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Just over a week after his departure from EA was announced, Neil Young has unveiled his new venture – a new firm dedicated to publishing games for the iPhone and other high-end mobile platforms. Called ng:moco, the new venture is pitched to seize the emerging opportunity on the increasingly-popular Apple …
Read More »‘Great game design is making bad decisions in pursuit of good ones’
Paris GDC: Harmonix discusses lessons learnt from production of iPod game phase
Read More »Bach: Zune more compelling than iPod
President of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Group Robbie Bach has called Zune a more compelling” gaming proposition than Apple’s iPod. Apple CEO Steve Jobs this week revealed a slate of new games for iPod and iPhone, whilst Microsoft has as yet remained quiet on Zune’s gaming capabilities. However, Bach told …
Read More »Ubisoft developing for iPod
Ubisoft is the latest major games publisher to confirm that it will provide content for Apple’s iPod and iPhone. The news was revealed by executive producer of casual games at Ubisoft Pauline Jacquey in a full interview with MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz. To read the story, visit CasualGaming.biz here.
Read More »Carmack praises iPhone development plans
Says iTunes AppStore sales "a more important aspect than a lot of people understand"
Read More »EA and Sega back iPhone games push
Apple CEO Steve Jobs said today he wants to create ‘a vibrant third party developer community’ for the iPhone and iPod Touch – and got the ball rolling by unveiling the new SDK for the touch-screen devices and naming EA and Sega as key firms already making games for the …
Read More »Games on the menu for iPhone and iPod Touch
EA's Spore and Sega's Monkey Ball confirmed for release as Apple unveils beta SDK and iPhone Developer Program
Read More »iPod welcomes Pirates Of The Caribbean game
Apple has made a Pirates Of The Caribbean title available on its iPod. Available through iTunes, the title – with a full title of Pirates Of The Caribbean: Aegir’s Fire – is available on iPod nano (3rd generation) iPod (5th generation) or iPod classic iterations of the platform. The game …
Read More »iPod ‘flawless’ for games, says Sega
Sega has praised the ‘flawless’ distribution network of Apple’s iPod after signing up to provide games for the platform – calling the device ‘the most pervasive cross-demographic piece of consumer electronics today’. The publisher agreed to provide Sonic The Hedgehog as a download via iTunes back in December. And despite …
Read More »‘iPod is Apple’s game gateway’ says insider
EXCLUSIVE: Senior development source talks Apple's 'game plan', says 'don't hold your breath' for major games assault
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