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Sirvo’s puzzle title Threes has been named as Apple’s iOS game of the year, with 1337 & Senri’s Leo’s Fortune the runner up. A number of games are named in the platform holder’s Best Games list, including Monument Valley, 80 Days, Wayward Souls, Retry, Godus and Alone. Minecrat: Pocket Edition …
Read More »4-inch iPhone 6 to be released next year, report claims
Apple will next release add a third, smaller variant of its iPhone 6 to its product roster, a report has claimed. PC Pro reports that supply chain sources” have told Taiwanese media that the model is likely to be called the iPhone 6S or 6 Mini, and accompanies rumours that …
Read More »Rocking up on mobile with Avenged Sevenfold
Matt Shadows on why the band is diving into game development
Read More »Zuckerberg hits back at Cook, insists the customer is ‘the product that’s being bought and sold’
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has bitten back at what some saw as a closeted attack on the company by Apple boss Tim Cook. In September Cook said: A few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you’re not the customer. You’re …
Read More »110 jobs lost in Rovio studio closure
Rovio has laid off approximately 110 staff and closed its studio in Tampere. In October the Angry Birds developer announced it was set to make as many as 130 employees redundant, 16 per cent of its total workforce. This figure has now been revised down however. The development outfit noted …
Read More »DeltaDNA slashes costs for indies
Package for analytics tool available for up to 200,000 MAUs
Read More »Operators sign up to service that installs apps AFTER you’ve purchased the phone
The bloatware that ships pre-installed on phones could be about to get a whole lot worse. AndroidPit reports that a service from Digital Turbine known as Ignite is being touted to mobile operators. It allows networks to force install apps on an owner’s device remotely at any point after purchase. …
Read More »The Longest Journey Remastered out now for iOS devices
A mobile edition of 1999 Windows PC release The Longest Journey is now available on iOS devices. The Apple App Store lists The Longest Journey: Remastered for $8.99 – with the game requiring iOS 7.0 or later, and compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch hardware. The page also notes …
Read More »3 and BT braced for bidding war for ownership of EE or O2
The owner of mobile network 3 and telecoms giant BT appear to be on the brink of a battle to acquire either the EE or O2 mobile networks. The surprise news that BT was in talks to acquire O2 – a network it once co-owned but previously sold to Telefonica …
Read More »Gamevil acquires South Korean dev Waplesoft
Mobile publisher believes studio could become "RPG-specific developer"
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