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Endorsed by IMGA, the two awards will be awarded at the conference on September 6th. Entries are open until August 20th
Read More »New mobile games awards for Women in Games at European Women in Games conference
Iterable: how to keep mobile users active through push notifications
Keeping mobile users engaged with new apps and games is a tricky business, butrowth marketing platform Iterable has released a new report analysing how game publishers can do just that – which is important, considering 62 per cent of smartphone owners are now installing a game within a week of …
Read More »RuneScape coming to mobile this winter
Jagex has announced that its renowned MMORPGs RuneScape and Old School RuneScape will be coming to mobile and tablet devices starting later this year. Old School RuneScape will be the first title to make the jump to mobile this winter, with RuneScape to follow at a later date. What’s more, …
Read More »Report: mobile games revenue to overtake PC games revenue in Southeast Asia by 2018
Predicted revenue in the region of $1.8b by 2020
Read More »Niantic: ‘It’s important to design games specifically for mobile’
The chief marketing officer of Pokmon Go firm Niantic, Mike Quigley, has said it’s important for titles on mobile to be made precisely for the platform. In the past, companies such as Rockstar and Square Enix have brought ‘traditional’ console and PC experiences such as Grand Theft Auto III and …
Read More »Video: Square Enix announces mobile title Deus Ex Go, coming out this summer
Deus Ex will be the next Square Enix property to receive the ‘Go’ treatment. The publisher has announced that the title will be launching on mobile devices this summer. The ‘Go’ games are a sub-series by Square Enix that brings some of the company’s biggest franchises to mobile. The first …
Read More »Mobile, not VR is Blizzard’s next ‘big opportunity’
Execs believe real-time strategy reinvention could be the key
Read More »Mobile title Assassin’s Creed Identity launches this month
There’s another Assassin’s Creed game coming to mobile devices. Ubisoft is launching Assassin’s Creed: Identity onto the App Store on February 25th. The title is taking place during the Italian Renaissance with players charged with discovering the ‘Mystery of The Crows’. Players are able to customise their Assassin characters and …
Read More »All 4 Games details first three releases, set for Q1 launch
Channel 4’s brand new games publishing arm All 4 Games has revealed that its first three games will be coming out in the next quarter. The firm has confirmed that RetroFist’s arcade title Fire Fu, shooter Super Arc Light from BAFTA-winning No Code and Apestorm being developed by Finland’s Snowhound …
Read More »First wave of Nintendo mobile games will be free-to-play
But premium title already in the works, says DeNA
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