What people were talking about at GDC

Read on for all of this week's stories in one place. Paid subscribers get quick thoughts on Netflix, webgames, China, webshops, Scopely – and Supercell's surprise launch.

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Supercell is launching Mo co worldwide tomorrow, but there’s a catch

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Veteran game designers Steve Meretsky and Dave Rohrl kick off GDC with a look at trends from the last twelve months.

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Mobilegamer.biz is three: how’s it going?

Audience feedback is good, numbers are up and we’re about to hold our first event. Video and podcasts are coming soon, probably.

Zynga to close Star Wars: Hunters

A content update in April will be its last, and it’ll remain playable until servers close permanently in October.

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What people were talking about at GDC

Some quick thoughts on Netflix, webgames, China, webshops, Scopely – and Supercell's surprise launch.

There wasn’t one central announcement or hot topic at GDC this year, but the lack of a dominant motif meant that the chit-chat at parties and between meetings was varied. Here are the big themes, based on conversations with lots of different developers, publishers and vendors this week: