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Read More »Users spend £7m on Angry Birds Space
Consumers have spent more than 7m on Rovio’s new iOS release Angry Birds Space in just five days. The 69p app went straight to the top of the App Store charts at launch on Thursday, March 22nd. But a quick check today shows Draw Something from OMGPOP is back at …
Read More »Blizzard: WoW on iOS remains a possibility
World of Warcraft could yet be released on iOS, providing developer Blizzard can find a way of acceptably mapping the MMO’s controls onto touch screens You’ve got to put an interface, what do you do?” WoW senior producer John Lagrave told Eurogamer. Maybe we’ll stumble on the great way to …
Read More »Draw Something craze ‘banks dev $100k per day’
Finger-sketch game 'hits 30m downloads with half of its customers playing daily'
Read More »Free Lunch design acquires Dark Nebula
The popular series of iOS games, Dark Nebula, has been acquired by Gothenburg-based outfit Free Lunch Design. With over six million downloads and counting, Dark Nebula creator Anders Hejdenberg believes the acquisition was a natural fit to preserve the legacy of the series. "With a huge fan base and great …
Read More »iOS game Mass Effect: Infiltrator gets £34.99 DLC
Consumers are clearly winning to pay in excess of 40 for a copy of Mass Effect 3, but are they willing to do the same for its companion iOS title? EA certainly hopes so. Mass Effect: Infiltrator was released on iPhone and iPad yesterday. It costs 4.99 to download. However, …
Read More »EA pulls The Simpsons iOS from App Store
Having made somewhat of a splash on iOS, EA has pulled licensed title The Simpsons: Tapped Out from the App Store. The publisher blames the overwhelmingly positive” reaction to the game, which has put its servers under a lot of pressure. To ensure current players have the best possible experience, …
Read More »Refurb iOS devices now in over 1,000 GameStop stores
Retailer GameStop has announced that it now offers a selection of refurbished iPad, iPhone and iPods at over 1,000 of its stores. The chain allows customers to trade in their iOS devices for as much as $400 (for an iPad) and $300 (for an iPhone). Hitting the 1,000-store milestone allows …
Read More »App Store Charts: Week 8
Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 3 drives to top of iPad chart
Read More »EA bringing F2P The Simpsons game to iOS
The Simpsons will be hitting iPhone and iPad later this year in a brand new free-to-play game from EA. Called The Simpsons: Tapped Out, the game will rely on in-app purchases to finance itself. The app will be universal and work on all iOS devices. The show’s creators have played …
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