Game developers on Apple Watch: smartwatches are all about context

Wrist-based play is not about squashed-down smartphone games say Pocket Gems, NimbleBit, WearGa, Seriously and Bossa Studios

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When many people think about smartwatch games, the first thing they imagine are tamagotchi-style virtual pets jabbering away on your wrist looking for your attention all day.

Happily, the real potential of these devices for gaming is more interesting, and less annoying. Even if it may not seem like this in the early days.

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