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Following a number of rumours overnight, it has been confirmed that EA and Apple Corp have penned a deal that will see music from The Beatles appear in Rock Band. The official announcement is expected at 2:00pm today, and is likely to take the form of paid-for downloadable content. The …
Read More »Apple: Blu-ray is a bag of hurt
Apple boss Steve Jobs has launched a scathing attack on Sony’s high definition Blu-ray disc format, casting doubt on the likelihood that his firm’s range of Mac computers will support Blu-ray in the future. Engadget quotes Jobs as stating: Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. It’s great to watch …
Read More »‘iTunes can dominate games’
SPECIAL REPORT: Apple tells Develop that its digitial download service can boost gaming
Read More »‘Apple has shipped 10m iPhones three months ahead of schedule’
Popular mobile handset has already broken year's sales targets earlier than expected, claim reports
Read More »Apple drops NDA for released iPhone games
Device firm lightens up attitude towards developers discussing platform technology
Read More »Phil Harrison gets behind iPod
Atari president Phil Harrison has said that Apple’s handheld devices and distribution service are changing the way we consumer and interact with media”. For the full story, visit MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »Games the star of Apple’s latest hardware showcase
At its seasonal product unveiling today Apple showed off expected new models for its agenda-setting music hardware the iPod – but it was games, not audio, which CEO Steve Jobs pushed to the forefront. Jobs revealed that 100m applications have been downloaded from the AppStore, the area of iTunes which …
Read More »Monkey Ball for iPhone sells over 300,000 in just 20 days
Booming AppStore proves Apple handset is viable platform for games development, says Sega
Read More »Super Monkey Ball tops iPhone download chart
Sega's arcade classic is the best-selling paid download on Apple's UK App Store.
Read More »iPhone App Store: The games floodgates open
The iPhone/iPod Touch App Store is officially open for business and the leading lights in mobile games are falling over themselves to put their wares in the shop window. In no particular order: Gameloft has released Diamond Twister, Platinum Solitaire, Platinum Sudoku, Bubble Bash (all $7.99), Brain Challenge and Chess …
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