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Opinions Matter
Inside the Game: How we gave High School Story players a voice and increased engagement
Kara Loo on the power of polls
Only Apple
Apple is now rejecting iOS games which contain adverts that mention other platforms
Another banhammer falls
Red Tape Battles
Is EU Commissioner Ansip Europe's last hope for future Minecrafts and Mojangs?
Looking for a coherent regulatory framework
Small Screen Heroes
6 reasons why TV will drive the next phase in user acquisition for mobile games
Volker Dressel on the new opportunity
Letting Go
Inside the Game: How writing a story-driven game in four months forces you to trust your team
Lessons from University U.
'appy Nation
How gaming is powering up the mobile app economy
Milliennial Media's State of the Apps report
Fail Fast, Rebound
Second round Finnish startups get the lionshare of VC investment
Nordic Game Bits consider Finland's rise
Triple Play
Outfit7 founder's three golden rules for game monetization
Samo Login's tricks of the trade
Play Better
Why Google must do more to win mobile developers' hearts
David Lane wants better aftercare
Jackpot
What social casino games can teach you about F2P success
Plumbee's Giles Potter isn't relying on chance
Stat Attack
Inside the Game: Adding education to High School Story
Jennifer Young on learning through play
Ich Bin
Molyneux, Livingstone and Wozniak to keynote Apps World Germany
Heading up new conference
Top Tips
3 tactics to monetize your mobile game players
A seller's guide
Antifragile
How the Finnish games industry is becoming bigger and less fragile
Jari-Pekka Kaleva on strengthening entrepreneurship
The Journey
Triple-A branding an indie game concept: the Making of Angry Birds Epic
Chimera's epic journey
Storytelling
Inside the Game: Creating narrative in Pixelberry Games
Kara Loo is quest building
Surfing Success
How Denmark's top 2 studios are dealing with life after Subway Surfers
The differing approaches of Kiloo and SYBO
Get Connected
Honed in the Korean PC market, the ProudNet networking engine comes to mobile
Ready for millions of players?
Talk Talk
How adding chat to your iOS games helps solve your engagement gap and makes money at the same time
Affinity Networks on turning talk to cash
The Next Billion
India - the next frontier in mobile advertising
Ravikanth Kanchibhotla lays bare the opportunity
Have Fun. Don't Be A Jerk
Top tips for surviving and thriving at game conferences
Get set for GDC 2015
Antifragile
Culture trumps strategy: Why Neogames looks beyond Excel to define Finland's success
KooPee Hiltunen is number crunching
The Sizzle
How Grey Alien rose to the challenge of marketing a casual solitaire game
Gearing up social muscle
Players Not Wallets
5 monetization missteps in Midnight Star's UI
Time to streamline the flow
Deep Data
Using SimilarWeb Pro to analyze the performance of top Trivia games
Trivia Crack, Logo Quiz, Family Feud 2 and QuizUp ranked
Cheaper Better Users
Retargeting your way to success in 2015
Don't let your players get away
Hopes From Oslo
Still small but Norway's games industry is on the rise
Nordic Game Bits opinion
Touchdown Or Sacked?
Should you advertise your mobile game during the Super Bowl?
GrowMobile CEO Brendan Lyall ponders a Hail Mary
New Faces
Oscar Clark is Watching the Watchmen
What's on your wrist?
Dual Use
Getting client work to fund your games
Brandon Wu on building a business
The Long Game
Killer insights to monetize your players revealed
Balancing long term retention and early monetization
Fear, Tragedy & Timing
Inside The Game: How bullying came to High School Story
Pixelberry's CEO on the start of an idea
Interviews
2014 in Review: Full Indie UK devs give their verdicts
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Sponsored Feature
How monetization got smart in 2014 and will get smarter in 2015
Yeah Mobile looks back and forward
Opinion
You can easily handle PR on your own, can't you?
Merja Turpeinen on professional communications
Full Indie Uk
How to create crazy-fun gameplay without confusing your players
Alistair Aitcheson on tweaking the UX for Tap Happy Sabotage
Opinion
Why it pays to pay attention to retention
AppLovin's CPO Mark Rosner on a metric to monitor
Opinion
94% of independent developers can't afford to acquire users through mobile advertising
Unlocking UA for quality not cash
Opinion
First impressions: The contagious, cooperative energy of Slush 2014
Neogames' Emma Ronkainen on her event debut
Opinion
How rethinking a 5 year-old game in the context of a clone led to Impossible Hex
William Volk on the interaction of influence for new inspiration
Opinion
Why player support is a game changer for your bottom line
TELUS' Stefan Abadzhiev on harnessing customer satisfaction
Deal
YeahMobi signs social media marketing deal with VKontakte
Russia's Facebook opens up for Chinese game developers
Inside The Game: Why Oliver Miao almost left gaming
Pixelberry CEO on staying to make a change
hoPLAY: 5 years of rewarding the best independent videogames
Happening in Bilbao on 27 Nov to 3 Dec
Opinion
How Korean indies like Owlogue and Wispsoft are finding success with local crowdfunders
The News Gangnam Style
DevGAMM Minsk 2014: The official report
hóPLAY and the rebirth of videogame development in the Basque Country
Happening in Bilbao on 27 Nov to 3 Dec
10 reasons why you can't miss PG Connects London in January
Buy your ticket before the price goes up
Inside The Game: Launch marketing and User Acquisition 101
Pixelberry on spending money the right way