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Incidents of iPhone 6 Plus handsets being bent in normal use are extremely rare”, Apple has said. Addressing the #Bendgate controversy for the first time, Apple insists that it took several steps to prevent handset bending during the design of the device, including the use of steel and titanium inserts …

'Euclideon makes world's most realistic graphics' boasts the headline on the Aussie company's site accompanying its latest video

Star Wars: Galactic Defense – a new tower defense mobile game set in the Star Wars universe – has been revealed for iOS and Android platforms. Developed by DeNA in collaboration with Disney Interactive and Lucasfilm, Galactic Defense will launch later this year. The resource management-focused title has players picking …

Special Effect, Lifelites, Action For Kids, Jigsaw4U, Safe at Last, Accuro and MAPS each receive more than £60,000

At London’s Earls Court today, GamesAid revealed that it had raised 438,000 for seven charities over the last 12 months. It’s a huge increase over the previous year’s 260,000, which in itself was a record for the now six-year old games industry charity. In total, GamesAid has raised over 1.2m …

Phones4u has told customers who have already put money down toward an iPhone 6 that they won’t be receiving a refund. The company went into administration earlier this month and has now gone back on a previous promise to refund the 136 people who had pre-ordered one of Apple’s new …

Green Man Gaming has become the first retailer to be able to sell OnLive’s Games Bundle. By signing up to OnLive’s all you can eat Games Bundle, Green Man Gaming users will have access to over 250 titles on demand via the cloud. New games are to be added monthly, …

Initiative gives developers a chance to build fresh prototypes

As of today the iOS version of BioShock for iPhone and iPad has been cut in price. The game was initially released for 10.49 but now costs 7.49, meaning a discount of over 25 per cent on the launch price less than a month after the game was released. Why, …

A sequel to 2D skateboarding title OlliOlli has been announced. OlliOlli2, made by creators of the original Roll7, is currently pencilled in for a release on PS4 and Vita in 2015. It’s visually a little different from its predecessor but offers similar action, albeit with an expanded feature set. Manuals …