Tag Archives: mobile games

Mobile games market to reach $28.9bn by 2016 – report

Total revenue for the mobile games market is expected to reach $28.9bn by 2016, according to a new report from Juniper. Findings indicate the market will grow 38 per cent from the $20.9bn the research firm claims it hit this year. Developers are also making adjustments toward maximizing a mobile …

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Square Enix issues statement on closure of India operations

Square Enix has issued a statement in response to our report on the closure of its mobile game publishing operations in India. As we reported earlier, Square Enix ceased its India operations this month, laying off all six employees at its Mumbai office in the process. That included Square Enix …

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Mobile now account for half of Japanese games market as sector nearly doubles

A new report claims that smartphone gaming now account for around 50 per cent of Japan’s total video games market. Serkantoto says that data from CyberZ says that of the total $10.8bn annual Japanese games spend in 2013, around $5.4bn of this was spent on mobile games. Furthermore, that’s up …

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CD Projekt Red mobile title planned for this year – report

The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red is working on a multiplatform mobile title to launch later this year, according to a new report. Eurogamer points to an internal report by the Polish studio, which reveals it is working with an external partner” on the unannouned game. "It’s a multiplatform mobile …

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