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Read More »iOS 10 is installed on over 50% of Apple devices
iOS 10 is installed on over 54% of Apple mobile devices according to official figures released this week. Apple themselves announced the news with the handy pie chart you can see to the right of this very sentence. The chart also reveals that only 8% of iPhones and iPads are …
Read More »That Dragon, Cancer is now available on iOS
That Dragon, Cancer is now available on iOS devices, costing $4.99 on the US App Store. Having launched earlier this year on PC, Mac and Linux the semi autobiographical game is now available for Apple mobile devices in the US, with a UK release expected soon. The game also has …
Read More »Red Dwarf XI gets its own game
iOS and Android owners are now able, should they choose, to download a new game based on the 11th series of cult UK sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf. It’s even called Red Dwarf XI: The Game, lest there be any confusion. The UKTV, Grant Naylor Productions and GameDigits product tries to …
Read More »Simplygon used to enhance Submerged
Uppercut Games chooses 3D optimisation software for new iOS adventure
Read More »Miyamoto unveils Nintendo’s first Mario game for mobile – and it’s a runner
Legendary game designer shows off aptly-titled Super Mario Run at Apple’s iPhone 7 reveal event
Read More »Miyamoto reveals Super Mario Run at Apple iPhone 7 event
Is there a more telling sign of the times than Shigeru Miyamoto taking to the stage at an Apple event to announce a new Mario platform game for smartphones? As unlikely as it sounds, that’s precisely what happened last night. Super Mario Run is coming exclusively to iOS. A Mario …
Read More »Peter Molyneux’s 22Cans stealth-launches new title The Trail
Free-to-play adventure game appears on iTunes in the Philippines after two years of development
Read More »Latest Humble Bundle throws in GameMaker: Studio Pro and modules
Collection valued at nearly $1,900 also includes source code and games made using the tool
Read More »UK mobile games have the best ARPU in Europe (but they’re still behind the US and Japan)
App Annie report finds that US devs are more than twice as successful at monetising mobile games than British creators, with Japanese makers achieving returns six times higher
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