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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 …
Read More »Developer pulls mobile sensation Flappy Bird from app stores
'I cannot take this anymore,' says Dong Nguyen
Read More »Flappy Bird is generating $50k in ad revenue every day
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 …
Read More »Ex-Zynga Dallas devs form new free-to-play mobile studio
Boss Fight Entertainment already houses 25 staff
Read More »Activision may close UK studio The Blast Furnace
Mobile developer could be set to shut down after less than two years
Read More »AppStream could bring EVE character creation to mobile
CCP experimenting with Amazon tech to cut download down-time
Read More »Zynga plans to lay off about 314 staff
Fresh job losses at social gaming firm as it continues to shed users
Read More »App Store and Google Play games spend overtook portable gaming in 2013
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 …
Read More »OFT gives developers two months to ‘get house in order’ on in-app purchases
New principles call on game industry to be upfront on IAPs in children's games
Read More »League of Legends boasts 27m daily active players
Popular multiplayer online battle arena title League of Legends supports 27m active players on a daily basis, developer Riot Games has announced. The independent studio states the figure more than doubles the 12m active players the game boasted in October 2012 – adding that peak concurrent players have also increased …
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