Monetisation Model
F2P scores a win with Retro Goal’s monetisation strategy changes
Football-style game will still be free from ads
Company Profile
New Star Games
Website www.newstargames.com
About Based in Oxford, UK, New Star Games is a small independent company with a passion for sports games.
Related People
Simon Read
CEO
Articles featuring New Star Games
People Power
Voting closes at midnight for the Pocket Gamer People's Choice Award 2022
Get your players to vote for your game before the deadline!
Making Of
How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game
New Star Games' Simon Read talks the making of a touchdown mobile game
Touchdown
UK-based New Star Games takes US by storm with Retro Bowl
Number one free app on iOS in US, with 7 million downloads and zero UA spend
Indie Spotlight
From virtual boots to managerial suits: Simon Read on the evolution of New Star Soccer
"I was determined to make the game as accessible as possible and bring a bit of light-hearted fun back to football management"
Good Cause
Supercell, Rovio, Outfit7 and more back One Special Day charity fundraiser
Takes place on September 28th
Own Goal
Rovio cancels Angry Birds Football after seven months in soft launch
Services to close December 15th
Interview
2014 in Review: Simon Read, New Star - We hope to make waves in India in 2015
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Hot Five
Backflip heralds return of the publisher, we put Finland in focus, and the issue of gay people in games
Last week's top five stories
Opinion
Why won't developers let me be a gay Premier League footballer?
A fight for equality, or against apathy?
Own goal? New Star Soccer's free-to-play update angers Android gamers
Paid users claim they're being asked to pay again
Simon Read: New Star Soccer's slow success outside UK is the 'million dollar question'
British humour may be a factor
Top Of The Table
Studio Profile: New Star Games
How New Star Soccer transformed one developer's life