You might that if Activision suddenly announced a major payoff, it was rewarding shareholders for supporting it as it built Call of Duty and Skylanders into two of the strongest franchises in the industry. (I leave out...

There is a famous (unfortunately apocryphal) psychological experiment involving ten monkeys, a banana and ice cold water. Five of the monkeys were placed in a cage with a banana at the top of some steps in a...

In the course of over 2 months since its release as an IAP-supported free app, Ski Champion has netted Majaka a grand total of (drum drum drum) … 450 € ! Yup, not missing any K...

Some small developers confuse the act of “self-releasing” with the discipline of “self-publishing”. Anybody can release a game now… just click through a few dialog boxes and BOOM - your title is on the App Store. However,...

Last week, I wrote that Sony didn't understand the threat that it faces. This week, I put the opposite case: that Sony's experiments and product launches shows that it understands the issues, and is making valiant attempts...

Outside of Nokia, everyone thinks Nokia has a problem. It is losing smartphone share to pretty well everyone else. It has lost its status as an aspirational brand. It has not understood the importance of software, ecosystems,...