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App Annie is out with another infographic, titled Game of Phones, which – as you can assume – deals with mobile gaming. Without further ado, here are the highlights: iOS may be ruling the mobile gaming market at present, but Android is getting there with emerging markets playing a major role. Brazil in particular presents…
The summer Olympic games in London now have the official mobile game for iOS and Android, which is available in two versions – free and paid one. It’s a freemium game that allows you to try it out for free and earn points and stars along the way, or skip the “earning” part by purchasing…
Draw Something will soon be jumping from smartphones to TV screens, with CBS securing the rights to make a pilot based on the popular drawing game. Despite the game’s declining popularity — though it still has millions of users — CBS had to compete with other media companies for the privilege, including Sony Pictures Television,…
During my 3-day vacation, Google Play informed me there’s a new update for Angry Birds Seasons, which — believe it or not — is the only Angry Birds game I have installed on my Samsung Galaxy S II. The reason is simple – I don’t want to get addicted to another game, hence I’m playing…
Those of you who have been patiently awaiting the release of Max Payne Mobile for your Android device can now breathe a sigh of relief. The popular title has officially gone live in the Google Play Store, rocks Tegra 3 optimization, and is compatible for a decent amount of devices for an initial release (this…
According to a new report from Juniper Research, the strong growth amongst games and infotainment applications, in part fostered by consumer tablet market, will push mobile entertainment revenues to more than $65 billion annually by 2016, up from $36 billion last year. The report titled “Mobile Entertainment Strategies: Business Models & Forecasts 2012-2016” noted that…
It’s not only Rovio which is bragging about its numbers with Halfbrick joining this trend, too. To be fair, they do have impressive figures so why not share them with the world. The popular fruit slicing game has surpassed 300 million downloads with Fruit Ninja boasting more players than the combined populations of such major…
Freemium games are obviously working for large gaming publishers like Glu Mobile and Gameloft when EA wants to join this trend. Up until this point, Electronic Arts only offered premium titles such as Need for Speed, The Sims 3, Madden NFL and Tiger Woods. And while that strategy is still working for the company, freemium…
One of the most controversial racing games of all time Carmageddon is coming to a smartphone near you. Moreover, the game will be free for iOS and Android users for the first 24 hours as a thank you gift to fans who recently backed the successful Kickstarter campaign for PC title Carmageddon: Reincarnation. Carmageddon was…
While there are already handfuls of great games optimized and available for NVIDIA Tegra 3 devices, expect five new titles to land in the new future. Today at E3 2012, NVIDIA announced the new additions to it’s Tegra Zone portfolio, giving users a nice helping of awesome. We’ve already seen what the Tegra 3 is…