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Sony’s Official PlayStation App for Apple’s iOS devices is now live and ready to download on Apple’s App Store. The free app, which is also heading to Google Android devices, was first announced last month. It allows for users to keep up to date with the latest Sony news as …
Read More »TurboGrafx titles come to App Store
A range of titles released on the retro TurboGrafx-16 console are now available on the App Store. Platform holder Hudson has released an official TurboGrafx app that allows Apple customers to download some of the classic games that were available for the device. The app is compatible with iPhone, iPad …
Read More »Lara launches with worlds largest iPhone
Sqaure Enix constructed the world’s largest iPhone to mark the launch of the iOS version of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. The iOS version of the digital-only Tomb Raider title was demonstrated on a giant iPhone-shaped billboard at London St Pancras International. The display was constructed from 56 …
Read More »PlayStation app hitting iPhone, Android
Sony has confirmed that it plans to release an official PlayStation app for iPhone and Android mobile devices. The app will allow users to check their PSN Trophies, monitor the online status of friends, check out the latest news from the European PlayStation blog and post to Twitter and Facebook. …
Read More »Lara Croft headed to iPhone, iPad
An app version of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light will be released tomorrow. The game is a port of the Xbox Live, PSN and PC title released during the summer and will be compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. As with the console version, Guardian of Light …
Read More »Rovio to launch Angry Birds microtransactions
Rovio Mobile has announced it will launch its own in-app microtransactions system. The service will be named Bad Piggy Bank –after the Angry Birds’ arch enemies, of course – will use mobile carrier billing to let consumers pay for extra content in Rovio apps, such as the Mighty Eagle power-up. …
Read More »EA launches NFS Autolog app
Electronic Arts has released an app based around the Need For Speed Autolog. The Autolog feature debuted in the recently released Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit and enables gamers to directly compare their best times and scores – essentially creating a dedicated social network for the game. The new app …
Read More »Ubisoft launches Uplay app
Ubisoft has launched its online rewards service Uplay on iPhone in the form of a new app. Players can download the service for free and earn action points to unlock in-game extras, read expert guides, share content with friends and edit their user profiles.Uplay originally launched as an in-game service …
Read More »Game barcode scanner app launches
Cedemo has launched its Video Game Barcode Scanner app in the US and UK for iPhone and Android smartphones. The app lets people scan barcodes of console games in-store, to call up descriptions, videos, trailers, screenshots and other information. It launched last month in France. Cedemo is running a competition …
Read More »1,598 download MCV app in first two weeks
Just two weeks after its official launch the MCV Online iPhone app has been downloaded 1,598 times. The free app has proved an instant hit with the trade who want to access our news. And the impressive numbers come off the back of MCV’s overall brandstrength. Did you know that …
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