Mobile

Voice, video and messaging service Viber has launched its own mobile games client, Viber Games. Viber Games has already launched in Belarus, Israel, Malaysia, Singapore and the Ukraine. A staggered global rollout is planned over the coming months. Viber’s messaging service boasted more than 100m monthly active users at the …

PPLLAAYY founder Konstantin Elgazin reflects on the biggest change in his games development career

GungHo leads wave of investors for Series B funding that raises $15m

Acclaimed immigration control game coming to tablets tomorrow

Ustwo's acclaimed puzzler named best iPad game, while Sirvo number puzzler tops iPhone list

Sirvo’s puzzle title Threes has been named as Apple’s iOS game of the year, with 1337 & Senri’s Leo’s Fortune the runner up. A number of games are named in the platform holder’s Best Games list, including Monument Valley, 80 Days, Wayward Souls, Retry, Godus and Alone. Minecrat: Pocket Edition …

Apple will next release add a third, smaller variant of its iPhone 6 to its product roster, a report has claimed. PC Pro reports that supply chain sources” have told Taiwanese media that the model is likely to be called the iPhone 6S or 6 Mini, and accompanies rumours that …

Matt Shadows on why the band is diving into game development

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has bitten back at what some saw as a closeted attack on the company by Apple boss Tim Cook. In September Cook said: A few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you’re not the customer. You’re …

Rovio has laid off approximately 110 staff and closed its studio in Tampere. In October the Angry Birds developer announced it was set to make as many as 130 employees redundant, 16 per cent of its total workforce. This figure has now been revised down however. The development outfit noted …