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Read More »EA Casual: Price wars will not undermine industry
iPhone pricing model not the end, argues Harvey Elliott
Read More »Samsung offering cash for game ideas
As much as $250,000 for ideas that become Samsung Apps
Read More »The Gadget Show does the App Store
The vicious commercial battleground that is the Apple App Store is to get a high-profile airing on British TV tonight as Five’s The Gadget Show engages in a spot of App war. Presenters Jason Bradbury and Suzi Perry will both set out to make a successful iPhone application, with the …
Read More »Sony preparing PSPgo App Store
Platform-holder Sony is aggressively courting developers around the world to work on digitally distributed games for PSP in a bid to grow the software offer on its handheld. And, MCV’s sister site Develop has also revealed, the firm is planning to introduce a streamlined content pipeline for the platform – …
Read More »TinRaven: ’59p games can make you money’
Develop Conference 2009: Speaking in a panel at the Evolve event in Brighton, TinRaven’s co-founder Niall Fraser has defended the practice of releasing games for the lowest possible prices. Fraser’s comments emerged as the panel discussed monetisation through iPhone games. 59p titles are often criticised for undermining the potential of …
Read More »Mass Effect arrives on App Store
EA has released one of the highest profile console crossovers on Apple’s iPhone and iPod Tough to date – colourful sci-fi outing Mass Effect Galaxy. The headline inclusions for fans of the franchise are a narrative that spans the events of the popular first console outing and the story told …
Read More »Apple blocks C64 iPhone emulator
Having reportedly been initially very keen on the project, Apple has slammed the brakes on the planned release of a fully operational and licensed Commodore 64 emulator for the iPhone. The app, which is developed by Manomio, includes a full-speed C64 emulator, auto-save functionality and both landscape and portrait support. …
Read More »iPhone game devs offered cross-promotion deal
iPhone app developers are being invited to join social games firm SGNâ??s in-app advertising network.
Read More »LeapFrog springs into games market
Children’s electronics specialist LeapFrog has launched the first of what is expected to be many edutainment titles for Apple’s iPhone, marking its first foray into the mainstream games market. Click here to read the full story on CasualGaming.biz.
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