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Tencent becomes second-biggest shareholder in South Korean studio Shift Up STAKES AND SHARES Dec 23rd, 2022

Tencent becomes second-biggest shareholder in South Korean studio Shift Up

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Keywords acquires Labcom with initial $1 million cash consideration KEYWORDS ACQUIRES Dec 15th, 2022

Keywords acquires Labcom with initial $1 million cash consideration

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RuneScape creator Jagex acquires Croatian studio Gamepires AIMS OF AN ACQUISITION Dec 15th, 2022

RuneScape creator Jagex acquires Croatian studio Gamepires

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Turkish studio Pink Games has $1.2 million valuation after first investment INVESTMENT IN ISTANBUL Dec 14th, 2022

Turkish studio Pink Games has $1.2 million valuation after first investment

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FTC vote to sue to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard ACQUIVISION BLIZZARD Dec 9th, 2022

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Keywords Studios to acquire Californian company Helpshift for $75 million NEW ACQUISITION Dec 7th, 2022

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When Matt was 7 years old he didn't write to Santa like the other little boys and girls. He wrote to Mario. When the rotund plumber replied, Matt's dedication to a life of gaming was established. Like an otaku David Carradine, he wandered the planet until becoming a writer at Pocket Gamer.

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China is about to surpass 1 billion mobile owners News Feb 24th, 2012

China is about to surpass 1 billion mobile owners

Unless it already has...

Apple acquires app search specialist Chomp News Feb 24th, 2012

Apple acquires app search specialist Chomp

Readys for App Store revamp

Pocketeers reveals open source 2D IwGame Engine for mobile, desktop and smart TV News Feb 24th, 2012

Pocketeers reveals open source 2D IwGame Engine for mobile, desktop and smart TV

Built on Marmalade

GSMA releases statement regarding planned transport strike during Mobile World Congress News Feb 23rd, 2012

GSMA releases statement regarding planned transport strike during Mobile World Congress

Contingency plans in place

Indonesian developer Chocoarts closes Angel funding round for branded games News Feb 23rd, 2012

Indonesian developer Chocoarts closes Angel funding round for branded games

Looking for new artists and bizdev staffers

Samsung Galaxy S II sells 20 million units in 10 months News Feb 23rd, 2012

Samsung Galaxy S II sells 20 million units in 10 months

Beats out predecessor by 7 months

Unity CEO David Helgason to present keynote at GameHorizon News Feb 23rd, 2012

Unity CEO David Helgason to present keynote at GameHorizon

Joins NaturalMotion's Reil and Papaya's Clarke

Halfbrick announces Fruit Ninja merch splurge including toys, bags, underwear and gummies News Feb 23rd, 2012

Halfbrick announces Fruit Ninja merch splurge including toys, bags, underwear and gummies

Characters to slice through

Tapjoy VP Paul Bowen to reveal Android monetisation tricks in F2P Summit talk News Feb 22nd, 2012

Tapjoy VP Paul Bowen to reveal Android monetisation tricks in F2P Summit talk

Plus My Worst Mistake roundtable

EA pulls Battlefield 3: Aftershock from App Store News Feb 22nd, 2012

EA pulls Battlefield 3: Aftershock from App Store

After myriad user complaints

Distimo study shows Amazon Appstore downloads rose fourteen-fold over holiday season Data & Research Feb 21st, 2012

Distimo study shows Amazon Appstore downloads rose fourteen-fold over holiday season

Catching up with Android Marketplace

Content that attracts upper class females generates the most mobile ad dollars, reckons Flurry Data & Research Feb 21st, 2012

Content that attracts upper class females generates the most mobile ad dollars, reckons Flurry

£12.92 eCPM for the ladies

BlackBerry PlayBook OS version 2.0 update now live News Feb 21st, 2012

BlackBerry PlayBook OS version 2.0 update now live

App World discovery greatly improved

Each iOS device sold equates to $12 for developers reckons Asymco's Dediu Data & Research Feb 20th, 2012

Each iOS device sold equates to $12 for developers reckons Asymco's Dediu

Or 50c a month for 24 months

IAPs to overtake paid download revenue in 2012, reckons ABI research Data & Research Feb 20th, 2012

IAPs to overtake paid download revenue in 2012, reckons ABI research

But only if Google gets more involved

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