Mobile Games

Once focused on 2D mobile games, Machine Zone hires a 3D graphics expert
VentureBeat
Mobile game developer Machine Zone has hired industry veteran Sim Dietrich
as its senior technical director of graphics technologies. His role at the
Palo Alto, Calif.-based gamemaker will be to helm the client side of the
platform team, helping to ...
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Budge makes a mobile game out of charitable giving
VentureBeat
Budge is making a social mobile game out of charitable giving. The New York
company has created a iPhone app that is a "microdonation platform" and
makes it fun and simple to donate to charity. You can challenge your
friends, saying you will donate to ...
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New Mobile Game Incubator Execution Labs Opens in Canada
All Things Digital
Execution Labs, a new incubator focused on the development of mobile games,
has launched in Montreal. Participating companies will get funding, shared
work space and access to the founders, mentors and marketing partners, like
GameStop, in return for a ...
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EA Appoints Nazara for Distribution of Mobile Games
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Nazara Technologies, a leading mobile games developer and publisher, and
Electronic Arts Inc. has entered into an exclusive business alliance to
distribute EA's collection of world class mobile games to over 770 million
mobile phone consumers across ...
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Best day to launch your mobile game? Chartboost says it's Monday through ...
VentureBeat
Chartboost, which operates a mobile ad network for game developers, says
that its data shows that the best days to launch a mobile game are Monday
through Wednesday. That may be simple common sense, but it could make a big
difference to the bottom ...
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Mobile games winning the war for your attention
VentureBeat
Console gamers like to think they're committed to their favorite games,
especially those that absorb us in a massive world and tell epic stories.
It's also not a stretch to say that they're willing to stick with a hard
game that tests their patience ...
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Pixld Interview With Airtight Mobile's Doug Magruder
Business Insider
Last week we published our review of Pixld, the mobile puzzle game from the
creators of Quantum Conundrum. We awarded the game a 4.5 out of 5 stars for
its simple but endlessly compelling gameplay. We've since spoken to
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Execution Labs raises $1.4M to incubate indie mobile game studios in Canada
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Canada has been creating huge numbers of jobs in the video game industry.
But many of those have been at huge game publishers such as Ubisoft.
Execution Labs hopes to change that by creating an incubator for emerging
Canadian mobile game studios.
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New mobile game hopes to trick players into learning an anti-drug lesson
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Social messaging in games is usually a ham-fisted embarrassment, but a new
mobile game is hoping to teach a lesson about drug abuse in a subtle
manner. Tunnel Tail for iOS and Android is available now for free in the
App Store and Google Play market, ...
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