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Microsoft has launched the Dance Central 2 Dance Cam app which lets users appear in customisable music videos. The free download for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7 smartphones lets users record themselves or their friends dancing. Videos can be edited and shared, with smartphone owners able to challenge each …
Read More »Whizz kid, 11, building iOS games for charity
Schoolboy Conner Haines inviting cancer patients to request ideas for future titles
Read More »The future arrives with Nissan’s "self-healing" iPhone case
Automotive firm Nissan has lifted the lid on the impossibly cool sounding Nissan Scratch Shield iPhone case. The accessory uses technology previously implanted in the company’s Muran, 370Z and X-Trail cars, as well as in the Infiniti range. It’s the first time the tech has been used in a non-automotive …
Read More »iOS and Android ‘set to host Xbox Live games’
Xbox and PlayStation in a race to take advantage of mobile platforms, sources suggest
Read More »ION reveals redesigned iCade
A new version of the popular arcade controller adapter for iPad, the iCade, has been revealed by maker ION. The original iCade housed the iPad and was designed to make it appear like a miniature arcade cabinet, complete with arcade joystick and eight-button arrangement. This new version, Engadget reports, features …
Read More »NaturalMotion’s My Horse hits 7m downloads
Booming trade for NM Games' high-end horse sim on iOS
Read More »Siri demo unit abuses child in Tesco
A 12-year-old boy’s mother failed to see the funny side when Siri running on a demo model iPhone delivered a torrent of abuse in response to a questionaccording to a report. The Sun reported that 12-year-old Charlie Le Quesne was trying out an iPhone 4S when it told him to"shut …
Read More »Xmas day app downloads hit 242m
Research from Flurry confirmed that Christmas 2011 was dominated by smartphones and tablets, with the result that 242m apps were downloaded on the big day and 1.2bn across the holiday week of December 25th-31st. It’s the first time app downloads have passed 1bn in a week, said Flurry. By comparison …
Read More »Download the MCV Android and iOS apps
Your favourite MCV online content is now available as an app for phones powered by Google’s OS, sponsored by Shorewood Blueprint. To download our new Android app, simply visit this page on the Android Market – the app is completely free. It displays the top stories of the day, has …
Read More »Whale Trail: The Inside Story
Having never made a game before, design studio Ustwo spent £150,000 making a 69p app called Whale Trail. What were they thinking?
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