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iOS 10 is installed on over 54% of Apple mobile devices according to official figures released this week. Apple themselves announced the news with the handy pie chart you can see to the right of this very sentence. The chart also reveals that only 8% of iPhones and iPads are …
Read More »Koukoi Games raises $1m in funding to develop games based on licensed IP
Finnish games studio has now raised $2m since 2015 founding
Read More »GameFounders opens applications for Spring 2017 accelerator
Accelerator taking place in January 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Read More »Sony says bright light and shiny surfaces will cause problems for PSVR
Sony has updated its PSVR FAQ to reveal that bright light and shiny surfaces, like mirrors, will cause issues for the camera used to track PSVR. The FAQ mentions that ambient lighting is fine, but if the user is sat in front of a window with direct sunlight coming through, …
Read More »The Gear VR app has been disabled on the Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Oculus has dropped support for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 with its Gear VR platform. Anyone who now tries to download the Gear VR app when on a Note 7 will be met with a message explaining that the app is not available due to safety concerns. Customer safety is …
Read More »GAMES MEDIA AWARDS 2016: Winners revealed tonight
Disco shirt ironed – check.Uber app downloaded – check.Witty social media posts lined up ready – check, check The tenth Games Media Awards take place this evening at Sway Bar, London where 200-plus games editors, journalists, critics and presenters will celebrate the past year’s media excellence. The awards up for …
Read More »Samsung officially halts production of the Note 7, tells users to "power down"
It looks like the days of exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7s are over as Samsung has told all users to power down.” After reports yesterday that production of the Note 7 had stopped, Samsung came out and confirmed that was the case, and that they have told all carriers and …
Read More »Some physical versions of Mafia III on PC are missing activation codes
Some of the Mafia III Deluxe Editions on PC are missing an activation code, meaning people are not able to play the game. In the Deluxe Edition the game comes as a physical disk, or six, to install it to your PC. However a code is required to activate the …
Read More »Reigns developer wasn’t sure he could make a good free-to-play game
Designer Franois Alliot is a relative newcomer to video games. Having studied literature at university, he was a consultant for several years, but decided to give game development a shot after he moved to the UK with his partner in 2013. Forming developer Nerial, Alliot started with mobile puzzle game …
Read More »League of Legends World Championship prize pool now over $4 million
In game purchases have boosted the League of Legends World Championship prize pool by more than $2 million. 25% of all purchases of the Championship Zed skin and the Championship Ward are directly added to the prize pool, while 30% of team icon sales are sent directly to the teams. …
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