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But social firm halted player exodus during the last quarter
Read More »King opens Japan studio
Tokyo office could start developing new games in future
Read More »Unity acquires player research firm Playnomics
Player analytics firm’s tools to help solve engagement problems for Unity developers
Read More »Nokia has a new name – Microsoft Mobile
The Nokia brand name will be dropped by Microsoft once it officially acquires the mobile manufacturer. According to a letter sent by the new owners to suppliers, the Nokia Corporation/Nokia Oyj (Ltd) name will be replaced with Microsoft Mobile Oy. The acquisition of Nokia’s loss-making business was first announced in …
Read More »Tencent to launch Candy Crush in China this summer
Chinese version of match-three game coming to two telecoms services
Read More »Bringing Circix to Windows Phone
Indie twosome, Russell King and Graham Barber, discuss the making of their mobile game for WP8
Read More »GungHo making $1m a month from four mobile games each
GungHo CEO not satisfied with the firm’s number of hits in the increasingly competitive mobile market
Read More »Square Enix shuts down Indian office
Japanese publisher closes India branch without it releasing a single title
Read More »Amazon 3D smartphone in the works for Q3 2014 release
New handset will use retina-tracking technology to display some images in 3D
Read More »Atari now says the future is digital and on mobile
Another week, another new direction for Atari. The CEO of the struggling former games giant Frederic Chesnais has told NowGamer that the company’s future now lies on mobile – just over a year after founder and board member Nolan Bushnell said that mobile gaming was ”over”. "What we’re going to …
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