Making 2D games? GameMaker: Studio is still the best says YoYo Games
Leading the charge from Flash to HTML5
With star power from Hollywood agency ICM, AppXchange looks to shake up F2P app distribution
FreeAppADay outfit changes approach
Don't port console games to mobile, clone them: Owlchemy Labs on bringing Shoot Many Robots to Android
And do it with Unity
Monetizer: Asphalt 8: Airborne
Gameloft fails as second-hand auto salesmen
Three gaming monetization trends that will shape the future of mobile advertising
SponsorPay looks into its crystal ball
Chart of the Week: Facebook's mobile ad muscle pushes up UA costs to a 2-year high
Combined with Apple ranking algorithm tweak
Mobile VAS & Apps Conference is looking for the next big apps and games
Bringing together Russian devs, publishers and investors
Opinion: Nintendo demonstrates that if you can't accept mobile games, any old fugly wedge will do
Defensive move is more about 3DS than market success
Autodesk targets mobile developers, offering Maya LT 2014 from $35 per month
Time to sharp your 3D skills?
Gamebrain opens access for its end-to-end development, publishing and distribution platform
Closed beta kicking off in Q4 2013
Want to reach an extra 260 million players a month? Facebook's new Unity SDK has you covered
Port your game in a few clicks
Our first Drink Up saw SF's mobile gaming elite spinning the wheel of beer
The drinks were on Grantoo and Heyzap
Unity unveils Unity Cloud, including analytics, cross-promotion and advertising
2D Tools also revealed
Playnomics says its Churn Predictor will stop you losing 70% of your players in the first month
New addition to the PlayRM platform
100 apps powered by Unity installed every second
CEO Helgason reveals the stats
Opinion: Why GungHo, GREE, DeNA and Kabam demonstrate the industry's most effective monetisation
Conclusions from App Annie's July 2013 ranking
The Charticle: The slow-growing success of Plants vs Zombies 2
How is EA's next big thing sprouting?
Google Ventures part of the group that reinvested in Kabam
Light shed on recent $38.5M placement
Stateside: Developers need to think bigger to fulfill the potential of tablet gaming
More than pumped-up phones
GameMaker: Studio gets go-faster stripes with new compiler and shader support
Unlocking the power of the CPU
Sell real-world items in your games and get 6% of the revenue through Amazon's new affiliate deal
New revenue stream with Amazon Mobile Associates API
PlayScreen launches real-money Slots game in the UK
Partnered up with Betable
How GREE and IUGO boosted Knights & Dragons' 30-day retention by 50%
It's now generating more than $1 million per month
Majesco on making Zumba Dance iPad's #1 Health and Fitness app
Moving to a new beat
Opinion: Don't drop the beat - why you should care about your game's audio
Music is everything
Sponsored feature: You're gonna need a smaller bloat, says NativeX's Rob Weber
How SDKs have changed from a solution to a problem
Muteki Corp's Adam Rippon on how Sony saved the indie studio 'from the brink of death'
And the importance of store curation
Hot Five: EA loves F2P, gut not analytics (Frogmind vs Zynga), and the contentment of big whales
The stories taking down our server this week
PocketGamer.biz Week That Was: PvsZ 2 does 16M downloads, Oculus Rift eyes Android, and 78% of IAP big spenders happy with purchases
The past 7 days in bite-sized portions
Drawbridge levels up, appointing stats marketing man Daryl McNutt
Will retarget retargeting ad tech outfit's efforts
Three is the magic number as Pocket Gamer parties in Cologne
Thanks to NativeX, Creative Mobile and Qihoo 360
Cloud burst: Big Fish shutters its Unlimited casual game streaming service
Costs too high, uptake too low
Newbie Mobile Gamer likes Icebreaker but thinks its IAP is 'cheating'
Truth through inexperience
Creative Mobile, TinyCo and Animoca add support for subscription-based unconsole GamePop
Android focus
Cologne Big Indie Pitch proved a love-in for devs and journalists
Thanks to sponsors Sega and Apmetrix
iOS gameplay video sharing outfit Kamcord announces 1 billion recordings
Plus additional funding brings seed round to $2.5 million
Sponsored feature: Why all game developers need to take notice of BlackBerry 10
Anders Jeppsson highlights 'fastest growing ecosystem'
Chart of the Week: Android game revenue now bigger than 3DS and PS Vita
App Annie and IDC have the breakdown
Opinion: After its initial failure, Sony's now looks to turn PS Vita into a mini-PlayStation 4
Time for a pivot
There was plenty of fizzy pop and chocolate cake at PG's Mobile Mixer in Cologne
Thanks to sponsors PapayaMobile, Immersion, Grand Cru, Everplay and King
From $60 console game to $20 iOS game in 9 months: The Making of XCOM: Enemy Unknown
The platforms they are a-changin'
Extreme Motion SDK 'motionizes' snowboarding game with Kinect-like control
Uses front-facing camera on tablet or laptop
Monetizer: Plants vs. Zombies 2
What are Crazy Dave's F2P tricks and techniques
Gameloft bringing a further 15 games to Windows Phone 8
Taking 2013's slate up to 25
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From Saints Row to CCP, Rovio, and beyond
Stateside: The ethics of IAP are complex which is why the industry needs to define them
Because if we don't do it, others will
As Plants vs Zombies 2 hits 16 million downloads, EA takes FIFA 14 free-to-play
The transformation is complete
Linking fiction to action: Why touchscreen controls depend on pace, position and direction
Anna Marsh talks non-literal actions
'No one wants to be Zynga anymore': Lessons from the Pocket Gamer Mobile Mixer
F2P, monetisation, and is there a third platform?
Get ready for an eyeful - Oculus Rift's John Carmack working on mobile SDK
Android support coming first