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When Google announced its new Maps app today, it touted tons of great new features. But it looks like one feature will quietly be leaving the app, Google’s Latitude location sharing service. All Google Latitude services, including its location sharing API, will be phased out on August 9th. Latitude users begun receiving emails letting them…
Get ready to make some CRAZY money, Android users! Crazy Taxi has finally peeled rubber onto the Google Play store. Out on iTunes 8 months ago, Sega took its time to port the mobile version of the game. But it’s worth the wait. Sega’s gonzo taxi cab classic will bring you right back to the…
Best Buy‘s got a pretty nice deal going right now on some hot games through its website. You’ll get a free $50 gift card with the purchase of any two games from a selected list of PlayStation 3, Windows PC, Wii U and Xbox 360 titles, including The Skyrim: Legendary Edition,Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Dead Island: Riptide.…
Today Google quietly announced the return of voice calling to Gmail, as well as Google+ and the Hangouts Chrome extension. A cherished feature, voice calling wasn’t included when Hangouts and Gmail’s chat were integrated last May. While no voice integration is currently announced for Google’s mobile applications, it could be coming down the pipeline soon. Google…
It looks like we’ll have to wait a little longer for Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time. PopCap Games have delayed the sequel from its July 18th release date, while the company reviews server stability and the functionality of the game’s new free to play pricing model. Plants vs. Zombies 2 will have a…
Apple and Amazon have apparently buried the hatchet in the long running dispute over the phrase “App Store”. Apple has relented in its trademark suit, allowing Amazon the rights to use the term ‘app store’ in its Amazon Appstore for Android. Since Amazon began using the name “appstore” for its Android store in March 2011,…
Today Microsoft’s Major Nelson announced the prices and release schedule for Xbox Live Summer of Arcade promotion. While the promotion was announced about month ago, the specifics haven’t bee revealed until today. Check below for everything you need to know to get some exciting new titles at great prices! The Summer of Arcade has been…
Well known toy company, Hasbro just paid $112 million for a 70% controlling interest in Boulder, Colorado’s Backflip Studios. Backflip is the studio behind popular mobile titles such as Dragonvale, NinJump and Paper Toss. This move signals Hasbro’s transition into the increasingly profitable mobile gaming market. It seems very likely that new mobile versions of Hasbro’s…
While some still decry it as a Bejeweled clone, Candy Crush Saga has proven its money-making potential. A new report from Think Gaming shows the popular game is making an estimated $632,867 a day. Its got 6,772,996 daily active users (yes that’s 6 and 3/4 MILLION) and is taking on approximately 100,000 more a day. I think…
Microsoft recently unveiled its Xbox One at this year’s E3, the third device to carry the Xbox name. But, in an interview with Edge, Seamus Blackley revealed it could have turned out very differently. Blackley, one of the founding members of the original Xbox project, gave insight into the naming process and a laundry list…