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Read More »App Store game prices rise
Apple has upped the cost of games and other downloads on the App Store platform. Prices for apps increased in several countries – including the UK – and dropped in others. Games like Angry Birds which were previously 59p now cost 69p, while 1.19 apps have become 1.49. Apple reportedly …
Read More »The Voxel Agents announces sales of Train Conductor series
Train Conductor and Train Conductor 2: USA have been hugely successful titles for freshman indie developer The Voxel Agents, just passing half a million paid sales and counting. Speaking exclusively to MCV Pacific, the developer has confirmed that the series currently averages 25’000 plays per day on iOS platforms, and …
Read More »Former Irrational developers announce Epoch
One of Australia’s newest developers, Uppercut Games, has announced its first title ‘Epoch’ for iPhone 3GS and iPad 1 and up. Epoch is an action-combat game which sees players taking control of a robot in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and the focus is on cover-based shooting mechanics. The game will use …
Read More »Origin on iOS mirrors Xbox Live feature set
Publisher EA has for the first time detailed exactly how its freshly launched content portal Origin will work on iOS. The system bears more than a passing resemblance to Microsoft’s Xbox Live. And it won’t support Apple’s Game Centre wither, with EA clearly hoping to forge its own network of …
Read More »Firemint Studios pushes into core gaming
Flight Control has been the #1 paid iPhone app in at least 20 countries and is one of the largest success stories on the platform due to its casual appeal. The game sold 4.8 million units across iPhone, iPad and Mac OSX. As a result, Firemint has grown to be …
Read More »Apple: App Store passes 15bn downloads milestone
Online store now carries more than 425,000 applications
Read More »Android consumers ‘are put off by paying’
Google doesn't have the game genes, and Android is swept by piracy, says panel of mobile game developers
Read More »Bungie’s Marathon coming to iPad
Famed Halo developer Bungie has revealed that a version of 1994 shooter Marathon is to be released on the iPad. The controls will obviously get adapted from the old keyboard and mouse setup, tough will still use virtual on-screen buttons. It’s said that it will run at a steady 30fps. …
Read More »Infinity Blade to become free-to-play in Japan
Mobile games giant Dena secures exclusivity deal with Epic
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