Mobile

Exec says leading mobile marketplace wouldn't be where it is today if not for games

Hot on the heels of its successful venture with Kim Kardashian, Glu Mobile is eying a second celebrity endorsed title. Reuters reports that the company has teamed up with Katy Perry for a game featuring her likeness and voice. Such is the success of Kim Kardashian: Hollywood that Glu posted …

EE has been acquired by fellow telecom giant BT in a deal worth 12.5bn. Talks were revealed to have taken place back in November, and last month the pair stated that a deal looked likely. As part of the agreement both Orange and Deutsche Telekom will sell their stake in …

Deploying your game to as many platforms is a great way to find success, but what barriers will you face? Flowplay CTO Doug Pearson offers an in-depth guide to programming languages, toolsets and target platforms

More than one million daily active users are playing new Finnish studio Seriously’s debut mobile game Best Fiends. The free-to-play match-three title was released in October and has since been downloaded over seven million times. Each day players are said to rack up more than 400,000 hours of gameplay. The …

Marmalade offers insight on why Apple is pushing 64-bit support – and how the tools firm will help devs achieve this

Match-three game garners seven million downloads to date

Angry Birds studio Rovio has reportedly parted ways with its chief of games, Jami Laes. Reuters reports on the departure from the Finland-based firm, adding that Laes has plans to form his own start-up. Rovio has yet to provide any official release on the news, and representatives have thus far …

M2H founder Mike Hergaarden on promoting mobile games in a world that is full to bursting, and why web gaming could hold the answer to discoverability

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