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• Sony to reveal new mobile games based on popular PlayStation series this year - report

  Taking a leaf out of Nintendo’s book, PlayStation is said to be making another push on mobile gaming in 2016.

• Super Mario Run rushes to iOS this holiday season

  Mario himself will make Nintendo’s next leap into mobile gaming with Super Mario Run.

• Explore Pokemon GO with your new "buddy" Pokemon

  Niantic will soon let you travel the world with your own Buddy Pokemon.

• Apple might reveal the new iPhone on September 9

  Around this time every year, Apple hosts an event at which the new iPhone is unveiled.

• Apple's App Store topped $10bn in sales during 2013

  Year Walk developer Simogo and Badland creator Frogmind labelled developers to watch by Apple.

• Infinity Blade 2 comes to a close with free content

  Infinity Blade 2 gets its final piece of DLC today before Epic Games and Chair put the iOS game to rest to turn their focus to Infinity Blade: Dungeons.

• EA holiday iOS mega-sale goes live

  EA has announced that its (seemingly quad-annual) mega-holiday sale has been activated on the App Store. iOS gamers will be able to find nearly the entire EA catalog of games for $0.99 or 69p. The list is much too big to link all of them here, but simply type “EA” into the App Store’s search […]

• Analyst: Market shrinking for gaming handhelds, but there's hope

  Nintendo and Sony are fighting an uphill battle against the staggering popularity of smartphone devices these days. But he and another analyst say there’s reason for handheld gamers to hold out hope.

• Apple somehow selling more iOS devices than ever

  Most rational people believed that over the past two years Apple’s absurdly popular iPhone had peaked in sales. However, new sales estimates today show that Apple is trouncing its old records, and may be poised to set new ones again soon.

• GameFly launches "social network" for gamers on Android

  The company is looking to unite gamers across the Android platform through its already-popular rental app.

• Next PopCap iOS game revealed

  EA has announced in New York City today that the latest game from casual game mega-company PopCap will be called Popcorn Dragon.

• Burnout Crash coming to iPhone later this year

  When Burnout Crash launched, more than a few people noticed that it seemed more like a low-rent iPhone game than a full XBLA release. It seems EA agreed.

• Leisure Suit Larry in Land of the Lounge Lizards remake coming in 2012

  If you miss the good old days of late 1980s, early 1990s adventure games, then we’ve got some great news for you today. The classic Leisure Suit Larry series is being resurrected and remade.

• Rumor: Apple holding Oct 5 press conference to announce iPhone 5

  Pocket Gamer is reporting that they have insider information leading them to believe that Apple is planning an October 5th reveal of their latest iPhone.

• Apple currently testing 4G LTE phones

  Internet super-sleuths are reporting that Apple is currently testing phones with 4G modems, which could potentially be a great sign for iPhone online gaming

• Final Fantasy Tactics iPhone version delayed

  The touch screen strategy game wont be making it into the App Store for another few weeks at the end of July.

• 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.

• Deathsmiles coming to iPhone July 7

  The madcap Japanese arcade shooter turned Xbox 360 game will be coming to the App Store very soon according to developer Cave. They’ll also be offering a prerelease sneak peak at the new iPhone content.

• PopCap: Working on multiple platforms at once leads to "lowest common denominator thinking"

  360-PS3-PC. It’s the simultaneous game release Holy Trinity, and without it, all our goat sacrifices would be in vain. Also, business models. PopCap worldwide game development head Ed Allard, however, isn’t quite so gung-ho about the industry standard. After all, what’s the point of developing for multiple platforms if your game only fits one of […]