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Ubisoft has revealed both a (perhaps surprise) new entry in the Call of Juarez series as well as an iOS outing for the rejuvenated Rayman. Develop Techland’s main aspiration with Call of Juarez: Gunslinger will be to improve upon its predecessor, COJ: The Cartel, which was mauled by critics and …
Read More »Appynation calls out sites that charge for game reviews
UK startup app publisher Appynation has taken the brave move of calling out six sites that it says routinely charge publishers and developers to review their games. Specifically, six sites are named – AppCraver, Tapscape, Best 10 Apps, The iPhone App Review, iPhone Toolbox and iPhone Footprint. Accusations range from …
Read More »The World Ends With You – Solo Remix hits App Store at high price
The World Ends With You – Solo Remix has landed on App Store, with Square Enix once again slapping a large asking price for one of its iOS ports. An errant listing on the company’s site last week all but unveiled the DS title was heading to the platform, though …
Read More »South Korea bans iPhone 4 and iPad 2 sales
Samsung also hit with ban of selected devices as court rules both firms violated each other's patents
Read More »You’re not going to convince Iwata that handheld gaming is threatened
The question, of course, is whether or not gamers still seek the kind of ‘rich’ handheld experience that portable games consoles offer. One man who has always thought and still thinks the answer is yes is Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. He’s heard all the arguments, read all the dooms of …
Read More »Infinity Blade transforms into a political beat ’em up
Popular iOS action adventure Infinity Blade has undergone an interesting transformation – it has been turned into a political beat ‘em up. Starring none other than American presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the title – called VOTE! – is free to download on iPhone and iPad. It comes …
Read More »PS Vita selling 11,000 units a day
PlayStation handheld trails behind iPhone, iPad, 3DS and Minecraft
Read More »Fluid Football dribbles toward the top of the iOS charts
GAME OF THE DAY: Some genres have struggled in the transition from TV to touchscreen. Football is not one of them. Early efforts to bring football to smartphones focused on trying to concentrate the established console game model on the smaller, button-less screen. And sometimes it worked, too – X2’s …
Read More »Dead Trigger dev doesn’t think piracy can be stopped
The developer behind iOS and Android shooter Dead Trigger has claimed that consumer piracy is a force that can never be stopped. Madfinger initially released Dead Trigger as a paid-for title but switched to a freemium model after what it described as an unbelievably high” level of piracy with the …
Read More »Did Apple patent a game controller? Actually, no it didn’t
A gaggle of sites (yep, including us) have reported that Apple has ‘patented a game controller’ – but that’s not exactly true. Instead, a thorough read of the patent shows that Apple has been investigating the use of near-field communication chips and iOS, turning iPhones into controllers for all sorts …
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