Capcom sets up second key business unit Beeline to target social mobile games
Rebrands US operation, set up new Asian outfit
SGN acquired by MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe's MindJolt Games
Firm also acquire social portal Hallpass Media
Gameview's Tap Fish enjoys half a million Android installs in 18 days
iOS release goes cross platform faster
Eliminating incentivised installs is great for iOS ecosystem says MdotM's Rodney Witcher
Install model shouldn't be about gaming the App Store
Opinion: Apple's move to block app incentivisation hands Android the initiative
Over-regulation slowly killing business on iOS
Opinion: Apple's move to ban Tapjoy and Flurry is incredible
Welcome to the cruel world
Tapjoy says Apple ban will have significant and long-term negative impact on iOS user experience
Caught in a loophole?
MEF extends 2011 Meffys entry deadline to May 6
Ruby Wax named as host for Covent Garden gala
Sony Ericsson's switch to smartphones results in 8 million Euro profit in Q1 2011
That's despite 23 percent drop in shipments
Apple sues Samsung, claims Galaxy phones and tablets ape iPhone and iPad
Devices impinge on patents and trademarks
Nintendo sells 400,000 3DS units in US in opening week
'We staged supply so it would not sell out'
Apple stamps down on app incentivisation; starts rejecting games using per install model
Burgeoning business model banned
Gamevil's Kyu Lee on why the publisher hopes to release a dozen indie developed games in 2011
Strategy already paying off with Air Penguin's US success
Analytics provider Localytics raises $2.5 million in latest funding round
Total funding sits at $3 million
Adult Swim rejects limitations of licensed games for an explosion in original content
Embrace everyone, not just a few fans
Apple tweaks App Store algorithm; shift from downloads to activity reckon Flurry and W3i
Angry Bird Rio slips as Facebook leaps back to the top
The Game Creator's Lee Bamber on AGK; bringing mobile game middleware to the masses
Building on 10 years of DarkBASIC
Developers Cooperative launch HTML5 app store Openspace
Proffers standard 70/30 split
Backbreaker Football scores 1 million downloads over Super Bowl weekend
Cross-promotion triples sales
Astro Ape's Chieh Huang on making better social games than Zynga, Pocket Gems and Storm8
Our retention rate is close to 70 percent
PG.biz week that was: IGDA takes on Amazon, Android Market hits 3 billion downloads, Ovi Store does 3 million daily, Intel primes MeeGo, and WP7 is a slow burn
The past seven days' news compressed bite-sized
Class action filed against Apple over the unauthorised purchase of in-app items by children
Garen Meguerian wants his $200 back and compensation
Intel hopes LG will fill its Nokia gap for MeeGo phone adoption
Chinese OEMs also interested
Google's activating 350,000 Android devices daily as app installs hit 3 billion
1 billion downloads in 2 months
HP offers hands on with TouchPad via webOS 3.0 developer sessions
Get on board for April 28 showcase
Flurry brands Nintendo DS 'a burning platform' as smartphones eat into its market share
iOS and Android rise results in DS revenue drop
GetJar's Patrick Mork enters IGDA-Amazon Appstore debate with his Manifesto for App Stores
Be open, let the market do its work
Mark Rein to keynote new NE England mobile event; Go Go Games
Gateshead, 12 May and it's free
MIX11: Microsoft updates Windows Phone 7 chassis specification to include Adreno 205 GPU
Optional gyroscope also on board
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games World of Goo, Mission Europa, City of Secrets
Critically acclaimed
Social gamers more valuable to developers than non gamers, claims MocoSpace
Spend three times as much time on gaming portal
Android overtakes iOS in terms of global mobile ad impressions says InMobi
But Nokia and Symbian retain 40% share
PopCap saw mobile revenues rise 50% in 2010
Explosion on iOS
IGDA warns developers to think carefully before accepting Amazon's Appstore terms
Significant concerns raised
Monster Dash downloads jump by 123% as Halfbrick cross promotes on OpenFeint
Game pushed at Fruit Ninja's 25 million players
PG.biz Mobile Games Trends Report 2011 out now
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Intel and Tencent launch Chinese Innovation Center to push games for MeeGo tablets
Powered by Oak Trail processors
Selatra's games library comes to Appitalism as distribution deal is extended
Mobile Streams licenses line-up
Sony Ericsson gives Xperia owners access to boot loader, but doesn't recommend it
Custom ROMS now playable on Play, Arc, neo and Pro
Android's share dips below 50% in US as iOS, BlackBerry claw back
Down 3% in a month
Google rolls-out direct carrier billing support to US network Sprint
Hoping to break down barriers to paid apps on Android
Glu Mobile's iOS sharp shooter Contract Killer does 5 million downloads in 2 weeks
Dialed in
MIX11: Multitasking, faster app switching and deeper integration coming with Windows Phone 7's Mango update
Microsoft planning beta release for developers
GREE extends mobile platform across Asia thanks to mig33 deal
Partnership opens up 70 million potential customers
Sony Ericsson launches own Android Market channel; UI tweak angers some customers
Removes quick access to My Apps
TeePee Games' Tony Pearce on building a recommendation portal for social and mobile games
This one's for you
Nokia's Microsoft deal could result in loss of 6,000 R&D jobs
38 percent of research headcount rumoured to be at risk
GetJar ditches white label store as CEO Ilja Laurs claims carriers have 'lost the consumer'
Just dumb pipes after all
After 25 million downloads, Halfbrick's Fruit Ninja to take on Angry Birds and FarmVille for a Webby
Voting now open
Bango expands mobile payment platform to Canada, reach hits 200 million in North America
At forefront of m-commerce revolution