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App Store headlines

• Pokemon Go is back on top of the App Store thanks to the latest update

  Thanks to last week’s Generation 2 update, Pokemon Go is once again the highest grossing game on iTunes in the United States.

• Pokemon Go may have set an App Store record, but US users and downloads have peaked

  At least until new content and trading arrives.

• App Store fiasco: Capcom, EA, SEGA, Telltale games removed from purchase history

  First it was BioShock, and now Telltale titles along with offerings from Capcom, EA, and SEGA among others have been removed from Apple’s App Store.

• Temple Run 2 to arrive on North American iOS devices from tomorrow

  STOP RUNNING FOR ONE SECOND! In a not-so-shocking move, Temple Run 2 is will be available to play from tomorrow on North American iOS devices.

• "Chalk" promo video for Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint shows how it was made

  The Pickford Bros, the duo behind successful iOS sports/puzzle game Magnetic Billiards, have released a video today revealing how they designed the game using just a piece of chalk and a chalkboard.

• Angry Birds tops all-time download lists on the App Store

  Apple has provided a list of apps for iPhone and iPad which have been downloaded the most for specific regions, and the most prominent offerings on the list are games with Angry Birds the top of the pops.

• Rumour: Wii U to get own app store

  Following a report earlier that suggested an eReader sub-service would be introduced for Wii U, The Daily has said Nintendo is planning to introduce a “full blown” app store for the machine.

• Apple's App Review Board fails to detect unplayable five dollar copyright infringement

  The reliability of Apple’s App Review Board has been brought into question with the revelation that an apparently unplayable and blatantly copyright infringing title has managed to slip through the system unnoticed.

• Jetpack Joyride gets free update, adds bonus unlockables

  Halfbrick have released a free update for its popular iOS title Jetpack Joyride.

• Rage HD iOS free for one week

  id Software has celebrated the Rage Facebook page reaching 100,000 ‘likes’ by making its iOS title available for free until August 24. Not something to get angry about, unless you have an Android handset.

• Supergay iOS game has "first gay superhero"

  Are you tired of all those obsessively, overly heterosexual male characters in video games? Then you might want to scope out Supergay, which the developer says is the first gay superhero.

• Taiwanese App Store gets 7-day return policy

  Thanks to a new consumer protection law recently passed in Taiwan, Apple has agreed to implement a new 7-day return policy in the App Store in that country. The rest of the world is still waiting though.

• Wednesday E3 Shorts 2: Kinect Fun Labs, App store, uDraw, more

  It’s more E3 shorts.

• Levine on apps, mobile gaming: Complaining won't change anything

  Devices like the iPhone have taken the gaming world by storm as of late, but we’d be lying if we said the tiny tech titan hadn’t made a few enemies along the way. BioShock creator Ken Levine, however, thinks that those who view this as some sort of industry-damning app-ocalypse need to pull their heads […]

• Thursday Shorts evening edition: Deus Ex music, Crytek SDK, Donations, Sims Royal Wedding fun, more

  Some things in life are hard to explain. This post isn’t one of them. It’s just more shorts. .

• App Store games now allowed to use subscription fees

  That incredibly high-budget-looking game’s price tag says “free,” does it? Wait! Don’t buy it! It’s a trap!

• Apple announces over 100K Apps now available on the App Store

  Apple has announced that there are now over 100,000 Appalicious offerings available on the App Store. That’s a lot of games and applications, there. “The App Store has forever changed the mobile gaming industry and continues to improve,” said Travis Boatman, VP of EA Mobile. “With a global reach of over 50 million iPhone and […]

• Demo of Puzzle Quest for iPhone hitting next week; Chapter 2 is free

  A free version of Puzzle Quest will be hitting iPhone and iPod Touch’s App Store next week. Also, Chapter 2 of the iPhone Puzzle Quest trilogy will be free to owners of Chapter 1, and will include 20 more hours of gameplay when it goes live in the next week or two. If you like […]

• Around 160 games at App Store launch

  In a telephone interview with the New York Times, Apple mogul Steve Jobs has said that there will be around 160 games for iPhone when the App Store launches later today. The piece says that 500 applications will be released in total, and that a third of those will be games. Our crack team of […]