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New handset will use retina-tracking technology to display some images in 3D
Read More »Sweeney: VR will be bigger than smartphones
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has lofty expectations for the budding VR space, stating that he believes the technology will end up being bigger than the smartphone phenomenon. In an interview with Polygon, Sweeney explained VR has the potential to go beyond the enormous reach smartphones and tablets have established …
Read More »Animal Crossing could hit non-Nintendo platforms and future home console
Animal Crossing could not only be making a console return, but also be branching out onto non-Nintendo hardware. The series’ producer Katsuya Eguchi told Polygon that while he feels the game is best suited to handhelds, the right idea could see it return to consoles – although possibly not the …
Read More »"Just think of paying 99 cents just to get Mario to jump a little higher"
Hedge fund manager and Nintendo share holder Seth Fischer has urged Nintendo to move into the smartphone market. The Oasis Management founder said in a letter to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, as republished by The Wall Street Journal, that the platform holder is "well placed to make an immediate entry …
Read More »Square Enix reveals new Hitman turn-based strategy game for mobile
The next entry in the Hitman series will venture into the mobile space as a new strategy offering, Square Enix has announced. Developed by a "small core team" at Square Enix Montreal, Hitman GO stands apart from the AAA action-adventure stealth franchise "while still [retaining] the essence of what a …
Read More »App Store and Google Play games spend overtook portable gaming in 2013
A new report says that games spending on both the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store overtook portable gaming last year. App Annie’s 2013 Retrospective report says that global App Store games spend overtook dedicated games portable software spend at the end of 2012 and Google Play overtook …
Read More »Smartphone switch would net Nintendo $2.7bn over next-gen lifecycle, analyst claims
Nintendo is snubbing the chance to earn nearly $3bn in the next seven years by not bringing its IP to smartphones. That’s according to a piece entitled Nintendo’s $2.7bn mobile games opportunity that’s never going to happen” by SuperData Research. By all accounts, the notoriously proprietary-only publisher and device maker …
Read More »Nintendo: No plans for smartphone games
Platform holder disputes yesterday's reports that it will bring mini-games and demos to smart devices
Read More »Nintendo refutes smartphone game claims
Mario and friends will not be appearing on smartphones in the foreseeable future, despite recent reports to the contrary. That’s the message coming from Nintendo this afternoon after it reached out in response to claims overnight from Japanese outlet Nikkei that the company is preparing to release smartphone minigames based …
Read More »Apple posts record iPhone and iPad sales, but is still outpaced by Samsung
51m iPhones and 26m iPads were sold by Apple in Q4 2013. Both numbers are record-breaking for the firm, which in the same period a year before sold 47.8m iPhones and 22.9m iPads. The sales led to revenue of $57.6bn and net profit of $13.1bn – which was flat –for …
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