The Charticle
Can Brave Frontier fight the good fight on two fronts?
Around the world
My Horse, CSR Racing and Clumsy Ninja powerhouse NaturalMotion is hiring
Apply within
Hot Five
Why App Store promotion isn't always a blessing, the making of Hearthstone, and can Thomas Was Alone hit the top?
Last week's top five stories.
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Timo Soininen, Small Giant Games
Using multiplayer to drive retention and longevity
Deal
Chorus to release The Secret of Raven Rock in Japan
Regional specialist building porfolio
Adways highlights power of its pre-launch Yoyaku Top 10 service in Korea
Smarter UA
Week That Was
App Annie acquires Distimo, Kakao merges with Daum, and EA shutters Mythic
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Rumour
$28 million rights issue suggests Glu Mobile is about to buy again
PlayFirst deal hasn’t sated appetite
Marketing costs rise as competition slows between top ranked apps
Marketing dollars flood into mobile
Mixi marvel: How Monster Strike is turning around the fortunes of Japan's social star
Stock now higher than DeNA
Full Indie Uk Column
Now you're talking: Getting the best from your in-game voiceovers
Full Indie UK's Trevor Klein sounds off
Deal
Kabam to make card-battling RPG based on The Hunger Games movies
Power of IP
Last chance to save money on your Pocket Gamer Connects ticket
Mid term ticket sales end at midnight
AdColony nabs former iAd exec to kickstart global growth
Megan Sullivan appointment follows European expansion
Sponsored Featured
5 player types you should recognise to drive long term engagement
It's time to get personal
Supercell CEO Paananen, Ben Cousins, Ubisoft, EA and Amazon sign up for PG Connects Helsinki
Nearly 100 top notch speakers signed up – join them!
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Jean-Philippe Decka, AppLift
App stores favour the incumbents
Investment
Danish startup Chroma Studios raises $300,000
Seed round
Investment
Egg Baby dev Nix Hydra raises $5 million
Female-focused outfit in expansion mode
Interview
The global game: Colopl on bringing skills-based JRPG Slingshot Braves to the west
Not pay-for-win
EA shuts down Mythic, while Harmonix sheds 37 jobs
Mind the gap
Pg Connects
Helsinki hype: 10 reasons why you need to pick up a pass for Pocket Gamer Connects
The most important one is free beer
Russian powerhouse Game Insight relocates HQ to Lithuania
Corporate flexibility
Video Interview
Don't burst the bubble: King's Jan Wedekind on why Bubble Witch Saga needed a sequel
"You can't just republish the same game"
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: Minecraft and LEGO lay the foundations for iPad dominance
19 May - 25 May, 2014
Funds for F2P: Dundee-based Outplay boosted by $5 million cash injection
Investors looking to increase exposure
Blizzard: Hearthstone on iPad was a "significant undertaking"
But touchscreen play reaches audiences other platforms can't
Sign up for the Very Big Indie Pitch on 16-17 June
The Very Big Indie Pitch is back at PG Connects
Money matters: Skillz multiplayer cash tournament platform launches for iOS
Powered by over 150 games
GameBench releases sample results from Android game benchmarking app
Full version on Google Play soon
Opinion
How to optimise your Lifetime Value with effectively implemented cohort analysis
Understand it or lose it
NativeX launches customisable native mobile ad exchange for F2P games
Extracting maximum value
Data derby: App Annie acquires analytics rival Distimo
And wraps up a $17 million funding round
Puzzle & Dragons surpasses 4 million downloads in North America
Don't stop me now
MAG Interactive and High Noon developing Ruzzle TV show
Words on TV
Stateside
Adapt to survive: Why Twitch needs mobile if it hopes to stay relevant
Crossing the streams
Unity: More than 450 bugs squished in Unity 4.5
Now available for download on all devices
UKIE to fly the flag for British devs at Liverpool business expo
Spotlight on Britain
Hall Of Fame
Hall of Fame: James Vaughan
Plague Inc. creator on infecting the world
Making Of
Nerfing rogues and gaming grans: The making of Hearthstone
Bringing Battle.net to a whole new platform
Sponsored Feature
12 reasons to use cloud-based games-as-a-service solution GameSparks
In use with 200 studios
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Vladimir Funtikov, Creative Mobile
Time to get smarter about UA
Gingee rolls out very cross-platform development technology
Promises to support all current and future devices
Deal
Nexon takes stake in Socialspiel in return for exclusive publishing deal
Deal chain combo builds
Rovio shores up consumer products business with trio of strategic hires
And one in-house promotion
Boom Beach burst helps keep Supercell at the top of the app tree
App Annie details iOS and Android apps in April
Nordic Game 2014
From Malmö with love: 4 things we learned at Nordic Game
Quality, not quantity
Grand Cru: An App Store promo spot can do more harm than good
Beware marketing you can't control
Helsinki hotshot Next Games is hiring
The next big thing
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Mikael Haveri, Housemarque
Imbibe with the locals