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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 …

Newly-released Maratis engine is free and open-source

Next generation PlayStation handheld unlikely to host Android games

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 …

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 …

Mobile app and games portal to get debut release in Japan

The App Store phenomenon to incorporate RIO brand

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 …

Develop sister site CasualGaming.biz continues its search for new game studios

Now logo and fully revamped website for the online games group