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Anonymous tipster points to layoffs
Read More »Glu Mobile to close 1-2 studios, cut 100 jobs in restructuring
Bellevue studio to close, Long Beach a potential second target
Read More »Glu acquires Quiz Up developer Plain Vanilla
Plain Vanilla acquired for $1.2m in cash
Read More »Glu shut down celeb focused mobile title Katy Perry Pop
Glu are still working on other celebrity titles, with their next musician focussed title, Nicki Minaj: The Empire, currently in soft launch.
Read More »Glu mobile appoints new CEO, acquires controlling interest in Crowdstar
Team reveals a trio of announcements
Read More »Games on Apple TV: New hope or just hype?
David Diaz, VP of developer relations at mobile advertising tech firm Fyber, asks studios whether tvOS will be able to repeat the mobile success of iOS on TV
Read More »Kim Kardashian’s sisters sign up for new Glu game
Glu may be entering a period of struggle, but its faith in all things Kardashian is not to be shaken. VentureBeat reports that the company has signed celebrity pair Kendall & Kylie for an iOS and Android game. Kendall and Kylie, incidentally, are the younger half sisters of Kim Kardashian. …
Read More »Recruiter Hot Seat: Glu Mobile
Sheila Ryan, VP of global human resources for Glu Mobile, reveals the firm’s ambitious expansion plans for 2016
Read More »Underperforming celebrity games leads to 50 jobs cuts at Glu Mobile
James Bond: World of Espionage and Katy Perry: Pop cited as disappointing releases
Read More »‘Extremely humbling’ H2 2015 leads to 50 job cuts at Glu
Glu has admitted that Katy Perry Pop has failed to replicate the success of its Kim Kardashian Hollywood title. Games Industry reports that CEO Niccolo de Masi has admitted that the second half of last year was extremely humbling” for the company, having failed to capitalise on its colossal Kardashian …
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