Mobile

First Bungie Aerospace title lands on iOS next week

Crimson: Steam Pirates will be the first game to emerge from Bungie in this new, post-Halo era. More specifically, it’s the first title to be released from the Bungie Aerospace division. It will arrive next week on iOS and is developed by Harebrained Schemes. It’s described as a turn-based, steampunk …

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How can mobile supercharge POS

See how the mobile phone can ‘wave, speak, scan or photograph’ to discover content – and explore the ramifications for publishers and content providers at the ME-hosted conference. ‘Monetising Mobile: Next Gen Search and Discovery‘ takes place on Wednesday September 28th at the Soho Hotel in central London. There’s a …

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Somo latest Monetising Mobile sponsor

Mobile marketing agency Somo has proved itself a pioneer in the discovery space, having built an augmented reality app for Audi that lets users ‘drive’ cars around their phones via an AR trigger. The company will talk more aboutthis projectand explain its vision for the technology at ‘Monetising Mobile: Next …

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Doctor, we’ve landed on Android

BBC Worldwide has released its first Android app: a port of iOS game Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time. Originally developed by Scottish firm Tag Games, the game sees the Doctor and companion Amy Pond battling Cybermen, Daleks and Silurians. It came out on iPhone and iPad in December 2010. …

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Zynga acquires Astro Ape

Zynga has made another acquisition of a mobile social games developer: New York firm Astro Ape. The deal has not been officially announced, but US site Business Insider hasspottedthat Astro Ape’s executive team have changed their LinkedIn profiles to reflect new employment at ‘Zynga NY’. Astro Ape CEO Chieh Huang …

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SSX goes big on social connectivity

GAMESCOM: EA has detailed a swathe of new social networking features that will be packed into its upcoming extreme sports title SSX. Called Ridernet, it’s very much modelled on the Autorun system first introduced with Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. It will allow gamers to compete with friends who are …

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