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All Your Apps Are Belong to Apple

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

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has done something no developer at all would consider. It publicly posted the full Apple developer license agreement and started slamming it.

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GDC: GameSpy Expands Mobile Strategy

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

Since March 2009, GameSpy has been offering multiplayer services on the iPhone. Though GameSpy is huge on PC and Console platforms, it didn’t enjoy the same popularity platforms like Crystal and Plus+ did.

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GDC: Namco’s Unite SDK

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Namco is taking their games multiplatform with their Unite SDK. Through the SDK, gamers can challenge each other over different machines but within the same game.

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GDC: PhyreEngine Goes PSP

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

PSP Minis developers will soon have the chance of utilizing Sony’s PhyreEngine for their games. The PhyreEngine has been developed for the Playstation 3 and has been converted by ‘public demand’.

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Spil Games Enters the App Store

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

Until recently, Spill Games’ mobile activities have been mainly limited to Flash games. With the release of Uphill Rush 2, that is changing as the company has chosen to release the game on the App Store.

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Vodafone Launches Brew Phone in EU Markets

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Brew, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Vodafone has announced that it will be launching a Huawei phone in several European countries. With this launch, it is the first time Brew sets foot in many of these markets.

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Doodle Jump Hits 3 Million Sales

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

Lima Sky has reached a huge milestone with their Doodle Jump game. The game attracted 3 Million sales to date. Looking at the $0.99 price tag, that is $2,970,000.00 in revenues.

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Google Announces Android NDK 3.0

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

Google has announced the third installment of the Android Native Development Kit (NDK). With this version, developers will be allowed to make use of OpenGL ES 2.0 for the rendering of 3D content.

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GDC: Freeverse CFO Jumps to Appular

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Not long after the acquisition by ngmoco, Freeverse CFO Dino Decespedes has announced that he is leaving the developer to join a new app publisher called Appular as the director of publishing.

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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.