Hot Five
Flappy Bird gets a 'sequel', Boom Beach fires its first shots, and is Candy Crush Saga causing obesity?
Last week's top five stories
Diary Of A Promiscuous Gamer
Week of the Big Uninstall
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
Week That Was
Amazon goes 'gaming too' with Fire TV, LINE tops 400 million users, and Microsoft announces Universal Apps
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
What's The Qi?
Card City Nights and Threes! are heading the Quality Index's Top 10 rated iOS and Android games of March 2014
Critically acclaimed
Sponsored Feature
How to translate a game into 20 languages and avoid going to hell
Exorcising the four devils of confusion
Marvellous George
UK Chancellor George Osborne: I'm 'open to ideas' about how to follow up Games Tax Relief
Celebrates industry at BAFTA at UKIE event
Deals By The Double
HitFox buys Datamonk, invests €1m in Apploop
More acquisitions planned for the year ahead
Reaching Out
Our business is 40% mobile, but it will be 70% by year's end, says Crobo CEO
Growing UA outfit on market transition
Call To Action
Digital Dragons 2014 welcomes developers to VC Speed Networking
Poland's biggest show meets Polands biggest investors
Globe Trotters
Pocket Gamer is hitting the road
Fancy meeting us on our European tour?
Wwdc 2014
Apple announces WWDC dates, random ticket lottery available for devs
San Francisco, 2-6 June
Salvaging The Second Screen
Why PC and console games can't ignore what's in a player's pocket
James Parker on broadening developer horizons
Three Become One
Microsoft unveils 'universal' apps for Windows 8, Windows Phone and Xbox One
Easy to implement across multiple devices
Guest Editorial
Mobile game marketing is broken ... and here's why
It's not just about user acquisition says James Kaye
As designers Clint Hocking and Kim Swift join up, Amazon Game Studios sneak peaks 8 new games
Splinter Cell and Portal designers are now onboard
Amazon Firing Ahead
Amazon announces 'gaming too' TV streaming box Fire TV
$99 box can be up-consoled with $40 gamepad
Child's Play
Apple offers IAP refunds for 'easy' unauthorised purchases by kids
Sends out email directly to customers
Little Princes
Expanding the empire: King looking to bring in 165 fresh faces
The wolf of Wall Street?
Flappy Bird 'sequel' soars to the top of the App Store
Fake game beats Nguyen to the punch
Thrills and kills: How Industrial Toys reimagined the shooter for the touchscreen
5 million ways to accelerate the vision
Game Insight hits 5 million players on Windows and Windows Phone 8
Off to a good start
If Oculus is the future of Virtual Reality, then why didn't Google buy it?
Our Mavens talk Facebook's very real recent acquisition
Acquisition News
UA outfit Crobo acquires rival TrafficCaptain
Start of German consolidation
Flurry updates analytics to show retention and return rate
New feature currently in beta
Core tablet game developer Industrial Toys raises $5 million
Accel Partners leads the charge
That's A Relief
Applying for Tax Relief: British Film Institute unveils crucial cultural test guidelines
Applications now open
Candy Crush Saga blamed for US obesity: Michelle Obama demands candies only become available after 5 veggie matches
Yes, We Kale
Puzzle & Dragons in North America: 3 million downloads is 'just the beginning'
GungHo Online on going global
Hyped For Helsinki
Get your early bird tickets for Pocket Gamer Connects by 4 April
Fancy speaking? Mark the same date in your calendar
The Charticle
Dissecting Surgeon Simulator
Pass me the scalpel
Worth The Wait
TIGA's Richard Wilson on winning the fight for Games Tax Relief
A date to remember
Week That Was
PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: Facebook buys Oculus, Games Tax Relief is go, and Pocket Gamer suffers major GDC jetlag
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Hot Five
The making of Disco Zoo, looking back at GDC, and are mobile devs leaving mobile en masse?
Last week's top 5 stories
Guest Editorial
'Everybody bumps into the first pipe': How Flappy Bird and Ikaruga turn scoreboards into an asset
Full Indie UK's Aitcheson on the numbers game
Stateside
Why playing the ethical card in the F2P debate is a dangerous game
All of mobile is a little bit murky
Sponsored Feature
TapSense VP Gregory Kennedy on the new eBook that helps with mobile publishing
'A Complete Guide to Mobile Publishing for 2014'
Flattery Or Forgery
Threes risks being 'lost in the underbrush of copycats', says co-creator Asher Vollmer
Dev issues 'letter to the rip-offs'
Befriending A Goliath
Dlala Studios on how indies can manage a relationship with a giant
AJ Grand-Scrutton on working with Microsoft
Canned Game Creates Virtual Rift
Cliffy B brands Notch 'a pouty kid' for canning Minecraft for Oculus
Bringing a dose of reality to the world of VR
Opinion
Think Oculus and King deals are signs of a 'maturing' industry? Think again
It's a matter of definition
A Question Of Relief
Do I qualify for the UK's Games Tax Relief?
UKIE serves up all you need to know
Encouraging Investment
TIGA: Games Tax Relief will deliver £188 million jackpot for UK devs
Money to pour in over next 5 years
Games Tax Relief Is Go
European Commission approves state aid
'Within existing EU rules'
Light Relief
'We're headed for the top table': UKIE's Jo Twist talks EC's green light for Games Tax Relief
Riding the state aid rollercoaster
Interview
Ben Cousins: Anti-F2P movement is this generation's 'Disco Sucks'
And why you shouldn't rule consoles out just yet
Guest Editorial
5 classic mistakes game developers make when tracking their mobile ad campaigns
What are you measuring?
Sweet & Sour
King's market debut opens at 10% below IPO price
But mobile is still maturing
Party In The Park
The making of Disco Zoo
How Milkbag learned from Tiny Tower
And The Award Goes To...
Rovio's Icebreaker and Gameloft's Asphalt 8 run away with the Pocket Gamer Awards
Nintendo also makes its mark
No Drift
Oculus: We've always been 'culturally aligned' with Facebook
Firm calls on fans to have faith