A Polished Gem
How does Legend of Solgard engage, retain and monetise?
Analysing King’s new midcore matcher
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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
China Lockdown
What the hell is happening to games in China?
Conspiracy or cock-up?
End Of The Beginning
CEO Frank Gibeau on moving on from fixing Zynga to growing it
The long haul
Funny For Business
Peak Games’ $100 million bet on Ryan Reynolds to kick Toon Blast up a gear in the US
Head of strategy Omer Inonu explain all
Brand Power
The curious tale of how Lineage’s mobile releases shook up (and didn’t) South Korean gaming
Shots of adrenalin
No Sticks, Just Carrots
How mobile app Blast hopes to encourage gamers to save by playing
Straight from the Nudge handbook
Charting Investor Confidence
Glu Mobile’s the best and Nintendo’s the worst performing game stock during 2018 so far
Ebbs and flows
Still Going Strong
Four years on: The rise, fall and rise again of Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
The tribulations of Glu’s most successful game ever
Grass Is Greener
Why MZ CEO Gabe Leydon has left mobile games for blockchain data outfit Satori
One example of a wider trend
Playing The End Game
It’s raised another $100 million but where next for Scopely?
Looking for the perfect combination
Be Careful What You Wish For
The madness and method of Supercell’s M&A philosophy
A double-edged sword
Know Your Audience
G5 Entertainment CEO on the focus driving its success in hidden object games and beyond
Finding hidden value
The Magic Number
Frank Gibeau on why Zynga’s $250 million acquisition of Gram Games adds up
Riding Merge Dragons! to success
Off The Chain
More than 50% of players of blockchain game Spells of Genesis haven’t used the blockchain
Results from BitCrystals’ first gamer survey
Rising Confidence
CEO Nick Earl on how Design Home’s success has kickstarted Glu’s wider revival
Mobile game publisher now on the up
Four In A Row
CSR Racing 2 and Words With Friends 2’s strong performance extends Zynga’s profit streak
Plus Willy Wonka’s Sweet Adventure in testing
Preparing For Takeoff
Building up to IPO, Flexion adds experienced game exec Chris Bergstresser to its board
Bolt-on experience
One Share, One Vote
Mark Pincus’ decision to relinquish Zynga majority voting rights reflects “my confidence in the company”
Founding CEO is stepping back
Less Mario, More Rpg
How Nintendo plans to create an annual $1 billion mobile games business
Starting over with a clean slate
Time Is Money
How does Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery monetise?
Casting a consumerius spell?
Rediscovering Value
Why mobile game consultancy group DOD Media is moving into legacy publishing
Leveraging app store muscle
Angry Investors
Rovio: What went wrong?
A real nest buster
Super Giveaway
How does Marvel Strike Force monetise?
A well-worn equation well used
Mixed Picture
2018 so far for mobile game company stock
Winners and the losers
Kid Friendly
SuperAwesome’s Dylan Collins on building a flourishing kidtech platform in a zero data world
Embracing COPPA and GDPR-K
Deeper Engagement
Gameloft Advertising Solutions’ long-term bets for future growth
Alexandre Tan on meeting brand and player needs
Wing A Wager
How a real-money version of Angry Birds has WorldWinner flying high
Jeremy Shea on the success of Angry Birds Champions
New Kid’s New Toy
FoxNext hits the ground running with Marvel Strike Force release
Debut from Fox’s new game division
Business News
ALAX signs blockchain games distribution deal with OEM Gionee
The deal will also see the ALAX app store available as an update for older Gionee phones
Coin Offering
South Korea's Reality Reflection launches ICO for AR game Mossland
Moss Coins can now be purchased
X-powered
Superhero hot: The making of Marvel Strike Force
FoxNext’s Amir Rahimi provides the lowdown
Another Way
Alternative Android game store Flexion raises $10 million prior to 2018 IPO
Levelling up
Celebrity Pay Off
A fresh start for Glu Mobile
End of a difficult era
Another Direction
The slow, casual transformation of Gameloft
Supertanker turning
Price Versus Value
The irony of Supercell’s 2017 financials
What goes up?
Flexible Friend
Why cryptocurrency mobile gaming platform RewardMob wants players not speculators
Gearing up
To Where The Puck’s Going
New games, new tech and more M&A: Frank Gibeau on making the right bets for Zynga’s future
Building on success
Fuelled By Rmob
RewardMob partners with Waves to launch blockchain-based mobile gaming platform
From rewards to esports
Narrative Of Decline
$6 billion on from Puzzle & Dragons’ launch, whatever happened to Gungho Online?
Fumbling the golden egg
Crystal Ball
What’s next for mobile games? Challenges and opportunities
Hot from PGC London 2018
Cooking Up Something
Animoca Brands working on blockchain-based MasterChef mobile game
Powered by NOX
Burning Strong
Nintendo's most successful mobile game remains its most free-to-play focused title
Fire Emblem Heroes sustains
Three’s A Charm
Animoca buys Fuel Powered and reveals Chinese CryptoKitties deal
Crazy Defense Heroes also a big hit
Beyond Episodes And Choices
Why Ludia thinks What’s Your Story? can turn a new page in the competitive interactive fiction sector
Telling new tales
Force Multiplier
How Glu Mobile and G5 made big UA investments and grew bigger (but Rovio didn’t)
Counting more than the cost
Active Agent
The logic behind Disney’s new mobile strategy
A new approach again
New Wine
Don’t stop believing: The reinvention of Grand Cru
CEO Markus Pasula discusses the past, present and future of the Finnish studio
Success Uncovered
Hidden object revealed: The rise of G5 Entertainment
The story behind 2017’s top game share
Building A New Monster
How Seriously took a new IP and created a $100 million business
But there's still a lot of work to be done
Bulls & Bears
Which mobile game stocks performed best in 2017?
On the up