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Apple has released the iOS 4.1 firmware upgrade for iPhone owners giving them access to Game Center. The Xbox Live-rivalling service allows users to invite friends to play games together, track and unlock achievements as well as compare high scores on the leader boards. So far reception for Game Center …
Read More »Zavvi launches iPhone app
Zavvi.com customers can now purchase goods more easily from the online retailer courtesy of its new iPhone app. The Hut Group-owned retailer has implemented ‘See It, Snap It, Snag It’ technology into the app, which allows users to take a photograph of an item then find it and buy it …
Read More »Epic: Multiple licensing deals for iPhone engine
Unreal vendor to â??work with licensees directly to find best fit in each situationâ??
Read More »Epic outlines dev costs for iPhone Unreal Engine [UPDATE]
â??iUDKâ?? developers wonâ??t pay royalties until sales milestones are met
Read More »Jobs: iPod Touch outsells DS and PSP combined
Apple claims handheld dominance; Game Center arriving next week; 120m iOS devices shipped
Read More »iOS 4.1 to introduce Game Center
Apple's answer to Xbox Live to debut with new operating system
Read More »â??HTML5 will eclipse Flash in three yearsâ??
Spil Games boss believes the days are numbered for Adobeâ??s platform in the mobile space
Read More »Miniclip opens mobile gaming division
Miniclip has opened a new business unit focused on mobile, initially with iOS and Android, with more smartphone platforms to follow. Mobile offers a new revenue stream for sites like Miniclip, which hope their big online audiences – it has 57 million – will follow them to mobile. In addition, …
Read More »Spil backs Apple in the HTML5/Flash format war
Popular game website vendor to build its mobile business on HTML5
Read More »Reverb settles fake review scandal
PR and marketing firm Reverb Communications has settled charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission over deceptive reviews on Apple’s App Store. The charges relate to reviews posted on the App Store by Reverb staff about their clients’ iPhone games, without disclosing their paid relationship with those publishers. "Reverb and …
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