Gameloft issues apology over 'poor gaming experience' in freemium version of Hero of Sparta 2
Bad adverts a turn off for fans
Trio of Angry Birds games finally land on BlackBerry PlayBook
Hardly little, but still too late?
6waves Lolapps first iOS game Yeti Town sweeps to #2 in US top free App Store chart
Just in time for the holiday freeze
Microsoft and Nokia considered a joint bid for RIM to bolster smartphone share
Anything Amazon can do...
MoMinis launches new Android 'Mega-Game' experience PlayScape to incentivise IAP and new game purchases
Claims 5-12% conversion rates
Freemium model is driving Android revenue, accounting for 65% of US top 200 top grossing sales, reckons Distimo
2011 the year of the in-app purchase
Google's Rubin reveals daily Android activations up to 700,000
Doesn't include re-sold devices
Bizmey rebrands as Tapgage as firm launches click exchange to aid user acquisition
Monetisation also on the agenda
Relentless Software unveils dedicated digital division as studio adapts to 'ever-changing casual gaming market'
Self-publishing model returns
Amazon considered RIM buyout before Kindle Fire launch claim sources
Firms still looking to strengthen ties
App Store sales continue as Big Fish takes 66 iOS games down to 99c
Just in time for chart freeze
EA opens the floodgates: all iOS games reduced to 99c in Holiday blow out
Drowning the App Store with its flotsam
On the back of Social Girl's success, Crowdstar cheekily positions itself as a mobile Zynga
Reaches 1 million downloads in its first week
Gameloft goes up against EA's iTunes Holiday lockdown with big 99c sale
Big beasts battle
iTunes users accuse Hoolai Games of App Store scamming as Chinese language game storms UK top grossing chart
Claim app and IAPs appeared without permission
Millennial reckons Kindle Fire's activity in its ad network is outpacing original iPad launch
Already generating hundreds of millions of impressions
MocoSpace study shows 45+ year olds are 7.5 times more likely to buy IAP than 18-25s
Less time playing, more time paying
Cracking the Christmas charts: Developers talk holiday season App Store tactics
Updates and price cuts are go
Fishlabs' Sports Car Challenge generates 15 million minutes of brand engagement for VW
1.5 million iOS downloads in two weeks
Tag Games' new data analyst Chris Kelly on how one tweak increased daily revenue 150%
Love your players? Love their data
Social game ad specialist appssavvy receives $7.1 million investment
Looks to strengthen monetisation tech
PS Vita off to a solid start in Japan with 321,407 sold over opening weekend, according to Enterbrain
Now the fun starts
HandyGames bigs up the power of ad-funded business with 300 million ads served in November
Fuelled by Google's AdMob network
Pay to play platform Pocket Change proposes token-based alternative to ads and IAPs
Serves as both full game and demo
Michael Pachter's bullish on Zynga; reckons its mobile business could be worth $150 million by 2013
Sets share price target of $12.50
Glu partners with Sprint to distribute Android-based multi-game packs
Free for Everything Data users
Gameloft releases HTML5 version of GT Racing: Motor Academy on Google+
Taking social to the next level
Eric Schmidt suggests Nexus tablet will be out in six months
Reading between Italian lines
GetJar CEO Ilja Laurs predicts Android's #1 status in 2012 but also significant fragmentation and openess issues
Paid apps to fade to memory
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on OnLive's ability to disrupt the mobile games industry
Pushing the right buttons?
Arash Keshmirian on combining the desire to feed core gamers' appetites with Limbic's burning need to explore new worlds
It's not camping down on Zombie Gunship
IDC predicts global tablet shipments were up 24% in Q3 2011
That's 18 million devices
The PG.biz Hot Five: TinyCo's new Griffin engine, Rovio's play-grounding around and whurley loves Windows Phone
Last week's top five stories
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Sonic CD, The Bard's Tale
Critically acclaimed
Qualcomm boosts consumer marketing, renames San Diego stadium for Snapdragon
Gains TV audience of 30 million
PG.biz week that was: Zynga IPOs, Rovio thinks about it, Samsung sells 300m phones, Fiksu launches FreeMyApps, and Tiny Tower's ARPU is $2
The past seven days' news compressed bite-sized
BlackBerry 10 smartphones' launch delayed until late 2012 as RIM hit by chipset slip
Lazaridis breaks more bad news
Greystripe claims its Ad Boosters raise click through rate of mobile ads by 300%
Social components a 'no brainer' for advertisers
Papaya launches accelerator program The Games Academy, offers 100,000 downloads to top title
Office space, expert input and legal advice on offer
Nordic Game conference 2012 calls out for speakers
Submissions due before 1 February
Rovio revenue to hit $100 million in 2011 as studio eyes Hong Kong IPO in 2013
Up from $10 million in 2010
Paramount uses social investment platform appbackr to fund Naked Gun and The Untouchables mobile games
Don't call me Shirley, back me surely
Mobile ad click-through rates on tablets double to over 9%, reports inneractive
iPad's 9.7-inch screen the most prolific
Zynga posts IPO price at $10 with 100 million shares for sale
With an extra 15 million for surplus demand
Mobile MMO Pocket Legends joins Heyzap gaming network
Now with integrated social network support
Microsoft's indie dev challenge Dream.Build.Play extended to Windows Phone
Total of $100,000 on offer to winners
Email outage and PlayBook provision see RIM's Q3 FY12 income down 19% to $265 million
But subscriber base up 35% to 75 million
Kindle Fire selling like 'hot iPads', millions already sold
Amazon best selling product for past 11 weeks
Despite Android's larger userbase, developers still backing iOS this Christmas with 3 times more projects, reckons Flurry
Money the main issue
Sony Ericsson makes Ice Cream Sandwich alpha ROM available for Xperia devices
But only for advanced developers