Google has removed a popular software emulator that allows Android users to play illegal copies of SNES games on their handsets from the Android Marketplace. Pocket Gamer reports that Google said the download violated the Developer Content policy”. Furthermore, its developer Ex Plus Alpha risks a permanent ban from the …
Read More »Android apps paraded with new OpenFeint Channel
Studio partners to feature in games hub
Read More »Grand Theft Auto III coming to iOS, Android
It’s ten years since the release of seminal PS2 classic Grand Theft Auto III and to celebrate Rockstar Games has announced that the 3D action title is coming to smartphones. It’s due to hit both iOS and Android some time this autumn. Compatibility has been confirmed with iPad 2, iPhone …
Read More »Android app ‘pirated 2,300% more than iOS edition’
Compatibility of smartphones 'a real nightmare', says Appy exec
Read More »Sony prices Vita games as high as PS3 titles
£50 for triple-A mobile releases, while digital editions get a 20 per cent discount
Read More »Facebook champions HTML5 as apps go mobile
Credits can now be bought through smartphones
Read More »$1.5m paid to six startups in StarFund round
Each studio given $250,000 to build mobile and social games
Read More »Four free EA games for Xperia Play owners
A new offer has been unveiled to attempt to lure consumers to the PlayStation Certified Xperia Play Android handset. EA is currently offering four free games – Bad Company 2, Dead Space, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and Need for Speed: Shift – to all owners of the device. The …
Read More »Valve’s Steam voted easiest platform for indies
Survey reveals consoles are deeply unpopular for some studios
Read More »Xperia Play nabs Lara Croft exclusive
Sony Ericsson has signed a deal with Square Enix that will see Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light released as an Android exclusive on Xperia Play. The game, which is already available on the Apple App Store, Xbox Live, PSN and PC, will mark its arrival to the Android …
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