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Microsoft’s Xbox SmartGlass app has launched on Amazon’s smash-hit Kindle tablet. The app has been available on Windows Phone, iOS and Android for some time, but needed to be created specifically for Amazon’s Fire tablet. SmartGlass, which was unveiled at E3 last year, allows users to view their Xbox friends …

Mobile outfit valued higher than Gree and DeNA combined

Kickstarter-funded Android console Ouya has signed 10,000 developers worldwide. Ouya’s head of developer relations Kelle Santiago revealed the milestone to Games Industry, with the news coming just a month after CEO Julie Uhrman confirmed at GDC that the console had already signed on 8,000 devs. "It’s really awesome, especially at …

The Tap Paradise Cove studio talks working with the new iOS porting tech

The tech housed in the upcoming Android console Ouya lags significantly behind many other modern Andorid devices. VentureBeat reports that results using benchmarking software Futuremark suggested that Ouya ranks 73rd in the Android power league table. That’s ahead of the likes of Google’s Nexus 7 tablet but behind devices such …

How Marmalade Juice took Tap Paradise Cove to Android from iOS

1993 release Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame is being remade for tablets and smartphones, Ubisoft has announced. PoP creator Jordan Mechner revealed on his blog that the new game "will feature updated graphics, sound and touch controls in the spirit of Prince of Persia Classic," instead …

When it comes to Ouya, much of the excitement has focused on the physical box itself: a cheap 99 Android console made famous on Kickstarter. The hardware launches on June 4th, will be stocked by GAME, and will launch with hundreds of smartphone games rebuilt for TV. But the platform’s …

New update to support display resolution and five-inch smartphones

Putting a game on iOS and Android 'feels like a lottery' for many developers