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World of Tanks developer Wargaming has launched a new free-to-play strategy called free-to-win”. The idea is that games such as World of Tanks – and its other upcoming titles – will not allow gamers to pay for an in-game advantage. Revenue will instead be generated from the sale of non-advantageous …
Read More »Zynga culls over 500 jobs
New York, Los Angeles and Dallas offices to close, sources claim
Read More »Terraria heading to mobile devices this summer
Indie darling Terraria will land on mobile devices in the coming months, following successful runs on PCs and consoles. The mobile development will be handled by Dutch studio Codeglue under publisher 505 Games. Specific platforms were omitted from the original announcement, but a 505 rep confirmed to Polygon that the …
Read More »The ME Awards: Last day for nominations
Develop's sister brand calls on the best of mobile development for coming awards show
Read More »Segerstrale: Focus on mobile or console, not both
Kristian Segerstrale on why developers should concentrate their efforts on a single platform
Read More »Top 1% of IAP monetisers worth a third of total user spend
Top 20% of new users paying money on in-app purchases worth 90% of total spending
Read More »Ninja Theory jumps into mobile game development
Independent studio working on free-to-play fighting title for iOS and Android
Read More »Unity adding Tizen Linux support
Popular game engine will now support open source mobile platform
Read More »Marmalade adopts Google Play game services
Mobile SDK initial supporting achievements and leaderboards for Android
Read More »Audio Special: Making custom audio for mobile
Develop talks to Soundrangers on providing sound for smartphone and tablet games
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