Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’

GDC: Epic Shows Unreal Engine 3 on iPhone

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Epic Games’ Josh Adams has shown the GDC public a demonstration of their Unreal Engine 3 on an iPhone 3GS. Though the engine is running perfectly, a mobile Gears of War game will not happen soon.

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Smaato: Windows Mobile Overtaking iPhone on Advertising

March 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

The key to monetizing free mobile games is in-game purchases or showing ads to your gamers. Though the iPhone has been dominant in this market over the past months, Windows Mobile has started to overtake Apple.

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iSimulate is the iPad Developer’s Best Pall

March 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

iPad developers have a huge problem. Though compatibility with the iPhone is more or less guaranteed, there is no hardware available yet. iSimulate seems to bring the revelation they seek.

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Apple Streamlines Mac & iPhone Dev Programs.

March 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Last night, Apple updated the developer portal. Though many expected a possibility to upload iPad apps, the company had actually changed a big part of their Mac development program.

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Apps vs. Games Study

March 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to a study from mPlayit, Android owners seem to be more interested in downloading applications then mobile games. Only 17% of the Android consumers are looking for games.

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Fishlabs Does Volkswagen Again

March 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: iOS | 3 Comments »

Though Volkswagen’s last iPhone game was in collaboration with FireMint for a special Golf edition of their Real Racing game, the company returned to Fishlabs for their Think Blue. Challenge.

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Apple to Integrate Advertising in iPhone OS

March 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Over the past years, in-game advertising has been a second revenuestream for developers in which they didn’t have to give a cut to Apple since they didn’t have any control over those ads. That might change now.

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Behind Windows Phone 7 Series

March 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

It turned out, Windows Phone 7 is now officially Microsoft’s answer to the iPhone. According to Microsoft VP Terry Myerson, the iPhone opened up the eyes of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile team.

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THQ Liquidates Universomo

March 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

On Januari 27th, we already reported that Universomo MD Markku Hakala had resigned from THQ Wireless owned Universomo. Now, it turns out that THQ Wireless has liquidated the Finnish studio.

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Firemint Goes DSiWare

March 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: DSiWare, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following Chillingo, another popular iPhone developer has chosen to enter the realm of Nintendo as Firemint released Flight Control for DSiWare. The game was announced to Europe today.