Chris Schilling

Writer

Chris has been writing about games, apps and technology for six years, contributing to a wide variety of publications including Edge, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Eurogamer, Project, T3 and Recombu.

He has consulted on the Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition books for the last three years, has interviewed Shigeru Miyamoto twice, and lives in Stockport with his wife and son.

Latest posts

Sony PlayStation Vita: Best games

6 months ago | POSTED IN News

The Sony PlayStation Vita has just launched, impressing us with it’s jaw-dropping 5-inch screen boasting outstanding graphics and generous feature-set within the stunning hardware. Check...

Sony PlayStation Vita Review

6 months ago | POSTED IN Reviews

In a post-App Store world, is there still room for a dedicated handheld games console? The Nintendo 3DS answered that question with a definite “maybe”, struggling at launch before picking...

Best Mobile Phone Games of 2011

7 months ago | POSTED IN Apps

2011 has been a flagship year for mobile gaming, one where the wider industry, gamers and critics has been forced to take it much more seriously. Indeed, so dominant have smartphones been in the portable...

Best mobile gaming rip-offs

8 months ago | POSTED IN News

Both the App Store and the Android Market have been subjected to an attack of the clones, a natural occurrence given that developers can self-publish their own apps, even if Apple’s approval program...

Apple iOS, Android, Windows Phone: Best operating systems for mobile gaming

9 months ago | POSTED IN Features

Mobile gaming, as any expert in the medium will tell you, is the biggest growth market in the industry. It’s a thriving hub of activity, a place where big publishers rub shoulders with small independent...

Interview: Ustwo’s Mills on Whale Trail, the rise of freemium and the death of 69p gaming

9 months ago | POSTED IN Features

iPhone app Whale Trail, from Shoreditch-based studio Ustwo is the latest App Store buzz title, with 100,000 downloads in its first two weeks on sale. Backed by a soundtrack from Super Furry Animals singer Gruff Rhys...

Best Zombie games for iPhone

10 months ago | POSTED IN Apps

It used to be vampires and werewolves that scared us. But now, with those old horror staples relegated to fighting for the affection of a sullen, lip-biting teenage girl, it’s the humble zombie that has risen...

Best mobile games for hardcore gamers

10 months ago | POSTED IN News

Conventional wisdom would have it that smartphones aren’t suitable for serious gamers, and that if you want to get your hardcore gaming fix on the move you need a dedicated portable console, like a 3DS or a...

The future of mobile gaming

11 months ago | POSTED IN News

Replace the ‘of’ in the title above with ‘is’ and you’ve got an accurate picture of the views of the games industry’s movers and shakers. Mobile gaming is easily the fastest-growing...

Top 10 upcoming mobile phone games

11 months ago | POSTED IN Features

As the days grow shorter and the weather gets ever colder, you’ll be less tempted to venture outside of an evening – which naturally restricts opportunities for gaming on the go. But the beauty of mobile...

From Snake to Tegra: the evolution of mobile phone gaming

2 years ago | POSTED IN Features

The history of smartphone games traces the history of video games, albeit on a vastly accelerated timeline. It’s only been 14 years since the first real mobile breakthrough, when the Nokia 6610 arrived on the...