Revenue from freemium is 65% of the US top grossing games chart says Flurry's Jeferson Valadares
It's now the dominant model
OpenFeint appoints ex-Playdom exec Ethan Fassett, as its SVP of product
Goal to drive player acquisition and engagement
Tap.Me launches mobile advertising advisory board to guide strategy
Identify trends and build partnerships
93% of gamers happy to pay for their games reckons Nielsen
Value in the paid model
App Store passes 15 billion downloads as app library tops 425,000
Up 1 billion in a month
Joining Hands and Azkend hit TouchPad as 10tons signs up library to HP
Five games head for App Catalog
HTC acquires chipset specialist S3 Graphics in $300 million deal
Picks up IP and expertise
Android's US share triples in last 12 months as BlackBerry, Windows Phone and webOS fall back
Google holds 38.1 percent share
Korean mobile developer BiCore raises $4.5 million
CJ Venture Investment buys into business
Rodeo Games' Ben Murch on how the Icelandic volcano convinced them to move from console to mobile gaming
Taking on a new creative mindset
Hiive's Andrew Rollings on why Google's Chrome Web Store is the perfect place for mobile devs to experiment
Creatures & Castles studio learns from iOS mistakes
Marmalade's Tim Closs on rebranding and building a horizontal framework when everyone else is going vertical
New name, same approach
Ex-Ubisoft team set up The Game Bakers for triple-A mobile
Emeric Thoa and Audrey Leprince move short form
Former Realtime Worlds man John Harrison on why new iOS project Bang Games offers greater connection with gamers
No shame in mobile being a distinct entity from console
Pegatron rumoured to readying 15 million iPhone 5s as September launch looks likely
Orders upped as outlook expands
Distinctive's Nigel Little on designing mobile games for freemium success
Balancing download volume with IAP density
Windows Phone Marketplace hits 25,000 apps in less than 9 months
Gaining 1,000 new titles every month
AMD leak dates tablet friendly processor series Hondo for 2012
Features streamlined to save power
HTC ships 11 million smartphones in Q2 2011 as revenues hit $4.34 billion
Strong sales in US and Asia offset European slowdown
China Mobile's Mobile Market app store hits 360 million downloads across 70,000 apps
80 million users registered
Fortumo adds operator billing to in-app payments SDK for Android
Service now available in 61 countries
Ex-IUGO biz dev director Sarah Thomson joins Glu Mobile
Heading up gPartners program
InMobi's global mobile ad traffic up 40% in four months to 35.7 billion request monthly
Nokia leading OS, iPhone leading device
Following $53 million Newtoy acquisition, Zynga's mobile DAUs have risen 10-fold
More mobile acquisitions likely
Samsung's Galaxy S II tops 3 million in first 55 days
Handset serving as flagship Android device
Rocket Bunnies and Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing are top-reviewed iPhone games for June
Critical acclaim
The PG.biz Hot Five: RIM in ruins, Infinity Blade's ode to IAPs, and PS Vita whips up a storm
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The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on the potential of HTML5, WebGL and Project Spartan
The rise of web gaming?
With cumulative revenue of over $1.5 billion, Zynga's doing okay, but doesn't match DeNA or GREE for profits
Facebook publisher not that neat
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Social gaming star Zynga files for $1 billion IPO
Reveals MAUs of 232 million
TouchPad not designed to dethrone iPad, says HP's Richard Kerris
Firm 'thinks the world of Apple'
RIM bows to shareholder pressure, agrees to evaluate roles of CEOs Lazaridis and Balsillie
New committee to examine executive set-up
App Store now boasts more than 100,000 apps for iPad
Up from 75,000 in March
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Hard Lines, Continuity 2: The Continuation
Critically acclaimed
Amazon secures Fieldrunners HD as two week exclusive on Appstore for Android
Android Market pricing policies dictate strategy
Senior RIM executive claims developers hate BlackBerry, but company brands issues as 'transitional problems'
Firm finds objections 'difficult to believe'
Bungie launches mobile social partnership program aimed at indies
Bungie Aerospace takes to the skies
Boku launches operator billing for Android IAP in 56 countries
Every little helps
PapayaMobile offers Android developers route into Asia with its Gateway to China program
BulkyPix and Connect2Media already on board
Unity Technologies makes move on Sweden with Stockholm office
Staffed by ex-DICE members
US smartphone penetration reaches 38% says Nielsen
Android flat at 27%, but Apple still rising - now 17%
Fishlabs CEO Schade on why the advent of an EA App Store sale means you should raise your prices
Differentiation leads to stronger sales
Zynga signs deal to bring social line-up to AT&T's shelf on Android Market
Customised content on board
Android surges past iOS in Japan top take top spot with 4.6 million users
But iPhone remains top selling device
Five seemingly contradictory things we learned from GameHorizon 2011
Sturm und drang
HP in talks to license webOS out to rival OEMs confirms CEO Apotheker
Building the ecosystem
Digital Chocolate signs up OpenMarket to deliver in-app billing on 3UK handsets
GlobalCharge gets involved
Gamevil sets aside $10 million in drive to sign up third-party titles
Publisher looking to partner with excellence
HitPoint signs up Facebook back catalogue for TeePee Games discovery platform
Gun Bros, Build-A-Lot and Organized Crime on board