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Read More »Mass Effect 3 Datapad app available on iOS
BioWare has released a new app to assist those who just can’t seem to get enough Mass Effect. The Mass Effect 3 ‘datapad’ is available now for free on the app store, offering interested parties access to extra features and info including codex entries from all three titles in the …
Read More »Current Steam mobile app ‘only phase one’
Valve plans to include viewable library and better screenshot support
Read More »Google drastically increases Android app size limit
Google has extended the maximum size limit for Android apps up 8,000 per cent from 50mb to 4gb. Revealing the move on the Android developers blog, the move has been made to accommodate high-quality 3D interactive games” that require more resources than typical apps. APK files will still be limited …
Read More »Vevo music app launches on Xbox Live
Xbox 360 owners can now access music video application Vevo in the UK, US, Canada and Ireland. The service – which goes live today – lets users watch more than 45,000 music videos by 11,000 artists, from Kelly Clarkson to Tinie Tempah. They can also browse videos using Kinect’s voice …
Read More »EA ‘temporarily’ pulls The Simpsons from App Store
Publisher cites connection and lag time issues for game's removal
Read More »Vita Facebook app pulled from PSN
Sony has removed the Vita Facebook application from both US and Europe PSN Stores following reports from owners of error codes when trying to access the social network on the device. Vita owners have been unable to log in to Facebook for much of the day, with error code NP-13144-3 …
Read More »Sony scraps PSP comic service
Time has been called on the Comics section of the PSP’s PlayStation Store. Andriasang reports that no additional content will be added to the service after March 15th. The Comics section of PSN will disappear completely from September. Users will be able to access and download any existing of new …
Read More »Apple ban on counterfeit and clone apps
But some clones reached top of App Store chart before being pulled
Read More »FIFA: Is this Vita’s killer app?
FIFA Football can be PlayStation Vita’s big system shifter. And that’s not a statement from publisher EA, but a leading video games developer. Epic Games VP Mark Rein reckons consumers will lap up the title. His comments come after FIFA 12 topped the Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 for seven …
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