Category Archives: App Store

Tue, Apr 23, 2013 | 11:15 BST

TellTale’s Poker Night 2 dated on all formats

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TellTale Games has dated its incoming franchise mash-up Poker Night 2 on all available formats. That’s Xbox 360, PS3, PC and iOS by the way.

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Wed, Apr 17, 2013 | 13:22 BST

UK Government launches public survey into in-app purchases

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The Office of Fair Trading has published a public survey into the use of in-app purchases in a bid to determine whether or not they cross lines into unlawful activity.

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Wed, Apr 17, 2013 | 09:40 BST

Kinectimals Unleashed heading to iOS, Windows Phone this month – report

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Kinectimals Unleashed could be heading to iOS and Windows Phone this month, according to the LinkedIn profile of a Fronter Developments concept artist.

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Fri, Apr 12, 2013 | 13:36 BST

Tekken Card Tournament downloaded over a million times in four days

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Tekken Card Tournament developer Namco Bandai has shifted over a million downloads of the free turn-based brawler since it launched last week. The game is out now for browsers, as well as Android and iOS devices.

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Thu, Apr 11, 2013 | 09:53 BST

Real Racing 3: Chevrolet pack adds over 100 new events, gets trailer

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Real Racing 3 developer Firemonkeys has released a trailer for its incoming Chevrolet pack, together with fresh details.

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Thu, Apr 11, 2013 | 09:29 BST

Gemini Rue: adventure game out on iPhone and iPad now

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Gemini Rue developer Wadjet Eye Games has released its critically-acclaimed adventure game on iOS today.

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Tue, Apr 09, 2013 | 12:51 BST

Rag Doll Kung Fu reboot heading to iOS, summer release planned

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Rag Doll Kung Fu is being rebooted by former Fable developers under a new three-strong studio called Another Place Productions. The team is eyeing up an iOS release for the physics-based brawler this summer.

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Tue, Apr 09, 2013 | 09:34 BST

Frozen Synapse iPad edition shown off in gameplay video

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Frozen Synapse developer Mode 7 Games has published a video of its indie sash running on iPad, showing off the game’s new touch-based UI, and confirming cross-play across iOS, Android, Mac, Linux and PC.

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Tue, Apr 09, 2013 | 08:55 BST

Spelunky dev: mobile is “just too scary” for indie teams

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Spelunky developer Derek Yu has explained in a new interview why the mobile arena may appear too scary and fraught with risk for indie teams, when compared to the PC market.

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Mon, Apr 08, 2013 | 11:27 BST

Injustice: Gods Among Us mobile trailer explains touch controls

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Injustice: Gods Among Us developer NetherRealm Studios has released a new mobile trailer that explains how battles play out using your device’s touch screen. Is it any substitute for physical controllers? Discuss below.

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Fri, Apr 05, 2013 | 08:21 BST

Tekken Card Tournament live on browsers, iOS & Android now

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Tekken Card Tournament is the new fighting game from Namco. It sees players collecting up to 191 cards and then using them to apply fists to face, feet to groins – and if you’re Kuma – arse to mouth. It’s out now on various devices and browsers.

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Wed, Mar 27, 2013 | 14:16 GMT

Injustice: Gods Among Us heading to iOS – report

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Injustice: Gods Among Us developer NetherRealm Studios is reported to be putting together an iOS build of its DC Comics brawler.

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Thu, Mar 21, 2013 | 15:10 GMT

Haunted Hollow: Firaxis reveals iOS strategy game, debut art inside

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Haunted Hollow is the next game from XCOM developer Firaxis. It’s a strategy title heading to iOS devices that has a supernatural twist. Publisher 2K Games has released a piece of debut artwork to go along with the announcement.

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Fri, Jun 07, 2013 | 01:33 BST

Scurvy Scallywags: Ron Gilbert reveals next project with images

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Scurvy Scallywags is the next game from legendary adventure game developer Ron Gilbert. Just a week after he bid farewell to Double Fine, he’s back with the announcement of his next game. It’s described as a “musical match-3 pirate RPG”. You can’t say the man isn’t creative.

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Tue, Mar 19, 2013 | 08:30 GMT

Urban Trial Freestyle heading to iOS and 3DS in spring

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Urban Trial Freestyle developer Tate Multimedia has confirmed that its answer to Red Lynx’s Trials Evolution is heading to 3DS and iOS in spring.

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Mon, Mar 18, 2013 | 12:57 GMT

Ridiculous Fishing dev claims “non-evil” freemium is impossible

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Ridiculous Fishing developer Vlambeer has suggested that developers need to stop being afraid of charging $3 for mobile games, partly because it’s impossible to create a “non-evil” freemium model. They say such ‘free’ methods simply don’t reflect well.

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Mon, Mar 18, 2013 | 12:25 GMT

Real Racing 3: “vocal minority” lashed out at micro-payments, EA believes “the market has spoken”

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Real Racing 3 has done big numbers since it launched, according to an infographic from publisher EA. You can see it here. Now, vice president of EA’s mobile and social studios Nick Earl has stated that the “market has spoken” and that only the “vocal minority” took issue with the game’s micro-payments to begin with.

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Thu, Mar 14, 2013 | 09:55 GMT

Conduit developer releases endless runner Le Vamp, trailer inside

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Le Vamp is the new endless runner from The Conduit studio High Voltage Software. It’s out today on iOS.

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Thu, Mar 07, 2013 | 23:37 GMT

Apple looking at creating digital secondhand markets

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This week, a patent was published by Apple containing ideas for how they could create a sort of secondhand market for digital items like games, movies, books, etc. by allowing users to loan out or even sell content they’ve purchased to other people.

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Thu, Mar 07, 2013 | 10:18 GMT

Death Inc. Kickstarter misses target, studio releases iPad puzzler Monster Meltdown instead

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Death Inc. developer Ambient Studios has missed its Kickstarter goal, but the developer has revealed it will carry on regardless. In the meantime, the team has launched an iPad puzzle game called Monster Meltdown.

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