Chart of the Week: Samsung is #1 OEM in China but hardly dominant

Chart of the Week: Samsung is #1 OEM in China but hardly dominant :
Chinese analytics outfit Umeng has been number-crunching. It's been looking at changes in its domestic market in terms of hardware and software during 2013 to discover the happening trends. There's plenty to digest - you can see

Marmalade announces new iOS-to-Android porting tool

Marmalade announces new iOS-to-Android porting tool :
The cross-platform game development SDK, Marmalade, has announced Marmalade Juice - an iOS to Android porting tool. Juice will allow iOS developers on Marmalade to port their games to Android, giving them access

Google Play Games is about to get a whole lot better (iPhone)

Google Play Games is about to get a whole lot better (iPhone) :
Google has always had the tools to make mobile gaming on Android devices into a force to take on iOS toe-to-toe, it's just been a question of having the will and awareness to put them together in a way that makes sense for

Unity 5.0 announced, with direct-to-web, plugin-free publishing

Unity 5.0 announced, with direct-to-web, plugin-free publishing :
Gamasutra speaks to Unity CEO David Helgason about the latest version of the popular game engine, which adds new lighting and audio features, and WebGL support. ...

Unreal Engine 4 heads to web browsers

Unreal Engine 4 heads to web browsers :
It might be hard to believe that a next-gen graphics engine like Unreal Engine 4 would be able to run in a browser, but here you go. ...

There's Pretty Much No Reason To Buy An Ouya Anymore

There's Pretty Much No Reason To Buy An Ouya Anymore :
First came the Ouya Android microconsole. Then came Mad Catz's M.O.J.O. Android microconsole . Today Mad Catz announces the M.O.J.O. microconsole will be playing host to Ouya content. I am so confused. Read

Ouya to start embedding in other hardware

Ouya to start embedding in other hardware :
The Android-based games platform will no longer be exclusive to the $99 Ouya hardware

Tipping point: Android tablets oust iPad in terms of 2013 sales

Tipping point: Android tablets oust iPad in terms of 2013 sales :
The latest figures from Gartner have unveiled an upheaval in the tablet market. For the first time ever, Android toppled iOS to become the most popular tablet OS worldwide. Of the 195 million tablets sold in 2013, Gartner reckons a 62

X marks the spot: Nokia broadens portfolio with Android fork Nokia X

X marks the spot: Nokia broadens portfolio with Android fork Nokia X :
After weeks of speculation, Nokia has unveiled its Android fork – Nokia X – at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, with the Finnish giant looking to reach more low-end consumers. The company claims the new Nokia X range will

Monster Madness Online Interview with Jeremy Stieglitz: Resurrecting the undead

Monster Madness Online Interview with Jeremy Stieglitz: Resurrecting the undead:
Dungeon Defenders was easily one of my favorite downloadable titles in 2011. The fact that I loved tower defense games certainly helped, but being able to actually influence the battlefield as a character that had its own progression was genius.
Jeremy Stieglitz, who is not only the co-founder of Trendy Entertainment but also the creator, lead designer, & lead programmer of Dungeon Defenders has created a side company called Nom Nom Games, and through that, wanted to revitalize a project he created on consoles, Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia.

Apportable raises $5 million in funding to finance cross-platform iOS and Android games

Apportable raises $5 million in funding to finance cross-platform iOS and Android games:
San Francisco-based start-up Apportable has raised $5 million in a new funding round to grubstake a native cross-platform game development tool. This tool will enable developers to take iOS games and run them natively on

The Pebble smartphone appstore launches today

The Pebble smartphone appstore launches today:
Nearly two years ago, we discussed the possibilities of seeing video games on the Pebble smartwatch. With the launch of its appstore today, those possibilities are one step closer to reality. ...

Phablet shipments expected to increase 500 percent in 2014

Phablet shipments expected to increase 500 percent in 2014:
New data from Juniper Research suggests that the phablets will cast a big shadow in 2014. The crossover devices, which bridge the gap between smartphones and tablets, are expected to ship 120 million units globally in

He ain't heavy: iPad 2 and 4 sales bomb as iPad Air soars

He ain't heavy: iPad 2 and 4 sales bomb as iPad Air soars:
The latest figures from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners shows what many in the industry suspected - Apple customers love newer and lighter models. Comparing the December 2012 quarter to the December

A Look at Apple's MFi Controller Program and Why iOS Game Controllers Are Failing to Deliver

A Look at Apple's MFi Controller Program and Why iOS Game Controllers Are Failing to Deliver:
Apple's foray into offering official controller support for games on the App Store has been an odd one for sure. They originally announced Made For iOS (MFi) controller support as part of the new iOS 7 at WWDC last June, but like

Xiaomi claims 30 million users for its MIUI Android fork

Xiaomi claims 30 million users for its MIUI Android fork:
Like global warming's impact on Arctic ice, so developments in the China app ecosystem continue to push Android fragmentation. Following the news that Tencent had become one of the new investors in CyanogenMod, which now

Chart of the Week: Tracking the rise of Xiaomi

Chart of the Week: Tracking the rise of Xiaomi:
Upcoming Chinese Android OEM Xiaomi is on a roll. It recently announced 30 million users for its MIUI Android OS fork. These are mainly purchasers of its high-end but cut-price Android devices, although you can download the OS to

Developing HTML5 games in 2013: A look back

Developing HTML5 games in 2013: A look back:
From platform issues, to tools and even commercial performance, HTML5 developer Matt Hackett looks back at a year of tumult for the development platform. ...

Samsung launches Android controller that connects to your TV

Samsung launches Android controller that connects to your TV:
This year saw Apple introduce gamepad support for iOS devices. Now Android is about to get its own take on the mobile game controller, as Samsung today revealed its own controller hardware. ...

Monster Madness Online: The first Unreal Engine 3 browser game

Monster Madness Online: The first Unreal Engine 3 browser game:
While some developers believe that HTML5 will provide the future for browser games, Firefox company Mozilla has plans to bridge the gap between existing technologies and the web. ...