Wondering how much money you could make by introducing in-app purchases to your games? GAMESbrief has the figures you need to read on IAP revenues and players’ purchasing behaviours: Last November, in-app purchases represented 30% of all iOS...

I have a sudden consulting cancellation on 29th September. I’ve decided to fill it with a GAMESbrief surgery. Nine slots. One hour each. You get to talk to me about whatever you want: retention strategies, what investors look...

Sebastian Deterding is a good speaker and thinker on gamification. He has just posted a comprehensive demolition of Gabe Zichermann’s Gamification by Design: Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps . Sebastian’s review is worth reading, if...

As I’ve said a lot (and it’s fairly common knowledge), when Apple features you, your sales rise in an entirely predictable and reassuringly reliable manner. Last time Hard Lines got featured it was in the ‘New &...

Together with Nic Brisbourne of The Equity Kicker / DFJ Esprit, I am writing a series of 50 questions you should ask when raising venture capital. We expect the series to run for a year, after which...

Keeping up to date with key events in the games industry just got much easier. GAMESbrief now has an events calendar, with all the details you need about selected conferences, symposia and other games industry gatherings. We’ll...

Title: Games Invest 2011 Location: Eurogamer Expo, Earls Court One, Meeting Room 3 London SW5 9TA Description: Nicholas will speak at Games Invest this year, on the topic of ‘Raising money for games: pitching your company, not...