In The Flow
Why you need to be using personalised, behaviour-based push notifications
Leanplum on relationship marketing
Consolidation
Mobile Mavens discuss Vivendi's risky Gameloft acquisition
And will it be a good thing for either party?
Number Crunch
650 million people play Facebook-connected games each month
So says global games partnerships director Leo Olebe
Sharing Is Caring
Blizzard integrates Facebook Login into Hearthstone, World of Warcraft and more
Social Blizzard
Clients First
NativeX hiring an SF-based Advertising Sales Manager
New blood
Cash In
NetEase leads $2.5 million round in integrated analytics, attribution and aggregation outfit Tenjin
Integrated approach
Late Surge
How Tilting Point increased Photo Finish Horse Racing's DAUs 1,920%
Post-launch recovery
All For One
As Solitaire reaches 200 million downloads, MobilityWare looks to expand
New hands
Timing Not Location Is Key
Flashback Friday: Think less EA, more Bethesda: Why E3 needs to get decentralised and go global to stay relevant
Out with the old, in with the new
Track Attack
Monetize, Retain, Acquire track schedule for PG Connects Vancouver 2016 revealed
Join us on June 28th for some of the best advice you'll hear this year
Consolidation
Mobile game advertising market hits maturity as Fiksu sells out for historic data
Facebook ate their lunch
Mobile > Pc And Console
Mobile is the most popular platform for worldwide Minecraft players
Big lead in APAC, Middle East and Africa, noses in front in North America and Europe
Market Yourself
Nextgen publisher Tilting Point seeks a Marketing Manager
New York firm hiring experienced marketing pro
Ad Battle
It ain't broke but mNectar reckons its new interactive ads are going to 'kill video ads'
Claims higher conversion and retention rates
Taking Aim
Why Hothead Games is betting big on FPS and PvP mobile games
PGC Vancouver speaker Mike Inglehart explains
Square Eyes
Video ads are the preferred method of earning hard currency for mobile players
And signing up for promotions the least favoured, says
Pre-launch Sizzle
Why the pre-registered cohort for League of War: Mercenaries had double the LTV of Facebook players
Going global and cross-platform
Power Knowledge
NetEase, Google, Super Evil Megacorp, icejam and Dream Team speaking at PG Connects Vancouver 2016
Latest batch of speakers
Vive La Arcade
With $50 million to invest in VR, why COLOPL thinks arcades are the best place for its early adoption
Plus updates on Rune Story and Downtown Showdown ahead of PGC Vancouver
Cash In
Clash of Clans' revenue drops below $4 million a day, but still making $100 million a month
Clash Royale having no impact
Work It Out
Careers Fair is new addition for Pocket Gamer Connects Vancouver 2016
Meet your next mobile gaming hires
Mz > Nz
MZ to apply RTplatform technology to New Zealand's public transport system
Game of War tech to run the buses on time
Neat Strategy
Kabam acqui-hires Dawn of Steel dev Superweapon to boost its LA studio
Consolidation move
Mass Market
The Brandroid effect: How Android monetization is getting an upgrade
Jeff Sue on the changing OS balance
Rolling Stone Gathers $$$
How Bandai Namco balanced IAPs and rewarded video monetisation in Tap My Katamari
Designer Peter Qumsieh explains
Miito-no
With declining MAUs and falling retention, Miitomo looks like it's on the slide
Slow core loop to blame
Competition =/= Sport
Updated: To be an eSport, you have to design a game for spectators as well as players, says Mobcrush
Koh Kim discusses the rise of the spectator
Vamos Vancouver
Activision, Twitch, Scopely, Mobcrush and Square Enix Montreal confirmed for PG Connects Vancouver 2016
Five more reasons to come to Canada
More Than Mobile
Loot Crate looking for a Game Producer for games and VR/AR projects
LA-based geek box firm hiring more gaming pros
Join The Arkadians
How to get a job at New York casual studio Arkadium
VP of People Operations Jim Lally shares insights
New Studio Lead
Deconstructor of Fun Michail Katkoff leaves Zynga for FunPlus
Deconstructor of Fun editor jumps ship
Trumping The Donald
What's the moral of Trump's Wall: Build it Huuge?
Build him up or tear him down?
Apply Now
EA hiring mobile Senior Product Marketing Manager for its Star Wars games
Mobile-first role at EA's Redwood City HQ
Good Causes
IGG Canada donates $100,000 to Fort McMurray fire relief fund
I Got Good
Tooled Up
Unity and Unreal Engine quick to pledge support for Google Daydream VR platform
A new vision
Off Limits
Palestinian indie's war-themed game rejected by Apple, available on Google Play
"Not appropriate" for the games category
Getting Better
Google outlines the future of Google Play, including better betas and Early Access
A plethora of useful changes
Looking Ahead
Google announces its high performance mobile VR-for-all ecosystem Daydream
For future Android hardware
Casual-core
Casual games steal midcore's clothes as Candy Blast Mania adds PVP Puzzle Tournaments
A new retention trend
Stark Contrast
Which Marvel games are beating up the US top grossing charts?
Super heroes and villains
Link Up
Gamevil partners with Cartoon Network, bringing Adventure Time characters to Dungeon Link
Summon Adventure Time heroes in the RPG puzzler
World Class Insight
EA, Gram Games, Roadhouse, and Pollen VC join global speaker roster for PG Connects Vancouver 2016
Vancouver-based, but fully international
Kesha Of Clans
Experimenting with RPG retention, Glu brings guilds to Britney Spears: American Dream
Spears at the ready
Frictionless
How codeless tool Buildbox is helping new developers enter the App Store Top 100 charts
How it got started and plans for the future
Chomping Up Charts
Looks like Ubisoft has a mobile hit on its hands as Hungry Shark World does 10 million downloads in 6 days
And top 50 grossing too
Android Vr Rumours
Google expected to announce standalone Android VR device at I/O conference
Or maybe it needs a mobile device... or maybe both!
An End To Infinity
Disney cuts console publishing, doubles down on mobile
Disney Infinity line killed off as 300 lose jobs
Vainglory Spring Season
Vainglory Spring Season Championship events to be held in Hollywood and Berlin in June
June 3-5 in Hollywood, June 10-12 in Berlin
Esports Awareness
Over 1 billion people will be aware of eSports by the end of 2016, predicts Newzoo
Actual viewing audience currently around 292 million people
Uniting Women
Unity announces five-part Women In Gaming talks
Talks across the globe by women in the industry, for women in the industry