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Gordon Hall to lead up mobile operations at recently christened The Blast Furnace
Read More »Enlighten comes to iOS and Android
Latest update also adds simplified workflows and improved baking support
Read More »Dead Trigger dev doesn’t think piracy can be stopped
The developer behind iOS and Android shooter Dead Trigger has claimed that consumer piracy is a force that can never be stopped. Madfinger initially released Dead Trigger as a paid-for title but switched to a freemium model after what it described as an unbelievably high” level of piracy with the …
Read More »Temple Run sprints past 100m downloads
Temple Run has surpassed 100m downloads on iOS and Android just one year following its debut on the App Store. The free-to-play endless action mobile title has racked up 68m and 32m downloads on iOS and Android respectively. To celebrate, the developer has released all of its previous games for …
Read More »Temple Run passes 100m downloads
Landmark figure reached a year after launch
Read More »Fantasy Star: Q&A with Ian Livingstone
The development legend on his new Fighting Fantasy game
Read More »Written in Blood: The Return of Fighting Fantasy
This week’s most notable game release doesn’t come on disc and isn’t a download – it’s Ian Livingstone’s new Fighting Fantasy. MCV quizzed him about about keeping the series relevant in the age of Twitter and iOS. Before he was a trusted source for government chancellors, before he was the …
Read More »Mike Hayes joins new entertainment and media business Caperfly
Digital entertainment and media app upstart Caperfly has revealed former Sega West president Mike Hayes as its new non-executive director. This is a good time to be in this new vibrant sector of the industry,” Hayes stated. I am positive we can take advantage of the next great wave of …
Read More »Did Apple patent a game controller? Actually, no it didn’t
A gaggle of sites (yep, including us) have reported that Apple has ‘patented a game controller’ – but that’s not exactly true. Instead, a thorough read of the patent shows that Apple has been investigating the use of near-field communication chips and iOS, turning iPhones into controllers for all sorts …
Read More »Apple patents ‘video game controller’ [UPDATED]
UPDATE: We’ve investigated the actual patent, and it turns out this isn’t about a ‘game controller’ on its own at all. Click here to read the new story. ORIGINAL STORY: Despite the company’s preference for touch and gesture control, Apple has researched dedicated games controllers. A patent published yesterday shows …
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