Publisher EA has for the first time detailed exactly how its freshly launched content portal Origin will work on iOS. The system bears more than a passing resemblance to Microsoft’s Xbox Live. And it won’t support Apple’s Game Centre wither, with EA clearly hoping to forge its own network of …
Read More »Apple: App Store passes 15bn downloads milestone
Online store now carries more than 425,000 applications
Read More »Langdell is back… with a new game
Having made a name for himself as the man who failed to trademark the word ‘Edge’, Tim Langdell has taken a short break from laughable litigation to do the unthinkable – he’s released a video game. Published by Langdell’s Edge Games, Edgebobby 2 is currently available on the Apple App …
Read More »Android consumers ‘are put off by paying’
Google doesn't have the game genes, and Android is swept by piracy, says panel of mobile game developers
Read More »Bungie’s Marathon coming to iPad
Famed Halo developer Bungie has revealed that a version of 1994 shooter Marathon is to be released on the iPad. The controls will obviously get adapted from the old keyboard and mouse setup, tough will still use virtual on-screen buttons. It’s said that it will run at a steady 30fps. …
Read More »Infinity Blade to become free-to-play in Japan
Mobile games giant Dena secures exclusivity deal with Epic
Read More »$40 iOS games possible, says Zelnick
Apple’s App Store pricing has single handedly rocked the foundations of the traditional games market, but Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says full-price $40 software could yet prevail on the platform. "I don’t see why not," he told Forbes when asked if it’s possible to charge $40 for a tablet game. …
Read More »Adobe launches Flash-on-iPhone app tool
New tool 'allows devs to distribute apps on iOS, Android and Blackberry'
Read More »$5m fund to port iOS games to Android
Tapjoy on the offensive against Apple
Read More »Bungie releases iOS title
Halo creators and now independent development studio Bungie has released its first title on the iOS platform. Called Bungie Mobile, the app currently allows players of Halo: Reach to track their in-game stats. It also allows users to view their Spartan armour and commendations and even check out the challenges …
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