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Read More »Dragon Quest VI arrives on iOS and Android
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation is out now for iOS and Android devices, Square Enix has announced. Having launched a fortnight earlier exclusively in Japan, the game is currently available worldwide on both theApp StoreandGoogle Playfor $14.99. The mobile version is played in the vertical orientation of phones and …
Read More »Soomla secures $5.5m in funding
Start-up wants to help developers advertise to paying users
Read More »How mobile developers are utilising motion capture
Why mo-cap isn't just reserved for triple-A console games and blockbuster movies
Read More »Fallout Shelter generating more money than Candy Crush Saga on App Store
Surprise release gets early success in US and UK
Read More »Fallout Shelter is making more than Candy Crush Saga
Bethesda’s Fallout smartphone experiment is off to an incredibly strong start. Venture Beat reports that the recently release Fallout Shelter has knocked Candy Crush Saga from third place in the top-grossing mobile games charts. King’s title has been more or less a constant presence in third place, earning around $2.55m …
Read More »SQUARE ENIX: Montreal studio working on Tomb Raider mobile game
Square Enix’s Montreal studio is making a Tomb Raider mobile game entitled Tomb Raider Go. It follows in the success the publisher’s Hitman Go faux-board game mobile title. Taking to the stage, Montreal studio head Patrick Naud said that he developer was focused on making premium triple-A mobile experiences. The …
Read More »EA: Mobile collectible card title Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes on the way
EA’s mobile boss Samantha Ryan took to the stage at the firm’s E3 conference and confirmed that a Star Wars mobile title is on the way. Entitled Galaxy of Heroes, the collectible card title features charaters and space ships from the prequel and classic trilogies. Players can ‘collect, battle and …
Read More »E3 2015: Free-to-play Fallout leads Bethesda’s mobile line-up
Publisher also working on Hearthstone-style Elder Scrolls title for iOS and Android
Read More »More money is spent on games than movies and music combined, says IHS
Stat trackers IHS has shown its latest market data ahead of next week’s E3 – revealing that $92bn will be spent on games this year. That is higher than music ($18bn) and movies ($62bn) combined. The latest estimates from the firm also reveals that 80 per cent of this revenue …
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