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appsasia is first app marketing agency to claim prestigious GMA award

South Korean mobile application marketing company, appsasia is celebrating their recent triumph. As the 2013 Game Marketing Summit Awards came to a close, the small but influential company gained more momentum by bringing home the bronze place in the Outstanding Overall Marketing Campaign: Mobile Games category. The 8th annual Game Marketing Awards represents a yearly celebration of the best marketing practices and most successful marketing campaigns in the video game industry. Continue reading



Tapsteroids Among the Nominees of Drago d’Oro Awards

Indie game developer studio, UNAgames today announces that its arcade action shooter for iOS devices, Tapsteroids, has been nominated in the “Best Independent Italian Videogame” category of the “Drago d’Oro”, the Italian video game industry award established by AESVI. Tapsteroids, a fast-peaced space action shooter, is a tribute to the classic arcade games in the era of touch. The game features over 20 achievements as well as Game Center integration, four different weapons, and more. Continue reading



New iPhone Pussy multiplayer game coming soon

Smartphone app company Kwalee announces the upcoming release of Pussy Flip, their second iOS game. With a splash of social gaming, a dollop of turn-based mayhem and a gang of unruly cats thrown into the creative blender, Kwalee has lovingly mixed up the ultimate cat cocktail. Pussy Flip promises classic reversi, where you attempt to sandwich your opponent’s discs to flip them and take over the board, but with cute pussycats that animate as you play. The game will be available this August. Continue reading



MP Vince Cable Visits Silicon Spa

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Growth, The Right Honourable Vince Cable MP visited Leamington Spa and spoke with video games entrepreneur David Darling CBE, Kwalee CEO, and Codemasters’ co-founder. Darling was personally invited to attend. The British Liberal Democrat politician, MP Vince Cable, spoke about the barriers to growth, and the huge potential for expansion in the mobile gaming industry. Continue reading



Max Astro: Character Led Puzzle Space Quest Game Coming to iOS

Execution Unit today announced that their first game, Max Astro: Stranded Beyond the Stars, will be available exclusively for iPhone and iPad and released on the 14th June 2012. Max Astro: Stranded Beyond the Stars will be a visually exciting and challenging 2D puzzle game where players guide Max Astro in his bid to escape an alien world. Max Astro: Stranded Beyond the Stars will be available for free with additional levels as in-app purchase. Continue reading



Kwalee tease second game

iOS game developers, Kwalee have announce their second social multiplayer game is under development. The company has put together a brief teaser, featuring Kwalee CEO David Darling’s wife Tanya, available on the Kwalee YouTube channel. Tanya has become a regular face for the company and has really enjoyed being involved in photo and videoshoots. Kwalee recently launched a public forum for readers to discuss games and Kwalee’s developments. Continue reading



Chat directly with Kwalee game developers

Kwalee, the Leamington Spa iOS game developer founded by David Darling, has always tried to be as open as possible. Their website reveals a lot about the company and its staff, with frequent daily updates and constant activity. The company is taking this process a stage further by creating a public forum where anyone can say whatever he or she wants, discussing games, just by logging in with their Facebook account. Continue reading



Gobang goes Bang + Win a New iPad

Kwalee has celebrated the release of their first iOS game, Gobang Social, by blowing up and utterly destroying, a brand New iPad. Using high explosives, then a pickaxe, the latest Apple iPad is seen broken up into numerous pieces. The whole exciting event was captured for posterity on video and can be seen on the Kwalee YouTube channel. To compensate anyone who is upset at the destruction of this fine product, Kwalee are giving away a New iPad to the lucky winner of a simple competition. Continue reading



Kwalee merchandise available now

Whether you want to stand out in new swag, or carry a brew in a cool new travel mug, rapidly expanding games company Kwalee have got your stylish needs covered. Smartphone app developers Kwalee have teamed up with online clothing company, Casually Hardcore, making individual and exciting designs with the publisher’s business slogan “School of Mischief”. Available from the Casually Hardcore website. There are three different designs available on items. Continue reading



iPhone game developer set to double development team size

Leamington Spa based publisher Kwalee was set up by industry veteran David Darling just six months ago. Since then they have been building a team to develop their own technology whilst at the same time writing their first game, which will be coming to market soon. Now the foundations are in place and the company can build by creating multiple teams. Kwalee is looking to recruit up to ten experienced game programmers over the coming months, more than doubling the size of the development team. Continue reading



Pixels on Toast launches free universal iOS game WordCrasher Blitz

Independent game developer Pixels on Toast launched WordCrasher Blitz for iOS today. Based on the hit game WordCrasher, the game is a universal app, and is free to play. In WordCrasher Blitz, letters drop onto the screen and can be made into words, destroying them in the process. If the screen fills up, it’s Game Over. Long words and rare letters score high, and combining the two will bring the highest scores. Continue reading



Legendary game designer joins the team at Kwalee

Any organisation is only as good as the people in it. With the right team anything is possible. With that said, Kwalee’s CEO, David Darling, has been especially selective in recruiting only the very best people he can find to work at the company. So when he found out that games programmer Andrew Graham was returning to the UK, he was very keen to get this extremely highly regarded industry veteran on board. Andrew is both a very well proven game designer and a highly experienced programmer. Continue reading



CIA: Operation Ajax to be Made Into Animated Motion Picture

Cognito Comics announces their partnership with BoomGen Studios to expand the property across multiple platforms and storylines. The revolutionary iPad app, CIA: Operation Ajax will soon become an animated feature film. Ajax has been turning heads since it was released almost a year ago, with the New York Times calling it “one of the coolest media experiences that I’ve seen on the iPad” just weeks after the beta release. The graphic novel will also be coming to iPhone and Android in a few months Continue reading



Reinventing Storytelling for the Digital Age

California based Cognito Comics LLC today announces CIA: Operation Ajax 2.0 for the iPad. CIA: Operation Ajax is a Cold War-era spy thriller powered by The Active Reader platform from Tall Chair, Inc. The story of CIA: Operation Ajax is based on the 1953 Iranian coup d’etat, during which the CIA and British government overthrew democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and reinstalled the Shah to power. Completely free for the first two weeks. Continue reading



Byook Little fear – experience the fright of your life!

Thanks to Byook, already more than 100,000 readers have discovered or rediscovered the pleasure of reading. Yield to temptation and discover Little Fear for free! What’s a byook? A successful union between books and movies, a byook brings fascinating stories to life by incorporating pictures, animations and sound effects. These enhanced e-books improve the reader’s immersion and make reading easier. All screens are staged, making immersion complete. Continue reading




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