Mobile

Android has become the latest platform to allow developers to launch their work-in-progress games in Early Access. Google Play has introduced a new Early Access category, which will showcase a select number of unreleased titles and open beta tests to users. Google’s Android teamaddedthat it was making open betas easier …

Studio director Dennis Rohlfing recalls the German developer’s search for a new platform to conquer as the browser sector continues to lose momentum

The number of downloads on Google Play has increased by 3.8 times since 2012, while revenue has shot up 35.7 times, in the last four years. That’s according to information from mobile analytics company App Annie, which also says that that games are the most popular category on the digital …

Skillz CEO Andrew Paradise says casual games can be just as successful as hardcore eSports titles

Post-credit scenes seem to have become a thing for lots of big-screen outings nowadays, but Rovio has put its own twist on it. The company has urged viewers of The Angry Birds Movie to snub cinema etiquette, get out their phones and load up new release Angry Birds Action as …

Finnish games giant Rovio is spending millions to make Angry Birds a smash hit once again. Today (Thursday April 28th), the firm is launching Angry Birds Action, a new free-to-play pinball arcade title for smartphones that ties in with the upcoming Angry Birds animated movie, which arrives in the UK …

For the first time ever, Apple has seen a year-on-year decline in quarterly iPhone sales. The blow has been accompanied by a decline in revenues for the first time since 2003. For the quarter ending March 26th, Apple sold 51.2m iPhones. That’s well down on the 10m sold in the …

With Sega doubling-down on its pledge to mobile, Chris Southall – GM for the publisher’s Hardlight studio – tells Matthew Jarvis about bringing two of gaming’s best-known series to smart devices

Code buried in latest Chrome OS update suggests that the entire Google Play store is on its way to the platform

Opposable Group's Lukas Roper discusses why devs should consider building titles for Google's affordable VR offering