"If you can’t create something that stands out, you’re already dead," says Bossa's Imre Jele
The power of fans in making success
Miniclip's Saad Choudri on defining your brand, remaining flexible, and refining, refining, refining
From web to mobile
The Finnsider
Say hello to the Finnish game company you've never heard of, that doesn't exist anymore, and is debuting on Windows Phone
What happens outside of Helsinki
Silicon Valley Come to the Baltics combines with Live Mobile Congress in Lithuania
Find out more 11-12 October
Data
Apple sells 10 million iPhone 6s, but iOS 8 adoption rate remains slow
Five days, 25 percent uptake
The Charticle
20 million players strong, has a post-Naxxramas Hearthstone sustained at the top of iPad's top grossing charts?
A champion in the making?
Deal
How much money would a woodchopper game make if a woodchopper game would integrate Cashplay?
Timberman developer Digital Melody uses real-money platform
Pocket Gamer Connects
Last chance for Pocket Gamer Connects London 2015 early bird tickets
Make a saving while getting connected
Mobile Maven
Microsoft's move for Minecraft: Massive mistake or masterstroke?
Our Mavens give their expert view
Hot Five
Opening and shutting GamerGate, Star Wars, World of Tanks, and we've been Tango-ed
Last week's top 5 stories
Opinion
Why the Indian games market is now ripe for success
Local conditions and talent are in place says Aswin Sambamurthy
Week That Was
Microsoft buys Minecraft, Apple unleashes iOS 8, and we tackle GamerGate
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
FTC fines TinyCo $300,000 over COPPA data violations in pre-2013 games
Beware the kids
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Worms on the rise as Football Manager holds top spot
September 8 - September 14
Chart Of The Week
Social casino game Slotomania generates 15% higher ARPU on Amazon than iOS
Reaching your target audience
Jobs Board
LINE man joins Wooga, Zynga's reshuffle continues, and Next Games looking for designers
Job lot
Charitable hook up between Rovio and Playmob raises $28,000 from Angry Birds Epic IAPs
Building schools for Room to Read
More than Kakao: Four Korean mobile gaming platforms you should consider
The News Gangnam Style
Amazon presses reset: Launches new tablets, rolls out OS update
Sangria hits Fire devices
Rumours
Ovum suggests Alibaba could make a $1.5+ billion move for Tango
What to do with its IPO warchest
Gameloft launches App Bundles, and Metal updates but only for A7 and A8-class hardware
Basking in iOS 8 love
Pangea Software quick off the mark with three App Store game bundles
Bundles priced from $6.99 to $12.99
Data
Like Fiksu, Tapjoy estimates iOS 8 adoption rate significantly lagging previous OSes
iPod touch the most updated device
Sponsored Feature
How to make your games more attractive to brand advertisers
Tapsense on making positive changes
Financials
With H1 2014 sales up 71% to $21 million, Feiyu Technology announces Hong Kong IPO plans
Xiamen Haloer+Cairot=IPO
Investment
Swrve raises $10 million to provide the tools enabling brands to grow the consumer relationship
Acero Capital leads the B round
TIGA calls for incubator program between universities and developers
Building on success of Cambridge cluster
King triumphs in 6waves legal dispute, Chinese firm pulls 'clones' from sale
Treasure Epic and Farm Epic are no more
Fortumo giving $5,000 UA spend to devs integrating its carrier billing SDK on Windows Phone
The third way
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: Maria Alegre and Sean Fannan
Chartboost co-founders on the up
Delete and make space: iOS 8 requires at least 5.7 GB of free space to install
Will Hearthstone and World of Tanks have to go?
Adam Saltsman and Anita Sarkeesian honored in the 2014 Gaming Insiders 30
Movers and shakers
Vrvana promises a universal VR solution with its multi-platform Totem headset
Goal in sight inside of 24 hours
Data
Watch iOS 8 take over the world with Fiksu's live analytics
It's alive!
Mobile Mavens
Developers discuss Apple Watch's potential as a gaming platform
Is it time for smartwatch gaming?
Making Of
Simplified, faster and more intense: The making of World of Tanks Blitz
Dmitry Yudo talks Wargaming's app attack
Opinion
GamerGate is one gate that needs to be kept open
Engagement is the only way to win this debate
Berlin, Vilnius, Minsk, Paris, Belgrade, Helsinki - Pocket Gamer and SkyMobi go on tour
Bringing mobile mixers to Berlin, Vilnius, Belgrade, Paris and Helsinki
Inside The Game: Pixelberry explains what really goes down before launch
Learnings from the development of High School Story
Pocket Gamer's Mobile Mixer panelists discuss the power of triple-A
Thanks to our sponsors TapSense, Everyplay, and Tango
Investment
Chobolabs raises $1.3 million to redefine competitive shooters on mobile
Round led by Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors
Stateside
GamerGate demonstrates game culture is sick. We all have to cure it
Carter Dotson on curing the disease
Vungle's new tech takes 300 milliseconds to decide between a pre-cached or streaming ad
Optimisation the experience
Jobs
Wooga hires ex-LINE game man to run new Japan office
Heading east
Opinion
How to ensure your real-money skill-based game doesn't stray into illegal gambling
Cashplay on keeping within the boundaries
Chart Of The Week
Compared to Supercell, Microsoft paid 100 percent too much for Minecraft, says analyst
Digi-Capital crunches the numbers
Mobile Mavens
A playground for creativity, but Indie Mavens unsure about Apple Watch's commercial potential
Need more information
Tango boasts its social stickiness as Road Riot breaks 1 million DAUs barrier
US social network looking for good games
Chart Of The Week
Apple clamping down on reskinners with new App Store algorithm
Under the skin
Deals
Harmonix and Tilting Point working together for multiple mobile music games
Rock Band dev partners with mobile ops expert