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Developer James Vaughan to donate portion of profits to charity
Read More »Traplight Games nets $500k funding
Studio working on user-generated racing title What on Earth
Read More »Courting controversy: Releasing Underworld: Drug Lords on mobile
One developer's view on Apple's App Store policies, and why he feels they are unfair on small studios
Read More »Seriously on going from Finnish start-up to 1m downloads for Best Fiends
CEO Andrew Stalbow tells Develop about its ambitious plans for the new IP
Read More »Apple confirms iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3
Apple has confirmed a pair of new devices in its iPad tablet line ahead of a product unveiling planned for later this week. 9to5mac reports Apple has made mention of the yet-to-be announced iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 in its recently released iOS 8.1 user guide. The images …
Read More »New Channel 4 game lets you help beat cancer
Broadcaster teams up with Cancer Research UK to process data via mobile game
Read More »Tencent game revenue tops EA, Sony – report
Mobile and free-to-play giant Tencent has been beating out AAA companies such as EA and Activision Blizzard in terms of game revenue, according to a new report. A recently published piece from Newzoo has the China-based corporation topping the 10 highest-grossing public game companies. EA and Activision Blizzard finished second …
Read More »Windows 10 announced, coming late 2015
Microsoft has revealed the next iteration of its Windows operating system, Windows 10. Leapfrogging from the divisive Windows 8, which was released back in 2012, Windows 10 will reintroduce many of the features that were removed from Windows 8. This includes the iconic Start menu, which will implement some of …
Read More »WildTangent on mobile discoverability, pricing models and F2P self-regulation
'My hope is the industry can police itself and we avoid regulation or intervention from external agencies,' says Matt Shea
Read More »US startup Skillz raises $6m for mobile eSports
Mobile eSports platform Skillz has raised $6m in its latest round of fundraising, money the company will use to help drive a user acquisition initiative for its partners. Skillz currently runs around 50,000 daily competitions and pays out around $10,000 a day in tournament prizes to participating mobile users. The …
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