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With BB 10, BBM and Scoreloop, RIM will find its place in mobile games market, says Gameloft's Ludovic Blondel
Publisher keen to support launch
Supporting BlackBerry is now a no-brainer, says Paw Print's Antony White
RIM needs to target would-be Android users
BlackBerry 10 has potential but RIM needs to win over non-Apple users says GlitchSoft's Rob Price
Good platform, devices need to wow
Zynga's Zombie Swipeout goes live in Canada in paid and ad-supported versions
Different audience, different methods?
Velti CMO guestimates Facebook could generate up to $2 billion a year from its mobile app
Lots of eyeballs for lots of time
Velti sees strong growth in US and UK ad markets as Q1 FY12 sales rise 75% to $51.8 million
Cash flow breakeven expected in Q3
Boasting 120 million lifetime downloads, the free-to-play boom lifts Gamevil's Q1 FY12 sales 160% to $14.7 million
91% of business from in-app purchases
Square Enix launches Indian development contest for phone, tablet and PC games
Backed with $40,000 in prizes
The PG.biz Hot Five: As the freemium backlash continues, one EA free-to-play game did $50M in Japan
Last week's top five stories
Despite arguing $10 is best, Fishlab's Michael Schade explains the 'painful decision' to add IAP to Galaxy on Fire
And maybe even go free-to-play on Android
Atari sees FY11/12 revenues fall 34% to $51 million as it transitions to mobile and online games
At least losses and debts are declining
Fishlabs CEO Michael Schade on why he thinks BlackBerry 10 gaming could outgun Android
Install base matter less than quality ecosystem
Google updates AdMob SDK, includes the option to use UDIDs
Return to source
Funzio releases Crime City on Amazon Appstore for Android
Includes Kindle Fire version
Tapjoy launches new $5 million fund for free-to-play iOS and Android developers in Asia
Follows success of similar US fund
Facebook launches user curated web, iOS and Android app store - Facebook App Center
Google Play+ or Apple App Store (for the people)
DeNA has a record Q4, also boosting FY11 sales to a record $1.8 billion
Fingering acquisitions with $720 million cash pile?
GREE's new social gaming platform set to be live in 153 countries and 14 languages by September
20 game released a month from July
Funzio had sales of $12 million during Q1 2012, $5 million in April
Putting that $210 million deal into perspective
GREE booms another record quarter with Q3 FY12 sales up 182% to $560 million
Cash pile up to $625 million
Camouflaj's Ryan Payton on Kickstarter, Republique, ambition, and the possibility of raising $215,000 in three days
Pay for quality and to ditch the suits
Rovio's 2011 sales were 75.4 million euros, with pre-tax earnings of 48 million euros
Bird flying high
Angry Birds Space and all future Rovio games coming to Nokia Lumia devices, including with exclusive content
Sets up a dedicated dev team
FIFA World Class Soccer on GREE made EA Mobile $30 million in five months
That's over 19% of EA Mobile's H2 FY12 revenue
Updated: Thanks to PopCap and GREE, EA Mobile has a record Q4, boosting FY12 sales 17% to $269 million
Bejeweled is top top grossing game
Playcaso's Ninad Chhaya on its 'by developers, for developers' publishing program
Offering full suite of services
The PG.biz Hot Five: Nokia kickstarts WP apps, GREE spends big, and time to write down Draw Something deal?
Last week's top five stories
Com2uS sees Q1 2012 revenue up 54% to $10 million
Profits up massively but temporarily
Buying one-trick ponies won't bring long term success in the free-to-play market says Glu CEO de Masi
You need scale to become a $1 billion company
Indian publisher Playcaso comes out of stealth mode, launching games and its publishing program
Wants to hook up with ambitious indies
BlackBerry World 2012: RIM reveals Games, its version of Game Center
#bbwc Social discovery app
BlackBerry World 2012: Anders Jeppsson on how BlackBerry will be the second great gaming platform
#bbwc Forget Android's install base
Glu continues turnaround with Q1 FY12 revenues up 31% to $21.5 million
Expects to hit breakeven during Q4
COO Anil Dharni on why Funzio's mid-core gamer focus means GREE's $210 million deal isn't a bubble valuation
Higher ARPU combined with better retention
BlackBerry World 2012: We've already got games running on Blackberry 10 say Fishlabs and Paw Print
#bbwc Dev Alpha device is good to go
BlackBerry World 2012: Thorsten Heins signals a shift in RIM's tablet strategy. More enterprise tool than consumer hardware
#bbwc Back in the mix
BlackBerry World 2012: RIM CEO Thorsten Heins - We're here to win, not to be in the game
#bbwc Laser focused on BB 10
BlackBerry World 2012: RIM guarantees 'quality' BB 10 apps and games will make at least $10,000
#bbwc If not from sales, it will pay the difference
BlackBerry World 2012: We're spending $100 million on BB 10 ecosystem says RIM VP Saunders
#bbwc #BB10Jam Winning together
BlackBerry World 2012: Gameloft announces 11 titles for BlackBerry 10 including N.O.V.A. 3
#bbwc Fishlabs also singing RIM's praises
BlackBerry World 2012: Thorsten Heins looks to RIM's future showing first features of BB10
#bbwc All about the flow
As Jeremy Lewis steps down, Big Fish founder Paul Thelen regains CEO role
Transitionary move
Were bot farms generating a third of all free downloads on US App Store?
Fiksu's monthly research seems to suggest so
Nordcurrent's Victoria Trofimova on how Japan is the Lithuanian developer's #2 market
F2P outfit serving 250 million ads per month globally
Zynga sees mobile daily active users jump 40% in March to 21 million
Claims it's more organic growth than Draw Something
Zynga highlights strong mobile revenue growth as overall monthly uniques rises 25% to 182 million
More users, more payers
Zynga sees Q1 FY12 revenue up 32% to $321 million
Has $1.5 billion warchest
17+ rated stickman shooter Clear Vision does one million 99c iOS sales
Gains 5 star average from 110,000 ratings
Playdek celebrates the power of core with one million online sessions of Ascension on iOS
Drops price and reveals expansion