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Charles Cecil reveals the impact of the iPhone on the Broken Sword studio
Read More »Mobile gaming finally grows up
Nick Gibson reflects on how the UK games industry has changed over the past year
Read More »Angry Birds 2 racks up 1m downloads in 12 hours
Rovio has announced Angry Birds 2 has already been downloaded 1m times in its first 12 hours out on mobile platforms. The studio revealed the news on Twitter, with the figure combining the very early totals of iOS and Android releases. According to Apple, the original Angry Birds has been …
Read More »EA Mobile veteran’s new studio will build games on ‘playable data’
Canada-based dev Icejam turns real-world data into a playable form
Read More »Angry Birds 2 available now on iOS and Android
Six years on from the release of Angry Birds, Angry Birds 2 has at last arrived on smartphones. It’s far from the first sequel, of course. In fact, Angry Birds 2 is the 15th game in the series, following the likes of Seasons, Space, Star Wars, Rio, Stella, Transformers and …
Read More »Spil Games hires Bigpoint’s Saaksmeier
Ubisoft’s Christian Godorr also joins as publisher continues mobile push
Read More »The mobile MOBA – Can it work?
Super Evil Megacorp CEO Bo Daly on why he believes the start-up can make an impact in the popular and highly competitive genre with Vainglory
Read More »Razer completes Ouya buyout, Uhrman departs
Ouya founder Julie Uhrman has announced both the company’s acquisition at the hands of Razer and her departure. Uhrman has over the last hour tweeted a string of thanks to dozens of people and companies who she has worked with over the last few years. Among those tweets is one …
Read More »Mobile game Cooking Fever surpasses 50 million downloads
Lithuaninan developer Nordcurrent has revealed that its mobile title Cooking Fever has been downloaded over 50 million times. The title launched last August and is available on both iOS and Android. At the time of writing, Cooking Fever ranks at No.26 in the UK iPhone games chart and at 28th …
Read More »Fallout Shelter was the fourth most-downloaded iOS game in June
Bethesda’s Fallout Shelter was proved rather fruitful for the publisher. The game was globally the fourth best-selling iOS game in June, according to app analytics firm App Annie. But it was King’s AlphaBetty Saga that claimed the top spot. Fallout Shelter was announced on-stage at Betheda’s conference at this year’s …
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