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Samsung is recalling its latest high-end smartphone after a number of reports citing overheating and explosions. The company already earlier this week announced a delay in the rollout of the Galaxy Note 7 to several markets. Now it has halted sales of the device completely. In response to recently reported …

App Annie report finds that US devs are more than twice as successful at monetising mobile games than British creators, with Japanese makers achieving returns six times higher

You may be surprised to learn that Turkey is home to a burgeoning games market. Between 2014 and 2015, Turkey’s games market grew by 24.7 per cent and, according to research firm Newzoo, it ranks as the 16th biggest games market in the world with a value of 573m. This …

Expo on November 8th in Lagos, Nigeria will mark the first time devs on the continent can be certified

A rabbit-headed man and a traumatic life experience: that could sum up Donnie Darko. Or even Alice in Wonderland. But now it also summarises an equally unusual game: Blackwood Crossing. The title, which features its own weird and intriguing rabbit character, won UKIE’s Game of the Show at Gamescom — …

Liverpudlian studio working on free-to-play PC title JCB Pioneer: Mars

Recently Pro Evolution Soccer has been growing in popularity – critically at least – and no where was that more apparent than last year’s PES 2016. The game reviewed pretty well, with some critics saying it was better than rival football title, FIFA 16. But, by Konami’s own admission, the …

Mobile and console look set to be the platform choices for both devs and publishers, with a roughly equal split across casual and hardcore

About a year ago, MCV ran an interview with EA’s then-COO Peter Moore. The piece talked about the firm’s ‘player first’ mantra; a way of thinking that saw the publishing giant put its fans at the centre of everything that it did. EA isn’t the first company to adopt the …

Huma, a Challenger Series League of Legends team, has been banned from all Riot sanctioned leagues after failing to pay its players. A ruling from Riot reveals that Huma has been “chronically late in paying its players the League-mandated Minimum Player Compensation” throughout the year. At the start of August …