NaturalMotion has revealed that its free-to-play iOS game CSR Racing grossed in excess of $12m in its first month. Developed by UK studio Boss Alien, the game sees players competing in a succession of drag races. No steering is required – instead, success is determined by the player’s gear changing …
Read More »Hirai: Gaikai deal will propel games industry to the cloud
'People are moving to the mobile space, and related to that is shifting things to the cloud'
Read More »Mobile dev TinyCo opens new studio in Vancouver
US outfit looking to expand Canadian branch to 60 employees over the next six months
Read More »Espgaluda II brings the arcade to your iPhone
GAME OF THE DAY: There are few core game genres that have successfully excelled on iOS. Cave shooters are certainly one of them. For those who are yet to experience ‘the Cave way’, it goes something like this: You fly a 2D ship horizontally or vertically along a level while …
Read More »Polytron: Zynga pitched Fez mobile port
Polytron’s Phil Fish has revealed that Zynga sought out the indie studio with hopes of porting their XBLA platformer Fez to mobile devices. GI.biz tracked down a series of tweets from the polarizing developer that explained the exchange. "Zynga approached us to port Fez to mobile. We politely refused. So, …
Read More »Games are machines; You are an engineer
Mobile Pie's Will Luton ponders games as machines - products of vision and technical engineering
Read More »CSR Racing creator to share secrets at F2P Summit
Developer behind iOS success appearing at one-day conference
Read More »Former Rockstar Leeds boss joins Activision Leeds
Gordon Hall to lead up mobile operations at recently christened The Blast Furnace
Read More »John Schappert resigns from Zynga
An SEC filing has revealed John Schappert has resigned from his role as COO at Zynga. The news comes no more than a week following Schappert’s reported removal from his game development duties with the company. "We can confirm that John Schappert has left Zynga and its Board of Directors …
Read More »Apple TVs on offer for London Games Conference attendees
Attendees who book before the early bird deadline will be entered into prize draw
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