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Upcoming Kickstarter-backed Android console GameStick has at last been pictured in its final guise. Creator PlayJam has published pictures of the final hardware, which can be seen below. Chief amongst the improvements is a tweak to the form factor to add extended hand grips and the addition of a 32BG …
Read More »Ouya controller gets redesign ahead of release
Hardware interface for Android-powered console gets rejig based on developer feedback
Read More »Apple finally takes action on underage labour
Apple has stuck to its word and begun to cut ties with Chinese suppliers who are found to employ underage workers. Apple last year joined forces with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) after a report from the organisation found evidence of the practise at some of Apple’s suppliers. Now the …
Read More »Playing your cards right: an introduction to free-to-play Tekken
Every major games publisher has invested into the ever-growing free-to-play market, and today Namco Bandai announced its biggest F2P venture to date. Tekken Card Tournament is a smartphone, tablet and PC title that brings card-based battling together with the series’ trademark martial arts duels. It is due for release in …
Read More »Big-screened iPhone 6 entering production?
Analyst Peter Misek believes that iPhone 6 is preparing to enter production ahead of its release in June/July. Jefferies analyst Misek told investors in a note this week that Apple is testing two new iPhone prototypes. This coincides with a number of rumours suggesting there will be an iPhone 6/5S …
Read More »Mobile game accelerator launches in Australia
Up to $50,000 in funding, office space and mentoring available to developers
Read More »NRA launches Practice Range educational game on iOS
A National Rifle Association-licensed educational game has been made available on Apple’s App Store. Entitled NRA: Practice Range, the free app looks to provide education on firearm safety and training. According to the game description, it is targeted at players aged 4+ and up. The FPS allows players to fire …
Read More »Weak demand leads Apple to halve iPhone 5 component orders
Apple has cut its iPhone 5 component orders by half due to ‘weaker-than-expected’ demand. People ‘familiar with the situation’ told WSJthat Apple’s orders of iPhone 5 screens for the January-March quarter dropped by half of what the company had previously planned to order. Also the company has cut orders for …
Read More »Fork Particle debuts iOS SDK
Real-time particle effects tech comes to Apple portables
Read More »App Store vitals: 40bn downloads, 500m active accounts
Apple’s App Store has hit 40 billion downloads, less than a year afterreaching 25bn downloads back in March.The announcement follows Flurry’s study that showed1.76bn Android and iOS apps were downloaded in the last week of 2012. Apple certainly had a bumper December as the App Store reached 2bn downloads during …
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