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Just two and a half years after its debut in July 2008, over the weekend the Apple App Store saw its ten billionth app downloaded. Free game Paper Glider was actually the app in question, and was downloaded by Kent resident Gail Davis who won a $10,000 iTunes gift card …

Apple has confirmed that 1m apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store in its first 24 hours. There are already 1,000 free and paid apps available for Mac across categories such as games, education, graphics, lifestyle and productivity. Early users have been wowed by the ease at which …

One of 2010’s biggest indie games hits Minecraft has finally exited alpha and officially gone into beta. The transition brings with it a server-based inventory system, designed to crack down on those who hacked the game to gain unlimited items and, bizarrely, the ability to throw eggs. As was revealed …

PC MMO title World of Warcraft: Cataclysm sold 3.3m copies in its first 24 hours on sale, developer Blizzard has announced. The company says the numbers make it the best selling PC title of all time. Previous WoW release Wrath of the Lich King sold 2.8m copies in its first …

Electronic Arts has revealed its Ultimate Team DLC packs for FIFA have generated $45 million in the last two years. Ultimate Team enables consumers to assemble fantasy teams by purchasing footballer trading cards. It was introduced in FIFA 09, for which the trading card DLC packs brought in 15 million, …

Rovio Mobile’s Angry Birds game has been downloaded more than 7m times on Android since its release in mid-October. The developer revealed the milestone in a tweet, responding to questions about why the game was made free and ad-supported for Android. Rovio launched Angry Birds as a free download via …

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 …

Sainsbury’s says it will launch a digital download service this year – but it won’t include games. The supermarket giant’s service will begin with music, DVD and early next year, eBooks. The news follows the launch of Sainsbury’s Enertainment website, which does stock physical copies of video games. It’s being …

Finnish developer Angry Birds has revealed that Angry Birds Halloween, the latest version of its popular mobile game, has sold 1m copies on the Apple App Store after just six days on the market. The download features 45 new levels and is compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. …

Apple has announced that its App Store has now passed the seven billion downloads milestone, up from 6.5 billion at the start of September. That means the store is currently doing 10 million downloads every day – more than Android Market, BlackBerry App World and Android Market combined. (There’s some …