Archive for the ‘Platforms: iOS’ Category

Unity Engine 3 Revealed

September 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Unity has launched the third instance of its successful 3D engine for iOS, Mac, Android, PC, PS3, Wii, X360 and Webbrowsers. Unity Engine 3 had been delayed several times already.

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Elite Betting Big on ZX Spectrum for iOS

September 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Yesterday, Apple approved Elite Systems’ Elite Collection (Vol. #1) for iPhone & iPod Touch. With this bundle of games, Elite is offering a new business model to IP owners of ZX Spectrum games.

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EU Plans to End Antitrust Case Apple

September 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following the recent policy changes for iOS developers, it seems like the EU is planning to end the antitrust investigation it was planning against Apple.

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Gameloft did 20 Million Downloads on the App Store

September 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Gameloft announced that the company did 20 million downloads since it started selling games on Apple’s App Store back in 2008. They now have over 100 titles online.

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Developers Can Block Apple’s Airplay Service

September 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

As Apple introduced Airplay, the streaming media service, some developers are stressed out as the service is not covered in the license agreement they have with the composer. There’s a workaround for that.

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iPad Goes on Sale in South America and China

September 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Just before the weekend, Apple launched the iPad in China and South America. In Beijing, one consumer stood in line for 60 hours to make sure he would buy the first unit.

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iSwifter, the OnLive for Flash Gaming on iOS

September 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Adobe Flash & Air, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

iSwifter, a new service from incubator YouWeb, is streaming Flash games onto iOS platforms. Though no longer needed, they still feel to address the concerns Steve Jobs raised about Flash on iOS.

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Apple Closing the Gap with Nintendo in the US

September 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: DSiWare, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: PSP Minis, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Research from NewZoo shows that Apple is closing the gap between them and Nintendo in the US as Apple has registered over 40 million iOS gamers while Nintendo has 41 million gamers tied to their DS range of consoles.

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Unreal Engine Ready to go Mobile

September 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It took them some time, but it seems like mobile development with the Unreal Developer Kit is about to set off as Epic shows off their UDK on a Samsung Galaxy S device.

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Cydia Acquires Rock.App

September 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

SaurikIT LLC, the company behind the infamous Cydia App Store for Jailbroken iOS devices has acquired Rock Your Phone Inc, operator of the Rock.App store that also targets jailbroken iOS devices.