Category Archives: iOS

Rovio announced in its latest financial report that its Angry Birds franchise has been downloaded 1 billion times.

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Nathan Grayson pulls no punches in his attack on the core gaming press, issuing a rallying cry to promote and support one of the most important sectors of our rapidly transitioning industry.

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If only you hadn’t donated so much money, ya perverts! More »

Sick and tired of the way mobile games treat players, Team Meat aims to do things differently. More »

Kenji Hisatsune says goodbye to Bandai and hello to Square.

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David Hayter and Jennifer Hale will lend their voices to République, according to developer, Camouflaj.

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An AdAge report states Zynga plans to add brands into Draw Something as word items for players to draw. The firm is currently selling advertisers the option to include branded item names into the game, starting with the National Hockey League. Granted, you can already draw Doritos and KFC in the game – as our horrible depictions of a KFC bucket can attest – but it sounds as if there will be more brands heading into the game in the near future. Like many gaming apps on mobile, the free version of the game supports ads, where as the paid-app does not.

EA’s confirmed it won’t kill Rock Band iOS after users were sent a message that said the game would come to an end at the end of this month.

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Gameloft has released a video for N.O.V.A. 3 – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance showing off the multiplayer in the iOS and Android shooter. The game includes 10 weapons, six maps, six game modes including Free For All, Capture The Flag & Team Deathmatch , vehicles and customizable characters with weapon add-ons and perks. The game hits the App Store and Google Play this month.

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Users who own the Rock Band iOS app have received notice that the game will “no longer be playable” after May 31 via pop up message when loading it up. While EA has yet to officially respond to the matter, and its seems a bit odd that someone would no longer be granted access a purchased game and the purchased DLC, The Guardian notes EA shuttering of the game is “not an isolated example.”

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A report from analyst group App Data suggests daily usage for Draw Something has fallen by five million users in one month. The 33% decline comes on the heels of the Zynga buyout of OMGPop which saw the social game firm outbidding other interested parties with a $210 million acquisition. The title continues to fall towards the bottom of the App Store charts, with DAU peaking at 15 million in April to 10 million 30 days later. Thanks, Develop.

The latest entry in Rovio’s phenomenally successful bird slinging series has hit a whopping milestone.

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Zynga Poker is this week’s top earning iOS game, with Draw Something dropping sharply down to fifth place behind fresher faces.

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Ex-Free Radical and Rare designers have formed a new iOS studio called Crash Lab. Consisting of Free Radical Design’s Steve Ellis and Rare’s Martin Wakeley and Lee Musgrave, the studio was formed in November and three iOS games are currently in the works. Twist Pilot and Flying Rocket Defence are two of the titles. The UK firm also announced it has formed “partnerships with a diverse range of companies.” Thanks, Gamasutra.

Apple has reported its Q2 2012 earnings and the firm pulled in $39.2 billion in revenue with a net profit of $11.6 billion for the quarter. The firm sold 35.1 million iPhones, sales of which were up 88% year-over-year, and sales in iPad were up 151% to 11.8 million units. Mac sales were up 7% year-over-year with 4 million moved, and iPod sales declined 7% withe 7.7 million moved for the quarter.

Mojang has updated Minecraft Pocket Edition on iOS to Version 0.3.0, which among other things adds crafting. The update is available on Android as well. Get the update notes through here.

VG247 entered the newfangled mobile age today, releasing a whizzy free iOS app created by independent developer Shane McCafferty.

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Stoic Studio’s round of Kickstarter funding for The Banner Saga has ended with $723,886 pledged by 20,042 backers.

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Splash Damage CEO Paul Wedgewood has told Gamasutra that the studio’s multiplayer shooter Brink sold over 2.5 million units worldwide.

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Trendy Entertainment’s hosting a map making contest for Dungeon Defenders. Prizes range from map inclusion into the Ranked & Open mode with $1,000 in cash and a Dungeon Defenders prize pack – to be decided -for first place. Second place nets $500 and a DunDef pack, third place walks off with $250 and a DunDef pack, and fourth gets the pack and no cash. official rules and instructions can be found through here, and the Dungeon Defenders development kit can be downloaded for free via Steam.