There was plenty of fizzy pop and chocolate cake at PG's Mobile Mixer in Cologne

With Gamescom and GDC Europe 2013 in full-flow, there was only one way to kick off the week.

Together with sponsors PapayaMobile, Immersion, Grand Cru and Everplay - not to mention drinks from King - Pocket Gamer held one of its successful Mobile Mixers at the Hyatt Regency in Cologne.

The panel talk covered plenty of hot topics, ranging from business models to dropping monetisation KPI to focus on retention, and whether any one really cares about hardware any more.

You can read a full report here.

After all that talking (and listening), everyone was thirsty and sugar-depleted, so it was a good thing that there was plenty of drink and cake on hand to lubricate networking.

Check out the photos below and see the full set for liking and tagging over on Facebook.

The planel hard at work

Steel Media MD Chris James wants four drinks. Got that at the bar. Four drinks...

A packed house

Hmmm. Cake

Remind me; who sponsored the drinks?

Nice view

Everplay, Nevosoft and King in discussion

Big Fish Games and Nevosoft