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Star Wars: The Old Republic will be a bit more free-to-play coming next month, BioWare announced during EA’s E3 press briefing earlier today. The MMO will receive a July update that will make it free-to-play up through level 15. The update also will introduce the new world of Makeb, as …
Read More »Believable iPhone 5 pictures leak
The first plausible pictures of what will likely be called the iPhone 5 have appeared online. 9To5Mac claims to have obtained the snaps from smartphone repair company uBreakiFix. The main star is the larger screen that stretches from one side of the device to the other without a border. The …
Read More »Papa Quash pulled following clone allegations
Uproar over claims ustwo cloned indie darling J.S. Joust
Read More »iPhone and iPad designer Jonathan Ive knighted
Britain 'has a remarkable design tradition' says Apple exec
Read More »Mind Candy and Gree team up for Moshi Monsters on smartphone
London media group Mind Candy has struck a deal that allows mobile giant Gree to co-develop and operate a smartphone edition of the Moshi monsters games. The joint venture is expected to deliver two new Moshi Monsters mobile games in the final months of 2012. Financial details were not disclosed. …
Read More »Siri – Apple’s agent of corporate espionage?
Remember all those ‘hilarious’ questions you’ve asked Siri over the last few months? Apple certainly does – it’s listened to them all. Apple’s iPhone Software license Agreement reveals that: When you use Siri or Dictation, the things you say will be recorded and sent to Apple in order to convert …
Read More »Activision plans UK revival with new games development studio
New unit to focus on mobile; British games veteran Martyn Brown head-hunting for publisher
Read More »Angry Birds launching Kovalainen F1 tie-in
Having already feasted on the joys of cross-promotion with film tie-in Angry Birds Rio, Finnish studio Rovio is to embark on a second licensed venture. As spotted by Pocket Gamer, Angry Birds Heikki is associated with former McLaren and Lotus F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen, who currently races for Caterham F1. …
Read More »Report: iPhone competitor amasses 9m pre-orders
Samsung Galaxy factory running at full capacity of 5m units per month to meet huge demand
Read More »ZeniMax issues legal warning to Dragon Shout dev
The developer of Dragon Shout, a free utility for players of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, has been told by ZeniMax that he is infringing copyright. The Bethesda owner has not yet demanded that the app be removed, but has issued a warning notice highlighting its concerns, TouchArcade reports. "I …
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