Jobs Board
Jobs Board: Fishlabs' looking for 25, Big Fish lands PopCap's CFO, and Turbo gets advice from Helgason and Gunnarsson
New positions
FTC forces Google to refund up to $19 million in US over kids' mis-use of IAPs
Show me the money
Fortune Slots and Motorsport Manager head Qi's top rated Android and iOS games for August
Critically acclaimed
Jobs
Turbo announces advisory board including Unity's Helgason and CCP's Gunnarsson
Bank, consultant and ex-Vice journalist also onboard
Sponsored Feature
Metaps on why you should come to Tokyo Game Show and bring your mobile game to Japan
Learn more at Metaps' Tokyo Mobile Game Night
Jobs
Big Fish Games finds a new CFO in former PopCap man Robert Chamberlain
Fish are friends
Financials
Leaked email reports Chukong's August 2014 sales up 130% to $28.5 million
Good news can't wait
Deal
Comedy Central and Pocket Gems to revive Ugly Americans on mobile
The power of Episodes
Video
App stores are brilliant for distribution, but terrible for discovery, says BlackBerry
Distribution, not discovery
Mobile Mavens
Through the looking glass: PocketGamer.biz debates the future of VR
Through a glass darkly?
Deal
Slitherine makes a significant advance into mobile strategy, acquiring Shenandoah Studio
Wargaming specialists combine
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Disney's Castle of Illusion seizes control
August 24 - August 31, 2014
Making Of
Gunning for glory: The making of Modern Combat 5: Blackout
Aiming high
Marmalade 7.4 brings added features for Facebook, WinPho 8.1, Roku and Firefox
This is your jam
Jobs
Amazon CFO Thomas Sztukat to step down in 2015
Passing the torch
Opinion
Where next for wearables?
On your wrist or in the bin?
UK trade body Ukie launches its games policy manifesto
Looking to influence the next government
Opinion
Despite discovery issues and its 21% cut, Kakao remains a strong play for developers
The News Gangnam Style
VR titles Gunner and Perfect Beach to launch with Samsung's Gear VR headset
A unique experience
Deal
Upsight partners with adjust to bring better analytics to app marketing
For the marketers
Temple Run goes first person as it supports Samsung Gear VR
Run away from arctic demon monkeys
Samsung goes virtual with its Note 4-powered Gear VR headset
Partnering with Oculus and launch game from DeNA
Games, music and TV executives head to New York for 2014 DMW Week NYC
Digital Media Wire's conference returns from 8 Sept
Chart Of The Week
Nexage see demand for video ads up 516%
The new normal
Pocket Gamer is turning Tokyo Game Show into an (App) Annie Wonderland
Unlike the white rabbit, don't be late
Interview
We're running 50,000 competitions daily says iOS real-money competition platform Skillz
A new monetisation stream?
North by North West: Meet fellow developers at Manchester social DrinkUp!
Break out the ale!
Deals
Consortium swap: 3 new investors including a textiles company step up to take Shanda Games private
Stranger and stranger
Deal
Hoolai tests the hardcore appetite of WeChat players with War of Immortals
Successful web game goes mobile
Mobile Mavens
Steel Media's finest ponder #gamergate and the future of games journalism
YouTube and Twitch replacing the written word?
Opinion
Cashplay on balancing the huge potential of real money skill gaming with its legal pitfalls
Making money from PVP
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Come and meet the elite of the mobile games world
Chart Of The Month
Q2 in review: IGG and CMGE's growth impresses, while Zynga, King and GungHo have the cash to strike
Breaking down the financial quarter
SkyMobi reveals the Chinese opportunity in Budapest
Pocket Gamer and SkyMobi tour ended in Hungary
Get your game seen at Apps World 2014 in November
The Big Indie Pitch joins the big apps show at its new venue in London
Chinese Beaujolais
China to get Ouya games and CMGE looks to rollout out free wifi
Weekly taster from the Middle Kingdom
Creative England launches £250,000 GameLab accelerator programme in association with PlayStation
Successful developers to receive up to £50,000
Free Global Trends Report available to download now
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Interview
Getting paid to play: TinyLoot on shaking up the UA status quo
It's all about engagement
Ex-Rovio, Remedy, Guerrilla, and Digital Chocolate devs form Helsinki GameWorks
Band of brothers
Financials
Despite having $100 million in the bank, LineKong files for Hong Kong IPO
The rich get richer
Ban hammer: Korea's game rating committee shuts down Facebook gaming
For the greater good
Charticle
Another bolt from the blue: Can Swing Copters repeat Flappy Bird's success?
Swing and a hit
Hot Five
The reason for Finland's success, 5 learnings from Unite 2014, and where Godus found its followers
Last week's top 5 stories
Promiscous Gamer
Trials Frontier rises above, Crazy Taxi's right on time, and WWE SuperCard folds
This guy will pl*y anything as long as it's free
Week That Was
Amazon's Twitch deal pondered, gaming for wearables, and rethinking UA
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Adapt and thrive: Nintendo unveils redesigned 3DS
Harder, better, faster, stronger
Jobs
Fishlabs looks to hire 25 as it staffs up another production team
Hamburg dev futureproofs with a new office
Synergetic, not cannabalistic: How Facebook is becoming gaming's glue
Gaming partnerships guru Bob Slinn talks cross platform
Full Indie Uk Column
Killing your darlings: Post-mortem of a cancelled game
Why Leaf Rider from Two Tails ran off the tracks