Rejoignez-nous
Execution Labs launches GamePlaySpace to coalesce Montreal indie game devs
The non-profit will unite indie studios under one roof
Pay Once & Play
Apple promotes games without in-app purchases
App Store differentiation
Grinding Up
How Heroes Charge charged up the top grossing charts in Germany, Russia, Korea and the US
Power of TV advertising
Slowing Decline
Despite going majority mobile, Zynga sees 2014 revenue down 21% to $690 million
Hard year ahead
Includification
Why your games should play well with disabilities
Carter Dotson makes the moral call
Banhammer Trumps Guns
Apple bans App Store screens with characters holding guns, but not melee weapons
Enforcing 4+ age ranking on metadata
Battle Nations Saga
Expanding into new genres, King buys Z2Live for up to $150 million
Second midcore acquisition
Flash Cash
Spouting a fountain of cash, King sees 2014 sales up 20% to $2.4 billion
More players, less payers but they're paying more
Think Drink Win
4 free Pocket Gamer events at GDC 2015
Awards, Party, Big Indie Pitch and Drink Up to fulfil all your needs
Totally Unique
InMobi's network now over one billion devices strong
Mobile ad platform hits milestone
Players Not Wallets
5 monetization missteps in Midnight Star's UI
Time to streamline the flow
Vision Becomes Reality
Open Source Virtual Reality signs up 13 new partners
Partnership requests accelerate, and Academia Support Program detailed
Keep It Core
Tencent leads investment in Hammer & Chisel's Series B
Funding success fuels Citron's ambition
Cheaper Better Users
Retargeting your way to success in 2015
Don't let your players get away
Rival Realities
Has Microsoft HoloLens helped augmented reality overtake virtual reality?
Our VR Mavens discuss the impact of the new holographic headset
Small And Mighty
3 UA megatrends small devs should ride to outperform the big boys in 2015
Eric Seufert calls the changes
Oops I Did It Again
Glu's market cap rises $150 million on strong 2014 financials and the promise of Katy Perry
Overnight sensation
Awards
Monument Valley, Hearthstone and Threes among SXSW 2015 Gaming Awards finalists
'Tis the season of award-ies
Super Success
Did the $15 million spent on Super Bowl XLIX UA ads score app store success?
Post-game app store rankings revealed
Post Kardashian
Glu Mobile looks to roar with Katy Perry-themed game
Here's hoping for a Russell Brand easter egg
Cash Guzzler
Is TV advertising just for the big guys?
Josh Rinsky of Quaid Media talks about a 2015 megatrend
Vr Vision
Imangi Studios on remaking Temple Run for Gear VR
A new perspective
Sf Merry-go-round
Storm8's Dan Scheidegger joins Scopely as general manager of casual games
Reaching broad audiences
Watch
Liam Neeson takes over Super Bowl for Supercell's $9 million Clash of Clans ad
Selling mobile games requires a very specific set of skills
Turn Up To 11
Wargaming.net rocks out with Vevo sponsorship deal
Tanks can't blitz if they don't have a rocking playlist
Looking Forward
VR has a future, but it's not the future
Does the future look cool?
Market Trends
Losing up to 300 jobs, Sega Sammy restructures for mobile and online
Moving from San Francisco
Woods Vs Trees
App stores are dying as a source of organic discovery
Zombie apps are taking over
Future Earnings
Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14
Switch from monetisation to retention
Extreme Ua
Supercell and uCool battle for a Super Bowl XLIX advertising victory
Clash of Clans vs Heroes Charge
Touchdown Or Sacked?
Should you advertise your mobile game during the Super Bowl?
GrowMobile CEO Brendan Lyall ponders a Hail Mary
Long View
Despite dialling back short-term growth, Kabam's sales hit $400 million in 2014
Tweaking for success
Accelerate
Execution Labs reveals new international line-up, including PewDiePie game
Montreal braces for intense game development program
Pewdie-mario
Nintendo opens entente cordiale with YouTubers through advertising share program
New beta program live
Hallel-ouya
Ouya now boasts Unreal Engine 4 support
Good things come to those who wait
Maus Up To 160 Million
EA Mobile's FY15 Q3 sales down 1% to $121 million
SimCity BuildIt is building it
Sore Thumbs
Average time spent playing mobile games now over two hours a day
Kids play, adult pay
Holo-gaming
Will Microsoft's HoloLens trump the VR competition or fall on its ambition?
Did virtual reality just become obsolete?
Panel Work
How Loveshack found a new order with iOS hit Framed
Non-linear progression
Growing On Controversy
Thanks to #Gamergate, Feminist Frequency's 2014 revenue was boosted 600%
Anita Sarkeesian prepares for 2015
On The Up
Cost of a loyal iOS user rose to $2.10 in December
Peaks and troughs
The Insider
FunPlus hires Greg Essig
Takes head of business role
Options For All
What can you learn from Crossy Road's smart monetization layers?
Like Flappy Bird but with revenues
On The Box
Quaid Media Burst TV promises a mobile gaming UA goldrush
Driving user acquisition, one ad break at a time
Off The Grid
New Fortumo SDK allows offline in-app purchases
Who needs internet anyway?
Chart Of The Year
Are CPI costs really rising?
Yes, but it depends on the UA channel
Crystal Ball
Facebook will consolidate UA dominance in 2015 with 1 billion monthly mobile users
eMarketer forecasts $11 billion of ads
Bay Area Switch
Storm8 hires Zynga's VP of product Pablo Paniagua
Aggressive hiring continues
Flying High
After B funding round, AppsFlyer is $20 million stronger
San Francisco firm take funding total to $28 million
Twitch Time
Mobile game devs need to take advantage of Twitch, says EEDAR's Patrick Walker
Clash of Clans ranked 43 out of 2,800