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Mobile analytics firm Flurry says iOS and Android games now generate more revenue than all of Nintendo and Sony’s portable games combined. Nintendo has been the undisputed leader of handheld since the first Gameboy in1989. Sony PSP provided stern competition in the noughties and the two shared a market worth …
Read More »China ‘to become biggest app market by 2013’
US to be usurped by the end of 2013, Flurry claims
Read More »Windows Phone 7 ‘needs Unity and UDK support’
Microsoft must open up device to compete with iOS as a gaming platform, says mobile dev
Read More »Live game dev contest heading to Gadget Show
Winners of game jam to receive commercial Unreal Engine 3 license for iOS
Read More »Outfit7 hits 225 million Talking Friends downloads
App developer sees 125 per cent growth in five months
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Too many digital developers have their eyes set on money rather than innovation, says David Braben
Read More »Ubisoft brings leading franchises to iOS
Publishing giant also releasing new Facebook games based on TV series CSI and House
Read More »Film tie-ins come to iOS with new Timberlake flick
Regency Picture's upcoming movie 'In Time' cross-promoted with iPhone game
Read More »App Store craze Whale Trail ‘cost £150k’
Game generates nearly £20,000 net sales in first four days
Read More »Batman: Arkham City gets companion iOS app
An official Batman: Arkham City app has been released merging the full game with the iOS platform. The app, developed by Dorling Kindersley, provides users with an interactive map with locations of the game’s 350 collectables and riddles via their mobile. The App Store page calls it the perfect digital …
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