Mobile

New indie mobile and handheld studio open for business

Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley believes the free-to-play model’s reputation has taken a hit because Zynga has ‘monetisation products’ masquerading as games. Smedley told PC Gamer the social and mobile games company is to blame for "the reputation [the f2p model] got from early in its life, especially in …

Former senior programmer 'surprised' by redundancies

Early beta version of development platform available to Marmalade Professional and Plus license holders

Petrolheads itching to get a glimpse of the new Nissan Juke Nismo (we’re sure this applies to someone somewhere) need only turn to their smartphones. The car manufacturer has teamed up with mobile publisher Gameloft to recreate the new model in iOS and Android racer Asphalt 7: Heat. Players will …

As of midnight tonight, Football Manager Handheld 2013 will be available on iOS and Android devices. The game brings together a number of enhancements implemented as a result of user feedback with improvements including an all-new player comparison module, twitter support for all devices and skins developed specifically for tablet …

Brighton-based studio to retain control over its IP

PlayScape developer to expand service to iPhone, Windows Mobile and Facebook

Eighty per cent of our revenues are from products that didn’t exist 60 days ago.” Think about that for a moment. It’s quite remarkable, really. Apple has in that time released a new iPhone, two new iPods, a new iPad and a new MacBook Pro. I mean, no company would …

Row Sham Bow's Philip Holt on his studio's transition from Facebook to mobile