The big news of last week was that EA had sued Zynga for copyright infringement in The Ville, alleging it had substantially copied The Sims Social. I instinctively want EA to win. It seems likely it is a...

Robert Florence wrote an interesting piece on piracy on Eurogamer. I think it is broadly right, although some people have commented on his "staggering sense of entitlement". The most useful bit for me was this six stage...

This series is intended to provide a short sharp introduction to the key ways you need to adapt your game design to make successful, profitable free-to-play games. It will be helpful to AAA game designers, to creative...

Kixeye is a free-to-play games company that has carved out a niche (a big niche) making games for gamers. This is their recuitment video. It takes marvellously-pitched swipes at the public perception of Zynga and EA, as well...

Q: I'm owed money by a former supplier/developer/publisher/other who won't pay me. What can I do? A: follow this process:

In June 2010, 71% of the worldwide 100 top grossing apps on the App Store were paid only. Just two years later, that figure is 16%. If we include apps that are paid but also enable in-app purchases...

Part of my job here at Gamesbrief is to regularly update the stats pages for the Free to Play Spreadsheet. Recently I've been particularly interested in conversion rates: namely, what makes a good conversion rate? We know...