Mobile

Just two weeks after its official launch the MCV Online iPhone app has been downloaded 1,598 times. The free app has proved an instant hit with the trade who want to access our news. And the impressive numbers come off the back of MCV’s overall brandstrength. Did you know that …

For a brief period yesterday iPhone and iPad owners were briefly able to download what to all intents and purposes was a functional portable version of smash indie PC hit Minecraft. Called Minecrafted, Gizmodo reports that the title was built without code or content from the original” but boasted more …

Season-specific content high on publishers' digital release plans

3MRT-developed apps cover 12 English and Scottish curriculum subjects

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Newcastle studio DarlingDash releases Pitch â??Nâ?? Toss for iPad

Own an iPhone? You can now download an app that puts MCV’s daily must-read online news content in the palm of your hand. The appoffers a raft of unique functions, including up-to-the-minute news direct from MCVuk.com plus a completely customisable homepage and industry event listings. MCV Online for iPhone is …

Star Trek Online could become the next MMO to become a free-to-play title. Developer Cryptic recently announced plans to make its current subscription-based MMO Champions Online a free-to-play title. If that proves a good move, then its Star Trek title could follow suit. I’m sure people are wondering whether we’ll …

Discoverability issue not unique to Appleâ??s online shop, says GameSpot exec

EA will tomorrow announce a brand new game in the Battlefield series, it has been confirmed. The news comes courtesy of Ben Cousins of EA business unit Easy Studios who has been at EA’s ongoing O2 showcase in London. Little is known of the title at the moment, though Cousins …