UK games industry undergoes renaissance thanks to "mobile explosion"
TIGA proves the UK has found its feet
The Charticle
How did Temple Run reach 1 billion downloads?
The analysis of a lifetime
Chart Of The Week
20% of US mobile users played a King game in May 2014
But the trend is downwards
Sponsored Feature
Build better with SpriteBuilder
From the creators of Cocos2D, Cocos3D, CocosBuilder, and Chipmunk
Opinion
Mobile hardware is only going to get better but maybe not in the ways you think
Change from the bottom up
Interview
You can't port PC games direct to mobile, says Russian online powerhouse My.com
It's a dead-end path
Data
Tablet's share of US game time doubles to drive up weekly duration by 12% to 6.3 hours
PC the big faller
Hot Five
Why Supernauts will be a game changer, the making of Samurai Siege, and Apple surprises developers with Swift and Metal
Last week's top five stories
Wrapping up DevGAMM Moscow 2014
Conference in reflection
Week That Was
Apple unveils iOS 8, Quiz RPG gains on Puzzle & Dragons, and the PG E3 Party Guide is live
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
AgeCheq brings COPPA compliance to Unity with new SDK
Free to all Unity developers
Monetizer Mavens
Is there any place in the F2P designer's toolbox for energy-based economies?
Fuel for thought
Sponsored Feature
InMobi on the break with banner ads and its native revolution
Time to take control
Opinion
Market view: the state of mobile game investments
IG on the performance of King, EA, Glu and Gameloft
We mixed things up at our Berlin Mobile Mixer
King and crobo sponsored a night of brilliant debate
Deal
Singapore startup Booster Media raises $1.5 million
LucasArts alumnus up and running
Pool Live Tour dev Geewa announces $4.2 million financing round
Three new games planned for 2014
Deal
Nexon accumulates, adding "killer core" title from US startup Turbo to 2015 portfolio
Second publishing deal in 2 weeks
Royal Revolt dev Flaregames raises $12.2 million to build portfolio
German developer now looking to scale and publish
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: Blek regains first place, Battleheart fights its way onto the scene
26 May - 1 June, 2014
Interview
No compromise between midcore and core. We're swinging hard for core, says Super Evil Megacorp CEO
Tablets as your primarily gaming device
Funding
Core tablet dev Super Evil Megacorp raises $11.6 million, nabs Segerstrale as COO
All systems go for MOBA devotees
Sponsored Feature
Advertising technology deathmatch: Network vs Mediation vs. Exchange
It's a fight for top dollar says Rob Weber
Investment
Flexion raises $2.5 million to expand its 'off-Google Play' app distribution channel
Dealing with ecosystem fragmentation
Exclusive: République stars as Unity launches new developer profiles initiative
Camouflaj features in new video
Deal
Glu working on a F2P mobile game for fifth Terminator movie
Hitting screens and app stores in summer 2015
Interview
Nix Hydra on 9m Egg Baby downloads with zero marketing, $5m in VC cash, and the future of games for girls
'We’ve only scratched the surface'
Sweet news: Marmalade's cross-platform SDK goes free
Supporting iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows Store, BlackBerry and Tizen
Sponsored Feature
NDP Media insists that Big Data is critical for mobile app promotion
The speed of your data will give you your profits
Interview
How TreSensa's Fortumo hook up lets you monetise unbanked HTML5 gamers via carrier billing
Thinking globally
Making Of
Clash of alliances: The making of Samurai Siege
Passion for your game and your audience
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: Vlad Suglobov
G5's CEO on riding the mobile boom
Sponsored Feature
Invisible superhero: How NFC technology links physical and virtual worlds for superior gaming experiences
Alert for the N-Mark?
Quiz RPG hits 26 million; is poised to dethrone Puzzle & Dragons' download total in Japan
The race is on
Interview
Mobile is still a strange beast to us, says AdventureQuest Worlds creator Adam Bohn
Challenges of going native
Monument Valley, Threes and DEVICE 6 win big at Apple Design Awards
Leo's Fortune and Blek also honoured
Opinion
The critical questions you need to ask before you build or buy a mobile game backend
Fofofum's Ian Atkinson lay down some ground rules
The Finnsider
The grand reveal: Why Grand Cru's much-delayed Supernauts just might lead the fight for F2P
Are you watching, Notch?
Pg Connects
Schedule for PG Connects Helsinki 2014 is finalised with Supercell, King, Rovio, Creative Mobile, EA, Revolution and more
Look who's talking
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Owen Faraday
Premium games to rise like a phoenix from the ashes of F2P
Deal
NTT Docomo signs Angry Birds subscription deal with Rovio
Includes games, toons and free in-game items
Apple surprises developers with iOS 8's Metal graphics API and Swift programming language
Upgrade path from Objective-C and OpenGL
Opinion
Apple's garden is blooming but the walls are getting higher and inside the shadows are lengthening
Metal and Swift symbolic of proprietary pride
Tim Cook: We're "investing a ton" in the App Store with iOS 8 discoverability
Testflight integration, app bundles, and video previews
Pg Connects
Meet the global games industry in Helsinki at Pocket Gamer Connects
And you're invited too
Rumour
Amazon offered us $600 million for Cocos2d-x, says Chukong CEO
Chinese outfit refused as it looks to IPO
Mobile Mavens
Cracking the code: Will Apple's promo code push for IAPs help or hinder developers?
Our experts give their take
Chinese Beaujolais
DOTA Legend steals Tencent's top grossing crown... but not for long
Weekly taster from the Middle Kingdom
Chart Of The Week
King and GungHo games now bringing in more revenue than Nintendo's entire library
Slipping down the ranks
Data
Mobile games account for 83% of market's current growth
Tail wagging the dog