This is a guest post from John Griffin, crossposted on his Gamesparks blog Leaderboards are probably the oldest social feature used in games and are used to increase the level of competition amongst players by ranking them...

Question: A simple question this week: what are you all playing at the moment? Tell me what’s captured your interest and why. Answers: Tadhg Kelly Developer relations at Ouya Well, like everyone I imagine, I’ve been checking out...

My point is that if the price that is expected falls to zero, it will be hard to maintain premium price points. Some people will prefer to have premium price points, and that’s fine. By the expectation...

I've had a couple of meetings with smart, trusted contacts in recent days where they've predicted a walloping great crackdown on IAP in kids' games, and that advertising is going to offer the only sustainable business model...

If you’re a GAMESbrief regular, you’ve no doubt noticed that we’re running a Business Masterclass outside Europe for the first time ever next weekend, ahead of GDC 2013 in San Francisco, as well as offering a small...

During the week of GDC 2013, Nicholas will be offering a number of GAMESbrief Surgery sessions in San Francisco – a chance to have a one- or two-hour one-on-one consultation about your game and your business, tapping...