
Experimenting with a bit of this and a bit of that
The PocketGamer.biz top 50 developers of 2013: 30 to 21
From Chukong to G5 Entertainment
China spotlight: Zen Marketing on the opportunities of Sino-Western game exchanges
Localisation is a two-way street
Reports of our death were greatly exaggerated says OnLive's Gary Lauder
Adds engineering SVP as it expands to enterprise
We can do better than banner ads says W3i as rebrands and relaunches as NativeX
New platform to acquire and monetise users
The PocketGamer.biz top 50 developers of 2013: 40 to 31
From Ndemic to Namco Bandai
Tapjoy to refine and refocus its product roadmap, hires ex-eBayer Jeff Drobick as CPO
Rethinking the value of value exchange
GameStick to ship developer units of its unconsole in March
More news to follow at GDC
Kabam shapes for global mobile expansion, hires Glu SVP DeLaet
Looking to spread US success wider
Studio making 'Clash of Clans on steroids' get $2.9 million, partly from Supercell CEO's VC fund
Nonstop Games just isn't stopping
The PocketGamer.biz top 50 developers of 2013: 50 to 41
From Spacetime to Mag Interactive
Placed unlocks new location-based revenue stream with its Affiliate program
Combining app activity with real-world data
PocketGamer.biz's top 50 mobile developers of 2013 kicking off
First batch of 10 revealed tomorrow
Following Mobage and Sega deals, Aiming Inc raises $3 million for further expansion
Bringing its card-battlers west
On the wrong track: Why Real Racing 3 will never be a top grossing game
Naysayers are right if for the wrong reason
They're All Hot
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2013
The shakers, makers and movers
Opinion: Will Samsung's Game Pad be its unconsole play, or another piece of cheap plastic?
Trojan horse controller for the living room battle
Scopely: We're not a publisher, and that's why we'll give you more
CEO Driver on the new publishing model
PlayScape announces the 5 finalists for its $100,000 GameCast contest
Winner will be revealed 11 April
Faster, thinner and slightly lighter, Samsung reveals Galaxy S4
Out 'end of April'
Fast-growing G5 Entertainment breaks 100 million download mark
Casual mobile publisher on the up
Kabam unlocks the potential of its midcore audience, publishing 15 mobile and web games
50 third-party games live by end of 2013
Renren's FY12 sales up 49% to $176 million as its game division gains momentum
Transition in progress
Chart of the Week: 120 million-strong LINE is big in Japan, Thailand, Taiwan... and Spain
Easily beat Facebook to 100 million