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Read More »Google and Apple take action against Flappy Bird clones
Copycats rejected and removed from app stores in cloning crackdown
Read More »EA PopCap pulls new Plants Vs Zombies 2 IAPs after player backlash
Spokesperson claims fees for previously free items were 'part of a small-scale test'
Read More »Gree profits down year-on-year as revenues slide
Net sales fall by £40m during Q2 compared to the year prior
Read More »Square Enix reveals new Hitman turn-based strategy game for mobile
The next entry in the Hitman series will venture into the mobile space as a new strategy offering, Square Enix has announced. Developed by a "small core team" at Square Enix Montreal, Hitman GO stands apart from the AAA action-adventure stealth franchise "while still [retaining] the essence of what a …
Read More »Radiohead release experimental smartphone game
UK despair specialists Radiohead have released what is described as an experimental mobile game” on iOS and Android. CVG reports that the game, called PolyFauna was made in collaboration with UK design firm Universal Everything and sees players traversing a succession of abstract environments. Player creations from within the game …
Read More »Flappy Bird pulled because it ‘became an addictive product’
Developer explains decision to take mobile hit off app stores
Read More »Rodeo Games licences Unreal Engine 4 for mobile title
UK studio working on strategy title based on Games Workshop IP
Read More »Clash of Clans making $654,000 a day
Supercell's flagship title continues to generate enormous revenues for Finnish studio
Read More »Dungeon Keeper time delays are ‘ridiculous’, says Molyneux
'I just want to make a dungeon. I don't want to schedule it on my alarm clock for six days to come back for a block to be chipped'
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