Open Access
Why Unity and Epic's licensing moves prove the future of gaming is F2P
Carter Dotson says free's the fee
Cheque Book
Facebook taken to court over F2P in-game purchases
Out-of-pocket parents are angry
Who Will Lead The Charge?
Mobile will never just become a core gaming medium
Carter Dotson demands some action
Pure F2p
Why Hutch obsesses about metrics, not chart position
The numbers you can control
Long Game
Why Kabam chose LTV over ARPDAU
Monetizer Mavens on maximising F2P return
Networking
F2P Summit 2015 unveils speakers from Bossa and Monsters and Monsters
Bound for London on 26 March
East Meets West
Perfect World CEO Robert Hong Xiao on a strategy for global F2P success
From PC to mobile and console
Future Earnings
Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14
Switch from monetisation to retention
Road Ahead
10 key trends from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2015
Starting with a bang
Sharing Source
Tag Games on empowering the dev community with its F2P-focused ChilliWorks tools
New middleware, new approach
Building Connections
Nexon set to develop Asia-first LEGO game for iOS and Android
LEGO's first foray into free-to-play on mobile
New Rules
Free-to-play is a legal minefield, warns top video game lawyer
How will EU regulation affect mobile?
Interview
Kabam on the fun at the core of its skill-based F2P brawler Marvel: Contest of Champions
It's Marvel. Don't mess it up
Opinion
Why the continued rise and rise of mobile gaming is not guaranteed
What goes up...
Disney reacts to F2P concerns with subscription tie-in for Club Penguin Puffle Wild
Subscribers get everything for free
Mobile Mavens
Can promotional events like Red and Black Friday drive monetisation?
Our Mavens debate charity, sales and engagement
Monetizer Mavens
Carrots and sticks: How F2P designers should balance wither and daily rewards
Our Monetizer Mavens talk appointment gaming mechanics
Stateside
Learning from Taylor Swift: Your game is worthless but you can give it value
Welcome to mobile gaming in 2014
Apple waves goodbye to 'free' gaming by rewording download buttons
The end of an era
Charticle
100 million strong, but how has Angry Birds Go! found its audience on Google Play?
Checking out Angry Birds Go!, Epic, Stella and Transformers
Robotoki drops F2P from forthcoming Human Element, cans Nexon publishing deal
Hindered by model, says Bowling
Mobile Mavens
Is South Park's criticism of F2P games valid?
Indie Mavens debate the situation
Stateside
Want more women in games? Then start embracing F2P
The difficult truth
Ex-DeNA, Kixeye-r Caryl Shaw on ditching F2P games to reclaim her soul with Telltale
She'll be telling all at GDC Next 2014
Monetizer Mavens
On F2P games' moral core, ability to unlock creative freedom and redistribute wealth
Our Monetizer Mavens lead the fightback
Interview
The story so far: Pocket Gems on five years of growth
Daniel Terry looks back and forward
Reading List
Reading List: Freemium Economics: The Savvy Manager’s Guide
Eric Seufert on leveraging analytics and user segmentation to drive revenue
UK government games policy “shouldn’t pick industry winners”
Nicholas Lovell argues for future-friendly policy environment.
Opinion
Why day 7 retention is just as important as day 1
DeltaDNA runs the data
Video
Chinese mobile gamers want pay-to-win says localisation expert
Knowledge from PG Connects Helsinki 2014
Monetizer Mavens
The power and potential of card-collection mechanics for F2P mobile games
The Monetisation Maven ponder trumps and jokers
Dice Europe
Monument Valley designer: Games must "escape the trope of violence"
And money must not be the only reward, says Wong
Miniclip's Saad Choudri on defining your brand, remaining flexible, and refining, refining, refining
From web to mobile
FTC forces Google to refund up to $19 million in US over kids' mis-use of IAPs
Show me the money
Interview
Getting paid to play: TinyLoot on shaking up the UA status quo
It's all about engagement
Making Of
A spectacular leap: The making of Trials Frontier
How RedLynx's physics racer finally came to mobile
Video
How Oink can help F2P developers tap into the young adult market
Power means responsibility
Video
IQzone's Patrick Petty on why ads could be your missing puzzle piece
Ad speak
Video
Yoga dev Gajatri Studio on turning 'authentic' content into revenue
Make the most of your players
Video
Applifier's Jussi Laakkonen on how heavy spenders drive virality and community
Direct from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2014
Interview
We're trying to build respect with our players, explains inkle's Jon Ingold
A premium trip
Designers have to own, love and define free-to-play, says Peter Molyneux
Rethinking the process
Interview
Madfinger's Marek Rabas on why F2P games need to focus on emotions not challenges
A freemium defence
Making Of
Underwater love: The making of Deep Loot
Monster and Monster on making a move on F2P
Apple analytics: 66.3 percent of all App Store software is freemium
Average price of a game is $0.74
Mobile Mavens
Free-to-play free-for-all: Is the EC's F2P clampdown a farce?
We ask our experts
F2P furore causing indies to fall out of love with iOS, claims Curve Studios
Stigma now attached to mobile development
Mobile Mavens
Was the ASA right to call out EA on F2P?
And how many acronyms can we get in one headline?
UKIE: EC ruling on F2P must not 'stifle developer creativity'
Most British devs already compliant, says Dr. Jo Twist
Apple to EC: Our F2P controls already 'go beyond' those of our rivals
But US giant claims it will work with Europe