Tag Archives: Flash

US games retail giant GameStop wants to exploit the crossover between ‘core’ gamers at retail and ‘casual’ gamers playing online. The firm this week told MCV that it is following customers to the non-console areas they play games in – with the acquisition of Flash games site Kongregate on Tuesday …

In what can only be described as a hugely significant move, video games retailer GameStop has acquired leading online Flash games portal Kongregate. The website boasts in the region of 10m users and is one of the most important players in the increasingly significant casual games sector. Kongregate will now …

Flash MMO development platform The Ride goes public

Steve Jobs claims Adobe standard is no longer necessary

Google's Andy Rubin takes swipe at Apple

An industry is divided, as iPhone OS 4.0 ToS appear to reveal a move to oust anything but native code

Apple can hardly be described as a developer’s closest friend at the best of times, but two key announcements that emerged from last night’s Apple iPhone OS4 preview are likely to have made things far worse. Firstly, Apple has lifted the lid on Game Center – it’s own take on …

Sales of the Apple iPad are expected to reach 20m units by 2012, according to predictions from analyst iSuppli. More specifically, the firm expects unit sales to hit 7.1m by the end of the year and 14.4m by the close of 2011. It adds that these numbers are ‘conservative’ estimates …

Obviously still sore from Apple’s ongoing strategy of locking Flash out of its iPhone OS products – including the new iPad – Flash creator Adobe has once again launched a scathing attack on the Mac platform holder. Some have been surprised at the lack of inclusion of Flash Player on …

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