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Capcom has tasked studio Beeline Interactive with making a brand new Ghostbusters game, which is due out in early 2013. The Ghostbusters brand was chosen in particular as Capcom hopes it will appeal to a male audience – an ideal counter to Smurf’s Village’s female heavy user base. Beeline has …

UK TV star and film critic establishes Hotsauce Interactive; considers console and handheld

It’s not often that you get to see the Activision logo on your iDevice screen. Last night Activision Mobile Publishing released free-to-play title The Bowling Dead onto the Apple App Store. As the name might suggest, the release combines two fan favourites – zombies and bowling. Players have to manage …

iPhone 5 propels Apple to take leading position over Android devices

New data from Kantar Worldpanel suggests that the launch of the iPhone 5 has propelled iOS back into the leading position in the US handheld market. For the 12 weeks ending October 28th iOS claimed a 48.1 per cent share of US smartphone sales, leaving Android with 46.7 per cent. …

Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft must respond to the free-to-play model, says Ouya adviser

The next generation of consoles will struggle to prosper unless Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo adapt their way of business. That’s according to former Microsoft man, Xbox co-creator and Ouya board member Ed Fries, who reckons that the Apple model for games publishing is the new standard. It’s getting harder and …

Ambitious new developer Two Creature Studios looking to open second office in the south of England next year

Ubisoft today launched the ZombiU iOS app to coincide with the arrival of the game at the end of the month. The app contains an ‘infection simulator’ which provides information on the virus and gives consumers the chance to see what they would look like if riddled with the virus. …

OpenFeint, the first real equivalent of Xbox Live on smartphone, is to be closed on December 14th. The service was the first to allow iOS gamers to hook up with friends, compare scores and earn trophies. It may have since been arguably surpassed by Apple’s own Game Center, but OpenFeint …