Sources claim Former Nokia boss wants to refocus business on Office
Read More »Just 2% of children pay for IAPs without parental permission, research claims
New study says parents have greater control over in-game spending 'than reports would have us believe'
Read More »Activision Blizzard quarterly revenue exceeds expectations
Activision Blizzard has announced financial results for Q3 2013, reporting revenue of $691m for the period. The figure is down from the $841m earned during the same period last year, but still exceeded the publisher’s expectations of $635m. Revenue from digital channels pulled much of the weight, bringing in $409m …
Read More »Amazon brings new 3D GPU instances to the cloud
Developers can now access top of the line hardware through Amazon Web Services
Read More »Report: Foxconn working on mobile games, first title planned in 2014
Controversial (if not infamous) manufacturing company Foxconn will try its hand at developing mobile games, according to a new report. A piece on Bloomberg states that Foxconn chairman Terry Gou addressed media in Taiwan regarding the company’s plans to move away from contract manufacturing for Apple and other large companies …
Read More »Rovio lands cross-promotion deal with Puzzle & Dragons
Special Angry Birds content to feature in GungHo's flagship IP
Read More »Gameloft’s record Q3 revenues up 17%
European publisher's mobile business marks 31 percent growth
Read More »Google Play boasts more downloads, half the revenue of App Store
The Google Play store saw 25 per cent more downloads this past quarter than Apple’s App Store, but was still behind in revenue by 50 per cent. The figures come from App Annie’s Q3 2013 report, which states that new markets in Brazil and Argentina have had a major influence …
Read More »Oculus Rift dedicated mobile version planned for Android
Oculus Rift CEO Brendan Iribe has announced a dedicated mobile version of the VR headset will release exclusively for Android devices. VentureBeat reports on Iribe’s reveal of the new model during a keynote at GamesBeat 2013. The headset’s mobile version will be lighter then the original model, and utilize the …
Read More »Report: Line Corp mulls $8bn IPO
Japanese mobile messaging firm gets over half its revenue from games
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