Extended Play
Chartboost acquires influencer network Roostr to tap into fast-growing social UA opportunity
Watch this now
Body In San Fran, Eyes On Beijing
Chartboost hiring Mandarin speakers for China-focused roles
San Francisco ad platform Chartboost seeks Asia experts
Upsight Acquisition
Analytics platform Upsight widens its market to ad mediation with Fuse Powered acquisiton
Terms of the deal not disclosed
Social Scene
Hammer & Chisel raises $20 million for gamer messaging app Discord
Everybody talking
Phone A Friend
Glu Mobile invests in and might acquire troubled QuizUp dev Plain Vanilla (if TV show works)
Last roll of the dice
Kabam Focus
Kabam continues to narrow focus, offloading old mobile titles to Gaea Mobile
Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North and more
Ua Roll Up
UA consolidation gathers pace as Fyber buys Heyzap for up to $45 million
Total reach tops 500 million MAUs
Get Stuck In
How to get a job at market-leading developer Glu Mobile
Sheila Ryan, VP of Global Human Resources, shares insights
Future's Perfect
Presence Capital launches $10 million early-stage VR and AR investment fund
Investing in the vision thing
Kiss The Watch
It's time for N3TWORK to launch its debut ultra mobile game; Mafia Watch
Collect and Protect
Get Hired In Istanbul, London Or Sf
How to get a job at leading Turkish developer Gram Games
Chief People and Culture Officer Emre Tunçbilek shares insights
Monster Money
Mino Games' midcore Mino Monsters 2 generates $1.7m in revenue in first month
Plans on growing the company
Portfolio Effect
Storm8's Ramine Darabiha on the challenges and opportunities of running 45 games-as-a-service
The power of many titles
Stamping Down On Ua
Branch's Content Analytics promises to reduce your UA costs
Optimise the power of your in-app UA content
Phone-to-phone
Pokémon GO dev Niantic Labs highlights power of location-based games as Ingress First Saturdays hits 100 cities
For new players to meet current players
Sega Recruit
SEGA hires ex-FunPlus GM Joseph Kim to lead its mobile strategy in the west
FunPlus man doesn't take ages
Getting A Foothold
Ex-Unity VP John Goodale joins 'gDocs for game devs' outfit MaxPlay
Tasked with establishing Asian business
All Creatures Go
Nintendo continues mobile game assault, investing up to $30m into Pokemon Go dev Niantic Labs
$20 million cash upfront
Glu Favours Experience
27-year veteran Tim Wilson joins Glu Mobile as global CTO
Glu gets experienced tech leadership
Advancing Advertising
AppLift unveils AppLift Labs to innovate ad tech
Developing new methods of user acquisition and engagement
Evolving
Mino Games closes $2.2 million funding round and launches casual-core sequel Mino Monsters 2
All systems go again
Place To Play
Ex-Google Play exec Patrick Mork joins marketing platform Singular
Takes CMO role
Get Hired
How to get a job at San Francisco mobile developer Pocket Gems
Carrie Simonds, VP of People and Brand, shares insights
Skywalking
How Kabam found balance in the force as it worked on Star Wars Uprising
Daniel Erickson on a star-sized IP
Core Focus
Pocket Gems looking to bolster core games team with Lead Game Designer, Art Lead, and more
High-profile roles available
Social Impact
Bandura Games hires 35-year industry veteran Randy Angle as new CCO
Company's debut game to be announced soon
Rival Move
Zynga hires ex-EA Mobile EVP Frank Gibeau
Joins Bing Gordon on the board
July Gloom
Following GREE, Kixeye is latest SF company to shed jobs
Hasn't made the mobile transition
Casually Connect
Register now for the GungHo and Pocket Gamer-hosted Playphone Summer Bash at Casual Connect
12 August - remember the date
Creative Control
NetEase's Success Fund offers up to $500,000 for indie mobile games
Promises an alternative to traditional publishing model
Bigger Cake
N3TWORK's Neil Young on learning from Japan to drive 10-fold growth in western mobile game markets
The only way is up
Axe Falls
GREE lays off 30% of its key San Francisco office
Times are hard
Golden Gate To Success
Why the Bay Area is a such as sweetspot for social game development
SGN's Josh Yguado on the right location
Time To #pgcsanfran
Indie-pendence Day! 4 reasons to attend PG Connects San Francisco 2015
Free tickets
Key Conferencing
Less than two weeks to go: PG Connects San Francisco 2015 is ready to rock
Mobile gaming industry gathers on West Coast for inaugural PGC US event
Deal Or No Deal
Final few hours of Mid Term PG Connects San Francisco tickets
Updated conference schedule should tempt those still undecided
All Change
Kiwi ceases current operations as it sells 'cash-positive' games to longtail expert RockYou
San Francisco dev pulls back
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Dev Discount
[UPDATE] Huge dev-only PG Connects San Francisco 2015 offer now on
But hurry: it's a limited one-time deal
Supermentors
Get the latest on Nintendo's first mobile game, Disney's plans, and more in PGC San Francisco's Superstar Sessions
New opening track gets industry heavyweights to deliver conference agenda-setting keynotes
Vbip @pgc
Making a mobile, VR, or smartwatch game? Enter the Very Big Indie Pitch at PGC San Francisco 2015
You get free conference passes, your game noticed, and a chance to win big
Unseen Gems
Kongregate's Jeff Gurian on the importance of dark metrics
What to expect at PGC San Francisco 2015
Indie Advice
China is already a top country for The Sandbox downloads, says Pixowl's Sebastien Borget
What to expect at PGC San Francisco 2015
What Next?
What's the future of mobile gaming? Find out at PGC San Francisco 2015
New track for July 7-8 conference
Marketing Masterclass
Amazon, Google and Tango talk Acquire, Engage, Monetize at PG Connects San Francisco 2015
How to get, keep and monetize players
Programmatic Power
How Heyzap's ad mediation boosted Crossy Road's ad revenue by 94%
More is more
A New Hope
Kabam finds the licence it was looking for: announces RPG Star Wars: Uprising
Bringing a classic approach from RPGs
Survive & Thrive
Sebastian Kriese, Evan Skolnick, and Sebastian Borget lead Indie Survival Guide track at PGC SF
Everything you need to know about succeeding as an indie
From Apple Watch to APAC, Super Mario to Star Wars, VCs to VR - explore mobile gaming's frontiers at PGC San Francisco
Look into our crystal ball
Global Trends
Kristian Segerstrale and Chris Petrovic confirmed for Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2015
The first content for July 7-8 conference is unveiled
Time Vs Attention
Ubisoft's Chris Early on rethinking the value exchange in free-to-play games
What's your player resource index?