New Zealand iPhone developers pledge proceeds to Christchurch quake victims
100% of profits to go to Red Cross until March 5
Games portal itsmy rolls out location based leaderboards
Social API links points to places
Fuse's Jon Walsh on combining Flurry, Appfigures, AdMob, Mobclix and Tapjoy into one cohesive real-time publishing tool
The data for success
OpenFeint brings pay-per-install to freemium with launch of OFX 2.0
Via partnership with Adknowledge
MoMinis looks to solve mobile game fragmentation and distribution issues with integrated ecosystem
Play nice everywhere
Tiny Chef start up TinyCo cooks up $18 million funding round
Foursquare backer Andreessen Horowitz leads the way
GameString and Unity team up for cloud-streaming browser-based 3D gaming platform
Arcade Server comes to all screens
Capcom scores social success as Smurfs' Village and Zombie Cafe downloads top 10 million
Got 6.5 million active monthly users
FTW takes to the cloud to enable synced game saves between iOS, Android, Nintendo DS
A multiplatform future needs a multiplatform save system
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games - Tiny Wings and Puckerz!
Critically acclaimed
Microsoft pegs Windows Phone 7 update failure rate at 10%
Firm claims process a 'non-event' for most
Facebook bigs up the impact of HTML5 and WebGL for the future of browser gaming
Get your 3D graphics hardware accelerated
Havok brings its physics and animation tools to NGP
Already being used in launch titles
Federal Trade Commission to investigate the transparency of IAP, especially in kids' games
Purchase model maybe under review
GameSpy extends online services to Android
No initial cost in GameSpy's Open Initiative
Real-time game analytics platform Playmetrix rolls out closed beta
Consumer intelligence reports are go
Digital Chocolate and Zynga settle Mafia Wars dispute
Details not forthcoming
SponsorPay completes second A round with $5 million from Nokia Growth Partners
Will push onto mobile
Bravo Game Studios appoints former Glu man Scalpello as CEO
Takes top job with immediate effect
Apples halves iAd's minimum ad spend to $500,000
Firm responds to declining fill rate
Apple needs to tighten up on sleazy App Store behaviour says Hiive's Andrew Rollings
Time to take control
Progressive to unveil multiplatform dev platform RocketFuel at GDC11
Target mobile and consoles with minimum effort
Finnish location game specialist Grey Area raises $2.5 million to expand Shadow Cities globally
Top grossing Finnish titles to rule the world
Google releases finalised Android 3.0 SDK for developers
Tablet ready Honeycomb laid open
Epic increases Unreal Engine revenue share ceiling for indies
25% only payable after $50,000
MocoSpace unveils $1 million HTML5 developer fund
Develop now, cash-in later
Windows Phone 7 updates can't be blocked, but carriers can delay them
Some users might not receive initial patch until March
Mobile and online gaming revenues to comprise half of industry total in 2014
China leading the revolution
Mobile gamers the new mass-market as 250 million pick Android and iOS
The era of the hardcore console gamer is over
Digital Chocolate closes $12 million strong funding round
Intel Capital leads investment
Veteran Don Daglow sets up social mobile studio
Facebook for now, but mobile to follow
Ten's plenty as Neon Play hits 10 million iOS downloads in 10 months
Firm racks up 5 free app chart toppers in the process
Ex-Resolution CEO picks up Moto Racing IP for new outfit Zordix
Start as you left off
Middleware mounts for NGP as Sony unveils CryEngine support
14 toolsets now on board
Fuse promises rebirth of the publisher on iOS with data-driven marketing and real-time analytics
Apparatus for the App Store age
Metro Apps launches UK and European focused games publishing program
Localising app appeal
Amazon reveals inbuilt marketing tools for Appstore developers
Automated sections recommend relevant apps and games
Microsoft rolls out precursor patch to enable Windows Phone 7 updates
NoDo not yet go
Majic Jungle's David Frampton on why day 1 sales halve every week, but launching a sequel bumps the original
Sales follow set patterns
Gameloft predicts nextgen mobile game development costs could hit seven figures
Says Apple needs to highlight premium content
Chinese OEMs to ship 79 million $150 Android handsets by 2013
Google's OS goes entry-level
App Store swallows up 83% of $2.2 billion global mobile apps market
Games reckoned to be 52 percent of the action
Rumour: Rovio to pick up Mr Goodliving
Angry Birds studio looking for fast expansion
Five key trends we condensed from Mobile World Congress 2011
Hardware meets soft power
Game Closure SDK promises cross-platform multiplayer for iOS, Android and Facebook
HTML5 and JavaScript break down barriers
NaturalMotion's Morpheme 3 animation engine adds NGP support
Goes portable for the first time
Fruit Ninja does 6 million paid downloads on iPhone in 10 months
Partnering with the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation
Trinigy adds NGP support to Vision engine's multi-platform push
Behind closed doors unveiling set for GDC 2011
App Store name clashes continue as My Kingdom forced to rename as Merchant Kingdom
Possessive over possessive pronoun
Quality Index: the week's best iPhone games - JellyCar 3, Starfront: Collision, Karoshi
Critically acclaimed