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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 …
Read More »DeltaDNA slashes costs for indies
Package for analytics tool available for up to 200,000 MAUs
Read More »Operators sign up to service that installs apps AFTER you’ve purchased the phone
The bloatware that ships pre-installed on phones could be about to get a whole lot worse. AndroidPit reports that a service from Digital Turbine known as Ignite is being touted to mobile operators. It allows networks to force install apps on an owner’s device remotely at any point after purchase. …
Read More »The Longest Journey Remastered out now for iOS devices
A mobile edition of 1999 Windows PC release The Longest Journey is now available on iOS devices. The Apple App Store lists The Longest Journey: Remastered for $8.99 – with the game requiring iOS 7.0 or later, and compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch hardware. The page also notes …
Read More »3 and BT braced for bidding war for ownership of EE or O2
The owner of mobile network 3 and telecoms giant BT appear to be on the brink of a battle to acquire either the EE or O2 mobile networks. The surprise news that BT was in talks to acquire O2 – a network it once co-owned but previously sold to Telefonica …
Read More »Gamevil acquires South Korean dev Waplesoft
Mobile publisher believes studio could become "RPG-specific developer"
Read More »App Game Kit 2 launching today on Steam
Tool supports development for iOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry and Mac
Read More »iOS banishes ‘Free’ icon from F2P game descriptions
Free-to-play games are no longer listed as being ‘Free’ on the Apple App Store. Instead, apps such as Candy Crush Saga, Angry Birds Stella and Clash of Clans now have a ‘Get’ button, below which is the line ‘In-App Purchases’. Beyond confirming to Re/Code that the change has been made …
Read More »Google’s advice on mobile discoverability
Developer Relations exec Rupert Whitehead offers tips to London Games Conference attendees
Read More »Human Element ditches free-to-play, losing publishing partner in the process
Indie studio Robotoki’s upcoming title Human Element has decided to ditch free-to-play in favour of becoming a premium product. Gamasutra reports that, as a result, the game will no longer be published by Nexon. "Nexon and Robotoki have come to a mutual decision to end their publishing agreement for the …
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