Candy Crush makes move on China via Tencent’s WeChat platform
Easing the IPO headache
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Dropforge Games CEO David Bluhm
Hyped for Helsinki
Making Of
Ready for launch: The making of Out There
Michael Peiffert on becoming a rocket man
Taking The Mickey
Former Disney SVP Javier Ferreira joins Scopely
The new COO on the block
The Charticle
How did the $9.99 Faster Than Light compete in the top grossing charts?
A measure of LTV
Two From The Top
King and Supercell boost European trade association ISFE
Industry is 'converging'
Chart Of The Week
Google Play downloads top iOS by 45%...and now it's not far behind on revenue, either
But iOS generates 85% more revenue
Samsung’s used aggressive marketing, not imitation, to top Apple
Need to beat Cupertino giant was a 'survival strategy'
Guest Column
Kickstart your game's longevity and profitability with multiplayer
Grantoo's Tyler York makes the argument
International Games Week Berlin brings in record numbers
Global visibility key to success
Parisian pow-wow: Game Connection Europe 2014 issues call for speakers
Deadline set for submissions on 30 April
Developer Demand
Oculus Rift claims 85,000 dev kits sold
Beating out expectations
Mobile Mavens
Gay people in games: Industry experts call on devs to "share stories of diversity"
Our Mavens give their take on this week's burning issue
Windows Phone 8.1 rolls out to registered devs worldwide
Full deployment expected this summer
Interview
Western gamers deserve all new titles from Asian devs, not ports: Crooz's Kenji Hiruta on going global
But simplicity is a universal
Monetizer
Does Royal Revolt 2 make a run on your wallet?
Rise of the republic
Love thy developer: New community launches looking to make indies 'feel appreciated'
Developer worried studios are 'giving up'
Eye On Estonia
Join Pocket Gamer in Tallinn for our next Mobile Mixer
AdCash, Creative Mobile and Intergame on board
Top of the class: UKIE launches first ever student game jam
Building games around 'regeneration'
Hot Five
Backflip heralds return of the publisher, we put Finland in focus, and the issue of gay people in games
Last week's top five stories
Promiscuous Gamer
The invasion of IP: Star Wars, Game of Thrones and Family Guy
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
Stateside
Developers, beware the democratisation of game development
With opportunity comes risk, warns Carter Dotson
Guest Column
How we successfully monetise around Snail Bob's cliffhanger moments
Hunter Hamster Studios' conversion to video ads
Wargaming: Oculus Rift needs 5 million users for F2P to be viable
CEO Kislyi on the realities of free-to-play
Booming in Berlin: Kabam looking to build on its new European base
Getting its game on in Germany
Time To Grow
Fuse Powered: Developers need to get to grips with their advertising
Darren Keyes on making the most of FuseBoxx and AdRally
No Small Success
Minecraft hits 21 million downloads on mobile
Dev to hold live Q&A to celebrate
Interview
From Ragdolls to riches: How Backflip is looking to become the publisher developers love
Providing real publishing value in the modern era
No Fees
TapSense launches $10 million fund for RTB users
Get 100% of your ad money
Building A Bridge
How AppFlood’s RTB smarts will help unlock China’s mobile ad market
PapayaMobile’s Chris Hanage on the opportunities
Must Knows
18 key trends from the Chinese mobile games market
A quantitative deep dive
More Moneypenny
Glu Mobile bags 007 licence for F2P action
Title due summer 2015
Big In Japan
Colopl on the up, Capcom on the slide, Cygames getting drunk?
Weekly digest from Tokyo
On The Up
Kabam expects 2014 sales to be at least $550 million
That's growth of more than 35%
Next Up
Aeria Games rebrands for mobile F2P as PlayNext
Launching into RPGs and sports management
Making Of
Fighting the monsters: The Making of Threes
Counting on success
By Invitation
'Uncheatable' Android benchmarking app GameBench gets beta release
Watch out cheaters, there's a new benchmark in town
Manchester goes mobile: Developer showcase Update heading for MediaCityUK
Book your place for 12 April
New Wave Publishing
Why Tilting Point’s success will come from talent, marketing, and data
Don't Dismiss Incents
Setting the record straight on Reward Install Campaigns
TrialPay says don't dismiss incentivized installs
The Charticle
Which unlikely country was the first to see Boom Beach hit #1 Top Grossing?
The global game
Monetiser Special
Comparing the monetisation efficiencies of Boom Beach and Clash of Clans
Mobile Mavens
Will Amazon's Kindle Fire TV set the mobile games world alight?
Or is it smoke and mirrors?
End Of The Road?
Little Worlds Studio: Mana Crusher's Kickfailer is our last chance for survival
Time running out for French developer
Shanda Games Europe announces first mobile release
Rhinesoft's Happy Tribes inbound
Market Bias
Developers need to go orthogonal or get a publisher, says Scopely CEO
Special Offer
Early Bird tickets for Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki ends this Tuesday
Fancy 50% off?
Opinion
Why won't developers let me be a gay Premier League footballer?
A fight for equality, or against apathy?
Smaller developers have little choice but to get innovative, says Glispa's Gary Lin
But going international can help too
Intergame 2014
Tackle outsourcing and recruitment challenges at Intergame 2014 in Estonia
Bridging northern and eastern Europe on 14-15 May