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MOBA title launching in China as studio gets ready to launch new International Premier League
Read More »Mobile gaming finally grows up
Nick Gibson reflects on how the UK games industry has changed over the past year
Read More »Kabam’s Marvel: Contest of Champions passes $100m
Kabam has announced that Marvel: Contest of Champions has generated $100m in gross revenue after just seven months. This makes it the fastest-growing title in the company’s history, beating the previous record-holder The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-Earth, which reached the milestone in 13 months. Kabam now has five titles that …
Read More »Angry Birds 2 racks up 1m downloads in 12 hours
Rovio has announced Angry Birds 2 has already been downloaded 1m times in its first 12 hours out on mobile platforms. The studio revealed the news on Twitter, with the figure combining the very early totals of iOS and Android releases. According to Apple, the original Angry Birds has been …
Read More »DeltaDNA launches SmartAds platform
New management system designed to help devs combine monetisation and player retention
Read More »Spil Games hires Bigpoint’s Saaksmeier
Ubisoft’s Christian Godorr also joins as publisher continues mobile push
Read More »The mobile MOBA – Can it work?
Super Evil Megacorp CEO Bo Daly on why he believes the start-up can make an impact in the popular and highly competitive genre with Vainglory
Read More »Storming mobile with Unreal Engine 4: How Rodeo Games stepped up to triple-A
We speak to the studio's co-founder Ben Murch about creating one of the first mobile games to use Epic's latest engine
Read More »Fallout Shelter fourth most-downloaded iOS game in June
King’s AlphaBetty Saga claims most downloads for the month
Read More »Nokia could be the next firm to launch a VR headset
Next week could see another big player join the ever-intensifying virtual reality fray. Former mobile manufacturer Nokia is set to take the wraps off its very own VR product at a big reveal event in LA, according to sources ‘familiar with the company’s plans’ talking to Recode. The company sold …
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