Sega Recruit
SEGA hires ex-FunPlus GM Joseph Kim to lead its mobile strategy in the west
FunPlus man doesn't take ages
Jackpot
Social casino growth sees Zynga post $3 million profit in FY15 Q3
Beats guidance
Apple Charts
Apple TV App Store improves discovery with addition of chart listings
Is it enough?
What's Next?
Mobile Mavens debate the value of the deal and the future of mobile games in the Activision Blizzard King era
Big boys at play
China Chat
Video: Mobile business experts discuss how to get into China
And whether it's really worth the effort
Learning Brief
Inside the Game: The role of interns at Pixelberry
Jessica Yang provides the inside track
Good, Bad, Hopeful
What Newzoo, App Annie and IHS think about Activision Blizzard's $5.9 billion King deal
Talking heads
Best Available Deal
Why Activision Blizzard bought King, not Zynga, Glu or Kabam
Big bucks
Takes The Crown
Activision Blizzard to buy King for $5.9 billion
All cash deal will close in Spring 2016
Ea On Vr
I'm bullish on VR, but don't expect any revenues in the near future, says EA CEO
But company is investing
A New Hope?
Minions Paradise's failure to shine drags EA Mobile's sales down 14% to $124 million
Relying on legacy portfolio
Touchdown For Dollars
Is your F2P monetization playbook up-to-speed?
Fuse Powered give some tips
Big Boots
Nexon and Respawn unite to bring Titanfall to mobile in 2016
Both invest in US startup Particle City
Talking Brands
Video: The power of brands for mobile games
A panel of experts dish out advice
Good Games
5 mobile games that give back
A different approach
Get Hired
How to get a job at Japanese-influenced London super startup The Secret Police
Chief Constable Harry Holmwood shares insights
China Challenges
Video: The opportunities and obstacles in the Chinese market
Lucrative or ludicrous?
New Horizon
Google, Twitter and Televisa share keys to monetize social gaming and apps in Latin America at Mobile Growth Latam 2015
Running 12-13 November in Miami
East Isn't Easy
Video: Kabam's Chris Petrovic on expanding into Asia
"Spoiler alert: not very easy to do."
Real Dreams
Video: Hitcents' Stuart Westphal talks dreaming it real
Believe in yourself
Deal Closed
AOL acquires Millennial Media in $248 million deal
Acquisition confirmed, Millennial Media stock withdrawn from NYSE
Brand Benefits
Video: Animoca on why working with brands is best
Save money and time
Publisher Problems
Video: Wooga, GREE, Spil, Roadhouse and Playphone discuss publishing power
"There's always a good time to go to a publisher."
Submit To Apple
Apple opens up submissions to its tvOS App Store for Apple TV
With a few guidelines on how to make it happen
Riding Superfans
What mobile game devs can learn from Tiny Rebel's community-building tactics with Dr. Who Legacy
The Doctor knows
Get Hired
How to get a job at Canadian powerhouse Hothead Games
Producer Chris Pink shares insights
Number Crunching
Ranking King, Zynga, EA, Gameloft and Glu in terms of their revenue and player reach
Graphing success and failure
Horror Heroes
Inside the Game: The role of story in Hollywood U's Halloween update
Eric Dean on the power of a fright story
Switched On
Apple TV will be launching next week
"The foundation of the future of TV"
Finding The Sweet Spot
From F2P to premium and back again: the making of Storm Casters Ultra
Creative Director Nick Coombes discusses the four phases of development
Global Gamers
Video: What different cultures want from their mobile games
The same, but different
Fast & Furious
Video: Priori Data gives App Store insights
Know the battlefield
Murder House
Storm8 and Hasbro unite their casual audiences in Clue Bingo
Blame Miss Scarlet
Go Niche
Video: How to make your branded IP stand out from the rest
If you can't beat them...
People First
Scopely hires Jessica Neal as its Chief People Officer
Former Netflix VP of Talent Acquisition joins Scopely
All Creatures Go
Nintendo continues mobile game assault, investing up to $30m into Pokemon Go dev Niantic Labs
$20 million cash upfront
West Coast Attitude
Video: Why the West Coast is important for the mobile industry
Funding matter
Ubisoft Acquisition
Ubisoft expands its mobile presence with acquisition of Longtail Studios
Now simply Ubisoft Halifax
Glu Favours Experience
27-year veteran Tim Wilson joins Glu Mobile as global CTO
Glu gets experienced tech leadership
Global Brands
Video: How to grow a global brand, according to Seriously
Know your world, and talk to your users
Advancing Advertising
AppLift unveils AppLift Labs to innovate ad tech
Developing new methods of user acquisition and engagement
360 Presence
Video: What Disney's global presence means for its mobile games
There's plenty of brands to play with
A Soft Launch
Where's the Up gone from Star Wars: Uprising's grossing performance?
Tracking top grossing game performance
Jam Today
Qualcomm gets out of AR, selling Vuforia platform for $65 million
Uncertainty principle
Forced Into F2p
Crescent Moon founder Josh Presseisen on the quiet death of premium games
New York indie increasingly embracing F2P
Evolving
Mino Games closes $2.2 million funding round and launches casual-core sequel Mino Monsters 2
All systems go again
Respun
A second wind: the monetisation of Storm Casters Ultra
IAPs from the players' perspective
Don't Look Back
Disney discontinues close to 100 of its mobile games to focus on "more engaging" titles
Support for legacy titles dries up as Disney looks ahead
Just For You
Scientific Revenue claims its personalised Pricing Cloud tech can increase your IAP business by over 20%
Getting dynamic
New Horizons
So long, Canada: these countries are mobile gaming's next soft launch frontier
Chartboost advises