Value of quarterly activity in The Simpsons: Tapped Out estimated at $58 million
Game on the up with 5.4 million DAUs
Casual Connect 2013: Making Fun's Shea Dinkin on why character matters, even for F2P games
Recognition = retention
Casual Connect 2013: SomaTone's Nick Thomas on making your audio sing
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Distimo is the latest app analytics outfit to provide free web access into its smarts
Point your browser towards Distimo App Trends
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Pilot program to target 'small and medium sized devs'
Stateside: Ouya is like a badly run Brazilian steakhouse where users fill up on free salad
It's time to pay out for meat
PlayHaven's Andy Yang on why you need to get much more from your push notifications
Not all alerts are created equal
PlayHaven closes the loop with the launch of its push notification system
Bring them into your new promotions
How balancing user feedback with a data-driven approach powered Mini Golf Matchup to success
Less of a science, more of an art
As iPad sales fall, Android now accounts for 7 out of every 10 tablets shipped
Windows' share also jumps 800%
Zynga's execs continue exodus as 3 more abandon ship
Bloomberg claims Osvald, Janosov and Etter are off
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New dev-friendly SDK announced
Prototyping at Wooga: How to find the needle in the haystack
Head of Studio Antti Hattara reveals its method
Execution Labs provides potential $150,000 investment for its accelerated companies
BDC Venture Capital provides the convertible notes
Sponsored feature: DeNA West's Sarah Fuchs on why company culture really matters
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Winning with Windows: Arkadium reports 35% jump in active users on Windows 8
More stable market than iOS
Kiwi Inc. closes $9 million funding round lead by Sequoia Capital
Playdom folks regroup
Opinion: Games journalism needs to stop being part of the story
Writers becoming victims of a cult of personality
Betting on success: Small-Bet launches skill-based wagering platform for iOS
Set to serve as additional revenue raiser for devs
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Best of British: Loneliness and a lack of funds - the costs of being an indie developer
Stephen Morris on preparing to be poor
Ouya's Julie Uhrman 'takes offence' to claim devs can't make money on system
Devs will 'make millions' by end of 2013
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Dire times continue at BlackBerry as giant lays off 250 employees to 'increase efficiency'
On the quest to be profitable again
Games without friends: Players abandon Zynga in droves as revenue plummets 31%
MAUs fall nearly 40% in a year
Gameloft sees H1 2013 sales up 15 percent to $142 million
Legacy Java business still strong at 39% of revenue
EA Mobile sees Q1 2013 sales boom up 64% to $113 million
The Simpsons and Real Racing 3 power growth
Retargeting is now more important than user acquisition, says Drawbridge
And it claims it's got the tools to prove it
Apple responds to Dev Portal hack with system status tool
Launches barebones switchboard
EA: Apple is our biggest retail partner
Mobile revenues outpacing Origin
Machine Zone's Gabe Leydon on why he cares about more players' time than their money
New release Game of War is a longterm project
GDC 2014 fires starting pistol on call for submissions
Proposals must be submitted before August 29
Unity: Win cash prizes by creating Windows Phone and Windows 8 content
More than $100,000 on offer
The building blocks of success: How an architect's eye can aid game design
Nicholas Lister finds the common ground
Adeven: We're not just about analytics, we're giving you business intelligence
The smarts inbetween analytics and marketing
Swap shop: Free-to-play tool to allow gamers to sell in-game items
SwapMob iOS and Android bound
Nvidia's Kepler GPU sets up to revolutionise mobile graphics
Smartphone, meet the superphone
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Alone in the dark: The making of Home A Unique Horror Adventure
Breathing new life into an old genre
100 million downloads is just the start for us, says JoyBits' CEO Paul Baldwin
Doodle God dev has the whole world in its hands
Microsoft: Dev Center update caused download reports outage
Has 'identified the root cause'
Apple profits slip despite 20% jump in iPhone sales
Giant unveils mixed fortunes in Q2 2012
UK publishing outfit Zattikka could fold in a matter of weeks
Firm set 2 August deadline to pay back loan
Stateside: Don't try and fight your pirates make the most of them
Making lemonade from stolen lemons
Windows Phone developers suffer month long download reports blackout
Microsoft 'rolling out fix'
App Developers Alliance launches monetisation workshops in SF, LA and NYC
One-day events kick off in SF on 2 August
Linking fiction to action: How touchscreen controls can help you connect with your players
Lady Shotgun's Anna Marsh on literal actions
Early days for Ouya: Devs claim game sales less than spectacular
No 'breakout hit' to date