Mobile

Puzzle & Dragons developer sees nearly 1,000 per cent growth in first half of the year

Rival Samsung sold about a third of all smartphones in Q2 2013

UK agency invests in the creative sector for games, mobile apps and more

Advocacy group China Labour Watch has laid a fresh set of allegations at the feet of Apple regarding the conditions placed upon its Chinese workforce. Bloomberg reports that the organisation has accused Apple’s Taiwanese supplier Pegatron Corp of using underage workers, paying insufficient wages and forcing employees to work overtime”. …

Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman has revealed that more than a quarter of gamers that bought the Android console have also purchased games. The crowd-funded device was launched in June and has been positioned as a free-to-play platform, but Uhrman was keen to highlight how many users are paying for content. …

But CEO expects to see a few developers making $1 million by the end of the year

A new app has launched to help developers and smaller games firms handle their own PR. PR Ninja lets users plan and schedule their PR and marketing campaigns in addition to organising social media activity. The free app also comes with step-by-step suggestions for running two to six-week launch campaigns …

The games business is going digital and the mobile platform and Asian markets are the biggest growth areas, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has said. EA recently announced its financial results for the previous quarter, revealing that 76% of its revenues came from digital. The business is going digital. Mobile. …

International mobile developer continues rapid recovery begun with Microsoft deal

'It's probably not a good idea to have 80 people working on a mobile game for two years'