Mobile

Increasing intricacy could rapidly see making mobile games mimic the triple-A console space, predicts Total War Battles lead

The Angry Birds franchise has reached 1bn downloads, Rovio has announced. The announcement was made via the Finnish developer’s YouTube account, with the figure accounting for downloads across all titles in the series (Angry Birds, Seasons, Rio, and the recently released Space). The original Angry Birds launched in late 2009 …

Social networking site will now offer paid apps

'A lot of people have switched to freemium because they could not make money on the paid side' says Days of Wonder CEO

IAP clampdown sheds vast sum from personal fortune of Japan's youngest billionaire

Edmund McMillen speaks out against 'manipulative money making tactics'

I’ve said?this here before, but people sometimes accuse MCV of being overly negative about the trade. No one likes bad news. But who are we to ignore a collapsing market? Still, doubters may still see today’s warning from Zynga, the great nemesis of the console, as salt in a wound …

VIDEO: BlackBerry 10 prototype; New OS to cut off old apps; Share price sinks

Mobile games sensation Draw Something has lost about five million daily active users in a single month, and is steadily dropping down the App Store charts on both iPhone and iPad, collected data suggests. Developed by New York studio Omgpop, Draw Something was the catalyst in a dramatic $210 million …

Data suggests the app's daily usage falls by five million, or 33%, in single month