The third annual PocketGamer.biz Mobile Games Trends report for 2011 is now out. It contains a secion on freemium gaming, written by me, and it's worth a look.

GAMESbrief Unplugged Volume 1 is out. I’ve edited, collated, improved and reformatted some of the big themes from GAMESbrief over the past two years and collected them into one volume. It’s finally out.

A report from the World Bank, part-funded by the UK government Department for International Development, applauds the growth of gold-farmers (which they estimate take 75% of the $3 billion global virtual goods business) for its benefits to...

I was interviewed in Glasgow last week to talk about my view of how the Internet has changed the way game makers can reach audiences and make money. It’s only 3’22” and is perhaps the quickest way...

I spent a couple of hours today talking to students at London South Bank University. These are the people who will be the Miyamotos and Molyneuxs of the future, so it was great to talk to them....

This is the first competition I’ve run on GAMESbrief, and it’s thanks to the lovely people at Packt Publishing (including @fbindie, who is a regularly commenter on GAMESbrief and whose advice on marketing your game is included...

One of the big trends in startup financing is that value is being created earlier in the life of a company and the VCs who want to invest before the value inflexion point increasingly need to evaluate...