Xbox Live marketing boss Robin Burrowes is the latest games exec to join Apple. Burrowes worked at Xbox for seven years, and was in charge of Xbox Live. He was one of the execs promoting the latest Xbox dashboard update, even attending London Games Conference and Gamescom last year. Prior …
Read More »iTunes Rewind reveals top apps of 2011
Tiny Wings and Contre Jour HD named as year's best games
Read More »iTunes Match finally arrives in the US
Apple’s long promised cloud music service iTunes Match has finally been rolled out in the US, albeit two weeks late. iTunes Match is a key strand in Apple’s cloud strategy, letting music lovers scan their libraries and then replicate them on the cloud. The idea is that they can all …
Read More »Arkham City app to accompany console game
New iPhone app tracks game's collectables via an interactive map
Read More »Spy Mouse goes free in US Starbucks promo
US iOS gamers will be able to pick up EA’s new title Spy Mouse for free thanks to a partnership with Starbucks. The deal coincides with the coffee shop chain’s existing Pick of the Week promotion, which gives customers a free code that can be redeemed in the iTunes Store …
Read More »Apple increases baseline App Store prices
Various international prices increase, others drop following platform maintenance
Read More »Activision wary of mobile games focus
Eric Hirshberg calls new handheld gaming generation a â??double edged swordâ??
Read More »Apple nears ten billionth app download
Landmark likely to be passed this month
Read More »App Store nears 10bn downloads
Almost 10 billion apps have been downloaded through the App Store worldwide. To celebrate this milestone, Apple is holding a competition to reward whoever downloads the 10 billionth app. The contest is only open to the firm’s US customers, with the winner receiving an iTunes Gift Card worth a whopping …
Read More »EA launches NFS Autolog app
Electronic Arts has released an app based around the Need For Speed Autolog. The Autolog feature debuted in the recently released Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit and enables gamers to directly compare their best times and scores – essentially creating a dedicated social network for the game. The new app …
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