Replica Software teams up with Ideaworks Labs to integrate online multiplayer into Airplay SDK
Cross-platform play on offer
Angry Birds Free with Magic to deliver multiplayer on Nokia NFC handsets
To come preinstalled on Nokia C7 post Anna update
Apple has sold a total of 189 million iOS devices
Including 19.5 million iPads
Apple posts another record quarter: Q2 2011 profits up 95% to $5.99 billion
18.7 million iPhones, 4.7 million iPads sold
FADE estimates Android Market game sales in Q1 2011 at $8.8 million, up 330%
Top game was Robo Defense with 186,000 sales
EA and Sega cut the prices of 27 games in Easter App Store sale
FIFA, Super Monkey Ball and Dead Space all down
New App Store algorithm favours specific categories, not app usage claims Fiksu
Games slip from the top of the charts
W3i's Hayden Creque on why developers need to be open about how they are using personal data
If we don't self regulate, Apple will do it for us
Battle Bears -1 and Cordy join first wave of Unity titles for Xperia Play
Union division delivers
1 in 12 buy tablets instead of PCs, laptops and netbooks in UK
But consumers want sub £250 price tag
IGDA brands Amazon Appstore a 'threat' despite clarification of pricing terms by retailer
It's not right, and it's not okay
Digital Chocolate franchises bound for Appitalism as two firms sign partnership
Publisher looking to extend its reach
Playforge's Thomas Chung on why Apple's incentivisation rejection doesn't solve iOS discoverability
One step forward?
iOS userbase hits 37.9 million in US as Apple's reach outperforms Android by 59%
Taking into account iPad and iPod touch
Capcom sets up second key business unit Beeline to target social mobile games
Rebrands US operation, set up new Asian outfit
SGN acquired by MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe's MindJolt Games
Firm also acquire social portal Hallpass Media
Gameview's Tap Fish enjoys half a million Android installs in 18 days
iOS release goes cross platform faster
Eliminating incentivised installs is great for iOS ecosystem says MdotM's Rodney Witcher
Install model shouldn't be about gaming the App Store
Opinion: Apple's move to block app incentivisation hands Android the initiative
Over-regulation slowly killing business on iOS
Opinion: Apple's move to ban Tapjoy and Flurry is incredible
Welcome to the cruel world
Tapjoy says Apple ban will have significant and long-term negative impact on iOS user experience
Caught in a loophole?
MEF extends 2011 Meffys entry deadline to May 6
Ruby Wax named as host for Covent Garden gala
Sony Ericsson's switch to smartphones results in 8 million Euro profit in Q1 2011
That's despite 23 percent drop in shipments
Apple sues Samsung, claims Galaxy phones and tablets ape iPhone and iPad
Devices impinge on patents and trademarks
Nintendo sells 400,000 3DS units in US in opening week
'We staged supply so it would not sell out'
Apple stamps down on app incentivisation; starts rejecting games using per install model
Burgeoning business model banned
Gamevil's Kyu Lee on why the publisher hopes to release a dozen indie developed games in 2011
Strategy already paying off with Air Penguin's US success
Analytics provider Localytics raises $2.5 million in latest funding round
Total funding sits at $3 million
Adult Swim rejects limitations of licensed games for an explosion in original content
Embrace everyone, not just a few fans
Apple tweaks App Store algorithm; shift from downloads to activity reckon Flurry and W3i
Angry Bird Rio slips as Facebook leaps back to the top
The Game Creator's Lee Bamber on AGK; bringing mobile game middleware to the masses
Building on 10 years of DarkBASIC
Developers Cooperative launch HTML5 app store Openspace
Proffers standard 70/30 split
Backbreaker Football scores 1 million downloads over Super Bowl weekend
Cross-promotion triples sales
Astro Ape's Chieh Huang on making better social games than Zynga, Pocket Gems and Storm8
Our retention rate is close to 70 percent
PG.biz week that was: IGDA takes on Amazon, Android Market hits 3 billion downloads, Ovi Store does 3 million daily, Intel primes MeeGo, and WP7 is a slow burn
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Class action filed against Apple over the unauthorised purchase of in-app items by children
Garen Meguerian wants his $200 back and compensation
Intel hopes LG will fill its Nokia gap for MeeGo phone adoption
Chinese OEMs also interested
Google's activating 350,000 Android devices daily as app installs hit 3 billion
1 billion downloads in 2 months
HP offers hands on with TouchPad via webOS 3.0 developer sessions
Get on board for April 28 showcase
Flurry brands Nintendo DS 'a burning platform' as smartphones eat into its market share
iOS and Android rise results in DS revenue drop
GetJar's Patrick Mork enters IGDA-Amazon Appstore debate with his Manifesto for App Stores
Be open, let the market do its work
Mark Rein to keynote new NE England mobile event; Go Go Games
Gateshead, 12 May and it's free
MIX11: Microsoft updates Windows Phone 7 chassis specification to include Adreno 205 GPU
Optional gyroscope also on board
Quality Index: The week's best iPhone games World of Goo, Mission Europa, City of Secrets
Critically acclaimed
Social gamers more valuable to developers than non gamers, claims MocoSpace
Spend three times as much time on gaming portal
Android overtakes iOS in terms of global mobile ad impressions says InMobi
But Nokia and Symbian retain 40% share
PopCap saw mobile revenues rise 50% in 2010
Explosion on iOS
IGDA warns developers to think carefully before accepting Amazon's Appstore terms
Significant concerns raised
Monster Dash downloads jump by 123% as Halfbrick cross promotes on OpenFeint
Game pushed at Fruit Ninja's 25 million players
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