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» iPhone game success for Katy Perry

Music and games – who would have thought…
Katy Perry has started the wheels of success rolling all over again as her sales on iTunes have recorded a sudden boost – but why, I hear you cry.  Well, this time it’s not because she kissed a girl and liked it.
Unlike the music industry, who are clinging [...]

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» Corrie DS - Coronation Street coming in 2009 Q4

Corrie on the big box and the little box at the same time…
Some people like watching Coronation Street, some people love it in fact.  It makes perfect sense therefore to release a game for the Nintendo DS based on the very street that has sparked the imaginations of the country for so many decades.
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» Why we could be seeing the iPhone take on the DS and the PSP

iPhone – Better than all the rest…
A recent survey showed how the iPhone was the leader of mobile gaming devices, and quite rightly too – which would you prefer…Snake on a Nokia 2760, or iMob on the iPhone?  Wait, don’t answer that, I already know what you’re going to say and don’t try and be [...]

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» Spring/Summer Release For DSi in Europe - How Vague Is That?

Nintnedo DSi is coming.
You know that time of the year that some people like to call “Spring/Summer”?  It’s right before and after “Winter/Autumn”, you know when it is.  Well Nintendo are hoping that you do because that’s when they have decided to bring their highly anticipated DSi to the European market.
Now, even though Spring/Summer is [...]

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» Nintendo Profits In - The Good (DS), The Bad (Wii) & The Ugly (PSP)

Nintendo Wii’s profits right down the drain.
It seems as though the time has come for the previously thought recession-proof gaming developer Nintendo have finally taken a hit in the economic downturn as their profits take a turn for the worse.
The developer had originally forecasted their sales of their popular Wii consoles to be around 27.5 [...]

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» DSiWare - 8 new games, but still only in Japan

Nintendo have announced the next batch of games for the DSi are being prepared for release in Japan.  The new games seem to be taking the handheld console into a slightly different direction away from the gaming market and further into the PDA arena as the new “games” will involve the addition of an alarm [...]

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» iControlPad prototype ready for the iPhone

The iPhone has really become on the big contenders to enter the handheld gaming arenas.  More and more developers are joining in and are starting to make the games more complex and enjoyable.  Well, now the evolution of the iPhone gaming experience is taking a giant leap forward as the iControlPad starts its life in [...]

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» iPhone games maturing according to report

A new survey has shown how iPhone games have been attracting more attention, which is showing how the handset is excelling as a hand held console.  The survey, which talked to around 130 developers of iPhone applications, looked into how the developers felt about budget, pricing, gaming features, company proficiencies and team size in an [...]

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» Pass you driving theory test with the touch of a stylus

The Nintendo DS is just one of those consoles that has everything.  It can cheer you up with a bit of fun, train your brain, teach you a new language, and now it can help you pass your driving theory test.  Magic…now if only it could take the test, or even the practical test.  Getting [...]

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» 1/3 over 65s enjoy videogaming - everyday!

Guess what?  Kids like playing video games…what a shock.  A new poll shows that 97 per cent of teenagers pass their free time playing on video games.  For me that makes me wonder what the other 3 per cent are doing.  They probably won’t be re-sitting any exams.  The poll even tells us that 81 [...]

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