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Developer blames industry trends such as move to mobile and the decline of Flash as reasons for game's closure
Read More »Flickr creator’s social game Glitch announces closure
Glitch, the free to play social game from Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield, has confirmed that it will terminate next month. The developer said in 2010 that he had been working on Glitch since before the creation of Flickr. It combined elements of platforming and RPGs with social networking. The gameworld …
Read More »DeNA’s influence grows as revenues and profits jump
Japanese social games giant DeNA has reported a 45 per cent jump in quarterly revenue to $627m. Profits were up 38 per cent year-on-year at $254m. The company’s Moba-coin virtual currency also set a new high, grossing $700m from mobile games in Japan. Coin consumption was for the first time …
Read More »From monster to saviour
Fluffy Logic's CEO on interactive entertainment as positive mental stimuli
Read More »King.com steps up its focus on mobile
Candy Crush Saga leads developer's move to portable platforms
Read More »Anonymous threatens to take down Zynga
Hacker collective to act on November 5th, unless Zynga drops plans to cut staff
Read More »Most social players move on after 24 hours
New Playnomics report reveals 85 per cent of social gamers play titles for just a single day
Read More »GREE debuts Unity and HTML5 toolset
Social giant's open-source Lightweight SWF tech to allow for developing smartphone apps
Read More »Black Ops Vita dev Nihilistic Software quits console market
The studio currently working on PlayStation Vita release Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified is to abandon the console gaming sector. It’s also undergoing a rebranding, adopting the new name nStigate Games. It will in future be focusing on digital and mobile titles. It claims that no jobs will be …
Read More »Kixeye CEO attacks Zynga as restraining order is extended
Legal battle's tension increases as casual studios lock horns
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