GameSpy gives us a competitive advantage in multiplayer and PVP games, says Glu's CEO de Masi
$2.8 million very well spent
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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
Elblabs announces the 'world's first sell-side' in-game ad platform
Hook up with GameAdTrading
Com2uS highlights its social muscle with 400 million head-to-heads in Homerun Battle series
While Tiny Farm now boast more than one million DAUs
On the back of strong domestic growth, Com2uS raises FY12 guidance to $65 million
Q2 sales up 158% year-on-year
EA, Rovio, ngmoco, Tapjoy and King.com ready to speak out at NY Games Conference
View from the top
Miniclip highlights value of simultaneous iOS and Android launches as it reveals X-Port Genie
Also expanding its Android-only publishing business
Geomerics adds support for iOS and Android to its Enlighten real-time lighting engine
Look at the global illumination on that
Nexage extends Series B round raising an additional $5 million
Hearst Interactive Media brings total to $15 million
Our GPU business is growing faster than the market, says ARM as it announce 3 new Mali chips
Riding the Android growth curve
Kiip launches its Kiipsake wallet and discovery app for Android
Breakout for consumers
Saban Brands' Elie Dekel on the licensing opportunities that led to its acquisition of The PlayForge
Making the most of games' habit-forming potential
Glu buys online services outfit GameSpy for $2.8 million to drive monetisation and lifetime value
Providing cross-platform multiplayer connectivity
Glu Mobile continues in the right direction with Q2 FY12 revenue up 33% to $23.6 million
Freemium focus working, if not yet profitable
Saban Brands buys Zombie Farm developer The Playforge for its transmedia potential
Terms not disclosed
Opinion: EA's inability to turn a profit demonstrates a wider industry malaise
Today's gamers won't fit neat into financial qtrs
EA Mobile sparkles in EA's gloom with Q1 FY13 sales up 21% to $69 million
Elsewhere console transition continues to bite
Happy people from Pocket Gamer's party at Casual Connect
We connected oh so casually...
Casual Connect 2012: Kabam's Haden Blackman on 10 things to avoid when making games as a service
#casualconnect What not to do
Casual Connect 2012: If you use them properly, push notifications are the best marketing tool says PopCap's Contestabile
#casualconnect Driving engagement
Casual Connect 2012: G5's Vlad Suglobov on how F2P on Android provides better opportunities than PC casual
#casualconnect And the Big Fish vs G5 spat continues
Casual Connect 2012: Stop hunting whales and monetise the 99% with brand advertising argues Wild Tangent's Mike Peronto
#casualconnect Hunt broad quality not narrow wallets
Casual Connect 2012: Look to core, sports and turn-based casual games, reckons Facebook's Sara Brooks
#casualconnect Hot spots
Casual Connect 2012: GameHouse's Matt Hulett on working like a smart monkey to become a 800lb gorilla
#casualconnect How to grow up
Casual Connect 2012: Industrial Toys' Alex Seropian on making games for The Peggle-Portal opportunity
#casualconnect It's the industry's sweetspot
Casual Connect 2012: CEO Paul Thelen launches Big Fish Unlimited, streaming casual game service for PC, mobiles and Roku TV
#casualconnect The casual future is in the cloud
6waves launches its simple, totally free, install exchange WaveX
Downloads with friendly developers
BulkyPix's Vincent Dondaine explains how its $3 million dev fund will fuel 60 indie games
Looking for innovation and polish
Our gamification ad platform shows the future of mobile engagement, argues SessionM's Bill Clifford
Building more valuable experiences for everyone
Hot Five: Pocket Planes was almost trains, Ouya fires up Astrogun and is it time to face GameFace.me?
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Mobage-powered Rage of Bahamut does 2 million downloads outside Japan
Playing their cards right
MdotM signs up to use AdTruth's web and app ID tracking technology
Who needs UDIDs anyhow?
Nextpeer looks to boost developers' revenue with new multiplayer wager concept
Casino gameplay with a cut for the house
Qualcomm sees Q3 2012 revenues up 28% to $4.6 billion
Sitting on $26.5 billion cash pile
Opinion: 4 million Lumias sold enough to prove Elop's Windows Phone decision was the right one
Looking beyond the obvious
Hard times continue as Nokia sees Q2 2012 sales drop 19% to 7.54 million euros
Handset division hit harder, down 26%
Big publishers have broken user acquisition but ApEngage's intelligent will fix it, says Apsalar's Oiknine
See how costs rise at the end of the quarter
MATA expands support, adding W3i and AdColony to its open app install data platform
Chartboost already up-and-running with API
Apsalar launches ApEngage so developers can more efficiently direct user acquisition budgets
Replace shotgun with sniper rifle
'Kiip monetises so well, 50% of our developers just use us,' says CEO Brian Wong
High quality leads to high income
Appromoter launches mobile app discovery service for journalists
Meeting point of minds, assets and promo codes
DeNA grabs three year exclusive deal to bring Transformers to mobile games
Platform play in disguise
BulkyPix targets indies with $3 million development fund
Building multi-platform portfolio
Ex-Ensemble Studio team reveal their new mobile start up PeopleFun
From Dallas with pleasure
Real rewards network Kiip raises $11 million
Launching consumer Kiipsake wallet app to push brand
US start up GameFace.me on why it's leading the charge for personalised gaming
Time to rescue your girlfriend, not Princess Peach (again)
Nokia cuts US price of Lumia 900 to $50 in attempt to drive volumes
Dealing with pre-Windows 8 lull
Ouya becomes Kickstarter's fastest and biggest funding project, and the pledges keep pouring in
With 23 days to go, total is heading towards $5 million
Flexion's wrapper platform sees Q2 customer growth up 223% to lifetime total of 160 million
Generated $5.6 million from 10.2% conversion rate
Papaya's Chris Hanage explains AppFlood, its pure non-incentivised cross-promotion Android game network
A new approach
Hot Five: Fruit Ninja's monthly millions, CSR Racing stirs up more debate and Baglow is the best of Develop
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