GREE to open new San Francisco studio

Mobile gaming company plans 41,000 square foot office in China Basin

13th February 2012 @ 9:09am
Mobile

Layoffs reported at ngmoco after DeNA restructuring

Japanese company thought to have laid off around 30 staff at Western subsidiary

9th February 2012 @ 11:51am
Mobile People

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Jetpack Joyride downloads increased 13x after going free

5-10% of customers spending at least $1 after downloading, says creator

9th February 2012 @ 9:46am
Mobile

1

Publisher model will rise again through mobile

DICE 2012: The model isn't broken, but maybe the publishers are, argues Divnich

9th February 2012 @ 1:40am
Mobile Publishers

5

Inflated console prices are fuelling free-to-play growth

DICE 2012: Mobile is taking risks and innovating, says Addmired CEO

9th February 2012 @ 1:00am
Mobile topic_social

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Epic secures Fighting Fantasy titles for Unreal contest

Start-ups charged with creating iOS title based on classic fantasy books

8th February 2012 @ 7:20pm
Mobile Developers

€1.75 million in new funding for BoosterMedia

Mobile games distributor plans to expand global reach

8th February 2012 @ 12:11pm
Mobile

Apple warns developers not to manipulate App Store charts

Using services which promote games artificially could lose you dev licence

7th February 2012 @ 9:51am
Mobile

6

Apple removes cloned games from App Store

Indie dev Anton Sinelnikov targeted for direct copies of popular releases

6th February 2012 @ 9:55am
Mobile

13

Gameloft projects 17% revenue rise year-on-year

French mobile studio riding wave of smartphone proliferation

2nd February 2012 @ 9:22am
Mobile topic_financial

DeNA joins forces with Chinese internet service provider

Mobage games to have dedicated section in Baidu Yi marketplace

1st February 2012 @ 4:13pm
Mobile

Nexon and Nexon Mobile to merge

Deal to complete in April, will " make more active use of Nexon's IP" says CEO

1st February 2012 @ 2:00pm
Mobile Online

Rovio: Piracy can generate business

CEO says creators must start treating their customers as "fans"

31st January 2012 @ 9:44am
Mobile topic_publisher

18

Valve releases beta Steam app for mobiles

Free app for iOS and Android devices goes live

26th January 2012 @ 8:06pm
Mobile Retail

13

130 apps helped by Tapjoy Android Fund

Programme to port games to Android continues to grow

26th January 2012 @ 8:41am
Mobile Advertising

6waves Lolapps defends plagiarism accusations

Criticism of Yeti Town "part of a natural process" say devs

26th January 2012 @ 8:37am
Mobile Developers

1

NimbleBit accuses Zynga of copying Tiny Tower

Mobile dev issues open letter highlighting similarities with Zynga's Dream Heights

25th January 2012 @ 9:41am
Mobile Developers

27

Former PopCap dev launches mobile incentives start up

Roy Liu's Gimmie will reward mobile app users with real world items

25th January 2012 @ 9:18am
Mobile Developers

Temple Run makes 5 times more revenue as free-to-play

Imangi Studios co-founder explains massive boost that came from making iOS app free

24th January 2012 @ 8:52am
Mobile Developers

10

Square Enix appoints KooZac dev head of mobile

Ben Cusack hired, KooZac license acquired

20th January 2012 @ 10:40am
Mobile People

Sulake's LaFontaine: Product integration key to cross-platform retention

Habbo Hotel boss says "We view Facebook as a channel where we acquire users"

20th January 2012 @ 9:36am
Mobile Business topic_social

€247 million loss for Sony Ericsson

CEO blames economy and natural disasters for falling sales and profit

20th January 2012 @ 8:54am
Financial Mobile

2

Study: games must properly engage players before offering in-app purchases

Localytics finds average users play a game 10 times before spending

19th January 2012 @ 9:50am
Mobile topic_free-to-play

2

Whale Trail Android release is "litmus test" for premium pricing

UsTwo co-founder Matt Mills claims he was wrong to avoid freemium model

19th January 2012 @ 9:35am
Mobile Retail Developers

3

6waves Lolapps acquires mobile dev

Escalation Studios to concentrate on mobile titles for international market

18th January 2012 @ 3:21pm
Mobile Developers

DeNA and NetDragon Websoft to form new company

Will localise mobile and social titles for Chinese market

17th January 2012 @ 9:18am
Mobile Business

Razer working on high-performance gaming tablet

"Project Fiona" contains Intel Core i7 processor, will run today's PC games natively

11th January 2012 @ 9:14am
Mobile Hardware

3

Hardwarebasis von spielefähigen Smartphones erreicht 26,5 Mio. in Deutschland

Der Absatz von Smartphones mit aufwändigen Grafikprozessoren steigt in Deutschland rasant. Alleine im Jahr 2011 sind 11,8 Mio. abgesetzt worden - natürlich weit mehr als Games-Handhelds.

9th January 2012 @ 6:40pm
Mobile

Mobile developer Moblyng closed

"We did not monetise enough to stay in business," admits CEO

9th January 2012 @ 8:55am
Mobile Developers

Infinity Blade franchise breaks $30m barrier

Chair sees massive return after just 12 months

5th January 2012 @ 4:57pm
Mobile

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