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The Apple device's honeymoon period may be drawing to a close

Apple reported to be hiring in-house game devs

In contrast to his normal high-contrast PR coverage, Sega’s speedy mascot Sonic the Hedgehog has surprisingly kept below the radar and sprung a surprise by making a sudden appearance on the Apple App Store. The game is seemingly a more-or-less straight conversion of the 1991 original Mega Drive offering and …

Apple details top 20 free and paid-for applications

Konami has compared the power of iPhone and iPod Touch to DS and PSP – as it launches its first Metal Gear Solid game for the platform. Metal Gear Solid Touch sees players control Solid Snake in the final chapter in the legendary saga”. Head of mobile business at Konami …

Increasingly popular middleware engine hits version 2.5

Apple has confirmed that the combined global sales of its iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch have now hit 30m, with the iPhone alone topping the 17m mark. In 2008 the company sold 13.7m iPhones – far ahead of its 10m target it set for itself in 2007. For more …

Sony’s surprise announcement of a number of big-hitting PSP titles yesterday proves that it remains firmly committed to its portable platform – but one analyst has said that Apple could yet prove to be a fatal thorn in Sony’s side. Speaking to MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz today, Game Brief’s Nicholas …

EA’s UK marketing director has spoken of the firm’s admiration for iPhone and iPod Touch as games consoles – and discussed whether they can rival DS and PSP. Stuart Lang told MCV that the publisher feels it can ‘shine’ on the platform, by dedicating time and investment into first-party development. …

Four weeks filled with iPhone interviews and features on Developâ??s sister site