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The PG.biz Hot Five: Fake Pokemon hit the App Store, Industrial Toys decloaks, and the PG.biz top 50 starts to count down

Last week's top five stories

The PG.biz Hot Five: Fake Pokemon hit the App Store, Industrial Toys decloaks, and the PG.biz top 50 starts to count down
There's a lot of content running on PocketGamer.biz - the home of news, features and views on the business of app stores, smartphone platforms, developments in mobile game making and assorted technology.

So, what better way to start a new week than to look back on the biggest stories of the past week?

Starting from five and heading down to one, these were our most popular articles from the last seven days.



Nokia's Lumia 800 a 'best seller' in Europe as Windows Phone's UK share jumps fivefold

There's still a long way to go for Nokia and Windows Phone, but it seems that the duo are seeing the first signs of recovery.

Analysts Kantar WorldPanel claims the launch of Nokia's Lumia 800 saw Windows Phone's market share jump fivefold to 2.2 percent in the UK in January.

While Canalys says Lumia shipments to Germany were also strong - around 200,000.

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Leaked logic board points to iPad 3 equipped with A5X chip

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A lot if the rumours that the iPad 3 won't ship using an Apple A6 chip as expected are true. Instead, a leaked photo points to an A5X chip will be powering the still unannounced device.

This suggests the A5X is an uprated dual core chip with an improved GPU rather than the quad core architecture everyone was expecting with the A6. We're guessing iPad 3 will still have a Retina resolution screen, although there may be some implications in terms of fillrate.

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Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian steps up to save core gamers on mobile with new outfit Industrial Toys

There are plenty of start ups starting up at the moment, but not many can boast staff including Bungie and Wideload Games co-founder Alex Seropian, ex-Dreamworks R&D manager Brent Pease, plus what president Tim Harris refers to as 'some kickass art talent from ex-Marvel and DC'.

But that's the situation for LA-based Industrial Toys, which has set up with the remit that there aren't enough great games for core gamers on mobile.

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The PocketGamer.biz top 50 developers of 2012

It only kicked off on Friday, but already our annual roundup of the top 50 mobile game developers in the business is attracting plenty of attention.

With ten studios announced - and ranked - daily, there will be plenty of discussion points in the days to come.

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Temple Run targeted by another 99c clone, while 2 Pokemon 'games' ride high in the App Store

Imangi Studios' Temple Run continues to be besieged by clones that are attempting to get a slice of its popularity by confusing the App Store audience.

Following on from the recently removed Temple Jump, came Temple Guns, which peaked at #7 in the US paid iPhone chart.

And to compound Apple's misery, two fake Pokemon game also sneaked through its approvals checks, before finally being removed from the App Store a couple of days later.

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