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Read More »Glu Mobile posts $81 million revenue for the quarter as net losses fall
The mobile publisher has been boosted by the success of Design Home
Read More »Super Mario Run hits 200m downloads, but is still short of Nintendo goals
Nintendo has revealed that mobile title Super Mario Run has now been downloaded 200m times. Of that total, 90 per cent have come from outside of the Japanese market. Run is initially free to download but then requires a purchase to unlock all but the earliest game content. And it …
Read More »Nintendo’s Animal Crossing mobile game arrives next month
The long-awaited smartphone debut of the Animal Crossing series will finally arrive some time in late November. Nintendo confirmed the release window in last night’s Nintendo Direct. Also confirmed was its name – Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. Visually the game will be very similar to anyone who has ever played …
Read More »Wargaming to open new Moscow office for mobile development
Wargaming Moscow to be headed up by former Mail.Ru studio head Andrey Zimenko
Read More »HTC and Google reveal $1.1bn smartphone deal
After months of falling profits, HTC has announced a $1.1bn cooperation agreement with Google that will see a number of HTC employees join the search giant. What’s more, Google will receive a non-exclusive licensing agreement for HTC IP. Many of the HTC employees joining Google have already worked on the …
Read More »Reality Gaming Group exceed ICO target for mobile AR game Reality Clash
Reality Gaming Group has announced it’s raised over $3.5m through its new initial coin offering (ICO) to fund the development of its upcoming AR mobile combat game, Reality Clash. The ICO began on August 29th using Ethereum blockchain technologies and runs until September 29th, but the amount raised so far …
Read More »Hutch Games open new international studio in Nova Scotia
This becomes the third location for Hutch who are based in London and Brighton
Read More »Iterable: how to keep mobile users active through push notifications
Keeping mobile users engaged with new apps and games is a tricky business, butrowth marketing platform Iterable has released a new report analysing how game publishers can do just that – which is important, considering 62 per cent of smartphone owners are now installing a game within a week of …
Read More »RuneScape coming to mobile this winter
Jagex has announced that its renowned MMORPGs RuneScape and Old School RuneScape will be coming to mobile and tablet devices starting later this year. Old School RuneScape will be the first title to make the jump to mobile this winter, with RuneScape to follow at a later date. What’s more, …
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