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Chunk Games Launches

December 13th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Digital creative agency Chunk Digital has announced the launch of Chunk Games, a new mobile unit within the marketing agency that is aiming purely at the development of multi-platform games.

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Rovio Builds Android Based In-App Purchasing Platform

December 13th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Rovio has announced it will soon support in-app purchases on Android. The first avialable option would be to buy off the adverts shown in the popular free game.

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Apple to Somewhat Allow Jailbreaks

December 13th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

While Apple has been monitoring jailbreaks for some time and has an API in place in iOS4 that monitors the status of an iPhone, the company has silently switched that functionality off.

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Android Market Receives Visual and Conditions Facelift

December 13th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google has announced it will be releasing a new version of Android Market within the next two week. The team didn’t only improve the UI, but also the terms and conditions for Android 1.6 and up.

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Interpret: Gamers Ditch Handhelds for Phones

December 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to a study from US based market researcher Interpret, Gamers are abandoning their DS and PSP to play on their Smartphones. This news brings a cheer to SonyEricsson and a tear to Nintendo.

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Windows Phone 7 Payments Coming Early

December 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Though it was communicated in time by Microsoft, recently developers started complaining that reporting and payments had not been made available yet. It seems Microsoft has been working extra hard as payments will come one month ahead of schedule.

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Gear4 Launches Angry Birds Cases

December 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | No Comments »

The Angry Birds madness continues as UK based accesorie maker Gear4 puts several iPhone 4 and iPod Touch cases in the market that are fully Angry Birds branded.

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EA Explores Freemium with Pogo Games App

December 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Today, EA launched a free app called Pogo Games on the app store. The app contains 5 minigames for now and allows Pogo members to sign in to it.

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Daily App Dream Launches App

December 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Fans of Daily App Dream don’t have to fire up Safari any longer, The free games portal has launched a special app to help consumers find their daily free games offering.

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Head of iPhone Game Technology Leaves Apple

December 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Graeme Devine, the person heading the iPhone Game Technology department in Apple has left the company. Graeme Devine has been working for Apple for a year now after leaving id Software.

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