Core Ambition
Core-focused Helsinki dev Reforged Studios hiring VFX Artist
NetEase-backed startup hiring for debut game
Developing Strategy
Helsinki strategy experts PlayRaven hiring Senior Game Designer
Spymaster and Winterstate seeks experienced F2P design pro
From The Top
Why the world's "least powerful CEO" has never been more powerful
Implications for company culture
More Players, More Taxes
Supercell CEO explains thinking behind "very long term" Tencent deal
Ilkka Paananen on his second strategic investor in as many years
Expanding The Niche
Supercell hiring a competitive gaming expert to establish Clash Royale as first mobile eSport
Write your own playbook
Microsoft Streamline
Microsoft cuts 1,850 jobs as it "streamlines" mobile hardware business
Restructuring to cost company $950 million
Eyes Glued
Next Games enjoys 80% opt-in rate for rewarded video ads, driving ARPDAU of $0.06
Sustained revenue
I'm A Dinosaur :3
Bigger than Miitomo, Futurefly releases 3D chat app Rawr
"A millienial equivalent to pen pals"
Super Sell
Supercell valued at $5 billion as SoftBank rumoured to be selling shares
Talks with buyers in China reportedly already happeneing
Seriously Lifestyle
Seriously widens Best Fiends' UA strategy, signing up 200 lifestyle YouTubers for new influencer campaign
PewDiePie swapped out for CuteGirlsHairstyles
Double Strike
PlayRaven CEO Lasse Seppänen on being bold and trying new things in the mobile strategy genre
A different strategy
A Who's Who
Armada Interactive raises $3 million to give core mobile gaming a hard push
Remedy, BioWare, Crytek vets reboot
Your Next Job
Helsinki developer Next Games is hiring a Full Stack Developer
The Walking Dead: No Man's Land dev looks to bolster Live Ops team
Mad Max Frozen
FTUE: Winterstate
A cocktail of ice and explosions
Something To Build On
What EA's Petri Ikonen learned from designing SimCity BuildIt
How user testing saved the project
Churned
Flashback Friday: I've played Clash of Clans more than any other game, but now it's time to log off
What I learned from the process of spending $70+
Article 101
Making the case for the next generation of learning games
Lauri Järvilehto wants to teach you something
Experience Needed
Supercell hiring Senior Programmer and Game Artists for Clash of Clans and new project
Chance to shape Supercell's next big game
Bffs
Seriously doubles down on Best Fiends IP with sequel Best Fiends: Forever
Currently in soft launch
The Next Step
How to get a job at The Walking Dead: No Man's Land developer Next Games
HR Manager Anna Feodorow shares insights
Turning The Tables
Vladimir Funtikov on why free-to-play development sucks and what you can do about it
Creative Mobile CEO speaks out
Keep It Lean
Flaregames' Miikka Luotio on the challenges and opportunities of making games with small teams
Bigger may not be better
Player Lifecycle
Oscar Clark on measuring the player lifecycle and making the most of your data
He didn't rip his trousers off, thankfully
In-game Events
AppsFlyer's Alexander Grach on the in-game events you need to be measuring
Making the most of your data
Mobile Market
The global mobile market according to Nevosoft's Pavel Ryaykkonen
The state of the world, and advice for the future
Community Of Clans
How Marika Appel +1 manages the 25m strong Clash of Clans community
You can't please everyone, especially not in video games
Smart Money For Zombies
Walking Dead dev Next Games raises $10 million
Existing investors double down
White Nights
Nevosoft brings its White Nights conference to Helsinki on February 11-12
50+ speakers, 75+ developers, and 1500+ attendees so far
Better Together
Pablo Jordi on a magical Finnish-Korean mobile game co-production
And why more devs should do it
Seriously Good
With a record $3M generated in December, Seriously reveals Best Fiends has hit $25M in lifetime sales
Also makes $250,000 for charities
Apply Now
Helsinki developer Next Games looking to hire a Senior Game Designer
The Walking Dead: No Man's Land dev seeks experience
New Year, New Job
PlayRaven hiring for 4 positions at its Helsinki HQ
UA and Backend specialists wanted
Helsinki Awaits
How to get a job at Helsinki strategy experts PlayRaven
CEO Lasse Seppänen shares insights
Smart Brains
Danger at every turn: the making of The Walking Dead: No Man's Land
Sulka Haro on shuffling towards success
Helsinki Calling
Spymaster studio PlayRaven seeking UA experts for its Helsinki office
UA Manager and UA Specialist roles up for grabs
Iap Inspector
Ad to play: the continuous harvesting cycle of Farm Away
IAPs from the players' perspective
Cue Smilies
Futurefly gains more investors, taking its seed round to $3 million
Hope to shake up messaging apps
Get Hired
How to get a job at NetEase-backed Helsinki startup Reforged Studios
CEO Teemu Vilén shares insights
Time To Harvest
Futureplay prepares to launches its view-to-play revolution with Farm Away!
Fast and simple
Netease Invest
NetEase continues aggressive western expansion, investing $2.5 million in core start-up Reforged Studios
Industry veterans working on a fantasy army battler
Iap Inspector
Risen again: the monetisation of The Walking Dead: No Man's Land
IAPs from the players' persepctive
Communion Of Clashers
Supercell talks community, ClashCon and eSports
Marika Appel Community Manager shares insights
Walking With Giants
Futurefly bags $2.5 million seed funding from Facebook, Snapchat, Whatsapp investors
Finnish startup gets big bucks, and big experience
Going It Alone
Boomlagoon founder Tuomas Erikoinen goes solo with Part Time Monkey
Former CCO steps down to pursue indie dev
Talk Talk
What happens when mobile industry bigmouths get 20 slides and 400 seconds? PechaKucha!
Automatic for the people
Smart Move
Smartwatch specialist Everywear Games raises $2.25 million
Wearable games developer gets cash injection
Experiential
Grand Cru shuts down Supernauts to focus on new 2016 launch
Better next time
Finnsential
Five tracks at PG Connects Helsinki 2015 that’ll knock your socks off
Pocket Gamer Connects returns to Finland bigger and better
Discount Finnish
Cheapest tickets for PGC Helsinki 2015 finish midnight Friday 7 August
Want cheap entry to September 7-8 conference? Better hurry...
Match-$$$
Best Fiends developer Seriously raises $18 million
Brings total to $28 million