Fast-growing Gameloft raises annual sale goal 25% to $260 million
Cash pile now over $55 million
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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
Infographic: Glu Mobile, Gameloft and Com2uS best at working the social networks
Retweet me, right?
Lack of discoverability is driving demand for more publishers, says Josh Presseisen as he launches new label Forest Moon
Highlighting 2D indies games
Hot Five: New App Store for iOS 6, Unite 2012 learnings, and the big user acquisition debate
Last week's top five stories
Lower server costs and bandwidth specs mean Unlimited won't do an OnLive, says Big Fish's O'Brien
Now rolling out to Android tablets
Previously pulled by Apple, Big Fish launches its cloud-based Unlimited service on Google Play
Streaming to Android
SmartBoost is the intelligent way to maximise your app's marketing campaign, says Trademob's Ravi Kamran
Only spend when and where you need to
Opinion: Freeverse downsizing demonstrates only indies have the right to independence
Will to power
After founders leave, ngmoco downsizes Freeverse
Hard times
Amazon prepares for Kindle Fire 2, labelling its original tablet 'sold out'
Bezos points to 'exciting roadmap ahead'
1, 7 and 30-day retention rates are key, says 'tablet first' Supercell
Keeping your audience engaged
We're not making games, we're building a brand, says Eruptive's CEO Julian Ing
Bringing GRIM to Facebook, mobile, comic and film
OpenUDID takes a 'radical turn' to provide a bridge between iOS 5 and iOS 6
Dealing with the deprecation gap
GREE, Kabam, Crowdstar and Booyah add to user acquisition frenzy offering direct deals with Chartboost
Millions of CPI dollars up for grabs
Traffic Panic London boosts Neon Play to 40 million downloads
UK studio on the up
Hot Five: GREE gets Battle Bears, Miniclip does 100 million, and Molyneux's secret ingredients
Last week's top five stories
BeiZ's Lola educational game range hits 1 million downloads
Expects to break 2 million barrier before end of 2012
Artifex Mundi on why casual developers should consider its Spark engine for HOPA games
Make games without coding
Brian Wong highlights Kiip's brand quality as reward network launches first UK campaign with YO! Sushi
Keeping thing fresh
Spurned mobile developers set up Green Light Bundle to try to get their PC/Mac releases onto Steam
And you thought the App Store was rotten...
Applifier's Laakkonen on giving gamers a voice with in-game video recording tech Everyplay
And better discoverability for developers
Creative Assembly, Madfinger and Simogo win big at 2012 Unity Awards
Total War Battles gets the Golden Cube
Kabam's Andrew Sheppard on how the 500-strong core social gaming giant is committed not just to success but the process of success
Adding Android to its Facebook, web and iOS armoury
C-c-changes as Keith Andrew becomes editor of PocketGamer.biz
James Nouch steps up as news editor
OnLive was days away from running out of cash before asset sell off
Owed over $30 million
Nukotoy's Rodger Raderman on why mixing up physical cards and digital games is the future for toys
Time to tap a NUKO
PopCap reorganises, losing 50 staff in US and maybe its Dublin office as it deals with F2P social mobile shift
John Vechey explains the hard decision to stay viable
Applifier launches Everyplay, its in-app 'Facetime for gamers' video recording tech
Providing iOS games with stronger virality
Opinion: OnLive failed because it didn't know its audience; that's the advantage for Big Fish Unlimited
Psychology is more important than latency
Robi Ganguly on how Apptentive's tools let you talk direct to your customers
Bringing CRM into the app store
Reward-based social network P4RC boosts game distribution with FreeAppADay deal
Takes a monthly slot for its developers
CSR Racing's success is the springboard for NaturalMotion to become #1 mobile social developer, says Torsten Reil
Go faster stripes
Top grossing iOS game CSR Racing is generating $12 million per month
And NaturalMotion buys developer Boss Alien
GDCE 2012: ngmoco's Senta Jakobsen on building a team when developers don't come to the office
#gdc_europe How distributed 'Stockholm' studio works
GDCE 2012: PVP is the best way to monetise users says Game Insight's Darya Trushkina
#gdc_europe Sharpen your sword
Zynga's Adam Sussman on why it's publishing $6.99 console-quality core game Horn
Extending our audience
GDCE 2012: Fishlabs on evolving Galaxy on Fire 2 from a $10 premium game into freemium
#gdc_europe Life as we now know it
GDCE 2012: How four guys from Madfinger made Dead Trigger in five months
#gdc_europe All about brains
GDCE 2012: Simogo on why it should have priced Beat Sneak Bandit higher than $2.99
#gdc_europe Doing things your own way
East Side Games on why it's not afraid of DeNA, GREE and TinyCo setting up shop in Vancouver
They can't compete with our fierce independence
GDCE 2012: King.com's Riccardo Zacconi on the challenges of bringing Bubble Witch Saga to iOS
#gdc_europe Dealing with instability
TinyCo's Suli Ali on why Vancouver is the prime location for its new 60-strong studio
In the place to B.C.
TinyCo makes a Canadian move; opens Vancouver studio
More northern exposure
GDCE 2012: Apsalar's Sarah Teng on what data to measure and what to do with it
#gdc_europe Segment your cohorts for success
We enable developers to personalise gameplay, not take advantage of their players, argues GamesAnalytics' Robinson
Don't treat them as if they're all the same
GDCE 2012: PerBlue's Justin Beck on building a $3M revenue company on 15,000 DAUs
#gdc_europe Bootstrapping your way to success
Opinion: Why 2D card-battlers will fail in the west but games using PVP will soar
3D kudos not 2D obscuration is the future
EIF 2012: CloudMade's Petersen on how its Sponsored Locations will unlock billions of retail advertising
#edint Go to store for free IAP
EIF 2012: NaturalMotion's Struan Robertson on knowing where to place your sticks and carrots
#edint Driving gamer behaviour
EIF 2012: 'If you have a game people want to play, your business model doesn't matter' argues Seamus Blackley
#edint Don't sweat monetisation. Focus on fun