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EE has been acquired by fellow telecom giant BT in a deal worth 12.5bn. Talks were revealed to have taken place back in November, and last month the pair stated that a deal looked likely. As part of the agreement both Orange and Deutsche Telekom will sell their stake in …
Read More »A technical guide to cross-platform development
Deploying your game to as many platforms is a great way to find success, but what barriers will you face? Flowplay CTO Doug Pearson offers an in-depth guide to programming languages, toolsets and target platforms
Read More »1m daily active users for smartphone hit Best Fiends
More than one million daily active users are playing new Finnish studio Seriously’s debut mobile game Best Fiends. The free-to-play match-three title was released in October and has since been downloaded over seven million times. Each day players are said to rack up more than 400,000 hours of gameplay. The …
Read More »Made With Marmalade: When I’m 64-bit
Marmalade offers insight on why Apple is pushing 64-bit support – and how the tools firm will help devs achieve this
Read More »Mobile hit Best Fiends attracts 1m daily active users
Match-three game garners seven million downloads to date
Read More »Rovio’s games head Laes leaves company – report
Angry Birds studio Rovio has reportedly parted ways with its chief of games, Jami Laes. Reuters reports on the departure from the Finland-based firm, adding that Laes has plans to form his own start-up. Rovio has yet to provide any official release on the news, and representatives have thus far …
Read More »The evolution of mobile game marketing
M2H founder Mike Hergaarden on promoting mobile games in a world that is full to bursting, and why web gaming could hold the answer to discoverability
Read More »InnoGames cans Rising Generals development
All staff moved to other projects
Read More »The Witcher Battle Arena out on iOS and Android
CD Projekt RED and Fuero Games’ mobile MOBA collaboration The Witcher Battle Arena is now available on iOS and Android devices. Both Apple App and Google Play stores currently carry the free-to-play title. The game features two teams of three competing over conquest points to capture and hold. As far …
Read More »Chen argues that net neutrality should force Apple to make Blackberry apps
Blackberry CEO John Chen has tried to argue that President Obama’s recent net neutrality rulings should have wider implications for the technology sector. Specifically, in a bizarre open letter Chen has claimed that as well as having an open internet, we should also have open platforms – meaning he believes …
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