Apple releases WatchKit as part of iOS 8.2 beta SDK
A new way to play?
Nokia Store will shut in mid-2015, users redirected to Opera Mobile Store
Microsoft twists the knife
DevGAMM Minsk 2014: The official report
Deal
Best Fiends developer Seriously receives $5 million funding boost
Old friends, new challenges
Following 300% Asia growth in Q3, Adjust opens offices in China and Japan
Shanghai and Tokyo are the places to be
Very Big Indie Pitch returns at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2015
Deadline for submissions 8 Dec
Devs need to move beyond what's currently top grossing to new worlds, says Spymaster creator
Lasse Seppänen of PlayRaven calls for an end to Clash of the Clones
Stateside
Failure to launch: Why the days of having a launch date for your game are dead
Time to embrace betas and early access
Charticle
Mistwalker's Terra Battle scores big on the Google Play top grossing charts in Japan, France and Spain
But iPhone players don't care
Announcing its N1 tablet, Nokia looks to create an Android iPad for China and beyond
Includes news Nokia Z app launcher
Next Games plays its ace, announcing four game Compass Point series
It's a Wild West themed character-based card-battler
For future success, Sweden's next generation of games gurus go back to the Cabin
Stugan program starts in summer 2015
Toyze adds Talking Tom to its customisable 3D printing portfolio
Your own personal Tom
Deal
Gamevil and XL Games combine to release ArcheAge
Mobile ready
Robotoki drops F2P from forthcoming Human Element, cans Nexon publishing deal
Hindered by model, says Bowling
Opinion
Reaction to Monument Valley's Forgotten Shores IAP shows mobile gaming at its worst
Nothing wrong with paying to play
Interview
Make the game you want to make and make it unique, says Rodeo’s Ben Murch
And don’t forget to launch it properly
Investment
Gunjin Games gains investment from Ian Hetherington and Games Investor
Brighton studio up and running
Fluff Stuff Studios' Polyganic wins Apps World Europe 2014 Big Indie Pitch
Competition is fierce
We'll acquire western devs to generate $50 million by 2018 says Reliance Games CEO
Indian outfit investing to scale up
Hot Five
Cracking UA, the making of Brave Frontier, and why mobile games shouldn't be on your TV
Last week's top 5 stories
Week That Was
Samsung goes wearables crazy, Peter Molyneux talks F2P challenges, and our Mavens weigh in on that South Park episode
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Jobs
Gumi hires ex-EA Sports Japan exec to head European push
Are Mack Growen changes continents
Jobs Board
Goodgame, Flaregames, King, InMobi and App Annie all hiring now
Positions open
Finnsider
Not immune but Finland has given GamerGate the cold shoulder
Gender equality reimagined
Tango's Global Games Fund finds its first six titles
Helping hand
Analytics for all: deltaDNA launches non-commercial license for universities and colleges
Player management platform opens up data
Mobile Mavens
Is South Park's criticism of F2P games valid?
Indie Mavens debate the situation
hóPLAY and the rebirth of videogame development in the Basque Country
Happening in Bilbao on 27 Nov to 3 Dec
TapSense awards $10,000 ad spend to winning team for its 2014 Hacker Bus hackathon
The greyhound for game creation
Deal
Sega and Gumi join forces to release Chain Chronicle in the west
Power combo
Investment
LINE and Tencent invest $110 million Korean startup 4:33 Creative Lab
Double up
Jobs
InMobi recruiting in San Francisco and London
Join the club
Investment
Scopely takes a big bet on its nextgen publishing philosophy with $35 million round
Doing things differently
Samsung announces Gear S and Simband at SDC 2014
Two new wearables for developers to get their hands on
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Candy Crush continues its sweet success
November 3 - November 9
Interview
Handy Games on why it's backing smartwatch gaming not VR
Walk around to gain in-game energy
Intel leads $9 million funding round for VR Kickstarter success Avegant
Hybrid VR headset and headphones gets another cash injection
Samsung's Project Beyond camera to teleport VR users around the world
Redefining reality
Interview
PlayPhone's Anders Evju on viral tokens and social hooks
What to expect from PG Connects London 2015
Innovation Edition of Gear VR out in December
Pre-register now and get an early VR for Christmas
Making Of
The world at war: The making of Brave Frontier
Hisatoshi Hayakashi details the JRPG that's for everyone
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: Clive Downie
Zynga COO on climbing to the top
F2P monetisation is extremely challenging that's why mobile devs need to learn about community, says Molyneux
World of Tanks and League of Legends show the way
Sixense STEM adds full motion tracking to Samsung Gear VR
The full picture
10 reasons why you can't miss PG Connects London in January
Buy your ticket before the price goes up
MyGamez on why full localisation wasn't key to Hill Climb Racing's success in China
Test the water before investing heavily
German dev Flaregames hits 100 staff, still hiring, still 'asshole free'
60% still working directly on game development
GameRefinery says its Game Power Score metric will improve your game's commercial potential
Knowledge is power
Inside The Game: Launch marketing and User Acquisition 101
Pixelberry on spending money the right way