Developer Tech

Unity, the hugely popular cross-platform development tool, has made its mobile tools free for small and independent studios.

Freemium is damaging the games, but do you know quite how much? Recently I had the fantastic opportunity to sit down with a group of game developers who spoke passionately about their development, the industry, and how freemium is hurting their creative ideas and real game innovation.

Heading into Mountain View’s biggest conference of the year, Sundar Pichai, head of Android at Google, warned the public the annual keynote would focus on developers rather than consumers. Whilst true, there is plenty coming this year for both sides to enjoy.

Last year Dekko had big plans to turn the real-world into an Operating System, full of applications which blend reality with technology, a Google glass without the glasses.

Dear developers; have you ever dreamt of creating games with full matchmaking, chat, and achievements / leaderboards for your users to brag about? We hereby present ‘Play Games’.

It’s only a week away! Google’s annual developer conference I/O will be here to (hopefully) display some of the best advancements from Mountain View over the year to come. Evangelists will hope to see new updates to Android, Chrome OS, and the whole host of web apps in-between.

As a console, PlayStation has had tremendous success. Even the first mobile foray with the original PSP (PlayStation Portable) was a landmark moment for Sony, but ever since support has waned.

Manufacturers are jumping on the Android “Smart TV” wagon in flocks; the latest device by the moniker of “TIVI” from WISE is a small portable device which plugs directly into your TV’s HDMI port, then offering the entire catalogue of Google’s Play Store including applications and games.