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Big Fish Games has secured an agreement with Apple for a first-of-its-kind subscription games servcie on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It will use the subscription functionality introduced to iOS as part of the Newsstand app. Bloomberg reports that access to dozens” of titles will be offered for $6.99 a …
Read More »Adobe: Flash will not be supported on Android 5.0
Company admits the role of Flash 'will change' as HTML5 progresses
Read More »‘Dev bullying’ alleged as Ngmoco owner is sued
Game creators 'unfairly discouraged from joining rival networks'
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Read More »iPad tops US Christmas wish lists
Apple has seemingly conquered the hearts and minds of US consumers this Christmas ahead of the games industry. A new survey by Nielsen found that 44 per cent of kids aged between six and 12 years old put an iPad at the top of their Christmas wish list. That was …
Read More »Man accused of $100k Zynga theft is arrested
A temp worker at Zynga’s San Francisco studio has been arrested on suspicion of stealing $100,000 worth of equipment and merchandise. Keith Brown, 21, from San Ramon, was arrested at the company’s headquarters on Tuesday, according to District Attorney’s Office spokesman Omid Talai, as reported byThe SF Examiner.The alleged thefts …
Read More »iTunes Match finally arrives in the US
Apple’s long promised cloud music service iTunes Match has finally been rolled out in the US, albeit two weeks late. iTunes Match is a key strand in Apple’s cloud strategy, letting music lovers scan their libraries and then replicate them on the cloud. The idea is that they can all …
Read More »Digital ‘will be worth $50 billion by 2016’
Mobile gaming to triple in value to more than $17.5 billion, says Analyst firm
Read More »Apple looking to reinvigorate App Store
The App Store may have shaken the very foundations of the traditional games industry, but Apple isn’t blind to the growing competition it faces. The result, Brand Republic reports, is that the company is looking to hire a digital marketing team for Europe to lead the reinvigoration of its App …
Read More »Revenues jump, profits fall at Zynga
Zynga’s revenue for the third calendar quarter nearly doubled to reach a new record, but the firm’s exorbitant investments continue to squeeze profits. For the three months that ended on September 30th, Zynga made $307 million, driven by in-game advertising and virtual goods purchases. That represents year-on-year revenue increase of …
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