Mobile

The tech housed in the upcoming Android console Ouya lags significantly behind many other modern Andorid devices. VentureBeat reports that results using benchmarking software Futuremark suggested that Ouya ranks 73rd in the Android power league table. That’s ahead of the likes of Google’s Nexus 7 tablet but behind devices such …

Namco Bandai’s free-to-play spin off for the Tekken series has been downloaded for smartphones and tablets more than 1m times. Tekken Card Tournament was released on iOS and Android last week and passed the 1m milestone after just four days on release. It is also available to play in web …

Ridge Racer is going free-to-play. The follow-up to last year’s Ridge Racer: Unbounded is going the micro-transactions route, allowing players to get into the action for free, with the option (or compulsion) of paying for cars, boosters, repairs, etc. "At Namco Bandai Games, we are committed to embracing new business …

How app developers can prosper in today's competitive market place

The Office of Fair Trading is to investigate in app purchases used in smartphone and web games. The moves is a result of concerns that some customers – primarily children – are unwittingly spending sizable sums on content in games which, when they are initially downloaded, are presumed to be …

Free-to-play game has garnered six million players since the beginning of January

Facebook, Google, Zynga, LinkedIn and others form political advocacy group

Tech giants labelled â??obstreperous and cantankerousâ? for their patent disputes

Mobile development platform supports iOS, Android, Kindle and NOOK

Hardware expected to reach backers by the end of June