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Mobile gaming is about to change

06/07/201406/05/2014 Note From The Editor

The mobile games field is beginning to evolve Mobile gaming is having a divisive effect on the game industry. Independent developers have found success by focusing on the mobile space, but this success has begun to attract larger development studios and publishers, many of whom are beginning to flood the market with low quality, yet expensive games. Older development studios have been avoiding the mobile space, with some considering mobile games to be a useless business model in their current form. For the people that play these games, the division…

The danger of mobile games

12/14/2013 Note From The Editor

Mobile games are not as unassuming as they seem Mobile games are quite popular around the world. This popularity is due to the entertainment that they offer and their convenient and inexpensive nature. Indeed, most mobile games can be acquired for free through various online sources, and those that have a price tag are generally very affordable. While these games have become a very powerful entertainment platform, as well as a very lucrative sector for the game industry as a whole, they are also quite dangerous. The danger of mobile…