Playing The Long Game
We're more Supercell than Machine Zone, says Nordeus CEO Branko Milutinovic
Belgrade firm takes retention-first, long-term view for next game
Team Up
What's been the impact of adding guilds to Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes' grossing performance?
How to enthuse already engaged players
Downward Spiral?
Increasing competition sees Day 7 retention for mobile F2P mobile games drop 50%
GameAnalytics has been number crunching
Better Together
How adding guilds plays into longterm retention for Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
John Salera on thinking ahead
Iap Inspector
Gifts galore: the monetisation of Tales of LINK
IAPs from the players' perspective
Session Lengths
Video: Nicholas Lovell on why your on-ramp needs to be better than Facebook's
Good luck with that!
Crowned
Monetizer Mavens on the simple, sophisticated, genius, and extremely aggressive gacha monetisation (and retention) of Clash Royale
Smart moves
Friends With Benefits
Balancing real-world friends with in-game acquaintances to maximise short-term virality and long-term retention
Torulf Jernström on making the most of friends
Creativity Through Limitations
ZeptoLab's Eugene Yailenko on lessons learned from King of Thieves
From prototype to 24 million downloads
Iap Inspector
Churning waves: the monetisation of Pirate Power
IAPs from the players' perspective
More Options
How far can your core game stretch?
Torulf Jernström on getting elastic
No Time To Chill
Chillingo on everything you need to know about running a successful live service
How to get users, keep them playing, and keep them happy
Never Let Me Go
3 simple steps to improving your retention
Mike Herron wants you to stay
Product Panel
Indie developers discuss if you should focus on the game or the service
Short bursts of fun or long-term battles?
Player Sessions
Nicholas Lovell on how to extend your player sessions
Or bring them back after they go
Smaller, Leaner, Smarter
How Eight Pixels Square is aiming to dominate the mobile shooting genre
Hugh Binns talks console-mobile transition and 2016 plans
I <3 Players
Everything you ever wanted to know about retention
Torulf Jernström on keeping your players
Unity Ads
Video: Maximise revenue by making ads that players want to watch
Making the most of your monetisation
Wrist Action
How Everywear generated 25% D-30 retention in its Apple Watch game Runeblade
Always on
Iap Inspector
Retain now, spend later: the monetisation of Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
IAPs from the players' persepctive
Seasonal Promise
Is your F2P game ready for the twin peaks of Christmas retention?
Isaac Roseboom on December strategy
Keeping The Player
Retention is the new UA, reckons Outfit7
Beyond installs
Long-term Players
Is a 200 basis point increase for Dawn of Titans' 30-day retention significant?
Monetizer Mavens get numerate
Customer Satisfied
How focusing on UX and retention created success for Gram Games' ad-funded 1010!
Making thousands of dollars a day without IAPs
The Flow
How optimising your funnel can improve your F2P game's performance 100,000-fold
Torulf Jernström on important metrics
Cart And Horse
What's the correct order of Acquisition, Retention and Monetization for F2P games?
Monetizer Mavens shuffle the pack
Myth Buster
5 common myths about mobile advertising busted
David Diaz shoots them down
Made To Measure
6 awesome Dashboard charts for F2P games
DeltaDNA has the metrics to measure
Surf's Up
Subway Surfers breaks 1 billion downloads barrier, boasting 27 million daily active players
Danish success story
Testing, Testing
Games that spend more than one month in soft launch can increase retention by 20% says deltaDNA
Patience is a virtue
Keep Them Coming Back
The four pillars of retention
Bee7's John Rankin wants you to read to the end
Razor Sharp
Deconstructing the $120,000 IAP economy of Game of War
Dimitar Draganov looks under the skin
Untapped Potential
In-app messaging inspires 3.5 times higher retention
But only a third use it
Animal Magic
Sonic Dash celebrates 100 million downloads with playable Angry Birds characters
Hedgehog vs birds
Existential Success
Why Crossy Road focused on sharing and retention, not UA and monetisation
Throwing away the rule book
Look No Hands
Should your mobile game have an auto-play mode?
Our Mobile Mavens debate skill and the lack of
Ad Rank
AppsFlyer crowns AppLovin as best iOS ad network based on 1-, 7- and 30-day retention
Facebook still rules for reach, however
Jackpot
What social casino games can teach you about F2P success
Plumbee's Giles Potter isn't relying on chance
Get Sticky
10 reasons players are leaving your game
DeltaDNA gives top retention tips
Heart Of The Matter
Forget monetisation - F2P success is all about retention and engagement
Monetizer Mavens rethink their core
Social Pays
Social gaming network Pocket Arena launches on iOS
New retention tool
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
Happy Birthday
Ruzzle celebrates 3rd birthday and 50 million download milestone
The word game stays relevant 3 years on
Future Earnings
Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14
Switch from monetisation to retention
Chart Of The Week
Beating RPGs for retention, CCGs are ruling and saturating the Chinese mobile market
Trumping it
Opinion
Why it pays to pay attention to retention
AppLovin's CPO Mark Rosner on a metric to monitor
Chart Of The Week
How TinyLoot increased Smash Bandits' retention 50% and doubled ARPU
Engaged players spend more
Outfit7 makes its Bee7 discovery and monetisation tool open to all Android devs
Cross-promo or generate revenue
Data
Rise and fall: The numbers behind the lifecycle of mobile games
Fisku's chief strategy officer Craig Palli considers retention
Opinion
Why day 7 retention is just as important as day 1
DeltaDNA runs the data