Tag Archives: mobile

In the eighth of a series of features answering the biggest questions about the industry’s future, Dominic Sacco investigates the dangers smartphones and tablets pose to the console market Is the threat of mobile over-hyped?NO Angry Birds has been downloaded 1bn times. Not even the longest-running and biggest boxed franchises …

Location-based smartphone game Mojostreet is now available free of cost on the Windows Markpetplace for Windows Phone. The game lets users to discover and check-in to various locations (ATMs, restaurants, etc) in their cities, ‘own’ them, compete with others, and share their experiences with friends. Mojostreet currently has a network …

PS Suite renamed PS Mobile

Publisher highlights social elements of game as new connective features are unveiled

Publishing powerhouse Activision is set to establish a brand new mobile-focused studio in the UK. Develop reports that UK games veteran and former Team 17 man Martyn Brown has been hired to handle the recruitment process. Activision’s last major UK dev interest ended in January 2011 when it closed the …

New unit to focus on mobile; British games veteran Martyn Brown head-hunting for publisher

In an unexpected move, Gamestop will begin offering mobile plans in the US on AT&T’s network. Techcrunch reports the move, with a website for Gamestop Mobile going up and subsequently being pulled over the last several hours seemingly confirming the news. Gamestop will not actually be selling phones themselves, but …

18 game development jobs to be created at new Dundee base

Second fund offered by company in a year available for iOS and Android

Increasing intricacy could rapidly see making mobile games mimic the triple-A console space, predicts Total War Battles lead