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Nvidia has announced a new tablet-shaped sibling for its Shield Portable gaming handheld. The Shield Portable was released last July exclusively in the US and Canada – a move Nvidia product manager Chris Daniel told MCV was alike to a ‘trial run’ for the product. The handheld, which combines a …
Read More »Early access contest winners crack and leak game’s pre-release build
Upcoming FPS Modern Combat 5 has been cracked and uploaded onto multiple torrent websites ahead of its release. The leak is due to a recently run contest by Gameloft that gave select players access to an early build.Polygon reports the developer/publisher has released a statement on the matter: "Following the …
Read More »Monument Valley sells 1m
Ustwo’s optical illusion puzzlerMonument Valley has passed the one million downloads mark. The game was originally released for iPad last year, but later came to iPhone and Android platforms. A third of all Android downloads for the game are via the Amazon app store, according toTechCrunch. Players guide a silent …
Read More »Google Play downloads outnumber iOS by 60%
Android downloads jump by 15% in second quarter of 2014
Read More »INSIGHT: Could Android TV hurt consoles?
Piers Harding-Rolls, head of games research at IHS Technology, questions whether Google’s latest Android-powered bid for the living room can disrupt the console rule of the PS4 and Xbox One… Google has announced a new version of its TV and set-top box solution, named Android TV, and in doing so …
Read More »Games make up 85 per cent of top grossing apps on iOS and Android
Nearly 85 per cent of the top 50 grossing apps on Apple’s app store and Android’s Google Play shop, a new study claims. Findings from a Midia Research survey published by The Guardian came up with the figure from app stores in US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. …
Read More »Mountain aiming for Steam and Android release
Having made a lot of noise this last week, Mountain could be making its way to higher ground. Made by David O’Reilly, the ambient $1 game sees players… well, what you actually do seems to be down to interpretation. Players watch the mountain, certainly. Do they interact with it? Opinion …
Read More »Civilization Revolution 2 now available for iOS devices
Civilization Revolution 2 – the first game in the Civ series developed exclusively for mobile devices – is out now on iOS. Priced at $15 (10.49) on the App Store, the game is a sequel to 2008 PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 release Civilization Revolution – which was later remade …
Read More »Nvidia’s Shield successor is a tablet
The next device in the Nvidia Shield range will be a tablet and not a dedicated portable, reports suggest. The Vergespotted a listing for the Nvidia Shield Tablet on the Global Certification Forum (GCF) website. Earlier today EA COO Peter Moore said that the portable games sector was moving away …
Read More »CD Projekt RED reveals The Witcher MOBA game for mobile platforms
MOBA title The Witcher Battle Arena is heading to mobile devices later this year, designer CD Projekt RED has announced. The unveiling confirms a report from earlier this year that The Witcher developer had some kind of mobile effort in the works. The Witcher Battle Arena will be a free-to-play …
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