Localising
COLOPL, the most successful Japanese company you've never heard of, is heading west
From Japan to SF
Road Ahead
Mobile remains a very viable market for indies, says Tilting Point's new CPO
Harder but not impossible
Fight, Fight, Fight
YouTube Gaming seeks to steal players from Twitch's yard
Google looks to crush Twitch with new platform
Double Whammy
Inside the Game: How Hollywood U went from greenlight to App Store in 4 months
Royal McGraw on doubling up
Open Door
Tilting Point hires Gameloft Americas VP Samir El Agili as its new CPO
Staffing up
Try Again
In the Games-as-a-Service market, is there any place for a sequel?
The Pro and Cons explained
Unconsole
Browser-based AirConsole energises microconsole slump
A new type of browser-based console is born
Oops
UPDATE: Machine Zone CEO sues Kabam after party banter turns sour
A Casual Connect party has sparked a lawsuit
Hot Five
Designing a successful app store icon, Hearthstone's mobile woes and Retention 101
The most-read stories of last week on Pocket Gamer.biz
Bigger Things To Come?
League of Legends dev Riot Games makes time-limited debut on mobile
Live for one month only
Nio Beginnings
N3TWORK acquires Swedish studio Nio Games to produce a new breed of mobile games
Euro Vision
Flash Hit
Miniclip's Agar.io was most downloaded iOS game during July 2015
App Annie does its monthly roundup
Hey Small Spender
Kids' mobile games worth nearly 8% of global market
A new SuperData report looks at the children's mobile games market
The Iap Inspector
Dark Ages: The monetisation of Age of Empires: Castle Siege
IAPs from the players' perspective
A Golden Ratio
How Glu Mobile balances UA spend and in-game advertising revenue
Spend vs Save
Hockedoff
Clint Hocking leaves Amazon Game Studios for reasons unclear
Former Valve and LucasArts man departs
Case Closed
Hothead Games settles with Glu over Deer Hunter 2014 copying claim
Payments are now ongoing
Making Of
Cocktails and IAPs: The making of Paradise Bay
We go behind the scenes of King's latest game.
Drain Pain
Hearthstone on mobile could be losing Blizzard millions
Players switching from PC to mobile may be costing Blizzard.
Hot Five
DeNA discusses Nintendo deal, and King's profit drop while Com2us gains
We round up the top five stories of last week
Broader Vision
Why we need more games without Nolan North's voice in them
Carter Dotson is diversifying
Step Up
MobilityWare promotes former COO Jeff Erle to CEO
The California firm shaping up for the future
Growth Area
With advertising already 19% of sales, Zynga is building out its own PMP to attract big brand dollars
Sticky eyeballs
Mind The Gap
A Candy Crush Saga hole sees King's sales down 14% to $490 million
Bitter pill
New Location
Ingress dev Niantic Labs spins out from Google mothership
Safety blanket jettisoned
Looking Up
Unity announces Vision Virtual and Augmented Reality Summit 2016
Running from 10-11 February 2016
Mobilizing Profit
Mobile boosts Hearthstone's $20 million a month revenue, says SuperData
SuperData research shines light on Hearthstone
Watch This Space
Facebook adds autoplay native videos ads into its UA channel, advertising Game of War in the process
UA goldmine
Action Stations
Inside the Game: How to deal with a bug that kills your live game
Kara Loo on staying calm and not panicking
New Game In Town
DeNA West CEO Shintaro Asako on why Nintendo's 'free-to-start' games will be successful in Japan, China and the west
PCG San Francisco's Superstar Sessions
Well Heeled Plan
Animoca Brands goes glam with Paris Hilton-branded Star Girl IAP
Hey big spender
Open The Door
Minecraft programmer Jeb Bergensten calls for a more accessible games industry
Accessibility is key, says Jeb Berngensten
Sporty Pivot
$26 million investment turns Super Evil's attentions to eSports in Asia
Vainglory creators get a serious cash injection
Shooting For Flukes
Stugan: Does the "Lucky Indie" myth still exist?
The Stugan devs question whether being lucky is still enough
Hot Five
Angry Birds 2 breaks records, Game of War uncovered, and video ad insights
The top stories of the last week in detail
Nadir Continues
Still loss-making and losing players, but Zynga sees FY15 Q2 sales up 9% to $200 million
Trying times
Fan Powered
Crowdfunding isn't going away, says Double Fine's community manager James Spafford
It's taken us up and down
Ad This Up
AdRally boosts MMX Racing ad ARPDAU by 46%
UK studio Hutch has a new ad mediation strategy
Rival Move
Zynga hires ex-EA Mobile EVP Frank Gibeau
Joins Bing Gordon on the board
Birdie's The Word
Behaviour Interactive pulls Jason Dufner for Pro Feel Golf Android launch
Sporting superstars muscle in on mobile action
Kardashian Decline
Glu slips back into loss as FY15 Q2 sales slide 19% to $56 million
Cash in hand higher thanks to Tencent
Console Quality
Concept Art House CEO James Zhang on helping Supercell make its Super Bowl ad
Game art is getting better and more expensive
Egg-selent
Angry Birds 2 blasts 20 million downloads in first week
Rovio's on a roll
Another Node
N3TWORK hires Kaito Royale creator Takeshi Otsuka
Gets a 10x-er
Another Woman
Glu builds more social muscle adding Nicki Minaj to its Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry and Britney Spears deck
Bring the fanbase
Moneybags
Zeotap raises $6.4 million Series A funding
Zeotap taps investor cash
Open The Floodgates
How to fire your boss, according to Wooga's Adam Telfer
GDC Europe sees some unusual advice
Missed Opportunity
South East Asia’s potential untapped by Western developers
Why Western developers are missing out on a major growth opportunity
3d Goggles
StartApp creates interactive mobile ads controlled by gyroscopes
Platform launches first 360-degree app adverts.
The Few Among The Many
Cost of buying a loyal user rises 30% to $3.21
Download volume also rises