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Apple UK has published its second weekly charts, and games have once again held their own. Out of the four weekly charts – iPhone paid apps, iPhone free apps, iPad paid apps and iPad free apps – three have a game at No.1. Only the iPhone paid apps Top 10 …
Read More »App Store Charts: Week 48
Amazing Breaker takes top paid iPhone game; Mastersoft Mobile Chess wins on iPad
Read More »Unofficial Skyrim map app heading to iOS
Providing it can elude the somewhat over-active reach of Bethesda’s lawyers, a Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim app is heading to iOS. Called Dragon Shout, the download contains a fully interactive Skyrim map that allows gamers to set their own markers, complete with annotations. This can be used for marking down …
Read More »October sales surge for iPhone 4S
A surge of punters picking up a brand new iPhone 4S in October saw Apple sell more smartphones than all Android smartphone makers combined, according to new Kantar Worldpanel research. iPhone sales had been down in previous months with the Apple faithful holding off on picking up an iPhone 4 …
Read More »Apple iTV ‘to begin production for 2012 launch’
Tech giants reportedly spent between $500 million to $1 billion on manufacturing equipment at Sharp factory
Read More »UK charity launches iPhone app to help disabled
App to increase game accessibility with a database of titles such as eye-controlled and one switch gaming
Read More »Apple removes Big Fish subscription app from store
No reason given to US publisher as to why service was taken down
Read More »Apple begins game subscriptions and streaming
Big Fish offering OnLive-like service for $6.99 per month; iPad only
Read More »Apple launches digital games chart
Weekly updates to the best selling iPhone and iPad games
Read More »MCV now on Apple Newsstand
MCV is now available as part of Apple’s Newsstand service, offering free access to an enhanced digital edition of the magazine every week, sponsored by Shorewood Blueprint. If you don’t already have the existing MCV iPad app installed on your device, simply click here to download the newly-released Newsstand version …
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