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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 …

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 …

Mobile app and games portal to get debut release in Japan

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 …

Sony has revealed a new bundle for the March release of Move-specific platform titles PlayStation Move Heroes. Called the PlayStation Move Heroes Bundle, the $99.99 SKU will include a copy of the game, one Move motion controller and a PlayStation Eye camera. The bundle will be exclusive to Toys R …

Sony has confirmed that the NGP will definitely be backwardly compatible with games for the original PSP – as long as they have received a digital release. Andriasang reports that the compatibility will be powered by software emulation and not by any dedicated on-board circuitry. However, as was seen with …

Nintendo plans 'drastic redesign' of DSiWare layout

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Dev team returns with new indie studio Phosphor Games

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