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CEO Iwata says smartphones focus too much on quantity and games aren't valued
Read More »GDC11: ‘Game development is drowning’ – Iwata
Quantity muscles over quality for the likes of Apple and Google, Nintendo president claims
Read More »GDC: Nintendo slams App Store platform
Nintendo CEO and president Satoru Iwata has hit out at Apple’s focus on building a large quantity of low priced games on the App Store. The industry veteran – who announced he has been making games for more than 25 years – said smartphone manufacturers don’t value video games as …
Read More »GDC11: EA expands Partners scheme to mobile and social
Playfish and Chillingo to broker publishing deals for App Store, Android and Facebook
Read More »Smurfs’ Village hits 10m downloads
The rebirth of the Smurf continues to gather pace following Capcom’s confirmation that its free-to-play iOS title Smurfs’ Village has now passed the 10m download mark on the Apple App Store. Fellow Capcom title Zombie Cafe has also hit the same milestone. In this highly competitive market, the secret behind …
Read More »Neon Play joy at ’10m iOS downloads in 10 months’
UK studio looks ahead with new Royal Wedding app
Read More »Daily Mail owner to market game apps
Media division Metro Apps offers national buzz
Read More »The new Relentless game
Having ditched retail, the Brighton indie has opened its iPhone account with an all-new title
Read More »‘There’s no such thing as free-to-play’ – EA
Publisher lauds the silent success of the freemium model
Read More »App Store developers can now charge subscriptions
Apple introduces new billing service
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