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Read More »Recession? What recession? Apple posts record earnings
The High Street might be in tatters as the world’s governments wallow in spiralling pits of debt and despair, but it’s all parties and barbeques and women and jager bombs at Apple HQ in California. The tech giant has just posted record profits for the quarter ending December 31st, driven …
Read More »100m downloads and counting for Mac App Store
Over 100 million apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store since its launch in January earlier this year. The milestone for the Mac store comes after the huge success of the App Store for iOS, which currently has more than 500,000 uploaded apps and has seen more than …
Read More »Mac App Store tops 100 million downloads
Storefront meets milestone less than a year after launch
Read More »VIDEO: Unity game ‘strips mechanics back to core’
Developer Mike Bithell says 2D platformer offers minimalist approach mixed with combination and complication
Read More »Release date for Football Manager 2012
Developer Sports Interactive has announced an official release date for Football Manager 2012 in the UK. The game will arrive on both PC and Mac on October 21st. Over 800 new features are promised in this latest instalment of the series. Heavy revisions have been made to the transfer market …
Read More »PrimeSense: ‘TV the new frontier for Kinect tech’
GDC Europe: 3D camera specialists flaunt open-source tool for Linux, Android and smart TVs
Read More »New Counter Strike heading to consoles
Developer and publisher Valve has confirmed the rumours of a brand new game in the Counter Strike series. Called Counter Strike: Global Offensive, it’s due out not only on PC and Mac but also as a downloadable game on both Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network in early 2012. It …
Read More »Brawsome confirms MacGuffin’s Curse release date
Australian independent game developer Brawsome has confirmed today that its puzzle adventure game MacGuffin’s Curse, will be releasing on 27 October for PC, Mac (via Steam), iPad and iPhone. MacGuffin’s Curse will see players participating in top-down action puzzles alongside character-based story adventuring. Brawsome have previously been responsible for the …
Read More »Disney Universe heading to consoles
A brand new family-friendly action title is on the way from Disney Interactive. Called Disney Universe, the game is currently in development for Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Mac and is due out this autumn. It will bring together characters and universes from a number of Disney and Pixar brands …
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