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Ndemic Creations’ disease-based strategy game Plague Inc is No.1 this week in the iPhone charts, and takes second place in the iPad Top Ten. Last week the title was No.7 in the iPhone ranks, while it wasn’t in the iPad Top Ten. Plague Inc debuted on iOS in May 2012, …
Read More »Apple App Store hit by malware scam
It has emerged that a piece of Chinese malware was able to bypass Apple’s notoriously tough App Store safeguards. TechSpot reports that the creators of the malicious XcodeGhost code embedded it in a fake version of Apple’s Xcode developer software. This was then posted online where a number of developers …
Read More »Duel personality: How Mind Candy is growing World of Warriors
We speak to the firm's Edd Smith about the latest outing for its new IP
Read More »Android game streaming coming to YouTube
Game streaming is about to go mobile. YouTube has announced that it is to introduce game streaming to its Android app at some as-of-yet unspecified point in the near future. The feature, which was announced at The Tokyo Game Show, is being pitched in part as an effort to appeal …
Read More »Bug delays rollout of Apple’s WatchOS 2
Apple’s WatchOS 2 was supposed to be out yesterday. But as owners will likely have noticed, that isn’t the case. The iPhone and iPad creator has delayed the rollout of the new OS thanks to a bug that is taking longer to iron out than previously thought. We have discovered …
Read More »Scottish game industry employs over 1,000 full-time game devs
Scotland is home to 97 studios, with over half developing for mobile and tablet
Read More »Games absent from Top 25 US mobile apps chart – report
New data revealing the top 25 most popular mobile apps in the US for June 2015 shows Facebook out in front, while games are no where to be found. Gamasutrareports on new data from analytics company ComScore, which reveals not one game made the list. The firm attributes the lack …
Read More »Harmonix announces original Apple TV title Beat Sports
Rock Band creators Harmonix have revealed a brand new game made specifically for the rejuvenated Apple TV. It’s called Beat Sports. Observers have likened it to a Wii Sports style collection of mini-games, all of which are designed around Apple TV’s new touch and motion controller. Sports include tennis, volleyball, …
Read More »Apple TV: The Developers’ Reaction
We ask studios what they think of Apple's new device and its potential for games
Read More »Apple TV is opening the living room to all developers
But can it avoid the same fate as previous troubled microconsoles?
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