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Read More »Infinity Blade II tallies 5.7m downloads during free promotion
Epic’s Infinity Blade II was downloaded 5.7m times as part of Apple’s free-app promo during the App Store’s anniversary celebration. AllThingsD reports the figure was accumulated over a week, with 1.7m of the downloads taking place on the first day alone. The game has now been downloaded nearly 50m times …
Read More »Happy 5th Birthday, Apple App Store
One of the most influential forces in the modern games market will turn five tomorrow. Apple’s iOS App Store arrived in 2008 and has gone on to redefine the world of digital gaming and force significant changes to the core games market. Nothing like the App Store existed before and …
Read More »Deus Ex: The Fall launches this week on iOS
The mobile debut of the Deus Ex franchise is set for this Thursday, according to publisher Square Enix. Deus Ex: The Fall will launch on iOS on July 11th, and will be the first of several installments for the game – one might even call it episodic. Regardless, the initial …
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 »Colin McRae Rally the first of five Codemasters mobile titles
Codemasters revived popular racing series Colin McRae for iOS this week, but the publisher says this is only the beginning. The firm is developing four more titles for smartphones and tablets, which kicks off a "pretty full" roadmap of mobile games for the next two years, according to VG247. VP …
Read More »Watch profits grow this year for HTML5 games
Peter Driessen, co-founder of Spil Games, believes that advertisers hold the key to the global acceptance of HTML5 as they look to capitalise on the explosion in mobile gaming. Over the past few months, we have seen the conversation regarding HTML5 for game development evolve. While the format debate is …
Read More »Made with Marmalade: Talisman Prologue
Tabletop fans Nomad Games wanted to share Talisman Prologue with as many gamers as possible
Read More »Report: Microsoft games coming to iOS and Android
KLad's free-to-play version of Age of Empires could be followed by more IP
Read More »Apple sets aside $100m for in-app purchase refunds
Compensation available to US consumers affected by unauthorised IAPs made by children
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