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June 26, 2013
CocoaChina on resurrecting a legend with Contra: Evolution on iOS (sponsored feature)
By Simon Reed
Reviving the original hard-as-nails 2D shooter Contra on touchscreen devices is either a very brave or very foolish move, depending on your perspective.CocoaChina is the developer behind Contra: Evolution, and it is confident that it has made the game work on iOS devices. Foolhardy or brave? Let's find out...
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June 10, 2013
Going Solo After Rovio: An Interview with Chestnut Games’ Marco Rapino
By Jim Squires
A career at Rovio would be any programmer's dream. And being there when it was still a small company of a dozen or so people? That's a level of street cred few industry vets can claim. Yet Marco Rapino decided to leave that all behind.
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June 6, 2013
We talk pirates with a couple of Scurvy Scallywags: Ron Gilbert and Clayton Kauzlaric
By Nadia Oxford
Once a pirate, always a pirate. Ron Gilbert, who created the much-loved Secret of Monkey Island and its first sequel, has returned to the high seas along with his accomplice, Clayton Kauzlaric. Their bounty is Scurvy Scallywags, a match-3 battle game for iOS and (eventually) Android. What kind of challenges did these buccaneers face on the open seas of mobile development? Read our Q&A to find out.
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May 22, 2013
Mobile March of the Penguins: Chris Heatherly on Club Penguin’s first mobile migration
By Nick Tylwalk
As the head man in charge of Club Penguin, Disney Interactive Worlds Vice President and General Manager Chris Heatherly has a problem many people would love to have.
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May 17, 2013
Ruby Seven Studios bets big on casino games
By Joel Brodie
Back in April, I had the good fortune of moderating a panel at the Social Casino Summit in San Francisco. The panel was about how to stand out in the crowded social casino marketplace. It's a topic that Michael Carpenter, CEO of Ruby Seven Studios, knows all too well.
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February 8, 2013
Playdom’s Rachel Nordquist: “Facebook gaming isn’t going anywhere anytime soon”
By Nick Tylwalk
You've no doubt heard the refrain, because it's everywhere. Facebook has run its course as a gaming platform. Mobile is the way to go from here on out.
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December 6, 2012
Building a Mystery: Big Fish’s journey to Shadow Lake [interview]
By John Anthony
After seven years and millions of copies sold, you can bet your missing Hope Diamond the Mystery Case Files series is here to stay. From Huntsville to Madame Fate to Ravenhearst, we've been through haunted mansions, deserted towns, dark carnivals and everything in-between, all while soaking in new and interesting puzzles that constantly stretch the boundaries of hidden object adventures.
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November 21, 2012
Through the Looking Glass: The making of Mirrors of Albion [interview]
By Jim Squires
Hidden object games are the old mainstay of casual games. Free-to-play social is the new mainstay. So how do you find a way to make these two magical formulas work together? If you're Game Insight, you release an insanely popular hidden object hunt like Mystery Manor. Following on that game's success, Game Insight recently published their second free-to-play hidden object game, Join Games' Mirrors of Albion.

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CocoaChina on resurrecting a legend with Contra: Evolution on iOS (sponsored feature)

Going Solo After Rovio: An Interview with Chestnut Games’ Marco Rapino

We talk pirates with a couple of Scurvy Scallywags: Ron Gilbert and Clayton Kauzlaric

Mobile March of the Penguins: Chris Heatherly on Club Penguin’s first mobile migration

Ruby Seven Studios bets big on casino games

Playdom’s Rachel Nordquist: “Facebook gaming isn’t going anywhere anytime soon”

Building a Mystery: Big Fish’s journey to Shadow Lake [interview]

Through the Looking Glass: The making of Mirrors of Albion [interview]

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