Iterative Approach
Keep on shipping: How Fluffy Fairy Games updated its game 50 times in a year
Founder and CTO Oliver Löffler explains the challenges and advantages of this iterative approach to development
Good Mews
Niantic set to bring research and story-driven quest systems to Pokemon Go
Players will also be able to capture Mew when the update goes live later this week
Live Ops Power Panel
Live ops experts on the best practices for keeping your mobile game alive
PlayFab Europe GM Mark Val leads a panel in a live ops discussion
Keep It Going
King on turning away from the traditional "boxed" model of games to long-running titles
Todd Green on not hiring rockstars in favour of training new staff
Beyond Runescape
Jagex CEO Phil Mansell on the evolution of live games and RuneScape
How to go beyond games-as-a-service
Bird Is The Word
Are casual games maturing? Lessons from Angry Birds 2
Om Tandon breaks down what makes Rovio's hit game such a success
Do It Live
Live long and prosper: Understanding the potential of live ops
Developers weigh in on the important of games-as-a-service
Back To The Features
The big 3 mobile game trends you need to know to boost rank and revenues
GameRefinery delves into the data on the most popular gameplay features right now
King Of Live Events
How King runs live in-game events in Candy Crush Saga
Producer Andra Petrosan on keeping players of one of the world most popular games playing
Post-launch Advice
5 tips for running effective live operations
Tag Games' Robin Smith offers useful advice on maximising post-launch performance of your game
Wooga's New Focus
Live ops and long soft-launches: Wooga's CEO Jens Begemann on its renewed focus for 2017
From casual to midcore and back again
Keeping Dreams Alive
Live operations management studio DECA Games decloaks after a year of stealth operations
Headed up by Ken GO, former General Manager of Kabam's European HQ
Live And Kicking
Five years on: InnoGames on the evolution of Forge of Empires
Senior Product Manager Stefan Walter on the game's life so far
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Pocket Gems on the evolution of War Dragons
Product Manager Chelsea Ono Horn on the game's life so far
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Netmarble on the evolution of Marvel Future Fight
Game Director Jin Oh on the game's life so far
Live And Kicking
One year on: Another Place Productions on the evolution of BattleHand
CEO Jeremie Texier on the game's life so far
Live And Kicking
Two years on: ZeptoLab on the evolution of King of Thieves
Chief Product Officer Max Petrov on the game's life so far
Live And Kicking
Five years on: Sybo Games on the evolution of Subway Surfers
Sybo Managing Director Mathias Gredal Nørvig on the game's life so far
The Charticle
Why did Tencent invest a further $90 million into Pocket Gems?
Tracking the impact of Tencent's millions on Episode and War Dragons
Live And Kicking
Two years on: First Touch Games on the evolution of Score! Hero
Production Manager Andy Dunn on the game's life so far
Record Year
How Rovio is steering the ship to a new wave of success
Rovio's Wilhelm Taht on the company's cultural shift, new IP and building on its most famous licence in Angry Birds
Sega Financials Q4 Fy17
Sega hits $3.2 billion in revenue as profits jump 414%
Hortensia SAGA and Puyopuyo!! Quest continue to perform
Live And Kicking
Four years on: Gameloft on the evolution of Asphalt 8: Airborne
Senior Game Producer Ignacio Marin on the game's life so far
Good Hand
Why Zynga Poker’s success is the tail wagging the Zynga dog
Frank Gibeau on the road ahead
Live And Kicking
Three years on: Madfinger on the evolution of Dead Trigger 2
CEO Marek Rabas on the game's life so far
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Big Huge Games on the evolution of DomiNations
CEO Tim Train on the game's life so far
Live And Kicking
Five years on: MAG Interactive on the evolution of Ruzzle
VP of Product Johan Persson on the game's life so far
Live And Kicking
Three years on: Pixonic on the evolution of War Robots
COO Igor Klyukin on the game's life so far
Jobs News
Romanian outsourcing studio Amber recruits former Samsung VP as CEO
Developer launches new live ops service
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Seriously on the evolution of Best Fiends
CCO Petri Järvilehto on the game's life so far
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Com2uS on the evolution of Summoners War
Lead Developer Min Young Jung on the game's life so far
Life Goes On
Why Tag Games is offering external live ops for developers
Could it be the future?
Live And Kicking
Two years on: EA on the evolution of SimCity BuildIt
Live Service Lead Inka Vikman on the game's life so far
Live Support
Best practices for player support in mobile game live operations
Experts from Wargaming, PlayRaven, Armada and Nexon M discuss dealing with the community
Tagging In
Tag Games kicks off live ops business by collaborating with Flaregames on Nonstop Knight
Moving away from development to look after other studios' games
Gdc Trends
5 key mobile trends from GDC 2017
VR, Eastern influence, engines and live ops - but are things really changing?
Forevergreens & Bold Beats
Why Zynga and Glu Mobile are focusing on the past for future success
Frank Gibeau and Nick Earl are singing from the same hymn sheet
Playing On Bold Beats
CEO Frank Gibeau on how Zynga is regaining its mojo through live operations
It's time to create forever franchises
Live And Kicking
Three years on: EA India on the evolution of Tetris Blitz
Studio Director Amol Gurwara on the game's life so far
Launch In Japan
How to successfully release your mobile game in Japan
Arthur Chow talks localisation, advertising, and more
Live And Kicking
One year on: D3 Go on the evolution of Magic: The Gathering Puzzle Quest
Senior Director of Digital Operation Brian Etheridge on the game's life so far
Not All Bad
5 free-to-play mobile games that turned a corner in 2016
The games that finished 2016 better than they started it
Live And Kicking
Five years on: EA on the evolution of The Sims FreePlay
Senior Producer Amanda Schofield on the game's life so far
Live And Kicking
One year on: Space Ape Games on the evolution of Rival Kingdoms
COO Simon Hade on the game's life so far
Understanding Live Ops
How Space Ape grew revenues in the one-year-old Rival Kingdoms for six consecutive months
COO Simon Hade and Live Ops Lead Andrew Munden on keeping games alive
Live And Kicking
EA reflects on mobile hit Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes on its first birthday
EA Executive Producer John Salera on the game's life so far
Think Long-term
Live ops at EA is about making stolen moments count
We talk live games and monetising Indian users
Live And Kicking
One year on: Rovio Stockholm on the evolution of Angry Birds 2
Lead Designer Måns Wide on the game's life so far
Keep The Ball Rolling
How Glu Hyderabad's live ops keeps games alive
Senior Producer Nilesh Engineer on updates and their effects
Live And Kicking
One year on: Pixel Toys on the evolution of Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade
CEO Andy Wafer reflects on the game's life so far