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Apple has upped the cost of games and other downloads on the App Store platform. Prices for apps increased in several countries – including the UK – and dropped in others. Games like Angry Birds which were previously 59p now cost 69p, while 1.19 apps have become 1.49. Apple reportedly …
Read More »Apple increases baseline App Store prices
Various international prices increase, others drop following platform maintenance
Read More »Free to play titles take charge of Apples App Store
The growing momentum of free to play games is not just taking over the MMO market – it’s also taken control of Apple’s App Store marketplace. TouchArcade has word from the latest Flurry report which shows that free-to-play games now account for 65 per cent of the total revenues from …
Read More »Indie drops game from ‘terrible’ Amazon App Store
Bitdrop warns indies away from Amazon's Android platform
Read More »Apple App Store downloads pass 15bn
Significant gaming force Apple has announced that it’s sector-bossing App Store has now passed the 15bn download milestone worldwide. That’s spread across over 425,000 apps. There are now over 200m iPhone, iPad and iPod in circulation across the globe with the devices officially available in 90 countries. Developers have grossed …
Read More »Apple: App Store passes 15bn downloads milestone
Online store now carries more than 425,000 applications
Read More »Infinity Blade to become free-to-play in Japan
Mobile games giant Dena secures exclusivity deal with Epic
Read More »First wave of iPhone 5 speculation arrives
Next Apple phone may feature A5 processor, large touch-screen and unique tapered shell
Read More »Adobe launches Flash-on-iPhone app tool
New tool 'allows devs to distribute apps on iOS, Android and Blackberry'
Read More »Bungie releases iOS title
Halo creators and now independent development studio Bungie has released its first title on the iOS platform. Called Bungie Mobile, the app currently allows players of Halo: Reach to track their in-game stats. It also allows users to view their Spartan armour and commendations and even check out the challenges …
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