PlayPhone social surge set to push userbase past 100 million by end of 2012
Enjoys 400% growth in first 6 months
NTT DoCoMo invests $22.5 million in mobile content move with Baidu
Set to serve up DeNA games
Develop Awards triumph leaves Unity 'hungry for more'
Also picks up AlwaysOn accolades
Nintendo 3DS sales pass 5 million in US
Narrowly outpacing original DS
Fruit Ninja making more than $400,000 a month from ads
But paid version remains the bigger player
Mobile marketers are in short supply and high demand, says Gameloft's manager for UK & Ireland
David Whitby talks recruitment
Deadline for GameFounder 15,000 euros gaming accelerator expires tomorrow
Apply today for cash, workspace and mentoring
PapayaMobile enters user acquisition market with launch of AppFlood cross promotion network
Free and clean exchange
Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata concedes that smartphones and tablets have changed the industry
'We need to differentiate and offer something exclusive'
Develop 2012: Gbanga's Robin Di Capua on the opportunities of location-based games
#developconf Here be monsters and gangsters
Amazon's Game Connect provides an online store for in-game items
Amazon.com selling virtual goods
Develop 2012: Infinity Blade designed to prove iOS could pack a punch, says Epic's Mark Rein
#developconf Wanted a 'Shadow Complex on mobile'
InMobi appoints Shrikant Latkar as VP of global marketing
Company prepares for hyper-growth phase
Develop 2012: Don't spend money you can't afford, Sports Interactive's Jacobson warns indies
#developconf Money matters
PapayaMobile's Oscar Clark concludes his developer's guide to the Zombie (freemium) Apocalypse
Monetise this (and that)
Tapjoy and Kontagent announce strategic partnership
New products and services incoming
Our Android console puts the power in developers' hands, argues Ouya
Backed by the industry
Develop 2012: PlayStation Mobile to let indies 'compete on a fair playing field'
#developconf Consumers still trust brand
Develop 2012: Life isn't all 'glorious Vegas gambling' after your first game, warns Supermono's Tak Fung
#developconf It's when the hard work begins
Develop 2012: We won't try to 'whip up the Daily Mail' with Carmageddon return, says Stainless Games
#developconf But it would be a bonus
Crowdfunding as much a promo tool as it is a revenue raiser, says Spilt Milk's Andrew Smith
IndieGoGo can drum up cash and potential customers
Social Wars dev Social Point makes mobile move with $7.4 million funding round
Expanding out from Facebook
Develop 2012: Brian Baglow on how indies can master the art of marketing
#developconf 'Developers, stop being sh*t'
Activision to bring Angry Birds Trilogy to 360, PS3 and 3DS
Includes Angry Birds, Seasons, and Rio
Amazon launches achievements platform GameCircle for Kindle Fire
Leaderboards and save sync also on board
Mind Candy appoints ex-Playfish exec Ken Ward as talent director
Studio recruiting mobile devs and designers
Betable brings real money gambling to social and mobile games
Adds betting to new and existing title
Develop 2012: CSR Racing 'more successful than all my other games put together', says Boss Alien's Jason Avent
#developconf High profit margins on iOS
Continuity 2, Spoing, and Lunar Racer are the highest-reviewed Android games of Q2 2012
Critically acclaimed
Develop 2012: Collaboration, not competition, is key to survival in the packed mobile market, says Remode's Ella Romanos
#developconf All about building a network
Ouya raises $2 million via Kickstarter for its Android console in one day
$99 console reached funding goal in 8 hours
Develop 2012: Concept Art House's James Zhang on how game art can improve your monetisation
#developconf All about quality
Develop 2012: The lower the price of a game, the better it needs to be, says BioWare's Eugene Evans
#developconf Game pricing now 'democratised'
Develop 2012: Insight, advice and friendship: Why UK indie outfits 'stand together' behind Best of British
#developconf Trade body benefits, without the fees
With 250 million MAUs, Adam Boyden highlights the value of Conduit's omni-platform for user engagement
Moving from browser to mobile
No surrender: The making of Total War Battles: Shogun
Creative Assembly invades new territory
Develop 2012: Crowdsourcing app development cultivates rather than complicates games, says Valve's Jason Holtman
#developconf Audiences want to be involved
Richard Garriott's mobile social studio Portalarium raises $7 million in Series A round
Ultimate Collector and Ultimate RPG inbound
Autodesk announces new version of Scaleform UI middleware for mobile
Works with Unity or as a standalone
OpenFeint founder Jason Citron raises $1.1 million for 'post-PC' outfit Phoenix Guild
Staffing up to ship its first mobile game in 2012
SessionM steals three execs, two from Apple iAd and one from Google
Team reunited
Samsung launches Smart App Challenge 2012 offering $4 million in cash
Seeks innovative apps for Galaxy Note and Tab
Ouya hopes to Kickstart $950,000 to bring its $99 Android-powered home console to market
Developer friendly for free-to-play games
Urban Airship and GamesAnalytics partner to offer targeted messaging for mobile games
Analytics-triggered messaging suite available
Develop 2012: Stuart Dredge's 30 interesting apps in 45 minutes
#developconf How does he fit it all in?
Develop 2012: HTML5 can wait: focus on the native app, says Flurry
#developconf The time is now
Develop 2012: Relentless Software on Microsoft's move to shape Kinect into an interactive TV king
#developconf Big future in the big screen
PapayaMobile's Oscar Clark provides a developer's guide to the Zombie (freemium) Apocalypse
First of a two-part special on freemium, and the undead
Develop 2012: Michael Pachter on why free-to-play gaming needs to be reinvented
#developconf Don't give it away
Develop 2012: Apple has 'completely failed' at app discoverability, says PapayaMobile's Oscar Clark
#developconf Don't rely on app stores to push your game