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Publisher Sega has said that a number of iOS and Android games that no longer meet its standards” will be pulled from sale in the coming weeks. What hasn’t yet been revealed, however, is which games could be in for the chop. At Sega we are committed to making fun, …
Read More »Mobilising storytelling: How Space Ape and Rhianna Pratchett are shaking up narrative in mobile games
When the creators of Samurai Seige decided to build Rival Kingdoms, the team wanted to balance gameplay with narrative depth – which is why acclaimed games writer Rhianna Pratchett took her pen to the project
Read More »Mario Kart producer in charge of Nintendo’s mobile games
High-profile Nintendo developer Hideki Konno has been put in charge of Nintendo’s smartphone game development, reports suggest. Nintendo Everything has translated a Sankei report which states that Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told investors in a Q&A that the producer of Mario Kart” had been put in charge of mobile development. …
Read More »Understanding mobile games market saturation
New Develop columnist and Superdata CEO Joost van Dreunen discusses changes in the mobile market
Read More »10 cross-promotion tools for mobile game developers
Nextpeer VP Guy Books takes a look as some of the best free software to help get your mobile game discovered
Read More »Jeff Vogel abandons iOS because ‘Apple doesn’t care’
Problems with latest release lead long-running indie developer to shun Apple’s mobile platform
Read More »Alternative ads firm Giftgaming raises £104,000 in crowdfunding
Start-up aims to change the way reward-based ads work in mobile games
Read More »Spil Games launch $50,000 competition for mobile devs
Firm offering lucrative publishing deal to games that deserve a larger audience
Read More »GameBench compares iPhone 6 vs Galaxy S6 performance
Free report available breaking down gaming performance of latest handsets
Read More »Kabam aims to create $1bn mobile franchise
Mobile games giant adopts ‘fewer, bigger, bolder’ strategy to generate billions per year
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