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The makers of hit iPhone title Angry Birds have lashed out at Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft for its unauthorised use of an icon representing the title in promotional material for its Windows Phone 7 platform. We have NOT committed to doing a Windows Phone 7 version,” a tweet from …
Read More »Bad Company 2 heading to iPhone
EA Mobile has confirmed an iPhone and iPod Touch release for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The version will include many of the hallmarks the series has become most noted for – realistic military simulation, controllable vehicles and, hopefully at least, destructible environments, though the latter has not been explicitly confirmed. …
Read More »Dead Rising shuffles to iPhone
Having enjoyed great success with the iPhone adaptation of survival horror title Resident Evil 4, Capcom has confirmed that it is to port fellow zombie IP Dead Rising to Apple’s devices. IGN reports that the game follows a similar template to the console titles – that is, players are tasked …
Read More »App Store â??destruction of publishersâ?? a myth â?? Rein
Somebody still needs to finance, develop and market the games, says Epic boss
Read More »October issue of Develop out now
Issue 110 of Develop is available online and in print
Read More »Epic boss sees future consoles going mobile
Mark Rein believes new Xbox or PlayStations could dominate more than the home space
Read More »Official Fable III game for iPhone
Lots of outlets have reported about Microsoft’s upcoming Fable III: Kingmaker mobile phone app – but few have spotted the footnote confirming its release for Android and iPhone. The app is described as an innovative geo-location mobile gaming experience” that essentially sounds much like a Four Square-like title for Fable …
Read More »Game engine â??to unite Android and iOS usersâ??
Spacetime Engine can build online worlds shared between devices, says group
Read More »Apple launches game website
A new section of the Apple website dedicated to video games has gone live. The hub features a web store where users can buy Mac games including StarCraft II, Modern Warfare and The Sims 3. Visitors can also download demons and updates, view the latest trailers and read a selection …
Read More »iPad ‘cannibalising’ laptop sales
Best Buy’s CEO has hinted that Apple’s iPad is taking market share from laptops. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Brian Dunn said that the retailers internal estimates suggested that iPad had cannibalized sales from laptop PCs by as much as 50 per cent.” The revelations come as …
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