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There’s some money on offer for those who subscribed to Xbox Live to use services such as Netflix. Microsoft yesterday confirmed plans to lift the Xbox Live Gold requirement for a number of streaming and entertainment apps. An update to Microsoft’s T&Cs, as spotted by Videogamer, reads: "Once the Xbox …
Read More »New publisher Chorus Worldwide wants to take Western games to the East
Western mobile game devs are being offered a new route into the lucrative Asian digital games market. Chorus Worldwide, founded by Shintaro Kanaoya, helps devs to fully localise their games for markets such as Japan and Korea. Its first two games are Alex Trowers’ Glyph Quest and Beartrap Games’ Sky …
Read More »Fewer than 3% of players pay in F2P mobile games
Report also claims that the majority of revenue comes from the top ten per cent of spenders
Read More »Guide to GDC 2014: Nine essential apps to download now
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Read More »App Store and Google Play games spend overtook portable gaming in 2013
A new report says that games spending on both the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store overtook portable gaming last year. App Annie’s 2013 Retrospective report says that global App Store games spend overtook dedicated games portable software spend at the end of 2012 and Google Play overtook …
Read More »Developers earn $15bn on App Store
Apple reveals studio takings from its leading mobile marketplace
Read More »Pokemon Bank and Transporter 3DS apps arrive this month
The Pokemon Bank and Pokemon Transporter apps will arrive on 3DS later this month, Nintendo has announced. The company revealed new details on the apps as part of today’s Nintendo Direct conference, including word that the both apps will launch through the 3DS eShop on December 27th. The Pokemon Bank …
Read More »PS4 gets 10 launch apps in UK
There will be a total of ten apps available on PS4 in the UK when the machine launches. Unlike on Xbox One, users will not be required to have a PlayStation Plus subscription to access the services, although obviously some (such as Netflix) do require users have a specific service …
Read More »Sony names apps available for US PS4 launch
Sony has announced which digital entertainment apps will be available when the PlayStation 4 launches in America. Joining Sony’s own Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited apps are 11 third-party apps. There are a number of big names here including Amazon, Crackle and Netflix, with more to come in the future. …
Read More »13 apps ready for Xbox One UK launch window
Microsoft has outlined what apps will be offered to Xbox One owners between launch and spring 2014. The list includes Now TV, Netflix, Lovefilm, Twitch, Eurosport and 4OD. That’s in addition to Microsoft’s own first party apps – Skype, SkyDrive, Upload, Xbox Video, Xbox Music, Internet Explorer and Xbox Fitness. …
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