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Developer of fake Angry Birds and Cut the Rope for Android fined 50,000 GBP
It’s likely that we won’t see a ton of fake mobile games in the Android Market (Google Play) in the future. Nope, Google won’t introduce an app review process, but developers should now be more wary, since they could end-up paying for their deeds. According to a BBC report, an unnamed Latvian developer who posted fake versions of popular games on the Android Market has been fined 50,000 GBP and told to repay 28,000 GBP to victims, marking the first of its kind fine in the mobile industry. It’s important … Read more
Dusan Belic
YoYo Games’ GameMaker: Studio allows developers to make cross-platform 2D games using HTML5
YoYo Games launched GameMaker: Studio, a new software that promises to make 2D game development easy, relying on HTML5 technology. This in turn, will allow developers to make game once and see it running on multiple platforms, including iOS and Android. Although it’s touted as a “powerful” solution, GameMaker: Studio sports a drag-and-drop IDE with a built-in games-oriented scripting language, making it suitable both for novices and seasoned game developers. Moreover, once your done with development, you are able to export the game as native iOS and Android packages, or … Read more
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Zynga, American Express team-up to launch Zynga Serve Rewards program
Zynga has teamed-up with American Express to launch the Zynga Serve Rewards program, which is tied to the Serve digital wallet and is touted to “break new ground in the prepaid card market” by offering in-game incentives for everyday spending. As a result of this co-operation, FarmVille players have the ability to plant an interactive Serve Money Tree in their Farms that will give them the ability to level up in game and earn Zynga Farm Cash for virtual awards redemption. Once the tree is placed, users will be prompted … Read more
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Gameloft launches Men in Black 3 for iOS, Android
Gameloft launched the Men in Black 3 game for iOS and Android users. Available as a free download, it sees you building your very own MIB agency while interacting with friends. Some of the things are free to use/build, some can be earned by playing mini-games, while some others are available through in-app purchase. This “freemium” strategy is obviously working for Gameloft since it keeps launching such titles for popular smartphone platforms (iOS and Android). Needless to say, you should expect to encounter elements from the movies, including the ability … Read more
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Juniper Research: Social gambling to push mobile wagers to $100bn annually by 2017
Juniper Research is looking at the mobile gambling prospects in its latest report. From there we learn that the surge in social gambling activity, along with the introduction of intrastate casino and lottery services in the US, will help push global annual wager via mobile handsets and tablets to $100 billion by 2017, up from just under $20 billion last year. The report also looks at the dramatic increase in wager that had occurred in UK-facing sportsbooks over the past year, with several services already seeing around 20% of online … Read more
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Fruit Ninja for iOS getting “Mega” update on May 24th
To celebrate the two-year anniversary of the Fruit Ninja launch, Halfbrick will update its flagship game on May 24th. New version, which initially will target iOS users, will bring a number of features, including the time-increasing peach as well as “highly explosive” berries. Moreover, fictional “Starfruit” will be added to the mix to be used as a currency for purchasing items from Gutsu’s cart. That said, Fruit Ninja will also get some sort of in-game shop from where you will be able to purchase power-ups and “never before seen super … Read more
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Popular PSN title Cuboid hits the AppStore
Russia-based HeroCraft is releasing Cuboid for iOS, which is described as a “stunning 3D puzzle game in which players navigate ancient ruins and lush environments, maneuvering a rectangular block through mystical exits.” The previous best selling title on the PlayStation Network is now available as a free download for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, though you get only so much for free. The full game features 77 “twisted puzzles” and 3 “vibrant environments”, challenging players in a “variety of mind-bending ways” to flip and rotate the game’s main object — … Read more
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Angry Birds Heikki to come out on June 18th, what exactly is it?
Finnish people are good at many things, but there are two things that they do that gets them world attention: playing ice hockey and driving Formula 1 cars. Heikki Kovalainen, while not the best driver, at least compared to Kimi Räikkönen, is a guy that most Finns know and respect. You can’t really miss him when he’s driving either because his helment is literally an Angry Bird. The cross promotion isn’t going to stop there however. Rovio, the company that made Angry Birds, has setup a teaser website for “Angry … Read more
Stefan Constantinescu
Sonic 4: Episode II lands with 720p thanks to Tegra 3
Everyone’s favorite hedgehog is back on Android with Sonic 4: Episode II and the speed demon has been optimized for the quad-core Tegra 3 chipset including HD gameplay. We’d previously heard that Sonic would be able to collect rings with the Tegra 3 chip and now that it’s available, it’s easy to say that it provides a nice experience. It’s just so vibrant and alive and that’s key for a speed-based game like this one. Even without the 720p, it looks pretty good on other Android devices. Check out this … Read more
Marin Perez
MediaTek to preload Gameloft games on its platform
MediaTek, which is a fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, announced that it will preload Gameloft games on its feature and smartphone platform solutions. At the same time, Gameloft will allocate dedicated R&D team and resource for the development of games that will run on MediaTek’s platforms. As a result, certain MediaTek-powered phones will ship with games out of box, which is a nice win for consumers. Gameloft on its end will benefit from the increased exposure and potential additional revenue since not all of the … Read more
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Wikitude now open to augmented reality game developers
Wikitude is going beyond “basic” augmented reality and is including games to the mix as part of version 7.0 of its platform. As a result, developers utilizing Wikitude’s ARchitect Engine, will be able to make AR-based games that put digital characters around player’s surrounding. And already, there are 3 titles that take advantage of this technology, including: Bubble Tap – in which players pop a series of bubbles floating around them. As you progress, the difficulty increases with longer series to pop, prompting you to physically rotate to get higher … Read more