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DeNA has said that all of the games it currently has in development for Nintendo will be free-to-play. However, it seems that at least one – and possibly more – of the five titles that have been agreed to between the pair will be a premium release. The Wall Street …
Read More »Amazon Underground has tripled Rovio’s Amazon Appstore revenue
Retailer Amazon has said that developers who have signed up to its Amazon Underground ecosystem are enjoying a surge in revenues. Specifically, Angry Birds developer Rovio has seen revenues from the Amazon Appstore triple since launching four games on the service while Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja creators Halfbrick have …
Read More »Nearly 2,000 app devs made $1m the last year
With the App Store and Google Play seemingly dominated by a handful of studios, many developers may believe there is little to no chance of generating significant revenue from the mobile space. But a new infographic released by Pollen VC and Priori Data, entitled The App Developers Millionaires Index, claims …
Read More »Moshi Monsters removed from ASA’s ‘name and shame’ list
UK advertising regulator the ASA has removed Moshi Monsters from its ‘name and shame’ list, having pointed fingers at the game earlier this week. The ASA on Tuesday added the Mind Candy title to its list of non-compliant online advertisers, claiming that it had failed to act upon changes demanded …
Read More »Games absent from Top 25 US mobile apps chart – report
New data revealing the top 25 most popular mobile apps in the US for June 2015 shows Facebook out in front, while games are no where to be found. Gamasutrareports on new data from analytics company ComScore, which reveals not one game made the list. The firm attributes the lack …
Read More »How video games both killed and improved the board game
Baffles co-founder Dugald Keith discusses the strange relationship between the two industries
Read More »Microsoft details plans to bring iOS and Android apps to Windows 10
Subsystems and Objective-C compiler will help mobile devs bring their titles to new operating system
Read More »Why apps fail – and what you can do to prevent it
Perfecto Mobile's technical evangelist Eran Kinsbruner offers insight into the secrets of mobile success
Read More »Start developing HTML5 and hybrid apps with the free Intel XDK
Intel Developer Blog: The firm's details its new tools for creating apps with different engines
Read More »Countdown to GDC 2015: Four days to go – 13 essential apps
Download these now to fully prepare for your trip to San Francisco
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