All too often, free-to-play is held up as the virus that’s infested itself within the games industry – the demon that started life on Facebook and mobile and is now, gradually, starting to make gamers from all across the spectrum sick. I’ll give my thoughts on free-to-play right now: I don’t mind it. For some… Read More
Spoke to a few folks in the know recently about how easy app discovery now is on the App Store, given Apple’s stance against third-party curation platforms and services over the last few years. Published by the lovely folk at GamesIndustry.biz: A marketplace awash with opportunity and fortune, or a store where all but the lucky… Read More
Late last week my first ever op-ed for GamesIndustry.biz was published, tackling mobile’s mid-life crisis and why pumping out more Monument Valleys isn’t going to help anyone. If you want to ascend to the summit of 30 St. Mary Axe – that’s London’s iconic Gherkin to you and me – you have to take two… Read More
Earlier this week I put together an editorial for Trusted Reviews on high piracy rates on Android, following figures released by Monument Valley developer ustwo: As formidable a rival as Google is, Apple must be pretty happy that its main competitor in the smartphone space is as diametrically opposed to itself on so many issues… Read More
The accusation levelled at the game press this week is that advertising money – the revenue source that keeps pretty much every games website you’ve ever read ticking over – makes writers and editors ever-so-slightly corrupt. The logic is that the advent of a ‘free’ online games press has shifted the priorities of those behind… Read More
Keith Andrew