February 2, 2012 Gameloft revamps its Gameloft LIVE social gaming platform with standalone app for Android And iOS version incoming
February 2, 2012 DeNA expands its North American operations with new Vancouver office Support for Mobage games and platform
February 2, 2012 IndieCade 2012 open for submissions ahead of October festival 12 teams to be chosen for awards
February 2, 2012 Facebook files for $5 billion IPO as valuation looks set to soar past $100 billion Zuckerberg's personal fortune to top $28 billion
February 2, 2012 Ngmoco's Ben Cousins to keynote F2P Summit Ex-EA Easy man giving a history lesson on free-to-play
February 2, 2012 Two Way Media launches Poker Squares on Amazon's Kindle e-readers In US now, coming to UK soon
February 2, 2012 Zynga generated $445 million of revenue for Facebook in 2011 Equal to 12% of social network's sales
February 2, 2012 Mobile Monday panellists reckon Android offers the best chance for new game developers But the gold rush is over
February 2, 2012 Android game recommendation app driving up to 9 downloads a week says Hooked CEO Prita Uppal Breaking through Market confusion
February 2, 2012 Armor Games' Daniel McNeely on the move from Flash to mobile, and the similarities between Crush the Castle and Angry Birds Finnish favourite 'skirts around the question'
February 2, 2012 EA claims 10.5% market share on iOS, 'more than double our nearest competitor' Plus GREE FIFA World Class Soccer a big success in Japan
February 1, 2012 Qualcomm posts record chip shipments, revenues and earnings with Q1 FY12 sales up 40% to $4.68 billion Sitting on $22 billion cash pile
February 1, 2012 Swiss investor Digital Capital unveils plan to finance smartphone studios Looking to offer 'fairer deal' to devs
February 1, 2012 Chillingo, Glu and Rovio among 110-strong list of buyers attending Game Connection America 2012 Nintendo, SCEE, Sega and Square Enix also there
February 1, 2012 Free-hotspot.com provides free 3DS wi-fi at restaurants and hotels across Europe McDonald's, Burger King, KFC and Subway
February 1, 2012 Boosted by emerging markets, Gameloft sees FY11 sales up 17% to 164 million euros 41% of revenues now from smartphone and tablets
February 1, 2012 Apple set for more expansion as China Telecom secures iPhone 4S for February launch Region's third largest comes on board
February 1, 2012 Monster Hunter goes social mobile in Japan thanks to DeNA's Mobage Popular franchise turns to card battle format
February 1, 2012 Steam companion app now available on iOS and Android Store and community access for all account holders
February 1, 2012 Localytics reckons Android is less fragmented than you'd think; 73% of handsets run Gingerbread OS and form factor not such big issues
February 1, 2012 Square Enix's Final Fantasy Brigade passes 1 million users on Mobage Japan in 26 days Airships and Chocobos still popular
February 1, 2012 Epic unveils January 2012 beta for Unreal Development Kit iOS gains new colour grading support
February 1, 2012 DeNA partners with Baidu to bring Mobage to Android in China Dedicated Mobage section in the Yi Store
February 1, 2012 Digital Harmony's Keren Kang on starting a mobile tech company but finding fun with games Flower child approach to real-time multiplayer
February 1, 2012 Aggressive Kindle pricing sees Amazon's 2011 income down 45% to $631 million Investing for the future
January 31, 2012 Tapjoy announces its cross-platform incentivised action platform has 70 million MAUs This audience will be auctioned for virtual currency
January 31, 2012 We're not the first but we aim to be best says Zynga CEO Pincus, refuting Clonegate Internal memo reveals stance on plagiarism
January 31, 2012 Ian Marsh on NimbleBit's origins, keeping it small and development fast, despite the pressure of success Strong foundations before the upwards elevator
January 31, 2012 Miniclip launches physics puzzler Fragger on Android exclusively through GetJar After 100 million plays on iOS and the web
January 31, 2012 Develop Brighton puts out call for speakers for July conference Evolve and Indie Dev Day also on board
January 31, 2012 Samsung under investigation by EU Commission for not sharing essential telecom patents A result of ongoing Apple action
January 31, 2012 ARM sees FY11 sales up 21% to £492 million, with profits up 37% to £230 million Looking to Windows 8 and smart TV for future growth
January 31, 2012 Submissions open for YetiZen's second Game Pitch competition at GDC 2012 Deadline for applications 26 Feb
January 31, 2012 Cost of acquiring US users hit 2011 peak in December of $1.81 reckons Fiksu Downloads up 7 percent over the month
January 31, 2012 Google reminds developers that physical Menu button has been dropped from Android devices Assume tablets and phones are now button free
January 31, 2012 Nexon to merge with Nexon Mobile as it plans aggressive smartphone strategy in 2012 Slate of 10 games on the way
January 31, 2012 Court upholds German Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction, but it's not the big win Apple wanted Local victory, not European precedent
January 31, 2012 Paid games aren't dead, just count our downloads, argues Crescent Moon's Josh Presseisen 99c still a real sweet spot
January 31, 2012 Windows Phone Tango update to deliver support for native code Platform also expands to 120 languages
January 31, 2012 Amazon sold 6 million Kindle Fires in Q4 2011, reckons analyst Jordan Rohan labels device a real contender
January 30, 2012 Copycat companies might not lose lawsuits, but they should lose our respect, argues Kevin Dent He's calling out Zynga, LOLApps and Escalation Games
January 30, 2012 Piracy can help, not hinder, your game, reckons Rovio's Mikael Hed No point in taking on small offenders
January 30, 2012 PerBlue's location-based title Parallel Kingdom surpasses million player milestone Everyone gets free golden in-game trophy
January 30, 2012 NPD Group predicts massive surge in tablet market - 383 million units annually by 2017 Driven by emerging markets
January 30, 2012 Apple could sell as many as 40 million iPhones in China during 2013 reckons Morgan Stanley Needs to drop exclusively though