Tag: mobile

03 DEC

‘PUBG Mobile’ is getting a ‘Resident Evil 2’ crossover

PUBG Mobile is gearing up for another high-profile crossover just months after its Mission Impossible: Fallout event. This time it’s trading in the secret agent thrills for bucketloads of gore courtesy of a Resident Evil 2 mash-up. The news was teased by the Japanese Resident Evil Twitter account with a found footage-style CCTV feed that […]

23 NOV

Blizzard may copy ‘Pokémon Go’ for a ‘Warcraft’ mobile game

To say that Diablo Immortal’s announcement wasn’t well-received would be an understatement, but just because Blizzard got a lot of flak for it doesn’t mean it’ll shelve its other mobile projects. According to Kotaku, the gaming titan is already building a Pokémon Go-like Warcraft game for mobile. It’s currently being developed by Blizzard’s “incubation” team, […]

22 NOV

Square Enix removes three mobile games in Belgium after loot box ban

Square Enix will no longer offer three of its mobile games in Belgium after the country banned loot boxes this year. You’ll no longer be able to pick up Mobius Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts Union X or Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia in the nation. The publisher said in a statement in the games it’s […]

15 NOV

Borrowing by mobile phone gets some poor people into trouble

Mobile money’s too tight to mention MOBILE MONEY, which offers the equivalent of a basic bank account to almost anyone with any sort of phone, has long been seen as a boon for financial inclusion. So recent evidence that it is leaving problems in its wake is causing dismay. Digital credit through mobile phones is […]

08 NOV

New ‘FIFA Mobile’ season brings revamped visuals and team chemistry

FIFA Mobile has usually played second fiddle to its ‘full-size’ counterparts. That gap just closed a bit, however. EA has updated FIFA Mobile on Android and iOS for the new season, and it includes some much-needed improvements. There’s a full gameplay engine revamp that promises more fluid animation as well as smarter, more realistic AI. […]

05 NOV

This ex-Googler’s mobile app testing startup is now worth $500 million after only three years

HeadSpin HeadSpin, a startup that creates a platform to help developers more easily test apps and sites on mobile devices, has raised $ 20 million in Series B financing. This three-year-old startup is now worth $ 500 million. Co-founder and CEO Manish Lachwani drew on his experiences from Google, Zynga and other companies to solve […]

31 OCT

Samsung will bolster its mobile business with foldable and 5G phones

Samsung has posted a 17.57 trillion Korean won (US$ 15.45 billion) operating profit for Q3 2018 like it expected, setting a record high for the Korean corporation. As has been the case over the past years, its chip business is the company’s top earner. It made 13.65 trillion won (US$ 12 billion) in operating profit […]