EA to bolster RIM's PlayBook with Plants vs. Zombies
To arrive 'shortly'
Nokia details Lumia's global roll out with interactive Momentum Map
Ticking off the territories
Google and LG rumoured to be negotiating over a Nexus smart TV
More content and better search options inbound
It's confirmed that Samsung's working to merge bada OS with ex-MeeGo open source project Tizen
Linux-based OSes could cover all devices, provide Android plan B
The PG.biz Hot Five: Zynga's player love, Gameloft clones itself, and Microsoft ties up Cut the Rope for IE
Last week's top five stories
Latest platform supported by Unity's Union program is LG smart TVs
Include camera support for Kinetic-style games and motion control remotes
Preliminary ITC decision clears Motorola of infringing Apple patents
Final judgement due in May
Has ZombieSmash developer GameDoctors been acquired by Zynga?
iTunes says yes. Zynga says no comment
Gameloft's free-to-play woes continue as Urban Crime unmasked as a rehash of Gangstar
Cut and paste
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Crazy Hedgy, Scramble With Friends
Critically acclaimed
CES 2012: ARM CEO Warren East dismisses Intel's smartphone ambitions, while talking up Windows 8 potential
It can never compete on power consumption
Nokia signs exclusive deal to land 25 EA and Chillingo games on Windows Phone
Mirror's Edge, FIFA 12, and Dead Space on the way
Digital Chocolate adds credit lines, hires Finnish VPs and expands studios to grow in 2012
All go in Helsinki, San Mateo, St Petersburg and Seattle
Lithuanian developer Outlander Studios gains a year of funding from HackFwd
Time to finish Android RTS Equilibrium
Nokia to launch Lumia 710 in UK on 1 February
Comes in six colour variations
Apple cancels iPhone 4S's official retail launch in China to ensure the safety of customers and employees
Relies on resellers and online vendors
Sony shrugs off concern over PS Vita sales figures in Japan
Learning from the past
Zynga poaches EAi executive Barry Cottle to serve as corporate development lead
Joins the Zyngan club of ex-EA execs
CES 2012: Samsung to launch modified Galaxy Tab 7.0 in Germany at end of January to skirt injunction
Design sufficiently different
Zynga looks to improve iOS retention and drive downloads with Player Love Week
Ranging from free coins to a bear-in-a hammock
People sparking baseless Microsoft buyout rumours are running out of fresh material reckons Nokia CEO Elop
There are synergies across feature and smartphones
BlackBerry can regain lost ground ... if developers support it, reckons Paw Print Games director Antony White
Bottom has been reached
CES 2012: Cut the Rope coming to PlayBook with Scoreloop social integration
Part of PlayBook OS 2.0 update
Sulake builds out mobile business with launch of Habbo Hotel tie-in game Niko
All about moving audiences across platforms
Microsoft signs Android patent deal with LG, leaving Motorola and Barnes & Noble as key outliers
Has over 70 percent of OEMs signed up
Figures from Read It Later suggest number of Kindle Fire registrations over Christmas was similar to iPad
Audience likes to read
Grey Area's Markus Montola to give GDC talk on The Future of Location-Based Games
Lessons from Shadow Cities
Gameloft cleared of dangerous working conditions claims by New Zealand Labour Department
Body finds 'no substantial evidence'
App Annie updates analytics platform for iOS and unveils private beta for Android
'Fearless data geek' now utilised by 75,000 apps
Monster Hunter Tri-G is first non-Nintendo 3DS game to do a million sales
And PSP continues to outsell PS Vita
New rumours suggest 'iPad 2S' will be released in March
Internal upgrade but aesthetically similar
Animoca's simple plan to significantly increase the visibility of top apps on-device
Hide your already downloaded apps
Tiswaz's Kevin Dent on 2012's coming disruptions
Predictions for the big brands in the new year
CES 2012: Nokia's Lumia 900 success will benefit Samsung and HTC in US, reckons Microsoft's Aaron Woodman
Stops short of branding device as 'flagship'
Best Buy's Android dev contest Get Discovered heads towards March final in San Francisco
Distribution, seed funding and promo on offer
CES 2011: OnLive game streaming service comes to Google TV
Viewer app to begin with, full service to follow
Nokia to sell more than 100 million Windows Phones by end of 2013, reports Morgan Stanley
Lumia 900 to open doors
Intel heads list of the top US patent assignees again, but Samsung's second
Microsoft, Sony, Qualcomm, Apple and RIM in top 50
Glu partners with ngmoco to bring freemium favourite Gun Bros. to Mobage on Android
30 western aimed games now on board
CES 2012: Razer presents bizarre concept design for the ultimate PC gaming tablet
sub-$1,000 Project Fiona due late 2012
Distimo adds support for Millennial, Smaato, Mojiva and BuzzCity to Monitor analytics tool
Better insight into your ad performance
CES 2012: Imagination details PowerVR Series 6 GPU, boasts 20 times performance boost
Future Apple hardware will fly thanks to Rogue design
Medialets launches private marketplace with real time bidding to link publishers with advertisers
Platform generating 20 billion impressions a month
CES 2012: Lenovo announces first smart TV running Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Also first to use Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor
2D Boy's World of Goo does million downloads on Apple hardware
Plus 450,000 on Android
Stream Media launches free Android game discovery platform Applorer
Powered by games testers
Mondia Media gains new COO, Volker Glaeser joins from Vodafone Germany
Bulks up executive team
Ustwo teams up with Sony to bring smartphone game Dot to Google TVs
Use Android phones as controllers
Angry Birds merch flies into Russia and CIS as Rovio signs distribution deal
Very important market
Non-iPad tablets have failed, says Dell CCO Steve Felice, but firm still planning to re-enter market before end of 2012
Windows 8 looking like OS of choice