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UPDATED: It turns out Call of Duty was accidentally left off the list. And it’s made us question all the below information. For an update, click here. Those guys and girls over at Amazon have crunched the number to reveal the impact Gamescom had on its pre-orders. And the results …
Read More »Amazon UK on the hunt for the greatest console ever
Amazon wants its customers to pick their favourite console of all time. Up until August 31st, gamers can pick their best console ever. The eight most popular consoles will then enter a knockout competition to decide the overall winner. It’s part of the firm’s celebration of PS4 and Xbox One, …
Read More »Flappy Bird has returned… via the Amazon Appstore
Dong Nguyen’s iOS flash-in-the-pan Flappy Bird is back. Strangely, new title Flappy Birds Family isn’t available on the Apple App Store or Google Play and can only be had through the Amazon Appstore. It’s free and is compatible with Amazon’s Fire TV platform. Flappy Birds now are on Amazon Fire …
Read More »Marmalade giving away $80,000 in prizes to Amazon devs
Weekly prize draws reward those releasing Marmalade apps on Amazon Appstore
Read More »FTC sues Amazon over in-app payments
The US government is taking Amazon to court over its refusal to abide by FTC suggestions regarding in-app payment policy. Reuters reports that the lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission looks to force Amazon to refund IAPs that are ruled to have been purchased without the permission of parents. …
Read More »Amazon refusing to abide by FTC requests to tackle mobile IAPs made by kids
A request by the US Federal Trade Commission designed to ease the problem of children making in-app purchases is reportedly being resisted by Amazon. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon has said it would rather defend its approach in court” than adhere to a structured program of increased disclosure, …
Read More »Appstore Developer Select programme arrives on Amazon UK
Amazon has launched its Appstore Developer Select programme in the UK, Germany, France and Spain. The free scheme gives developers who optimise their games for the Amazon Appstore and Fire OS a marketing and discoverability boost. These apps will receive premium placement on the Amazon Appstore, 500,000 ad impressions on …
Read More »Amazon launches Appstore Developer Select programme in UK
Scheme offers European developers discoverability boost
Read More »Amazon’s ‘shopping machine’ Fire Phone criticised
Despite expanding on the successes it has enjoyed with the Kindle, Kindle Fire and potentially promising Fire TV, Amazon’s new Fire Phone has been criticised by some analysts. Aside from the device’s 3D Dynamic Perspective screen, which tracks a user’s head and alters the screen image to create a pseudo-3D …
Read More »Amazon enters smartphone market with Fire Phone
Device features 3D interface and head-tracking that can be used in games
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