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After what seems like a prolonged wait, Peter Molyneux’s 22Cans has released its debut title Curiosity: What’s Inside The Cube. The title sees players working together to chip away at a giant Borg-like cube layer by layer, with the promise of reaching something rather special in the middle. Deep in …
Read More »Square Enix: £20 iPhone games do work
Publisher Square Enix has dismissed the notion that free-to-play is the only business model for mobile. The firm says it has had success with its premium-priced iOS titles, including episodic title Final Fantasy Dimensions, which costs in total 19.99. It’s actually done a lot more revenue than a lot of …
Read More »King.com steps up its focus on mobile
Candy Crush Saga leads developer's move to portable platforms
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CEO Ilkka Paananen talks about becoming part of the mobile hit parade
Read More »Curiosity: What’s Inside The Cube finally gets a release date
Peter Molyneux has announced what will hopefully prove to be a final release date for his debut solo title Curiosity: What’s Inside The Cube. The game will be released on the App Store for iOS on November 7th – and that’s despite being originally submitted to Apple on October 1st. …
Read More »Google Store finally matches up to Apple App Store
One of Apple’s key smartphone marketing advantages has neutralised. Google has stated that there are around 700,000 apps now available for Android devices, meaning that it is now on parity with Apple’s all-conquering App Store according to VentureBeat. Apple announced in September that it had hit the 700,000 app milestone, …
Read More »Activision reveals social games platform Activate
Activision Blizzard has unveiled Activate, a new social gaming platform for mobile devices. Inside Mobile Apps reports the platform will offer cloud storage allowing customers access to their games from multiple devices, and supports multiplayer titles as well. Users can log into mobile games using a Facebook ID or set-up …
Read More »Two senior execs leave Apple
Scott Forstall and John Browett leaving company in executive shake-up
Read More »Grand Theft Auto Vice City gets 10th anniversary iOS and Android release
Rockstar is to add to its Grand Theft Auto iOS library by releasing 10th Anniversary Edition of GTA Vice City. The studio has already enjoyed success on Apple and Google’s mobile platforms with former DS and PSP hit GTA Chinatown Wars and PS2 classic GTA III. The release will apparently …
Read More »One million downloads for Kumo Lumo
Sunny days for Blitz Games' rain 'em up
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