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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
With over 1 billion downloads to date, it’s safe to say that Rovi’s creation, Angry Birds, is an amazing success story. But what comes after that? Is the company going to milk the Angry Birds franchise for all that it’s worth? According to ArcticStartup, the answer is no. Earlier this week Rovio purchased the two…
As popular as Android has become, there’s no denying Google hasn’t been shy to mimic certain features of iOS over the years. Now an unnamed source is telling Business Insider Google’s latest venture is building a social gaming network for Android to model Game Center on iOS. Since iOS 4.1 in 2010, Game Center has been…
Stefan was pretty incredulous that Rovio supposedly turned down $2 billion from Zynga but it may have been the smart move as the company today revealed that the Angry Birds game has been downloaded more than 1 billion times. Rovio made a short video below to thank everyone for the remarkable achievement and I’m sure…
Tiny Wings is one of my favorite iOS games. Despite not being able to beat the last level, no matter how hard I try, I still play it whenever I have a few minutes to kill. Andreas Illiger, the guy who made the game, was recently interviewed by Flow Studio. They asked him what he…
Gameloft will join the BlackBerry 10 ride with 11 games optimized for the new platform using the native SDK. The upcoming games will take advantage of key BlackBerry 10 features including the Scoreloop social gaming tools and multiplayer functions, and will range from freemium to $6.99 per app. Shark Dash, N.O.V.A. 3: Near Orbit Vanguard…