Categories Posted inin Business Minecraft and Candy Crush Saga dominate Apple’s iOS charts for 2013 Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 17, 2013 2 min Candy Crush Saga was the highest-grossing iOS app for all of 2013. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Apple names Disney Animated as the best iPad app of the year Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 17, 2013 1 min Disney Animated lets users create their own movies with Disney characters. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Japan now spends more on apps than USA — and Google Play revenue has caught up to iOS Posted byby GamesBeat December 12, 2013 2 min Japan’s spending on mobile apps has skyrocketed in the last year. In fact, from about 36 percent of U.S. spending in October 2012, Japan... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Will Cut the Rope 2 be another mobile blockbuster? Zeptolab's Misha Lyalin hopes so (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 9, 2013 13 min Cut the Rope 2 is coming soon, but most of Zeptolab's people are working on brand new games. Continue Reading 13 min
Categories Posted inin Business Android's share of global device sales growing 14-times faster than iOS Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 5, 2013 2 min Market-research firm IDC and app-tracking company App Annie have a report on mobile and handheld gaming for Q3 2013. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Glu Mobile chief says Google Glass could trigger another ‘iPhone moment’ for gaming (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 27, 2013 15 min Glu CEO Niccolo de Masi believes that Glass may be another "iPhone moment" for mobile games. Continue Reading 15 min
Categories Posted inin Business Supercell’s chief wants every game to be as good as Clash of Clans (interview part one) Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 25, 2013 15 min The Finnish publisher has become one of the most successful mobile game companies in the world. But its chief, Ilkka Paananen, isn't satisfied with success. He wants to make history. Continue Reading 15 min
Categories Posted inin Business Apple aims to catch up in 3D sensing with acquisition of PrimeSense Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 25, 2013 2 min The Israeli startup provided the initial chips for Microsoft's Kinect system. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Apple owns the top 6 highest-revenue apps in its own app store (among the top 100 global brands) Posted byby GamesBeat November 21, 2013 2 min In October, Apple owned the six of the highest-revenue apps in the iOS app store, for apps by the world’s top 100 brands. And... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Microsoft’s Phil Spencer tells why Xbox One games will make us salivate (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 6, 2013 19 min Will Microsoft have the killer app for its new game console? Continue Reading 19 min