UKIE lifts the lid on free 'How To' games development event in London
Tackling the modern gamer
Can buy me love: Apple and Google offering devs promo spots for exclusivity
Wall Street Journal weighs in
The Iap Inspector
Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff... and fighting the desire to spend $430
In-app purchases from the players' perspective
Kabam bullish about IPO chances, but firm is 'following its own timeframe'
Steve Swasey: "We do everything purposefully"
Guest Column
Why you need to be thinking about TV ads for your mobile game
Motility Ads' Josh Rinsky is switched on
When two become one: Microsoft announces official date for Nokia acquisition
New terms agreed upon
Interview
The European equation: How Kabam plans to ride the Berlin boom
Andrew Sheppard talks up the firm's quest for continental glory
Ruzzle developer MAG Interactive wins Swedish Tech5 award with growth of 5470%
And looking ahead with release of Ruzzle Adventure
Interview
Why Aeria Games ditched PC to reboot as F2P mobile publisher PlayNext
Going for maximum growth
Perfect World spends $100 million to join group taking Shanda Games private
Complexity in China
The Charticle
Did Monument Valley rise or fall in the global App Store charts?
Beautiful mediocrity
Exclusive
Bears and beards: Why Fist of Awesome almost launched with a gay lead
Developer Nicoll Hunt on addressing equality
Interview
Forget installs - what’s your game’s deep engagement event?
Midverse's Jim Rainey talks replacing CPI with CPE+
Hot Five
How indies can handle PR, why the industry owes a debt to homosexuals, and is the great crowdfunding crash nigh?
Last week's top five stories
Big In Japan
GREE announces Wright Flyer Studios while Puzzle & Dragons comes to arcades
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Week That Was
Unity acquires Playnomics, Twitter unveils mobile app promo suite, and F2P might not be the only ticket in town
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
CandySwipe and Banner Saga trademark disputes resolved with King
Peace in the realm?
Full Indie Uk Column
Six simple steps to productive and effective games PR
How to get the most for your time and money
Interview
Northern soul: How one conference is looking to recharge games dev in the UK's North West
Update's Andrew Bennison reveals all
Pocket Gamer Connects: Announcing our Helsinki schedule
Two days of mobile mastery
Candy Crush ‘tops out’ as the industry once again focuses on core gamers
Blizzard's Hearthstone part of a ‘new volley’ of branded blockbusters
Unity acquires player engagement platform Playnomics
Helgason: Technology to be integrated into Unity Cloud suite
UKIE names Goldsmiths University students first-ever student game jam winners
Phil Elliott dubbed ‘Mentor of the Universe’
Guest Column
Computers are gay: Scott Foe on why the industry owes a debt to homosexuals
Fags, frags, and Alan Turing
Stateside
Giving Kickstarter the kick: The great crowdfunding crash is upon us
How Oculus f*cked it up for everyone else
Twitter unveils new mobile app promotion suite to drive installs
Direct download links included in ads
Indie Outreach
The next Big Indie Pitch is heading for Krakow
Teaming up with Digital Dragons
Interview
Crops with Clans: How Zynga rethought FarmVille 2 for the post-Facebook generation
Planting a new set of seeds
Interview
Gaining on Gamevil: How the Big Indie 40 project is helping small studios take on Korea's big boys
Curtis File on why the shutdown law isn't affecting mobile
Is F2P the only way? $3.99 Out There was "profitable 3 weeks after release"
Developer Michael Peiffert waves the premium flag
PG Mobile Mixer: Windows Phone 8.1 dominates the conversation in San Francisco
Think. Drink. Connect.
GungHo Online’s Princess Punt Sweets passes 8 million downloads in Japan
Chasing the dragon
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