Rovio CEO Mikael Hed to step aside in 2015
Flying the nest
Mobile Mavens
Primed with a Twitch: Will Amazon ever be a serious gaming company?
Our Mavens go Prime
Interview
How AppSealing protects your Android games from hacking
Stronger security from $595
Interview
Beyond Glass: Funky Whale on making games for the potential 21 million smartglass market
Seeing is believing
Deal
Twitch integration coming to Gameloft's Heroes of Order & Chaos
Streaming heroes
Interview
Brand video ad network HyprMX questions, Why are you advertising your rivals' games?
Time to turn off UA ads?
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Heads Up! beats Minecraft as Ketchapp dominates the free charts
August 18 - August 24, 2014
Deal
Flaregames get another drop, signing Fuzzycube's Epic Loot
Ensemble veterans on the dotted line
Opinion
Success doesn't just happen. You have to create the right environment
Lessons from the Finnish game industry ecosystem
Financials
KongZhong's mobile sales boom in FY14 Q2 up 30% to $10.5 million
Has another 5 titles ready to go
On the back of Japanese app success, Disney sells 1.6 million Tsum Tsum plushies
Cute sells
Stuck on top: Glu is top iOS games publisher by downloads during July
Kardashian and the dinosaur
Interview
How Voxel's interactive adverts are reinventing UA's core loop
CEO David Zhao on better users and higher install rates
Thinking outside the UA loop: TinyLoot platform will pay gamers to play
A logical conclusion
Deal
Qihoo 360 signs up Goodgames' Empire: Four Kingdom for China release
First deal of its kind
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: Vladimir Funtikov
Creative Mobile CEO on learning early
Chart Of The Week
Cost of loyal users and installs rises to second highest level ever
Fiksu tracks the increase
Toyze partners with Pou to enable 3D-printed personalised pets
Personal creatures
Making Of
A spectacular leap: The making of Trials Frontier
How RedLynx's physics racer finally came to mobile
Interview
Game Insight's new CEO on going 3D and hardcore while becoming more player-centric
Anatoly Ropotov on the road ahead
Video
Free-to-play was our only option, explains Trials Frontier dev
RedLynx talks moving from console to mobile
Unite 2014
5 things we learned at Unite 2014
The stars (and Starbucks) come out in Seattle
Data
Worldwide tablet gaming revenue to reach $13.3 billion by 2019, says Juniper
Threefold increase from 2014
Interview
HandyGames' CEO on why he's looking to take a leading role in the world of wearables
A goldmine in the making?
Big Indie Pitch at Unite 2014 a huge success
The Pocket Gamer team returns from Unity's annual developer show with some great new games
Miniclip, Matmi and Bossa talking at TIGA's Smartphone and Tablet Games conference
All happening on 18 September in London
Opinion
Rethinking design, monetisation and skill for successful local multiplayer gaming
Oscar Clark wants you to make an appointment with play
Deal
Amazon acquires Twitch for $970 million
Cash streaming
Interview
InMobi on how its native first emotionally lead approach can increase CPMs to $20
Leveraging player's emotional state
Video
Rovio, Creative Mobile and Lima Sky discuss building global brands
Panel talking from PG Connects Helsinki
Video
How Oink can help F2P developers tap into the young adult market
Power means responsibility
Interview
I just tweeted to say 'I love you': Keith Stuart on the positivity of #WeLoveGameDevs
A karmic Kickstarter
Mobile Mavens
Love your game vs. Hope you die: Is Twitter worth the hate?
The Mavens think personal about social media
The Charticle
How Godus found followers in Europe but apostasy in the US
Truly divine?
Hot Five
10 trends shaping the industry, a F2P defence, and the making of 80 Days
Last week's top 5 stories
Week That Was
Unity CEO on helping devs ride the smartphone wave, what we learned at Gamescom, and why premium pricing builds respect
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Unite 2014
Hearthstone and Monument Valley double up at Unity Awards 2014
Blizzard title picks up Golden Cube
Deal
Peak Candy Crush delayed as Tencent releases King's top grosser in China
A whole new kingdom opens up
Video
IQzone's Patrick Petty on why ads could be your missing puzzle piece
Ad speak
TapSense and Women Who Code join forces for GDC Next mobile hackathon
The Hacker Bus is coming to LA
Video
Why QA is even more important for F2P games
Panel wisdom from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Deals
GungHo makes $74 million selling its share of Supercell back to SoftBank
Japanese dev is now focusing on Asia market
Unite 2014
Going multiplatform 'increases the awesome', says Snuggle Truck dev
Owlchemy Labs on how to reduce the risk
Jobs
Gumi looks to go big outside of Japan, setting up 4 studios in US and Europe
Being born in the USA
Unite 2014
Going "end to end" with Unity: Helgason on helping developers ride the smartphone wave
Growth 'won't last forever'
Opinion
China: An opportunity or a threat for indie Korean mobile game developers?
The News Gangnam Style
Jobs
Former Wooga and Chillingo man Tom Kinniburgh joins Ayopa Games
Mobile experience
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Minecraft takes back its crown as Godus becomes a freemium deity
August 11 - August 17, 2014
Going big in the Big Apple at the NY Games Conference 2014
Opening its doors on 8 September
Video
Applifier's Jussi Laakkonen on how heavy spenders drive virality and community
Direct from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2014