‘Leveling up’ on Google Play Services means enhancing quality and utilizing social networks

Google wants developers to start taking pride in their work and incorporate tons of user-friendly social features in an attempt to make Google Play Services a friendlier -- and more profitable -- app store.

Unity Technologies forms alliance to create better games on Facebook

Facebook games are going to look better thanks to the alliance with 3D game engine maker Unity.

Sega teams up with Huddle so game developers can, uh, huddle on cross-Atlantic projects

U.S. and U.K. teams use the cloud to collaborate.

Working on generations of game consoles: a developer’s perspective

When a Reddit user asked game makers to describe what working with each major console is like, Cory Bloyd chimed in to share his interesting experiences.

Funding daily: Pin a few millions to your Pinterest board

Happy Facebook IPO eve! Check out the companies getting funded today below. Click the links in each paragraph to learn more about the day’s funding news.

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Scottish gaming studio Serious Parody raises funding for iOS games

Scotland-based game development studio Serious Parody has raised £1 million in funding to develop more games for its portfolio.

The company’s first offering is an iOS game called Wrestling Manager. The company will immediately start hiring at least 18 new …

Move over MotionScan; new lip synch tech aims to revolutionize motion capture (updated with video)

Last year, Australian company Depth Analysis took performance-driven animation to the next level with MotionScan—a technology that utilizes 32 high-definition cameras to capture an actor’s performance without the need for a special ping-pong-ball suit—in Rockstar Games’ L.A. Noire. Now, U.K.-based …

HTML5 versus Adobe Flash (infographic)

One of Steve Jobs’ last major acts before passing was to launch an attack on Adobe Flash. Mobile Apple devices began blocking Flash-powered content, and Apple even went so far as to prevent iOS developers from using Flash — one …

DeanBeat: The iPhone fairy tale comes true for Russia’s Cut the Rope developers

The iPhone fairy tale is becoming a familiar one for game developers: A small indie developer creates a hit, people love it, and it spreads like wildfire through the App Store. Tens of millions or hundreds of millions of downloads …

GameSalad unleashes HTML5 game creator — no coding required

Game development tool-maker GameSalad announced it is releasing a suite of applications that will let game developers create a game for HTML5-powered browsers.

The company sells a suite of tools that let game developers create games with a drag-and-drop user …