Hot Five
Top 50 Developers, 3 guys making BioShock in a garage, and the power of FUUU
Last week's top five stories
Open Shop
Apple launches Indie Game Showcase on App Store
Links up with Simogo for debut splash
Top 50
PocketGamer.biz unveils the Top 50 Developers of 2014
The list in full
Gaming Ethics
GDC 2014: The Drowning's Ben Cousins blames the snobbish 'Establishment' for unethical stigma surrounding free-to-play
Discusses the ethics of 7 game business models
Chart Of 2010-2014
The six ever-present companies in our Top 50 developer lists
And the eight ranked between 2011-2014
Discount Your Engines
Crytek undercuts Unreal 4 by $9 a month
Get CryEngine-as-a-service program
Let Them Pay
Ouya drops free-to-try restriction
Devs can't cope with creating a demo, apparently
Financial News
Gameloft's FY13 net income down 19% to $10.3 million
Spent $20 million on upgrading IT systems
Video Interview
Frutorious dev Infinite State Games on the value of the homespun aesthetic
Crowdsourcing to critical success
Unlocking Success
iPhone version of The Room had 12 percent conversion rate
Series now close to 10 million downloads
Epic Move
Unreal Engine adopts monthly $19 subscription model
Opens up full access to source code
Free For Limited Time
Marmalade announces new iOS-to-Android porting tool
A juicy new market for iOS devs
Expert Opinions
We're 'pretty damn close' to BioShock Infinite being built by 3 guys in a garage
Thoughts from a Bay Area breakfast roundtable
Gdc 2014
Kabam reveals the three pillars to mid-core mastery
How Fast & Furious 6 hit 48 million downloads
Latin American Rising
Get all the details at M2Games LATAM 2014
Happening 24-25 April in Miami
Into The Living Room
Ubisoft, Warner Bros. and GREE back BlueStacks GamePop
The battle for the living room heats up
Browsing For Fun
Mozilla and Unity unlock web openess for gaming with WebGL support
Firefox will be best environment
Gdc 2014
Discussing trends in the fast-maturing F2P sector
Notably the rise of CCGs on Google Play
Brighter Shinier
Now with real-time lighting, Unity 5 announced
Pre-orders now available
Publishing Services
Roadhouse Interactive offers a new deal for new market realities
Keep control, gain expertise
Food, Booze & Pics
All the fun from the Top 50 Developer 2014 VIP dinner
Champagne for everyone
Time To Play
Google adds support for real-time iOS-Android multiplayer to Play Game Services
What's Apple next move?
Gdc 2014
Vlambeer talks Nuclear Throne, taking to Twitch, and demystifying game development
Why it's good to let gamers keep an eye on you
Gdc 2014
Wooga on using the FUUU factor to hit the top of the App Store
May the force be with FUUU
Gdc 2014
Think you've got a handle on China? Get ready for everything to change
Yodo1's Fong on finding success in Asia
Games To Watch
Flappy Bird clone is top of the Pebble Appstore
Bird is the word
Closing And Moving On
Wormhole Games shrinks to a dot, CEO Jamil Moledina joins Google Play
Tank Nation dev
Gdc 2014
96% of iOS revenue is from 6 month old top earners
Immersyve on the struggle to break through
The Charticle
Royal Revolt 2 attempts to conquer the App Store
Who's king of the castle?
Broadcast Your Mobile Skills
Twitch goes mobile, launching with Gameloft's Asphalt 8
The stream is live
New Sdk Out Now
Tapjoy announces nGen platform to monetise the 'other 95%'
Moving beyond the offerwall
New Name, New Start
Kontagent+PlayHaven emerges as integrated analytics and marketing play - Upsight
One dashboard, one SDK
Interview
WildTangent's Vanderdasson on not rushing China, rescuing carriers' mobile games strategy, and Microsoft's potential irrelevance
Talking the long view
Top 50
PocketGamer.biz's top 50 mobile developers of 2014 starts here
First batch of 10 revealed today
Hot Five
Kabam buys Phoenix Age, iOS 7.1 highlights IAPs, and 10 developers reshaping the industry
Last week's top five stories
Flop To Finance
Can you turn disappointing sales into cold hard cash?
Full Indie UK's Wicksteed talks funding
Bastion, Big Biz & The Bay
Supergiant Games talks San Francisco
Co-founder Amir Rao on the city 'that has everything'
Moscone State Of Mind
What themes will dominate at GDC 2014?
Our Mavens lay out their expectations
Big Vision In 2014
Social Point looks to mobile action-strategy genre to boost 2014 sales to $100 million
Spanish outfit wants to deepen the experience
Hit F2p Games On Horizon
Big Fish looks to go midcore, will publish debut F2P game from ex-Zynga Dallas team
Boss Fight Entertainment signs on the dotted line
Gaming Awards At Sxsw
The search for mobile gaming at SXSW 2014
Not the breakout year expected
Bitcoin's Not Dead!
Vungle and InAppCoins add BTC as a payment method
Value of numbers
Pay The Troll
Firm attempts to trademark the word 'Flappy'
Sends infringement notices to developers
Are You Going?
The city where 'amazing ideas' are brought to life: Gaijin Games talks San Francisco
Jason Cirillo on balancing risk with reward
Inspiring Young People
UKIE launches first-ever Games Industry Pavilion at youth-focused Big Bang Fair
Partnering with Microsoft, BAFTA, and others
Develop A Better Life
We want to make developers' lives better: Helgason and Laakkonen lift the lid on Unity's move for Applifier
Applifier man to step up as Unity VP
Acquisition News
Unity to acquire Everyplay creator Applifier
Looking for 'tools to make community more successful'
Triple Success
Tearaway comes out on top at BAFTA Games Awards 2014
Three titles for Vita classic
We Are The 1.5%
Oscar Clark on whales, damn whales, and statistics
F2P success isn't about percentage points
Global Game
10 developers that are reshaping the global mobile industry
Studios from the regions that matter