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Funding challenge survey reveals only a third of mobile devs apply for government grants
Read More »Plants vs Zombies card collecting spinoff incoming
EA’s Plants vs Zombies series is branching out into a third genre. Plants vs. Zombies: Heroes follows the template laid down by other card battlers by allowing players to amass a team of heroes and fending off against rival decks. Old characters will also be joined by a new cast. …
Read More »Wooga opens Black Anvil Games, targets core gamers
New dev headed up by Wooga veteran Wilhelm Oesterberg, first title is mobile strategy game Warlords
Read More »500 games launched daily on App Store, cost 40p on average
Data shows that around 2.5 million apps have been released to date on Apple’s mobile platform
Read More »Spil Games to revive Creatures as mobile title
Creatures Family to launch in 2017, preceded by "multi-platform teaser" releases
Read More »Job losses strike Three Rings Design as part of Sega mobile layoffs
Sega Networks division also sheds staff in response to the ‘hyper-competitive’ market
Read More »Insight Studios teams with publishing house Hachette for gamebook format
First title written in collaboration with authors Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore
Read More »Wargaming launches $10,000 hunt for innovative PC and mobile devs
Multiplayer titles focus of worldwide search by company’s WG Labs
Read More »Supercell’s Clash Royale tops App Store charts
Clash of Clans developer Supercell is once again at the top of the App Store charts with its new title Clash Royale. The firm’s new game shot straight to the No.1 spot in the US within twelve hours of it launching. In the UK it’s the best-selling free title on …
Read More »Angry Birds devs’ new studio raises £0.5m from Gameforge and Flaregames founder
Kopla Games financed by angel investor Klaas Kersting, who also funded Supercell as a startup
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