Tag Archives: ios

Long-awaited release features new multiplayer mode

Xbox and PlayStation in a race to take advantage of mobile platforms, sources suggest

Epic Games’ two debut iPhone games have generated more than $28 million in just over a single year, the company has announced. Infinity Blade and its sequel, two "triple-A" App Store games, have both accumulated the significant revenues in the space of a single year. The first Infinity Blade game, …

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Longstanding publisher Atari has effectively confirmed that it has taken action to block iOS games that apparently infringe on copyright. Yesterday it was accused of getting Apple to remove games from the App Store that are similar in appearance to some Atari titles. Atari said in a statement that its …

Publisher wants classic IP reborn through indie partnerships

Research from Flurry confirmed that Christmas 2011 was dominated by smartphones and tablets, with the result that 242m apps were downloaded on the big day and 1.2bn across the holiday week of December 25th-31st. It’s the first time app downloads have passed 1bn in a week, said Flurry. By comparison …

Vector Tanks removed from the App Store, dev claims

Black Powder Media, the producer of iOS title Vector Tanks 3, has claimed that Atari has issued a number of copyright infringement claims against games that resemble anything from Atari’s back catalogue. Vector Tanks 3 is in itself a derivative of Atari’s 1980 arcade title Battlezone. Thanks to their special …

Studio raises more than £110,000 in revenue from all apps in 2011