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Having declined for the first time ever in the first quarter of the year, Apple’s smartphone has repeated the feat in the company’s following quarter. 40.4m iPhone were sold in Apple’s Q3, down 15 per cent, although this was slightly ahead of some expectations. The company expects another decline in …
Read More »Now FaZe Clan is called out for CSGO gambling dishonesty
More names have been dragged into the swelling saga of illegitimate Counter Strike Global Offensive gambling videos. A number of members of eSports team FaZe Clan have been called out by HonorTheCall, which was the source behind the original scoop on shamed YouTubers TmarTn and ProSyndicate. These latest allegations relate …
Read More »Square Enix unveils world’s first Apple Watch only RPG
An RPG designed exclusively for use on the Apple Watch is under development at Square Enix. Siliconera has a few shreds of information about the game, which is called Cosmos Rings. It seems tied to daily activity, with the number of steps taken by a user having some sort of …
Read More »Crossy Road studio Hipster Whale is now a publisher
The Australian developer behind 2015 mobile hit Crossy Road, Hipster Whale, is making a move into publishing. The studio will continue to work on its own projects, but is also looking for external games. It describes publishing as the ‘natural next step’, and that it is looking for games that …
Read More »Warner launches free-to-play Batman: Arkham mobile game
Publisher Warner Bros has released a new entry in the Batman: Arkham series. Entitled Batman: Arkham Underworld, the title is coming to mobile platforms and is free-to-play. It’s been developed by Warner Bros’ Turbine studio. It’s out for iOS – no word on an Android version as of yet. The …
Read More »T-Mobile gives Pokémon Go users free data in US
Mobile data used to play Pokmon Go will not count against the bills of American T-Mobile consumers. The phone network has announced that it is giving its users who are playing the mobile smash hit free mobile data. This is for a full year. Furthermore, T-Mobile is giving consumers some …
Read More »Submissions open for Google’s inaugural Indie Games Festival
US and Canadian studios with fewer than 16 members and a 2016 release under their belts invited to take part
Read More »Niantic responds to Pokémon Go personal data fears
Developers assures users that location-based game will not breach privacy
Read More »Billing better games: What App Store subscriptions mean for devs
Joost van Dreunen reflects on the impact of Apple’s plans to allow developers to introduce a paid subscription model to their games on the App Store
Read More »Apple to drop 16GB entry point with iPhone 7, report claims
There will be no 16GB version of Apple’s next iPhone, according to the latest rumours about Apple’s upcoming smartphone. The Wall Street Journal reports that 32GB will become the new entry point as of the iPhone 7. Such a move would be no surprise, as the size of many modern …
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