Hard Lines goes free for a day on iOS as Spilt Milk Studios partners up with OpenFeint
Dev looking for 'longer term success' this time
Nevermind social features for users, iOS 5 should sport a social network for developers argues Angry Mob's Bogdan Iliesiu
Linking up studios would aid cross-promotion
Game Center upgrades could be as significant an innovation as Xbox Live, reckons Spilt Milk's Andrew Smith
Apple learning from old adversary Microsoft
RIM acquires white-label cloud content specialist NewBay for $100 million
Looking to compete with iCloud
Why Apple and RIM were the big news at London Android show Droidcon 2011
Sitting in your rivals' shadow
Glu's Mike DeLaet on how the publisher is preparing for Apple's living room invasion post iOS 5
Learning the home console's DNA
The PG.biz Mobile Gaming Mavens on what Flash 11, HTML5 and WebGL mean for native apps
More the merrier
Apple should ape Nintendo and implement greater user customisation in iOS 5, reckons Crescent Moon's Josh Presseisen
Wii still the standard bearer
iOS 5's AirPlay Mirroring will be the beginning of the end for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, reckons Mobile Pie's Will Luton
Consumers go where gaming is convenient
iBlast Moki 2, Infinity Field, and Jetpack Joyride are the top-reviewed iPhone games of Q3 2011
Critical acclaim
PG.biz week that was: Steve Jobs passes away at 56, Apple both excites and disappoints with iPhone 4S, and BlackBerry set for wipeout in US
The past seven days' news compressed bite-sized
RIM was drumming up support for PlayBook's Android player at Droidcon
Boosting BlackBerry App World inventory
Berg Insight predicts 98 billion mobile app downloads in 2015
But most will be free
Nexus Prime and Android 4.0's CTIA launch postponed
New date and venue will be shortly announced
Gameloft retrospectively turns Brothers in Arms 2 and Fishing Kings into free-to-play titles
Buy weapons and equipment to go faster
Samsung's Galaxy Nexus Prime specs leaked ahead of official announcement on October 11
ICS running device to be a Verizon exclusive in the US
At the present rate, RIM could lose its US user base by the end of 2012 reckons analyst asymco
1.2 million subscribers currently lost every month
Android 4.0 to be launched a day before iOS 5
Ice Cream Sandwich plus next Nexus Prime
Mobile Pie partners with TapJoy to bring My Star to Android
Using TapJoy's $5 million development fund
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games Wheres My Water?, FIFA 12, King of Dragon Pass
Critically acclaimed
Sony reportedly in $1 billion+ buyout talks for Sony Ericsson
Japanese giant looking to wrestle full control
GAMESbrief unveils revenue projection tool for freemium games
Six ways to boost your takings
HTC revenues jump 79% yoy to $4.4 billion in Q3 2011
Net profit surges by 68%
Mobile ad spend to hit $1.23 billion in 2011 as smartphone penetration hits 38% in US
Spend to touch $4.4 billion in 2015
Swedish government hits app developers with double VAT charges for EU distribution
25% national VAT on top of EU tax
Pocket Gamer will be at GDC Online
With additional party time
Disney rumoured to buy remaining share of Indiagames
Could cost around $50 million
Jobs' death meant Apple-Facebook HTML5-iOS 5 announcement was postponed reckons Robert Scoble
Pulled from F8, pushed from Let's talk iPhone
DataWind's Aakash Android tablet will be world's cheapest at $50 when it launches in India
Indian government to give them away to students
RIM and Microsoft's US smartphone share almost halves in last 12 months says comScore
Android sucks up their audience
Microsoft unveils Xbox Companion app, turns Windows Phone into Xbox 360 remote control
Marketplace options also on board
Opinion: iPhone 5's no-show says more about Android's stifled attack than Apple's failure
Cook and co. leading market at their own pace
Steve Jobs dies at 56
'His spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple'
G5 Entertainment's doing 4 million downloads a month on iOS and Android
Russian publisher looking up
Parallel Kingdom's players buy 838 Soup Can Hats to fund Kenyan famine charity
Uses PlayMob's GiverBoard tech
Gingerbread on the march; jumps to 39% share of Android devices
Share grows tenfold in 5 months
Real Racing 2 to receive iPhone 4S and iOS 5 update with AirPlay and Party Play
Local wireless multiplayer for up to 4 people
Big Blue Bubble signs multi-title deal for PlayPhone's social network platform
Four games due by the end of 2011
InMobi research claims 52% of surveyed BlackBerry users would have switched to iPhone 5
28 percent still interested in iPhone 4S
Kindle Fire pre-orders 'leaked' at 254,074 in first five days
Fastest 'tablet' 'sales' to-date
Nexon and DeNA team up to bring mobile social RPG MapleStory to Mobage in Japan
Making a Maple-move on mobile
Claritics adds HTML5 support to Social Intelligence analytics suite
Track users across mobile, Facebook and browser in one framework
Apple opens floodgates to iOS 5 app submissions ahead of October 12 arrival
Gold master SDK submissions now allowed
BioWare looking to mobile to support big console releases, say founders Muzkya and Zeschuk
Moving on from Mass Effect: Galaxy
24MAS partners with Vodafone to launch games store in Czech Republic
Part of firm's European expansion
Windows Phone will be the mobile platform for OEMs thanks to Microsoft's longterm commitment says Casey McGee
Better customer experience and choice than Android
Kick up the arse of the law: Making of Hector: Badge of Carnage
Point and flush
Generator Research predicts 1.5 billion smartphone users by 2015
270 million to be sold in 2011
Four things we learned from Unity's Unite 11 conference
Everything everywhere
Infinity Blade has generated more than $20 million
Paid download total around 5 million