Great mobile game design is a little like a great film soundtrack – if it’s done well, you shouldn’t notice it. Unfortunately, this also makes it all too easy to overlook the amazing detail that goes ...

Most mobile game designers follow a simple process when coming up with new ideas for their titles: 1. What did Nintendo do six months ago on DS? 2. What shapes could really do with being matched in ...

Those minutes add up. In the past year, Scopely’s 500 million users have played its games for 5 billion hours. That equates to approximately 570,000 years’ worth of human attention. Scopely doesn’t ...

If you want to understand the psychological theories and cognitive principles developers use to make video games engaging, motivating, and immersive, you need to look past the graphics engine. Behind ...

Industry experts share their insights prior to Pocket Gamer Connects Summit San Francisco on March 9th. “Gaming has become more mainstream than ever, transcending traditional entertainment, media, ...

When it comes to a dream career in game design, every journey starts at the same place—picking the right university.