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Qualcomm develops new chipset for mobile games

| March 4, 2013

Qualcomm Mobile GamesQualcomm sets sights on next generation mobile games with new chipset

Mobile games are becoming a very competitive field, but this competition is not exclusive to developers. Chip makers have begun battling each other to establish dominance in the mobile space, offering high-tech chipsets that are capable of supporting more powerful mobile games to mobile device developers. Qualcomm is one such company and has been bolstering its development team in order to test new processing chips that are designed to provide developers of mobile games more options than ever before.

Mobile games have establish a powerful presence in the game industry

Qualcomm has taken a strong interest in mobile games, largely due to the success that these games have seen through the advent on smartphones and tablets. Mobile games are more than entertainment applications for the masses, they represent a very lucrative market that has proven to be very profitable for companies like Apple and Google, as well as the developers of these games. The game industry is beginning to take advantage of advances in technology to produce titles that boast of high resolution, high complexity graphics and Qualcomm is positioning itself to become the chipmaker of choice when it comes to mobile games.

New chipset will open up new opportunities for developers

According to Qualcomm, its new chipset will open up a new world of opportunities for the developers of mobile games. The chipset will allow these games to break the traditional boundaries that have kept mobile gaming in the realm of gimmickry for years. Better quality graphics, more complex game design, and better performance will be available through the chipset, allowing gamers to experience titles that could be comparable to those seen on traditional console systems.

Qualcomm aims to address concerns of cost

Making a high performance chipset that is capable of accomplishing Qualcomm’s goal of becoming a dominating force in the mobile market has many implications, the most significant of which is cost. Developing such a chipset is not an inexpensive endeavor, and the costs associated with development tend to trickle down to consumers as mobile devices are priced to ensure device makers are able to generate a profit. Qualcomm is well aware of this potential problem and is also developing several low-cost chipsets that offer some of the processing power of their latest model in the hopes of ensuring that mobile devices do not become too expensive for consumers to purchase.

Chillingo and Samsung join forces to support mobile games

| March 2, 2013

Mobile Games Samsung and Chillingo partnershipMobile games developers may benefit from new publishing platform

Chillingo, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts that publishes mobile games, has announced its partnership with Samsung this week. The two companies will work together to provide new tools to the mobile games developer community, helping them find the success they crave in a highly competitive industry. Samsung has been showing very strong interest in mobile games recently, backing several initiatives designed to provide better services to independent developers around the world. Electronic Arts also holds an acute interest in mobile games because of the vast potential that can be found throughout the burgeoning market.

Platform offers 100% revenue shares for mobile games developers

Together, Chillingo and Samsung will work to develop a new platform for mobile games developers that will offer them unparalleled revenue opportunities. This platform is called 100% Indie and acts as a community hub where developers can share they games, which are then made widely available to Samsung customers. The new platform will be opened to developers beginning March 4, and will offer them 100% of the revenue they generate through the mobile games that they sell through the platform for the first six months that they are active.

Independent developers receive strong support from consumers

The platform offers higher revenue opportunities for developers than any other platform of its kind in the world. Chillingo believes that the mobile games market is filled with promising developers that often struggle to find the success they need in order to be stable. Many developers are unable to compete with studios that have the backing of large publishers, such as Electronic Arts, but many consumers have fallen in love with the so called “indie” scene, where games are produced and published by their developers rather than through large corporations.

Chillingo expects to see success through new platform

After the first six months a game has been on the 100% India platform, the revenue share that developers have access to will drop. This drop will continue in modest fashion until March 2015, when it will come more in line with the revenue shares offered by other platforms. Chillingo believes that the platform will help expose consumers to very promising mobile games from new developers.