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Candy Crush Saga today celebrates its first anniversary with an impressive milestone. The sickly sweet title debuted last February on Facebook and launched on mobile devices shortly after. Despite its short life span, the title has already been downloaded to over 500m devices. Developer King didn’t reveal how many active …

The iOS and Android release for FIFA 14 has been downloaded over 26m times, EA has revealed. It’s the first time the series has been released as a free-to-play title. It’s unknown how that sales performance compares to its premium 2.99-priced predecessor. For comparison Pocket Gamer reports that the console …

PlayJam's set to pit Android system against PS4 and Xbox One

Fans of Tiny Tower and the Death Star are in for a treat. Disney has revealed its first shot at a Star Wars game having acquired the intergalactic license earlier this year. Developed by Tiny Tower maker NimbleBit comes Tiny Death Star. Similar to Star Wars’ fellow spin-off of the …

One of the best mobile racing games to come around in a while is now free. Gameloft has announced that Asphalt 8: Airborne is now free for iOS and Android. The game was earlier priced at Rs 55. The free-to-play update also coincides with the release of the game’s first …

CEO Paul Thelen shares casual games giant Big Fish Games' vision to become the world’s biggest free-to-play firm

But Android marketplace revenues only half of iOS

The Google Play store saw 25 per cent more downloads this past quarter than Apple’s App Store, but was still behind in revenue by 50 per cent. The figures come from App Annie’s Q3 2013 report, which states that new markets in Brazil and Argentina have had a major influence …

Google takes advantage of Apple’s refusal to offer a ‘true’ budget phone with its 4.4 update and new Nexus 5

CEO Brendan Iribe says mobile version will launch at or near the same time as PC headset