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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
MoMinis on how its PlayScape mega-game platform will boost your retention rate
All together now
China's top grossing game of 2012, Dragon Bane, prepares for its western release
Will it fly or die?
New COO Kevin Dent on how P4RC is building the best loyalty scheme for mobile gamers
Creating retention and monetisation for developers
FGOL points to the future as it breaks 50 million downloads
Hungry Shark franchise chomps the charts
PlayMesh wasn't a hard enough name says the rebranded Quark Games
Tough get going
Thumper Studios on extending the With Friends gameplay to friends you haven't made yet
From 1-to-1 to 1-to-many
China spotlight: X6 Game on the differences between Chinese and western PVP gamers
Little emperor syndrome?
Ex-Funzio exec Jamil Moledina decloaks with new tablet developer Wormhole Games
Working on a gorgeous, multiplayer-heavy debut
China Spotlight: MagicBone Games on fierce competition and global opportunities
East to west and all places inbetween
Pre-load your GDC 2013 experience with the Flash Gaming Summit
Get to San Francisco by 24 March
Green Throttle releases SDK 1.0, giving out 2 Atlas controllers when you register
Android-based unconsole outfit ramping up
Aiming Inc. signs partnership with Chukong to target Korean market
Result is joint venture A-KONG
Punchbox on using AdMob to help generate 100 million downloads for Fishing Joy
From 40c to as low as 10c per install
With 263 million MAUs, Rovio is poised to take Zynga's crown as world's most popular games outfit
End of an era, start of another
We can be the Instagram for mobile games, says Heyzap's Jude Gomila
Consumer focus will grow current 2 million DAUs
As it considers a new exchange listing, G5 predicts 2012 sales up 72% to $12.3 million
Looking to make the most of opportunities
Unconsole start ups GameStick and Green Throttle team up
Building up smart TV component by component
DeNA rebrands with new logo and mission to 'delight and impact the world'
Smiles all round
Chinese mobile game market up 91% in 2012 to over $500 million
Predicted to hit $2 billion by 2015
Companies want to bring $79 GameStick 'un-console' to retail, reveals PlayJam
First run for Kickstarters but more could follow
Opinion: For Project Shield to succeed, Nvidia needs to make TegraZone work
6 million app downloads but little discovery
Last call for entries for International Mobile Gaming Awards 2013
Get your games nominated by 14 January
Trip Hawkins joins with Moshi Monsters lead for educational games start up If
Kipling-themed London-based Unity dev hiring
It's big money for our huge plans, says Chartboost CEO Maria Alegre
Building a better business engine with $19M
Kabam: PVP success is great, but we're looking 'beyond core' gaming in 2013
More platforms, genres and games inbound
Chartboost leaps into 2013 with $19 million investment
Sequoia Capital leads Series B
2012 in review: Janis Zech, SponsorPay
iPad mini will define a new era of gaming devices
2012 in review: The best and worst performing mobile game shares
From GREE up to Com2uS and G5
OpenFeint-esque social gaming network Heyzap raises $4.3 million
Union Square, Qualcomm Ventures fund B round
2012 in review: Hanno Fichtner, HitFox Group
More competition, more opportunity
2012 in review: Greg Harper, Supercell
We had 2 successes in 2012 but we also killed 4 games
2012 in review: Bart Decrem, Disney Mobile
Cross-platform nuances to dominate in 2013
The 10 most significant mobile games of 2012
Believe me, you won't have guessed them all
2012 in review: Doug Scott, ngmoco
Let the rise of core gaming continue
10 articles about numbers you should have read during 2012
And what they tell you about the mobile games business
2012 in review: Niccolo de Masi, Glu Mobile
2013 will see the first $100M F2P mobile game
2012 in review: Jon Jordan, PocketGamer.biz
PVP sector is going to get even more bloody
Top 10 deals of 2012
Some look good, many seem likely to be stinkers
2012 in review: Robert Weber, W3i
Look for the rise of core games and gambling
Supercell, Chillingo, Rovio, Wooga, Big Fish and PlayFirst talking at Winter Nights conference
Warming thoughts for St Petersburg in February
After 47 ways to torture pygmies, Bolt Creative's final Pocket God update provides Apocalypse, Ow
Studio to focus on endless runner in 2013
Gameplay video recording outfit Kamcord raises $1.5 million
Andreessen Horowitz and Tencent drop cash
SkyVu celebrates 20 million Battle Bear downloads with big SF advertising blitz
Sideswiping some angry birds with a rainbow fart
Gamevil sees total iOS and Android downloads rise to over 200 million
Also hires Nexon exec to further drive US operations
Opinion: Licences on the rise on iOS while original IP opportunities are shrinking fast
What we learned from Apple's 2012 top grossing list
Analysis: EA, Kabam, Supercell, Backflip and Playtika the top grossing developers on iOS during 2012
While Ubisoft and Fireproof Games win GotY
One Thumb Mobile on bootstrapping its MMORPG Celtic Heroes to success
Keeping the dream alive
SponsorPay launches its video ad distribution product AppTrailer
Watch and download
PocketGamer.biz unveils the top 30 Chinese developers of 2012
The list in full