Ua Play
MMX Racing looks to boost install rates with PlayCanvas playable 3D ads
Early engagement
Building Brand
WWE brawn boosts MMX Racing brand in new partnership
Monster truck racer partners with monster wrestlers
Ad This Up
AdRally boosts MMX Racing ad ARPDAU by 46%
UK studio Hutch has a new ad mediation strategy
Save The Date
Women in Games conference kicks off 2 September
The fifth annual Women in Games conference heads to London
Was It Worth It?
Bossa Studios on the confusing, exciting, unprofitable development of an Apple Watch launch game
Vince Farquharson speaks out at Develop:Brighton
Cash Injection
Marmalade scoops $2 million investment
UK cross-platform firm raises funds
Sweet Tune
Positioning for investment and growth, Marmalade adds to board
Digital music man Ben Drury joins
Hacker Defence
How Space Ape evolved its anti-hacking strategy from Samurai Siege to Rival Kingdoms
How to not let them get away with it
The Iap Inspector
How Rival Kingdoms: Age of Ruin generously monetises the hardcore
IAPs from the players' perspective
Fishing For Donations
Palringo launches 2015 IAP charity drive with rare fish event
Pledging 50 percent of Fishing Bot's revenue
Chart Breaker
Space Ape Games on earning the right to compete with Supercell
Rival Kingdoms developer aims high
Talking Up Chat
Palringo acquires Tribe Studios to bolster in-game chat tech
UK-based firm keeps on growing
Seeing Double
NDreams' Patrick O'Luanaigh on his VR epiphany
Challenges and opportunities
Fine Cut
Ex-EA technical director Adalberto Bruno joins Marmalade
Fast-tracking new platform integration
Kingdom Of Heaven
Rival Kingdoms smashes 1 million downloads a week after launch
Space Ape Games hits jackpot
Window Of Opportunity
Why Windows Phone was the best launch platform for racer Perfect Shift
Lextre CEO highlights the benefits of developing for Windows Phone
Lab Rat
Vungle helps devs design better mobile ads with its creative labs service
News service for "premium advertisers"
Child's Play
Joyful Works on making money from kids games without using IAPs and ads
Basar Simitci sheds light on growing interest in children's games
No Looking
Somethin' Else's Antoine Pastor on making a FPS using audio not graphics
Insights from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2015
Jackpot
What social casino games can teach you about F2P success
Plumbee's Giles Potter isn't relying on chance
No Substitutes
Why Nordeus is opening a 'blank slate' office in London
Won't be making sport games
Mission Possible
UI and soft sell is key to F2P retailing, says Deep Loot dev
"If you've already done six impossible things this morning, why not try making a F2P game?"
More Payers Per Players
Ric Moore on ripping App Store data to find the most efficiently monetising F2P games
Ex-Bossa man is digging deep
Summit Speakers
Final speakers for F2P Summit 2015 announced
Roll on 26 March
Cash Ringo
On the back of games business, Palringo's 2014 sales rise 100% to $14 million
And 50% profit margin
Going Global
Market Tech Holdings acquires majority stake in glispa with $77 million deal
glispa will become full service solution provider
Jobs Board
Unity, GoodGame Studios, and Kuju are hiring
The latest mobile games job vacancies
Social Pays
Social gaming network Pocket Arena launches on iOS
New retention tool
Cash Injection
UK video games pour $2.2 billion into the economy each year
BFI report reveals games industry economic impact
This Good Takes
Sega's investment wasn't about the cash, it was about Japan, says Space Ape
Toby Moore on a strategic move
New Networks
Sega buys Demiurge Studios and invests in Space Ape and Ignited Artists
Big push into mobile
Pure F2p
Why Hutch obsesses about metrics, not chart position
The numbers you can control
Networking
F2P Summit 2015 unveils speakers from Bossa and Monsters and Monsters
Bound for London on 26 March
Big Backing
Supercell and King investors join Hutch Games' board of directors
Hutch gears up for MMX Racing Multiplayer launch
Weak Pulse
Zombies, Run! dev treating future of wearable gaming with a healthy dose of skepticism
Adrian Hon is not convinced
Free Event
Registration opens for Microsoft Cloud Gaming Day on 19 January
Head down London way
Piracy
Ustwo says only 5% Android users paid for Monument Valley
But ustwo is "not complaining"
Interview
Speaker Spotlight: Matthew Annal, Nitrome
What to expect at PG Connects London 2015
Interview
2014 in Review: Jens Lauritzson, Flexion - China will dominate 2015's headlines
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Community
Palringo announces 35 million users, but expects 50 million by end of 2015
Community and gaming platform growing by 1 million a month
Jobs Board
Kamcord, Flaregames, Goodgames and Innogames hiring
Positions available
Investment
Mobile strategy dev Space Ape raises $7 million for Samuari Siege follow up
Outfit prepping Rival Kingdoms for 2015
Opinion
94% of independent developers can't afford to acquire users through mobile advertising
Unlocking UA for quality not cash
Reinvigorated by its gaming community strategy, Palringo opens London HQ
First game out now
Interview
Self-publishing indies need to focus on niche markets, says Mediatonic's Croft
What to expect at PG Connects London 2015
Jobs
InMobi recruiting in San Francisco and London
Join the club
Save 33% on your PG Connects London 2015 tickets right now
Kicking off 13-14 January
Discovery platform gamesGRABR looks to crowdfunding to raise $600,000
Turning to crowdfunding and individual investors
Studio Profile
Handmade dreams: How State of Play crafted its future
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Jobs
NaturalMotion steps up the search for full-time senior environment artist
Are you exceptional?