Posts Tagged ‘Apple’

iDonkeyKong, Apple Hasn’t Learned…

April 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Last month, we reported the seize and desist letter that Nintendo sent to the developer of the Duckhunt game that was being sold in the App Store as well as Nintendo’s mission to take the Game & Watch collection offline. Now, Apple approved iDonkeyKong.

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Baby Shaker Kicked from App Store

April 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The Baby Shaker was probably one of the most controversial apps that launched in the past weeks. Following numerous complaints from human rights organizations, Apple has now removed the app from the App Store.

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12 Year Old Releases iPhone Game

April 22nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The iPhone is not only changing the way the mobile games industry works, but also affecting programming hobbyists around the world. As so, a 12 year old kid has just released its first iPhone game.

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Apple Opens Design Awards

April 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Apple has opened up their Design Awards website. This means that developers can now take a shot at winning the newest Apple gear like iPhones, iPods and Macbooks.

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Apple Limits Distribution and Development Freedom

April 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

As a direct result of alternative stores that sell apps for the iPhone, Apple has started to re-align its developer program licensing agreement with their development community.

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Apple Features IGF Finalists

March 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Is Apple quick by acting on current events, or was this planned for a long time? Many questions arise around the massive success of iPhone titles at the IGF awards earlier this week. Yet, the lucky winners are getting a royal treatment from Apple.

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Apple’s Return Policy gets a Buzz

March 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

Following a story on Kotaku, Various websites are reporting about Apple's allegedly new return policy that allows mobile gamers to return their license to play within 90 days after purchase.

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App Store Ratings by Version

March 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

As consumers are getting more aware of quality ratings in the App Store, Apple has yet added another new version which improves consumer information on the quality of the mobile games.

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Apple and Operators Prepare for new iPhone (Firmware)

March 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Everything seems to point to a new iPhone that will arrive somewhere this summer. This rumour is not only supported by operators that are dropping the price on the iPhone 3G, but also because Apple is launching iPhone firmware v3.0.

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iTunes Voucher Codes Hacked!?

March 11th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

What if a consumer is buying all your games with.. false iTunes vouchers? The probability of this happening is pretty big as nearly six months ago, hackers managed to decipher Apple's methods for generating iTunes vouchers.