Niantic has decided to push back a couple of events planned in Europe this August, following the disaster of the first Pokmon Go Fest in Chicago last week. The developer had four ‘Safari Zone’ events scheduled for August 5th in Copenhagen and Prague, and on August 12th in Stockholm and …
Read More »Zynga and MGM’s Words with Friends TV show is the ‘correct route’ for strengthening brand loyalty
Earlier this week, Zynga announced it was teaming up with MGM Television to create a new TV show based on the popular mobile hit Words with Friends. That might sound like a slightly strange concept for a TV show, but MIDiA Research’s Karol Severin has told MCV this is the …
Read More »UK based Sensible Object selected for Amazon Alexa Accelerator
The technology focused game developer is the only UK studio selected for the program
Read More »Mobile revenues overtook console and PC in 2016
The global worth of the mobile games market exceeded that of the console and PC games market for the first time in 2016. That’s according to a new report from DFC Intelligence, which says that overall mobile game revenues grew 32 per cent in 2016. Unsurprisingly the driver of this …
Read More »Riot sues alleged League of Legends clone developer
The maker behind League of Legends is taking a mobile game developer to court having accused it of appropriating from the smash hit MOBA. Slingshot reports that Riot is suing Shanghai Moontown Technology for alleged copyright infringement. Three games are specifically mentioned – Magic Rush: Heroes, Mobile Legends: 5v5 MOBA …
Read More »Tencent introduces playtime restrictions for Honour of Kings
Chinese game giant Tencent has responded to criticism about the alleged addictive nature of its mobile hit Honour of Kings by limiting the amount of time that can be spent playing it. Reuters reports that Chinese parents and teachers have voiced concerns about the number of hours being spent on …
Read More »Sega defends mobile Forever ports
The launch of Sega Forever has been positive, the company has argued, although it concedes that there are lessons to be learned. Sega last week launched a number of its retro titles on mobile under the new Sega Forever banner. The games are free to download and play, although gamers …
Read More »To be this good takes FOREVER – Sega launches new retro back catalogue service
Sega is relaunching its 1000 game retro back catalogue on mobile devices for free. The long-sighted and wide-reaching initiative is called Sega Forever. Today we’ll see five initial launches, including the original Sonic the Hedgehog title, with a new game rolling out roughly every two weeks thereafter. Now, retro gaming …
Read More »Tencent reportedly invests $71m in developer Ourpalm
According to Pocket Gamer report, the Chinese media giant owns 2 per cent of the developer
Read More »Mobile developer TreasureHunt secures $6million funding
New game Pet Paradise to be promoted along with expansion
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