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Read More »Man of Steel movie tie-in flying onto iOS
The days of the licensed console game may be numbered, but the age of the licensed smartphone game is well and truly upon us. Mobile publisher Phosphor Games will on June 14th release Man of Steel on Android and iOS via publisher Warner Bros. That’s the same day as the …
Read More »Made with Marmalade: Signal to the Stars
How Marmalade built its first mobile game using its new Lua-based RAD tool Marmalade Quick
Read More »Terraria heading to mobile devices this summer
Indie darling Terraria will land on mobile devices in the coming months, following successful runs on PCs and consoles. The mobile development will be handled by Dutch studio Codeglue under publisher 505 Games. Specific platforms were omitted from the original announcement, but a 505 rep confirmed to Polygon that the …
Read More »Marmalade SDK bolstered by Intel x86 support
Significant update to cross-platform SDK introduces native support for Android platforms running Intel chipsets
Read More »Ninja Theory jumps into mobile game development
Independent studio working on free-to-play fighting title for iOS and Android
Read More »Android gaming phone peripheral MOGA arriving in UK next month
Another company is having a stab at trying to make a success of the mobile gaming peripheral market. The MOGA Mobile Gaming System comes in two flavours – Pocket and Pro. Each allows users to cradle their smartphone in a front-facing socket and then control their games with an attached …
Read More »Google Play IAP revenues rocket 700%
Free-to-play games increase dominance of Android app store
Read More »Report: Google Play sees in-app purchase explosion
In-app purchases for Google Play offerings reportedlyhave seen a massive increase over the past year. Reporting from the Google I/O conference, Inside Mobile Apps states that internal purchases in marketplace downloads are up 700 per cent year-over-year. Google Play games business development head Bob Meese expounded on the figure, focusing …
Read More »Google Play Game Services announced: cloud saves, multiplayer, achievements
Google has officially unveiled Google Play Game Services at its I/O 2013 developer conference today. Google Play Game Services adds cloud saves, achievements and leaderboards for games on the Play Store. The big news, however, is that the service is not only headed to Android and web, but also to …
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