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Read More »Amazon launches cloud music service
Online retailer Amazon has stolen a march on Apple and Google by launching a cloud music service for PC, Mac and Android devices. Amazon Cloud Drive, Amazon Cloud Player for Web and Amazon Cloud Player for Android all went live this morning in the US, and will let people upload …
Read More »ANALYSIS: The brewing app war – a tale of two CEOs
Two of the most powerful men in games were stood just metres apart at GDC last week, delivering back-to-back keynotes. Yet their ideologies are worlds apart, and couldn’t more accurately convey the creative crossroad the games industry faces. On one stage at the Moscone Centre, San Francisco: Nintendo boss Saturo …
Read More »GDC11: Rovio counters Nintendo’s app warning
Speaking at a lively session at the Game Developers Conference today, Rovio exec Peter Vesterbacka has argued that 59p title Angry Birds is in no way disposable. In February, Nintendo’s US boss Reggie Fils-Aime said one of the biggest risks today in our gaming industry are these inexpensive games that …
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Read More »Apple introduces Subscriptions to App Store
A whole host of App Store content – crucially, including games – can now offer users a subscription service as part of Apple’s billing service. The payment option was first debuted as part of News Corp’s digital newspaper The Daily. It will use the same infrastructure currently used for in-game …
Read More »Devil May Cry hits App Store
Capcom’s popular Devil May Cry series has made its debut on the App Store. Devil May Cry 4: Refrain is available to download now, and is compatible with all of Apple’s mobile devices: iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Unlike the upcoming reboot DmC – currently in development at Ninja Theory …
Read More »Kongregate returns to Android marketplace
The Android version of the Kongregate Arcade app is now available to download again. The app was originally pulled by Google when the firm claimed Kongregate was using the Android marketplace to advertise another app store. Kongregate CEO Jim Greer said he was shocked” by the decision, explaining that Arcade …
Read More »Kongregate shocked by app removal
Kongregate CEO Jim Greer has declared he was shocked” by Google’s removal of his firm’s Kongregate Arcade app from the Android Marketplace. The app allows consumers to play games from the GameStop-owned Flash games portal, but was pulled within hours of going live on Android, with Google claiming the marketplace …
Read More »App Store nears 10bn downloads
Almost 10 billion apps have been downloaded through the App Store worldwide. To celebrate this milestone, Apple is holding a competition to reward whoever downloads the 10 billionth app. The contest is only open to the firm’s US customers, with the winner receiving an iTunes Gift Card worth a whopping …
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