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Social games powerhouse Zynga has announced a trio of new publishing partnerships. The company revealed at its Zynga Unleashed event earlier today in San Francisco that Majesco, 50 Cubes and Portalarium have partnered and will have Zynga handle publishing duties for their applicable titles. Zynga also highlighted Konami, Playdemic, and …
Read More »Join Disney, RBS, Ladbrokes, BSkyB, MEC and more at Monetising Mobile
Top brands and agencies are signed up to attend ME’s conference on rich media ads next month. Join them! Monetising Mobiletakes place at One Wimpole Street, London, on July 12th. The conference will examine the arrival of exciting new formats into the mobile advertising space. It will show how ads …
Read More »Max Payne Mobile now available for Android
Max Payne Mobile, a recreation of the first Max Payne game for mobile devices, is now available for Android. The Android version has been optimised for the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, featuring antistrophic texture filtering and enhanced lighting. The game also supports select USB gamepads, haptic vibration effects, and adjustable …
Read More »iVentureCapital invests in MobileBits
Strategic investment firm attracted by Delta Engine
Read More »Zynga shares drop 10%
Zynga has seen its shares fall 10 per cent following a damning analyst report. Doug Kreutz of Cowen and Co said Facebook games were ‘in an accelerating user tail spin’. NASDAQ stock exchange has temporarily stopped short selling of stock. The CityVille developer closed today’s trading at $4.98, down from …
Read More »E3 2012: More trouble for UsTwo
Whale Trail IAP update upsets consumers weeks after Papa Quash controversy
Read More »E3 2012: Ustwo endures fresh PR misery
Indie developer Ustwo looks to have walked headlong into a fresh PR disaster following an unpopular update to its smash hit iOS app Whale Trail. One-star user reviews are flooding onto the game’s App Store page after a recent update added in-app purchases to the game. What has irked users …
Read More »E3 2012: OnLive iOS app is STILL awaiting approval
Cloud gaming provider OnLive has not given up hope of its iOS app going live – despite submitting it to Apple six months ago. The iOS OnLive app was revealed at E3 2011 and very much pitched as a key part of the package. When used in conjunction with OnLive’s …
Read More »Zynga desktop ARPU 5x higher than mobile
Mobile monetisation big challenge for developers
Read More »HOT TOPICS: Is the subscription MMO in trouble?
In the seventh of a series of features answering the biggest questions about the industry’s future, James Batchelor discusses the impact the free-to-play model has had on the traditional MMO Is the subscription MMO in trouble?YES At its peak in 2010, 12m people around the world were playing Blizzard’s World …
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