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Upcoming movie Pixel will be joined by an associated mobile game from Bandai Namco. The free-to-play title takes the Sony Pictures Entertainment film and turns it into a tower defence title. Notably it will, like the movie, star characters from across the publisher spectrum including Pac-Man, Frogger and Q*bert. "With …
Read More »WayForward’s Watch Quest is the first adventure game coming to the Apple Watch
The Apple Watch might not be out yet, but one developer already has an adventure game in line for launch on the tech timepiece. WayForward Technologies, the outlet behind platforming titles Mighty Switch Force and DuckTales Remastered, has announced that it will bring Watch Quest to Apple’s wearable on its …
Read More »NCSoft invests $5m in Vancouver start-up
New studio wants to develop games for existing IP
Read More »Influence of whales over F2P mobile game revenue on the rise – report
A new study on free-to-play mobile game revenue shows that big spenders, known as whales,” still account for the majority of in-app sales. In fact, they’re taking up more of the pie than ever before. Gamasutra points to new research by mobile app analytics platform Swrve which shows the top …
Read More »Angry Birds Go has shifted more copies than all Mario Kart games combined, Rovio boasts
Rovio Stockholm’s general manager has revealed that 2013’s Angry Birds Go has been acquired by more consumers than every Mario kart game combined. In a contentious tweet, Oskar Burman said that total sales of every Mario Kart title since the 1992 original Super Mario kart have totalled 106m. Angry Birds …
Read More »Why apps fail – and what you can do to prevent it
Perfecto Mobile's technical evangelist Eran Kinsbruner offers insight into the secrets of mobile success
Read More »Professor Layton 7 and Fantasy Life 2 ditch 3DS, head to smartphone
Level-5 has announced that two of its big upcoming titles will be heading to smartphones instead of portable consoles. Siliconera reports that Layton 7, the latest title in the Professor Layton series, and Fantasy Life 2 are both confirmed for a mobile release in Japan this summer on iPhone and …
Read More »EA signs multi-title Minions deal
The Minions upcoming arrival at the cinema will now be accompanied by a multi-game deal. EA has teamed up with Illumination Entertainment and Universal Partnerships to release a string of mobile games based both on the Minions and other Illumination characters. The first title will be Minions Paradise, which is …
Read More »Ubisoft makes first episode of Valiant Hearts free on iOS
The first episode of Ubisoft Montpellier’s World War I adventure game Valiant Hearts: The Great War has been made free on iOS. The episode, previously priced at $4.99, can be downloaded for no cost. The three remaining parts are now offered as in-app purchases – either in a bundle for …
Read More »Nexon acquiring Boolean Games
Online games giant moves to purchase Korean mobile studio
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