Mobile

Vitriolic nature of minority of game players rears its ugly head as Dong Nguyen pulls title from app stores

The developer of hit mobile sensation Flappy Bird has said he will be removing the game from all app stores following intense scrutiny of the title. In a series of tweets, Vietnam-based creator Dong Nguyen said Flappy Bird will be taken offline tomorrow (Sunday February 9th) as he "cannot take …

'I cannot take this anymore,' says Dong Nguyen

The chances are that by now you’ve probably heard of Flappy Bird It’s a basic (but seemingly addictive) mobile game that’s been consuming users’ lives having dominated the top of the App Store and Google Play for the past month. It’s sudden rise to popularity is particularly interesting considering it …

Boss Fight Entertainment already houses 25 staff

Mobile developer could be set to shut down after less than two years

CCP experimenting with Amazon tech to cut download down-time

Fresh job losses at social gaming firm as it continues to shed users

A new report says that games spending on both the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store overtook portable gaming last year. App Annie’s 2013 Retrospective report says that global App Store games spend overtook dedicated games portable software spend at the end of 2012 and Google Play overtook …

New principles call on game industry to be upfront on IAPs in children's games