Apple drops ‘uncomfortable’ Sweatshop HD game from App Store
Developer Littleloud produced Sweatshop HD to help young people think about where their clothes come from.
What to do when kids spend $1,000 on iTunes and other mucky legal issues
The Video Game Bar Association will throw its first conference to address legal issues in games.
iPadocalypse: ‘iPad shipments collapse’ 50% in January (but there may be a very good reason)
In fact, full-size iPad display shipments seem to have disappeared, dropping by an astounding 80 percent from December to January, even as Android tablet sales have grown.
Kid spends $2,500 on iTunes in 15 minutes
Five-year-old Danny Kitchen of Bristol, England, spent $2,500 on iTunes in-app purchases in about 15 minutes, the Beeb reports. Score!
Dedicated handheld consoles took a beating from iOS and Android during Q4 2012
With over 20 billion games downloaded across all smartphone and tablet platforms in 2012, the mobile gaming market is shifting inexorably away from dedicated handheld consoles.
Red Droid rising: the Android game market will eclipse iOS in China
The Fishing Joy franchise, CocoaChina’s most successful title, is currently generating $4,000,000 USD of gross revenue per month, driven mostly by in-app purchases on Android devices.
King.com localizing 2 of its hugely popular free-to-play games for Japan and Korea
The developer is preparing Candy Crush Saga and Bubble Witch Saga for release in the two Asian nations.
Cmune raises funding for first-person shooters on mobile and Facebook
Will first-person shooters emerge as a big market on social and mobile platforms?
User acquisition may not be sexy, but it’s critical in mobile games (part 1)
A panel of experts describes both paid and non-paid user acquisition tactics.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: D.I.C.E. 2013, Dead Space 3, and game investments take a dive
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.