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The chief marketing officer of Pokmon Go firm Niantic, Mike Quigley, has said it’s important for titles on mobile to be made precisely for the platform. In the past, companies such as Rockstar and Square Enix have brought ‘traditional’ console and PC experiences such as Grand Theft Auto III and …
Read More »Zynga post losses but CEO Gibeau remains upbeat
Zynga have pledged to buy $200m of stock back from investors in the next couple of years.
Read More »Fireproof Games reveal The Room franchise has hit 11.5 million sales
The premium mobile title has made a big splash
Read More »Research firm confirms demand for new mobile content peaks at 3-5 weeks
But demand for new content is high for first 6 months of an apps lifecycle
Read More »DeNA pull out of western markets
Company dissolves SF based DeNA Global
Read More »Report: Sony’s ForwardWorks will release 5 mobile games by March 2018
Initially launching only in Asia
Read More »Mail.Ru acquires developer Pixonic for $30 million
Russian internet giant acquires War Robots developer, buys into mobile free-to-play market
Read More »KamaGames bringing games portfolio to Viber
Irish social casino games firm adds Viber functionality to launch title 3D Blackjack
Read More »Mobile firm Ketchapp acquired by Ubisoft
Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft has taken a larger stake in the mobile games market with the acquisition of Ketchapp. Founded in 2014, Ketchapp is best known for a series of smaller free-to-play games such as Stack, Twist, Jelly Jump and Qubes, and regularly adds new titles to its portfolio on …
Read More »Hutch hires former Lionhead and Codemasters staff
Smash Cops devs brings Peter Hansen-Chambers and Ian Griffiths into the fold
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