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Google has announced Android’s Google Play store has surpassed 25bn downloads. The company announced the news on the official android blog, adding that the store currently offers over 675,000 apps and games. In comparison, Apple’s iOS app store crossed the 25bn milestone back in March. Given how many recently released …
Read More »Warner reveals pair of free-to-play Hobbit titles
Upcoming Hollywood outing The Hobbit is to get the free-to-play game treatment. Warner has revealed a pair of titles – The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth for mobiles and Hobbit:Armies of the Third Age for web browsers. Both are due for release in autumn of this year, with the film itself …
Read More »Facebook firmly denies mobile hardware plans
Social network focused on being a hub for games on all mobile platforms
Read More »Ubisoft’s digital boss on free-to-play, mobile games, eSports and the new UPlay
Ubisoft showed off its download line-up at its Digital Days showcase in Paris earlier this month, and MCV caught up with worldwide director of online games Stephanie Perotti. The publisher’s digital boss shared with us the plan for the newly-relaunched UPlay downloads service, the ever-growing free-to-play sector, the promising eSports …
Read More »Ex-Zynga marketing chief Jeff Karp heads to GSN
Karp to take up role as executive VP for mobile and social games
Read More »Gree acquires San Francisco developer App Ant
Founders to lead up games development and engineering teams
Read More »Desktop social gamers going mobile
Report shows double digit user decline in top games from major social publishers
Read More »NaturalMotion’s Reil showcases hilarious Clumsy Ninja for Apple
Studio CEO provides comical commentary on 3D interactive iPod Touch app
Read More »Making an indie hit: New Star Soccer uncovered
A true bedroom coder, Simon Read talks to Develop about creating a mobile sensation
Read More »Marmalade SDK spreads to Windows and Mac
Latest update aims to relieve need for porting mobile to PC
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