Monetizer Special: Analysing hard-to-soft currency conversion rates in F2P games that use a 'percentage fill' IAP economy
Delving into the guts of F2P monetisation techniques
Develop 2014 speaker submissions set to close on 7 March
Time to talk
Canabalt developer launches new indie studio in Austin
Finji to deliver 'what we want, how we want it'
We're out to find the Man Utd of the Dutch dev scene: Reinout te Brake talks GameOn's 10 million development fund
iQU founder rebutts Rami Ismail's criticisms
Reading List: Games As A Service
Oscar Clark on how F2P design makes better games
Ouya pivots beyond hardware to a software platform
Software is 'good enough' to be embedded
TIGA urgers EU Commission to adopt OFT's IAP principles
Protecting consumers is key
Tipping Point
Android tablets oust iPad in terms of 2013 sales
Low end and small screen but big numbers
The Charticle: Minecraft proves that premium titles can bring in big mobile bucks
It's a longterm goldmine
Hot Five
Vlambeer slams 10 million dev fund, Rovio wants to educate kids, and Dhoom:3 does 1 million on Indian WinPho
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PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: King gives up on Candy(TM), Rovio unveils new publishing program, and MagicSolver 'moves on'
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[Updated] Aeria Games sells PC business and rebrands to focus exclusively on mobile
ProSiebenSat.1 acquires assets including European office
Stateside: What mobile and console game developers need to learn from each other
Size matters
European Commission to take Apple and Google to task over free-to-play
Many apps are 'misleading' consumers
Hiring in Hamburg - InnoGames creates 100 new jobs and in-house business centre for start-ups
Expanding staff by 33%
The 3 big trends in gaming from Mobile World Congress 2014
Gaming - everything, everywhere
MWC 2014: Samsung explains its S Console, GamePad, and Multi-Screen Games
Expanding the reach of mobile gaming
Square Enix's Deadman's Cross crosses 1 million download threshold in 11 days
Hitting the top Card spot in the US
Exclusive: Rovio unveils groundbreaking new publishing program
Children learn more when they're having fun
Total eclipse of the art: The making of The Shadow Sun
What's three years between friends?
Storyboarding success: Pocket Gems opens the book on its new Episode platform
Redefining what is and isn't a game
How to master conference etiquette in 7 easy steps
Civilities, apologies, and bogies
Chart Of The Week
Half of in-game revenue generated by just 0.15% of players
Less than 2% of players spent in January
Unity unveils Seattle as host city for Unite 2014
Returns to US for first time in 3 years
Remode Studios set to close its doors in March
Founders focusing on new IPs
MagicSolver: We're not shutting up shop, but we are moving on
App discovery firm won't close on 24 March
Monetizer Special: Comparing three F2P games with 7-band IAP economies
Further adventures in virtual systems
F2P Summit unveils first two speakers bound for London this April
Big Fish and glispa on board
Update: King cans 'Candy' trademark application in US
Developer 'files for trademark abandonment'
We're here to pick up the burnt out Candy Crush players, says Marvel Puzzle Quest dev
Demiurge Studios reveals its next steps
Stephen Elop set to take charge of Xbox at Microsoft
Former Nokia CEO on the move
The Charticle: Can Apple help Tengami conquer the App Store at $4.99?
Featured friends-with-benefits
UK dev Rebellion hits 3.5 million downloads across Windows devices in less than a year
James Valls on the keys to success
Vlambeer pours cold water on GameOn's 10 million development fund
Could hurt stability and creativity, says Ismail
Spil Games' Erik Goossens says in-game advertising is good for developers and players
And it's working really 'bleeping' well
Where's The Wearable?
Musings from Mobile World Congress: Why aren't developers strapping on wearables?
Peter Willington makes his case from the show floor
Financials
SkyMobi goes 'majority smartphone', but sees Q3 2014 sales down 22% to $19 million
Mind the gap
Think Gaming promises to turn your game into a top grosser with its free Scouting Reports
Drawing on a data set of 5,000 mobile games
Exclusive: Hit by Apple's clause 2.25, app discovery tool MagicSolver set to 'call it a day'
All staff to be let go
Mobile generating the majority of growth in video advertising, reckons SupersonicAds
Total video budgets up 70% in 2013
X Marks The Spot
Nokia broadens portfolio with Android fork Nokia X
Handsets targets low-end
Play Or Pay
Middle-aged women play but Generation Y pays
Results from PlayPhone's Mobile Gaming Chronicles
Hot Five
Candy Crush makes billions, Talking Tom developer calls out counterfeits, and Molyneux says Godus will be 'sublime'
Last week's top five stories
Sponsored feature: iLogos CEO Alexander Goldybin on why demand for co-production is booming
Ways to derisk your development
Whatsup?
PlayPhone brings the social virality of Tango's 190 million users to its games platform
Carriers on the Fightback... With Friends
Diary of a Promiscuous Gamer: Got double Honors, and dropped $5 down the Dungeon (Keeper)
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: King's going to IPO on the back of $1 billion Candy Crush Saga sales while Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion
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TestFlight owner Burstly acquired by Apple
Beta testing platform now in Cupertino giant's hands
Get lucky at Pocket Gamer's St. Patrick's party at GDC 2014
FunPlus and Chukong Technologies on board
Taking down the Talking Tom thieves: Outfit7 celebrates legal win against Chinese dev
How to deal with counterfeits