Mobile Games

Why every mobile game needs a cloud back-end.
Gamasutra (blog)
Today's post is one I've meant to write for a while - what our studio team
has learned about the cloud services support necessary to release and
operate a successful mobile game. Analytics: Almost all modern mobile games
integrate with a 3rd party ...
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Top Facebook Game Developer, Buffalo Studios, Releases First Mobile Game ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"With Bingo Rush, we retained all of the core elements of Buffalo Studios'
genre-defining social game Bingo Blitz, and infused it with increased pace,
energy and action to appeal to mobile gamers," said John Cibulski,
Executive Producer and Lead ...
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Activision's first UK mobile game is Pitfall, not Call of Duty
MCV
Publisher clarifies reports from last week saying it was making a
smartphone version of Call of Duty.
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Iverson Gaming Systems and Acres 4.0 Partner to Bring Mobile Gaming ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Acres 4.0 will provide Iverson Gaming Systems with their proprietary suite
of mobile casino games -- the first true server-centric gaming product
using wireless communications in existence -- to work in conjunction with
Iverson's SLOTMaster slot and ...
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Want to See the Future of Mobile Coverage? Go to a Baseball Game
Businessweek
Verizon Wireless is hauling COWs and COLTs to Kansas City and Detroit, but
it's not going to any livestock show. These COWs and COLTs are cells on
wheels and cells on light trucks, basically mobile base stations Verizon
can roll out in emergencies or ...
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Chartboost and TinyCo Announce Program to Drive New Game Development on ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Chartboost is a technology platform that powers independence for mobile
game developers. Founded in 2011 by early Tapulous employees, the company
reaches 105 million unique users in over 100 countries, and drives over 2
billion game sessions per ...
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Mobile review round-up: 'Outwitters', 'Frogger', 'Nihilumbra', 'AXL'
Digital Spy
Mobile reviews this week for Outwitters, Frogger and more.
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Playrise Digital Announces Fundraising to Support Launch of First Games
Gamasutra
It is clear that the fastest growing market in gaming is on mobile devices,
phones and tablets, and we want to be at forefront of that trend". It has
been forecasted that the mobile games market will grow by 24% per year to
2014 while the console ...
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'Omantel Games Club' launched
Oman Daily Observer
By A Staff Reporter — MUSCAT — Coinciding with the summer vacation,
Omantel launched yesterday a first-of-a-kind 'Omantel Games Club', which
will allow mobile users to download an unlimited number of mobile games
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Call of Duty Mobile Games Coming From Activision Leeds | Side ...
When Activision announced it was starting a new studio in Britain, it was
coy about what i...
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