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Rapid technological advances have made mobile games development a genuine career avenue - Develop explores five key issues

Fishlabs boss Michael Shade casts an eye over the front lines in the battle for developers' attention

Qualcomm product management boss looks at the future of console-quality visuals on mobile

Ideaworks Tim Closs explains why tools and middleware must adapt to change

Mobile Pie's Will Luton offers expert advice on getting noticed in an ocean of competition

Somethin' Else chief explains why Apple is the only place to start

New feature offers five perspectives from smartphone front-runners

A month after Capcom found itself in the limelight over its decision to prevent gamers erasing game information from 3DS title Resident Evil: Mercenaries, Namco Bandai has seemingly opted to pursue the same strategy. Now Wired reports that Namco Bandai’s upcoming 3DS title Pac Man & Galaga Dimensions will also …

With John Riccitiello very much still in investors’ spotlights, the exec will be breathing a little easier this morning after EA reported jumps in both revenue and profit for its fiscal Q1 ending June 30th. Revenues climbed 23 per cent to $999m while profit for the period soared from $96m …

Sydney-based developer m2o Publishing has delayed publicising the launch of its new iPhone game for a full month after release. Smokin’ Brothers was released on the app store on June 17th this year, and is being touted as an Aussie game by Aussie developers. The game has links to Tetris, …