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Left-wing dev Molleindustria accuses Apple for removing game 'without explanation'
Read More »IOS game tackles iPhone manufacture ethics
Phone Story draws attention to apparent slavery, suicide and eWaste in manufacturing
Read More »Crowdfunding indies make $20k in five days
Smartphone project now in full production; Studio says overwhelming response has energised the team
Read More »Where will we play next?
Too few of the success factors that exemplify mobile and social games have yet been employed in most location-based games, says Rick Gibson
Read More »Planetside 2 goes free-to-play
Upcoming PC shooter Planetside 2 will adopt a free-to-play model following the long line of MMOs that did so earlier this year. The FPS MMO sequel from Sony Online Entertainment will include free-to-play in some form, but concrete details have yet to be determined, reports VG247. The developer’s studio head …
Read More »Adults ‘generate 80% of freemium app money’
But younger customers play for longer
Read More »Digital to surpass discs by 2013, analyst says
Industry predicted to be worth $81 billion by 2016; Physical 'has peaked'
Read More »Firemint: ‘We don’t plan to’ stay away from home consoles
SPY Mouse, the latest iOS game from Flight Control developer and all around success story Firemint, went straight to #1 in Australia. MCV talks to Firemint’s Logan Booker about why: What makes SPY Mouse the successor to Flight Control? With SPY mouse, we really wanted to build on the gameplay …
Read More »Dead Island app merges mobile and console play
Unique iPhone app used as tool for console counterpart
Read More »Flat profits reported by Gameloft
Mobile games publisher Gameloft has reported a net profit of €5.3 million (around $7.6m) for the first half of 2011, the same as it reported for the first half of 2010. The company’s revenues rose from €66.6 million to €76.8 million in the same period, so why were net profits …
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