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Endemol, the UK production company behind Deal or No Deal and Big Brother, is expanding to app publishing. The firm will launch new gaming apps next month based on its well known TV shows, which will allow audiences and their friends to play against each other. The publishing division is …
Read More »HMV refuses to remove new app from Apple App Store
Apple has asked HMV to remove its new music downloading app from the iOS App Store – and the retailer has said no. HMV’s new app arrived earlier this week to much acclaim. It includes a lot of cool features such as the ability to identify digital music by listening …
Read More »VIDEO: Here’s how the Xbox One friends app works
Microsoft’s Major Nelson has released a new video detailing the Xbox One’s friends app. It reveals that as well as conventional friends functionality, Xbox One will also introduce the ability to ‘follow’ people – this effectively allows you to track their Xbox activity without the need for them to accept …
Read More »Sony details nifty second screen smartphone PS4 app
PS4’s smartphone companion app will offer a host of extra functionality for owners of the console. As well as being the gateway for ‘second screen’ gameplay options available with certain PS4 titles, it will also allow users to communicate with folk on their PSN Friends list and remotely activate downloads. …
Read More »Rockstar releases Grand Theft Auto V iFruit app on iOS
A Grand Theft Auto V app has just hit iOS courtesy of Rockstar. It’s called iFruit – you may well recognise that from the mock-Apple branding that appears in-game and has featured on some of the pre-release promotional material. Once downloaded the app offers two separate components. The first is …
Read More »Smartphone app can remotely turn on PS4s for downloads
Sony’s president of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed an interesting bit of functionality for PS4. Speaking on Twitter, the exec revealed that consumers who buy a PS4 title using the corresponding smartphone app can remotely prompt their PS4 consoles to turn on and download the game. The machine will …
Read More »DIY video games PR? There’s an app for that
A new app has launched to help developers and smaller games firms handle their own PR. PR Ninja lets users plan and schedule their PR and marketing campaigns in addition to organising social media activity. The free app also comes with step-by-step suggestions for running two to six-week launch campaigns …
Read More »iOS App Store turns five, hit games go free to celebrate
Infinity Blade II and Tiny Wings are just some of the games you can download for free today as part of the iOS App Store’s 5th birthday celebrations. The App Store launched on July 10th, 2008 and its impact on the video games market cannot be understated. Now mobile publishers …
Read More »Twitch app heading to Xbox 360
Streaming video service Twitch is to get a dedicated app on Xbox 360. It should come as no surprise that the app will only be available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. In better news, it should go live today in the US. It’s not clear when it will arrive in …
Read More ȣ30.9m Рthe amount spent on unauthorised IAPs in Britain each month
Microsoft has calculated a truly staggering figure for the monthly spend on unauthorised apps and in-app purchases in the UK. The Guardian has word of a Microsoft survey that pegs the number at an eye-watering 30.9m. It gathered this data by questioning 2,000 British parents who own a smartphone or …
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