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As hinted at yesterday, ‘80s British games icon Dizzy is set to return. His modern arrival comes in the form of an iOS remake of 1991 title Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk for iPhone and iPad, as well as for Google’s Android platform. Furthermore, the release is nearly upon us …
Read More »Spectrum classic Dizzy re-mastered for mobile
Original project director Paul Ranson heading development on Prince of the YolkFolk remake
Read More »Apple UK launches official weekly App Charts
Apple UK has today started publishing weekly charts detailing the most popular apps on its iOS platforms. It is producing four weekly charts: iPhone paid apps, iPhone free apps, iPad paid apps and iPad free apps. Each chart is a top ten, published every Wednesday – it names the app …
Read More »iOS to get its first streaming games subscription service
Big Fish Games has secured an agreement with Apple for a first-of-its-kind subscription games servcie on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It will use the subscription functionality introduced to iOS as part of the Newsstand app. Bloomberg reports that access to dozens” of titles will be offered for $6.99 a …
Read More »Square Enix jumps to Android
Tokyo publisher joins the likes of EA and Capcom in new mobile push
Read More »Nintendo boss questions neutrality of iOS study
'I can't speak to the motivations of the company, as they are not a pure research firm'
Read More »VIDEO: Cave announces Mushihimesama Futari for iOS
Cave’s western rampage is continuing with the announcement of its fifth title for iOS. Bug Princess 2 actually assumes the namesake of Mushihimesama: Bug Panic, a top-down run ‘n’ gun title released for the platform last year. However, judging from the debut trailer bug Princess 2 is actually a port …
Read More »Minecraft says hello on iPhone and iPad
iOS edition goes live tomorrow; Android and Apple customers can mix online
Read More »Minecraft hitting iOS tomorrow
Having amazingly only gone gold on PC yesterday, tomorrow will see the long-awaited arrival of Minecraft on iOS. Minecraft: Pocket Edition, which is a cut-down version of the PC title, has been available on Android for three months and was initially exclusive to Sony Ericsson’s ‘PlayStation Phone’ the Xperia Play. …
Read More »Wave of iOS games take shape at Epic Game Jam
Four finalists within a shot of winning a UE3 licence
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