Wednesday 15 August 2012

Mobile Games

Usain Bolt Mobile Game Gets Big Boost From Olympics Dominance
Mashable
But Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, probably the Games' biggest global star,
one-upped everyone else in the digital realm, too, with the rapidly
accelerating popularity of his new mobile game Bolt!. The game broke the 1
million user mark the same day ...
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Lightbank Makes First Mobile Gaming Bet On Battle Bears Developer, SkyVu
TechCrunch
The Nebraska-based SkyVu is best known for its mobile gaming franchise
Battle Bears, which is sort of like Carebears with a more action-focused
edge. Co-founded by animator Ben Vu, SkyVu has seen 18 million downloads of
its five mobile games on iOS ...
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Creating Mobile Games for Players in China: What Works and Why
Gamezebo
Fishing, even for the most experienced and skilled fisherman, is a sport
that involves a lot of luck. You can go into it having done everything
right – researching your fishing spot, showing up when the fish are
active, bringing the best bait, buying ...
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Red Eagle Games and Jet Set Games to Co-Develop Wheel of Time Mobile ...
Broadcast Newsroom
MALIBU, CA and LAS VEGAS, NV -- (Marketwire) -- 08/14/12 -- Red Eagle Games
and Jet Set Games today announced they are collaborating on the development
of a mobile game for smartphones and tablets based on Robert Jordan's
best-selling fantasy ...
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Deutsche Telekom Moves into Games Publishing
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Faced with declining revenues from traditional telecom sources Deutsche
Telekom, owner of mobile operator T-Mobile, has announced it is to become a
games publisher, using characters from the French comic-book series
Astérix. The idea is the title will ...
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Peripheral Maker SteelSeries Unveils "Freedom to Play" Mobile Gaming ...
Forbes
SteelSeries prepares to enter a space that promises to be crowded by
holiday 2012, as other tech powers allocate an increasing amount of
resources to the mobile gaming market. Where SteelSeries distinguishes
itself is the cross-platform compatibility ...
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Mobile game developers must rely on publishers to thrive
The Verge
Independent mobile games developers must rely on publishers to thrive in
the current market, according to Electronic Entertainment Design and
Research vice president Jesse Divnich at today's GDC Europe presentation.
Divnich stated mobile developers ...
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Facebook Gaming Gets A Boost From App Center
WebProNews
The company is now struggling to retain employees after missing out on the
first wave in mobile gaming and buying up short lived fads. Zynga isn't the
only Facebook game developer though. The others are doing just fine.
Facebook announced today at GDC ...
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