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Top Gear: Race the Stig is due for release on iOS, Android and Windows Phone today. The BBC Worldwide published title is published by Mastertronic and developed by Top Gear: Stunt School Revolution creators Supersonic Software. It’s an endless runner-style racer in which players must collect nuts while charging about …
Read More »60 Flappy Bird clones hit Apple App Store daily – report
An average of 60 Flappy Bird clones are uploaded onto the iTunes App Store every day, according to a new report. Pocket Gamer delves into the ongoing craze started by Dong Nguyen’s creation Flappy Bird, and the effects it’s had on the mobile market. After rocketing up Apple’s charts and …
Read More »Microsoft planning Xbox Live integration for iOS, Android games – report
Microsoft is reportedly looking to expand cross-platform functionality for its Xbox Live service onto iOS and Android platforms. The Windows Phone maker is apparently working to ease some of the console service’s certifications to potentially open up things up on rival platforms.The Vergecites sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans,” as well …
Read More »One third of one day’s new iOS games were Flappy Bird clones
Welcome to the world of mobile gaming. A stunning report in The Guardian has revealed that of the 300 new iOS games that were released on the App Store yesterday, 95 were Flappy Bird clones. These include the likes of Tappy Bieber, Flappy Penguin – Revenge, Flappy Monsters, Tappy Duck, …
Read More »Google and Apple take action against Flappy Bird clones
Copycats rejected and removed from app stores in cloning crackdown
Read More »Apple and Google rejecting Flappy Bird clones from app stores
New game submissions containing the word ‘Flappy’ are reportedly being rejected by both Apple and Google. A seemingly endless stream of clones have hit both the App Store and Google Play since the removal of Dong Nguyen’s original Flappy Bird but TechCrunch reports that a number of developers have now …
Read More »Microsoft invests in FourSquare
Microsoft has invested in location-based social networkFourSquare to reportedly help develop the firm’s rumoured voice-activated assistant app, Cortana. The investment was confirmed by FourSquare CEO Dennis Crowley, but no details were disclosed at the time. However, Bloomberg cities an anonymous source who claims the deal is worth $15m and was …
Read More »Flappy Bird is dead as clones flood app stores
True to his word, developer Doug Nguyen has removed smartphone hit Flappy Bird from app stores. Nguyen on Saturday said he would pull the game within 24 hours, claiming on Twitter that I cannot take it anymore”, possibly referencing the sudden surge of attention he’d received following the game’s sudden …
Read More »Creator is pulling Flappy Bird from app stores
The developer of hit mobile sensation Flappy Bird has said he will be removing the game from all app stores following intense scrutiny of the title. In a series of tweets, Vietnam-based creator Dong Nguyen said Flappy Bird will be taken offline tomorrow (Sunday February 9th) as he "cannot take …
Read More »Apple posts record iPhone and iPad sales, but is still outpaced by Samsung
51m iPhones and 26m iPads were sold by Apple in Q4 2013. Both numbers are record-breaking for the firm, which in the same period a year before sold 47.8m iPhones and 22.9m iPads. The sales led to revenue of $57.6bn and net profit of $13.1bn – which was flat –for …
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