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Read More »Supercell uses microtransaction money to fight AIDS
Clash of Clans and Boom Beach creator teams up with Apple to offer charitable (RED) in-game purchases
Read More »Nearly 2,000 app devs made $1m the last year
With the App Store and Google Play seemingly dominated by a handful of studios, many developers may believe there is little to no chance of generating significant revenue from the mobile space. But a new infographic released by Pollen VC and Priori Data, entitled The App Developers Millionaires Index, claims …
Read More »Apple’s full-year revenues near a quarter of a trillion dollars
iPhone and iPad creator Apple has just enjoyed its most successful ever year. The company reported full-year revenues of $234bn for the 12 months ending September 26th. Q4 revenues reached $51.5bn, up on the previous year’s $42.1bn. Profit climbed from $.8.5bn to $11.1bn Apple thanked strong iPhone sales (up 22 …
Read More »Steam Controller and Steam Link aren’t working with Macs
Mac owners who have invested early in Valve’s recently released Steam Controller and upcoming Steam Link have been told that neither device will currently work with their machine. Unfortunately, there are some temporary software issues that prevent the hardware from functioning with Macs,” Valve said in an email to customers, …
Read More »Pixel Toys: 3D Touch is ‘game-changing’ for mobile devs
CEO Andy Wafer discusses the potential of Apple's new screen input technology
Read More »Removed apps returning to Apple App Store purchase history
Games that have been removed from Apple’s App Store appear to be once again showing up in user’s purchase history. However, the truth behind Apple’s policy change – if indeed there has been one – remains uncertain. It was reported earlier this week that apps that have been removed from …
Read More »Apple downplays iPhone 6s ‘Batterygate’
Remember ‘Antennagate’? Five years on Apple has sound itself facing a new, albeit somewhat less dramatic, controversy. A recent teardown of the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus discovered that not all models are equal. The A9 chip powering the devices is actually sourced from two different suppliers – Samsung …
Read More »Now Telltale’s games have been pulled from the Apple App Store
Game of Thrones and Tales from the Borderlands are currently the only Telltale Games available to purchase from the Apple App Store. Eurogamer reports that The Walking Dead, Back to the Future, The Wolf Among Us, Jurassic Park and Sam and Max have all vanished. And not only are they …
Read More »Do developers even need Apple TV?
Developers discuss whether Apple’s device can avoid the same fate as past struggling microconsoles and set-top boxes
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