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Free-to-play iOS shooter Eliminate will be terminated by publisher Ngmoco on May 25th. The news will likely come as a bit of a blow to those who had invested both time and funds into its premium feature set, which required players to recharge” before they could play on by either …
Read More »‘Disney, EA, Dena and Gree fought for Omgpop’
Draw Something popularity escalated into bidding war, report claims
Read More »‘The $1bn Skyrim of free-to-play is coming’
F2P Summit: Story-driven triple-A games will thrive when sold for free, Ngmoco Sweden manager claims
Read More »Platform holders ‘running scared of free-to-play’
The big three must adapt or will face huge challenges, says Ben Cousins
Read More »GDC: ‘Consoles will die out in face of new platforms’
Market share will be 'significantly' reduced as customers abandon systems for smartphones and tablets, claims Ben Cousins
Read More »Dena ‘axes 30 workers’ at Ngmoco
Cut backs come after aggressive international expansion
Read More »Dena opens Canada studio
Ngmoco owner to raise $600,000 for Vancouver venture
Read More »Ngmoco exec Ben Cousins to keynote F2P Summit
NaturalMotion and Jagex to also host speaker sessions
Read More »Recruitment Spotlight – January 2012
Our monthly studio recruitment update looks at Codemasters, Playfish and West Pier
Read More »Battlefield 3 devs quit for Ngmoco
A trio of developers at Stockholm studio EA DICE have quit to join nearby outfit Ngmoco Sweden. Wille Wintertidh, Malte Hildingsson and Torbjorn Ldre, the latter two having worked on Battlefield 3, were named as new hires by Ngmoco Sweden manager Ben Cousins. Cousins himselfleft EA in March last year, …
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