MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Eelusion to develop location-based social game for iOS
Read More »Angry Birds flies past 1bn downloads
The Angry Birds franchise has reached 1bn downloads, Rovio has announced. The announcement was made via the Finnish developer’s YouTube account, with the figure accounting for downloads across all titles in the series (Angry Birds, Seasons, Rio, and the recently released Space). The original Angry Birds launched in late 2009 …
Read More »Facebook readies for App Store launch
Social networking site will now offer paid apps
Read More »‘The most profitable mobile devs are not F2P’
'A lot of people have switched to freemium because they could not make money on the paid side' says Days of Wonder CEO
Read More »Words With Friends monthly users plunges by 2m
Zynga opens survey to players on how to improve Scrabble imitator
Read More »Gree founder loses $702m
IAP clampdown sheds vast sum from personal fortune of Japan's youngest billionaire
Read More »Freemium crackdown prompts DeNA and Gree share nosedive
Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency questions IAP practices; wider national games sector hit by trading caution
Read More »Super Meat Boy dev: mobile schemes ‘abusive’
Edmund McMillen speaks out against 'manipulative money making tactics'
Read More »Schappert: "Social and mobile games ARE harming console biz"
Forget the recession: our depressed retail market is thanks to pressure from free apps and mobile games. That’s according to one of the US’ most influential games execs, John Schappert, who just a year ago was a key figure at EA. He also once ran Xbox Live – but has …
Read More »Marvelous sets up UK social and mobile publisher
The Japanese publisher behind No More Heroes is coming to Europe. Marvelous AQL – the result of last year’s merger between Marvelous Entertainment, AQ Interactive and mobile developer Liveware – has created a new subsidiary MAQL Europe. The firm will be based in Tunbridge Wells and headed up by CEO …
Read More »