Mobile

Advertising is a major source of revenue for mobile developers, but how do you take full advantage of it without deterring players and ruining your game? James Batchelor asks experts for their advice

Ability to designate apps as ‘VR Listener’ or ‘VR Helper’, as well as ‘sustained performance’ hardware support flag, hint at greater versatility for virtual reality experiences

Develop: Brighton board member Simon Oliver discusses the evolution of the smartphone gaming market

Joost van Dreunen suggests mobile developers should pay more attention to the TV industry

Mobile games have caused an 8.2 per cent increase in downloads on Apple and Google’s digital storefronts. According to a report from intelligence firm Sensor Tower – as reported by Venture Beat – 17.2 billion apps were downloaded in Q1 2016, which is an 8.2 per cent increase year-on-year. Of …

Clash of Clans creator Supercell has another hit on its hands. A Newzoo report that its latest release Clash Royale was the highest grossing smartphone game in the world in March, with revenues of $80m, putting the app on track to becoming a billion dollar franchise. Note that the $80m …

CEO Michael Martinez highlights lack of ‘great distribution strategy’ as biggest failure by team

Recently we saw Flappy Bird forcibly inserted into a running copy of Super Mario World. Its ambitions clearly don’t stop there, however. Kotaku reports that the former smartphone hit has now for the first time been ported to an unfamiliar handheld – an e-cigarette. The eVic-VTC Mini ecig, from manufacturer …

It operates one of the most successful smartphone games on the planet, but Machine Zone has decided to hunt for growth away from the games sector. The company recently unveiled not only a rebrand – it is now called MZ – but also a brand new cloud platform that hopes …

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