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Head of smartphone division predicts change in opinion in the East

Activision Blizzard has followed up the recent news of a DS version of military shooter Modern Warfare with news of a port of the 2007 original destined for Nintendo’s Wii. Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty 3 and the recent Call of Duty: World at War, is said to …

Alongside its success on the Wii and PC, EA also enjoyed a strong quarter in the mobile sector in the three months ending June 30th with news that revenues at the EA Mobile division were up 14 per cent year-on-year at $50m. CasualGaming.biz has more through the link.

App Store may soon be exposed to new audiences and demographics

We speak to middleware specialist CRI's Tomonori Haba

EA has announced that two of England’s biggest footballing stars will be joining Manchester United’s long-tine FIFA mascot Wayne Rooney on the cover of the upcoming FIFA 10. Former West Ham star and current Chelsea midfield boss Frank Lampard will appear alongside former Southampton FC striker and current Arsenal hopeful …

20 per cent of current workforce based in cheap labour regions â?? and publisher wants more

Electronic Arts has revealed that it has completed 92 per cent of the redundancies it has planned for this fiscal year. The firm announced last night that it had laid off 158 staff in the three months to June 30th. The redundancies were part of a cost-saving restructure put in …

The App Farm reports nine per cent global conversion rate

Although there has been plentiful speculation about O2 losing its iPhone exclusivity over the last few weeks, MCV’s sister site Mobile Entertainment has seen documentation that states it will end officially on October 9th. Orange and T-Mobile have been linked heavily with iPhone over the summer, and both networks already …