Gamevil and ngmoco on board for Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit at GDC 2012
Advisory board working on schedule
TinyCo plans for simultaneous iOS and Android releases thanks to new Griffin engine
Internal smarts
Apple US gives EA's Dead Space its iPad game of 2011 award, while European App Store goes for Contre Jour
Blockbuster versus art house
Apple US crowns Tiny Tower as its iPhone game of year, while European App Store goes for Tiny Wings
Angry Birds is bestseller everywhere
Funzio's second freemium game Modern War does 1.5 million iOS downloads in first week
Invasions galore
HP selling off final TouchPads via eBay store firesale
US-only on 11 December
Mobile billing outfit Bango partners with Amazon to service online retail giant
Financial terms not disclosed
YetiZen opens applications for its March 2012 business accelerator program
Game studios, technology and tool start ups encouraged
Fishlabs beats out Crytek to be named best studio at German Developer Awards 2011
3D mobile focus wins plaudits
Gameloft's iOS Fantasy Town serves as publisher's first game specifically designed for girls
Not just a shade of pink
Chartboost CEO Maria Alegre on why network scale is less important than providing consumers with a quality experience
Best users are most important
Chartboost opens up its cross promotion and user acquisition platform for Android
Targeting the fastest growing market
Tiswaz's Kevin Dent on why App Store failure can actually be a case of falling upwards
A case study using ustwo's Whale Trail
Zipline launches its first game to showcase Moai engine
Wolf Toss available on iOS, Android and Chrome
Market shifting towards niche app stores as number doubles to 50 in 2011, reckons research2guidance
Rise of customer-driven channels
Ben Vu on Battle Bears' freemium debut and his 10 game roadmap for the humorous shooter franchise
Also pitching for TV series
Assassin's Creed, LA Noire and Batman: Arkham City available as OnLive rolls out to iPad and Android tablets
Selected titles optimised for touchscreen controls
NaturalMotion's My Horse tops 5 million downloads as firm snatches W3i's Nick Bhardwaj
Company downloads surpass 12 million
Wooga makes move to mobile as Diamond Dash hits iOS
25 million Facebook players can't be wrong
Mobile Streams launches Latin America-focused advertising subsidiary PublicAd
To tap into Appitalism
SG&VGW 2011: Kids and pirates key to Chinese success reckons Apple Toon's Jouni Keranen
Go big or not at all
IMGAs gain ProSiebenSat.1 Games' sponsorship and media coverage worth 1 million euros
Tencent, ARM and KOCCA other sponsors
Microsoft brands Windows Store 'most significant opportunity ever' for devs, with userbase more than iOS and Android combined
Gearing up for Windows 8
PopCap retires Bejeweled 2 + Blitz but releases first freemium iOS game as it refreshes brand on iPhone
Gains Bejeweled Blitz plus all-new 99c Bejeweled
Gedda-Headz social multiplayer chat game the first app to employ IAPs on Series 40
Title pre-loaded on Asha range
Chinese MMORPG Rebel & Rulers to launch exclusively on PlayPhone
5 million-strong smash to hit before end of year
TeePee hooks up with iQU adding MMOGs to discovery platform
First titles include Battlestar Galactica Online
RIM loses BBX trademark case, OS renamed as BlackBerry 10
Moves from Roman back to Arabic numerals
Kontagent's Josh Williams on why its enterprise quality kSuite analytics platform is right for mobile
But only if you're big enough to take full advantage
MoPub signs deals with ngmoco for Mobage as real-time bidding ad platform adds support for Unity 3D
Neon Play on board
Android Market tops 10 billion downloads, offering 10 apps for 10p for next 10 days to celebrate
What's the magic number?
Gamevil announces opening of Japanese office
Expanding opportunities with DeNA and GREE
Rovio's Vesterbacka claims Angry Birds' is the largest mobile ad network with 10 billion monthly impressions
Studio looking for longterm $60 billion valuation
Rovio set to put social spin on Angry Birds with rumours of freemium mobile version in 2012
One of four games currently in development
Polarbit supports BlackBerry PlayBook with Raging Thunder 2, Tank Riders and Reckless Racing
Platform support added to Fuse engine
HTC's November revenue falls 20%, but 2011 total jumps 79%
Changing fortunes for Taiwanese giant
Touch Junkies' developer and ex-critic Michael Lysons talks about reviews from the other side of the fence.
Super Smoothies opened his eyes
Nokia brings in-app purchases to Series 40 with Asha 303 the first device to support it
130+ operator billing options on offer
SG&VGW 2011: Brands not virtual goods are the focus for Chinese Facebook RenRen
'We look at social gaming differently'
Blueprint 3D and Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion are the top-reviewed iPhone games for November
Critical acclaim
SkyVu shoots up to 14 million downloads of Battle Bears with Royale multiplayer release
Powered by W3i's Recharge Studios' support
iQU's Reinout te Brake on creating a centralised marketing place for games, not the 'disruptive approach' of GREE, DeNA and Papaya
Tracking gamer behaviour is the key
Gary Nichols on Playbox's rebranding as Atomicom; now prepared for a mobile-only future
Following the excitement and money
GREE part-owned social gaming outfit Gumi raises $26 million for global expansion and acquisitions
Japanese user base is already 10 million
GREE promises single sign-on, 'fully borderless' social platform across iOS and Android
SDK not available until Q2 2012 though
Astraware CEO Tomlinson on making the most of platforms such as Nook, webOS and Kindle Fire
Has dropped Symbian, Palm and BlackBerry though
Rovio partners with Samsung to giveaway Galaxy Notes via exclusive Angry Birds levels for Chrome
No turkey
Confirmed: Facebook hires Gowalla team, but doesn't buy the company
Service to wind down at the end of January
Dell pulls out of Android tablet market as online sales of Streak 7 dropped
Get it while retail stocks last
World's first Android retail experience opens its doors in Australia
It even smells of Gingerbread