Rise of iOS and Android halves Nintendo DS game revenue in US in 2 years
Nintendo's 'burning platform' is shrinking
Com2uS on becoming a majority smartphone business, and dealing with 98% Android piracy rate
Now looking to release 3-6 games a quarter
ARM increases compute power of its GPUs four-fold, with the announcement of Mali-T658
Its first eight core design
Entries for the 8th International Mobile Games Awards now open
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UK start up Distorted Poetry releases debut iOS game, Petri-Dash
Tired of lack of opportunity elsewhere
Apple's iPhone talks with China Mobile stall as carrier demands App Store revenue share
World's largest mobile operator wants its cut
Barnes & Noble asks US courts to reign in Microsoft over patent cases
Microsoft remain un-ruffled
Survey reveals 26% of consumers putting off an iPad purchase until the Kindle Fire is released
Hedging their bets
Fast expanding Asian market means localisation is the only way to maximise iOS revenue, reckons App Annie
Japan now second largest market on App Store
Distimo notes games taking over Korean App Store with 43% of top 100 free apps
And 50% of paid content
WildTangent launches dedicated app rental service for Android
Casual games the focus
GameHorizon 2012 returns to Sage Gateshead on June 27-28
Games industry to hit Gateshead UK
Mobile ad network Medialets raises $8.4 million
Brings total funding to date to $18.4 million
Adobe halts development on Flash Player for mobile browsers, switches focus to HTML5
Native mobile apps also a priority
HP will take on tablet market in a 'significant way' if it decides to hold on to webOS, claims CEO Meg Whitman
But smartphones out of the question
Digital Harmony unveils real-time cross-platform multiplayer engine
Harmony Tech breaks down barriers
Ogmento CEO Brian Selzer on the power of combining AR with location-based gaming
Doubling down on the real world
Nvidia officially reveals Tegra 3 details; ASUS Transformer Prime tablet the first device
With Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, and PC Gamepad support
Facebook acquires HTML5 app delivery network Strobe
SproutCore to continue as independent project
Generating 79% of revenue from IAP, Gamevil sees sales up 40% to $9 million
Lifted by smartphone growth
Gingerbread becomes dominant Android version for first time, running on 44% of all devices
Honeycomb's growth begins to stall
Nexon to apply for $1.3 billion Japanese IPO
Could be biggest offering of 2011
Huawei confirms Microsoft has demanded royalty payments due to Android patent infringement
Chinese firm targeted by Redmond lawyers
Pew Research Center says half of US adults have apps on their phones
But only 38%, not counting pre-installed apps
More than 6 out of 10 iPhone users 'unaware apps compromise privacy', reports AdaptiveMobile
People ignorant that personal details might be stored
HP considering 'sale or keep' options for webOS
Oracle said to leading the pack of potential buyers
Indie games agency Bandello announces new LaunchPad PR service for developers
Prepared for take off
Korean iPhone 4S pre-orders reach 200,000 in three days
Compared to 120,000 Galaxy S II pre-orders in April
Chartboost CEO Maria Alegre on why its direct advertising deal with TinyCo is great for them and for signed up developers
Get your ad cash and the 'middle-man's cut'
Chartboost offers iOS developers 100% revenue from TinyCo ads
Offer runs between Nov 15 and Dec 15
DeNA signs deal with web portal Daum to bring Mobage to South Korea in Q1 2012
Set to leverage its 38 million strong userbase
Samsung's Gavin Kim departs to head up Microsoft's Windows Phone team
Former enterprise VP to build on 'fervent base'
Millennial Media makes move on Asia-Pacific ad market, appoints Robert Woolfrey as head of regional operations
Expanding beyond US and Europe
In the battle of the app markets, Android has the winning numbers, says Papaya's Justin Mauldin
The long game just got fast
Samsung is working on bada tablets
Telling press one thing, developers something else
Com2uS' Lydia Heitman on the impact of the new Games section on the Korean App Store
A great opportunity for local audience and indies
MoVend signs up for appbackr's SmartApps algorithm to populate Asian app stores including Samsung Apps
Reckons it can predict the hits
THQ posts H1 FY12 mobile revenue of $1.47 million, down 51%
Releasing Apples to Apples and Margaritaville Online in Q3
Funzio poaches EA Partners' Jamil Moledina to serve as biz dev VP
To manage platforms and partners
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens discuss the good and bad of piracy
And the culpability of the press
Barnes & Noble's 7-inch Nook Tablet details confirmed
Confirmed price of $249 from Nov 16
Teepee CEO Tony Pearce announced for London's Social Gaming Summit 2011
Held at Chelsea FC on Nov 14-15
Urban Airship raises $15.1 million in Series C round from Verizon and Salesforce.com
To go towards global expansion
Gamevil beats out Angry Birds to take #1 position top grossing on Korean App Store
Baseball Superstars II scores home run
Activision releases ProtoSlice on iOS to promote upcoming console sequel Prototype 2
Teamed up with TwitchGames
Great Canadian Appathon names Drop Table's Trace Racer as top title
Team gets $25,000 and job interviews
Android holds 45% share of US smartphone market, while BlackBerry's down 18% yoy
And Motorola's dropped 25%
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Social casino gaming company Yazino on the differences between web/Facebook and mobile
Coming to Android in 2012
Bike Baron and Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation are the top-reviewed iPhone games for October
Critical acclaim