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Read More »Dead Trigger dev doesn’t think piracy can be stopped
The developer behind iOS and Android shooter Dead Trigger has claimed that consumer piracy is a force that can never be stopped. Madfinger initially released Dead Trigger as a paid-for title but switched to a freemium model after what it described as an unbelievably high” level of piracy with the …
Read More »Id Software shuts down mobile operations
Studio focusing development on Doom 4
Read More »Gree opening new London studio
Japanese mobile company to join Microsoft, Amazon and Konami in UK capital
Read More »GREE London games studio will boost firm’s Western content
The new Tech City games studio from GREE will be geared towards Western content and local social trends. In the official announcement about the new studio, which will be housed at the East End’s ‘Silicon Roundabout’ hub of digital games firms, UK GREE chief Ryotaro Shima said the plan was …
Read More »GREE goes to London: new studio in UK capital
UK chancellor George Osborne will later today announce that mobile games giant GREE will open a UK studio in London The news means the Japanese mobile giant will joint a long list of established studios in the UK capital, plus newcomers Amazon, Facebook, Konami, Xbox and YouTube – who all …
Read More »Temple Run passes 100m downloads
Landmark figure reached a year after launch
Read More »Gree joins forces with MobPartner
Japanese mobile giant joins forces with French mobile affiliate network
Read More »Written in Blood: The Return of Fighting Fantasy
This week’s most notable game release doesn’t come on disc and isn’t a download – it’s Ian Livingstone’s new Fighting Fantasy. MCV quizzed him about about keeping the series relevant in the age of Twitter and iOS. Before he was a trusted source for government chancellors, before he was the …
Read More »Google cracks down on fake apps
Apps must not have names or icons that appear 'confusingly similar' to existing products
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