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One of PopCap’s biggest hits, colourful tower defence title Plants vs Zombies, is coming to PS3. The conversion is being handled by Sony Online Entertainment, the studio which also bought fellow PopCap title Bejeweled and Peggle to PS3. PvZ is one of six new titles SOE is bringing to PS3, …
Read More »Android leads smartphone market
A new study from Canalys claims that in the final quarter of 2010 Google mobile OS Android overtook Nokia’s Symbian platform to become the best selling smartphone OS in the world. Shipment of Android-based devices hit 33.3m worldwide in the period. By comparison, Symbian device sales hit 31m. Apple iOS …
Read More »PSP2 OS ‘not Android’
Next generation PlayStation handheld unlikely to host Android games
Read More »OPINION: Sony’s piracy battle
If December’s much-publicised gutting of the PlayStation 3’s security systems is proof of anything, it’s this: Where software is concerned, there is no such thing as an unpickable lock, and piracy-prevention strategies that amount solely to locking the door are doomed to failure. Until a few, short weeks ago, the …
Read More »OPINION: 3DS is a vision of the future
At the time of writing you can’t speak to anyone in the industry without touching on 3DS. Everyone has an opinion. People want to discuss the price, the launch line-up, or the quality of last week’s presentation – but not so much the device’s core USP. Perhaps it’s easy to …
Read More »Disney to launch dedicated Android app store
Mobile app and games portal to get debut release in Japan
Read More »New Angry Birds game tied with major Fox movie
The App Store phenomenon to incorporate RIO brand
Read More »3DS: Your essential guide
Nintendo is preparing its biggest hardware launch of all time with its new 3DS. The platform holder revealed the price, release date and games of its upcoming handheld at a press conference in Amsterdam last week. The 3D device will hit shelves on Friday, March 25th – two days earlier …
Read More »Start-Up Spotlight: GameGround
Develop sister site CasualGaming.biz continues its search for new game studios
Read More »DK Country Returns tops 4m sales
Donkey Kong Country Returns has sold 4.21m units worldwide since it went on sale last month. The Wii game – released on December 3rd – joins 14 other top-selling Nintendo titles. These include New Super Mario Bros on DS which has sold a total of 26.2m copies and Wii Fit …
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