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The App Farm reports nine per cent global conversion rate

Although there has been plentiful speculation about O2 losing its iPhone exclusivity over the last few weeks, MCV’s sister site Mobile Entertainment has seen documentation that states it will end officially on October 9th. Orange and T-Mobile have been linked heavily with iPhone over the summer, and both networks already …

New Pocket studio to focus on games for iPhone, PSPgo and other handheld formats

Apple has reported impressive revenue and profit growth in its financial results for Q2 2009. The company generated revenues of $8.34bn during Q2 (its third quarter), up 12 per cent year-on-year. Meanwhile, its net profits jumped 15 per cent to $1.23bn. Click here for the full story on Mobile Entertainment.

Develop Conference 2009: Speaking in a panel at the Evolve event in Brighton, TinRaven’s co-founder Niall Fraser has defended the practice of releasing games for the lowest possible prices. Fraser’s comments emerged as the panel discussed monetisation through iPhone games. 59p titles are often criticised for undermining the potential of …

No-one even knew that hit GameCube, PS2 and Wii outing Resident Evil 4 was heading to iPhone until it was unexpectedly released on the App Store earlier this week.

 Tough luck if you missed it though as the game was removed from the Japanese portal moments later. The game appears …

8lb Gorilla wants to develop small, niche and cheap titles for Appleâ??s game platform

Key quotes on Apple's rise to power

Mobile games firm Glu has been dealt a blow with the news that president and CEO Greg Ballard has resigned, though the exec will remain at his post until a successor can be appointed.
 After six years, I have decided the timing is right to look for a new challenge,” …

Payback and CarJack Streets have both promised it, but you’ll find plenty who say that both titles ultimately failed to deliver. Now Gameloft has become the next publisher to step up to the plate and bring a Grand Theft Auto type experience to iPhone in the form of Gangstar.

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