Category Archives: Games
Microsoft pushes Silverlight to mobile developers
Rating:Claims for its exsiting usage exaggerated
Whoah! Microsoft is making a massive push to displace Adobe’s Flash in the mobile world by getting really heavy on its own alternative – Silverlight. The company’s claim that Silverlight is already loaded on 60 per cent of all internet devices worldwide needs to be taken with a massive pinch of salt. Continue reading
Native iPhone apps developers still thriving
Rating: Second largest suppliers of iPhone games
An interesting item concerning the make-up of companies developing apps for the iPhone turned up in a blog produced by Flurry Analytics. It appears that native iPhone application developers are more than holding their own in the games sector which Flurry describes as being, “The iPhone’s largest revenue generating category.” Continue reading
Microsoft might be doing something right on mobile: converged gaming and “Project Pink”
2010 is looking up for Microsoft so far – on mobile, anyway. WinMo 7 actually got a pretty good reception, which is a far cry from the scorn that is now commonly heaped on the entire “version 6″ family. In the last few days, Microsoft has finally revealed it’s long anticipated work converged gaming – and we’ve got this “Project Pink” business to look at as well. Continue reading
Mobile version of Playstations PSP? Oh no, that’s a terrible idea
Just a quickie – it would seem that Sony intends to have it’s own smartphone on the market by the end of the year. It’s being widely reported that a “mobile phone” version of the PSP will be hitting stores by the end of the year. But that would be a terrible idea… and probably isn’t going to happen. Continue reading
Palm Pre + EA Mobile = Zzzzzz…
It’s a funny thing about Palm – they occupy the same space this year that Motorola did around the time of MWC last year. As in, mostly everybody you ask thinks the company is now kind of irrelevant. But a year of blazing announcements, changes in philosophy and incredible phones has pulled Motorola back into the limelight. So what wonders does Palm have lined up? Continue reading
Qt for Symbian hastens development by 200%
Rating: But it ain’t that good yet, says Tamoggemon
Tam Hanna from Tamoggemon claims to be “among the first vendors to finish development of an application using Qt for Symbian.” He claims there are still various hole in this development environment, though.
Hana commented, “Of course, Qt still has significant weaknesses which make the mass distribution of [...]
MWC: Windows Phone 7 games orientated
Rating: Will offer tight integration with Bing, though
It appears that the very latest incarnation of Microsoft’s mobile OS, Windows Phone 7, is very heavily biased towards the gaming/entertainment sector. However, every Windows Phone 7 Series phone will come with a dedicated button for Bing to provide one-click access to search from anywhere on the phone. Continue reading
Mobile device lovers stick it to Nokia with fan-made video
Here’s an interesting one – a group of Nokia fans have gotten tired of waiting for the Finnish giant to make a decent smartphone. So they’ve done a mock-up of the “Orion” phone they wish that Nokia would make, and released it into the wild. How does it look? Pretty damn hot! Continue reading
Tetris is now the most purchased mobile game ever: Alexey Pajitnov dances with joy
When Tetris was first released in the mid-1980s, its creator basically got screwed. Under the USSR, the government held all copywrites and the game was distributed for free. With the founding of the Tetris Company in 1996, Alexey Pajitnov has been able to draw profits from his creation – so the news that it is now (once again) the most downloaded mobile game in existence is welcome news. Continue reading
Microsoft banking on Xbox Live to boost Windows Mobile sales
Back in July, Shane Kim, corporate VP for Microsoft Game Studios spoke about how Microsoft wanted to take Xbox Live out of your living room. At the time he said that Windows Mobile was the most likely platform for that. And now that prediction has come true, as Microsoft is advertising to hire people who can help them port Xbox Live games to its mobile phones. Continue reading
Augmented Reality + iPhone mobile game = shooting your friends
Remember laser tag? You’ld strap sensors onto your arms and chest, and run around with goofy looking plastic guns shooting infra-red lasers at one another. It’s still extremely popular – competitions and tournaments are held on a local, regional, national and international level, with a yearly world championship games. Now Stage Two Labs is attempting to modernise it by releasing an augmented reality mobile game that replaces all of the laser kit with a single device; your iPhone. Continue reading
When is an Android like an iPhone? When you’re a mobile game developer
One of the biggest weaknesses of the Android OS has been highlighted sharply this week, as games developer Gameloft has shown wavering support for the platform. The problem? Device fragmentation and revenue issues. But after announcing a major cut in Android investment, Gameloft has today announced an advanced High Definition games launch for the OS. Continue reading
Surprisingly fun physics game goes mobile with iPhone
The Science Museum of London has an extremely fun on-line game available on its web site. Launchball has a very simple interface that would work perfectly on a touch-screen – and mobile application developer Bright AI has adapted the game for use on iPhone and iTouch Continue reading
Want to win 9 million dollars on your mobile? Get gaming
We’ve encountered Spin3 a couple of times before. Partnered with on-line gaming company Microgaming, Spin3 runs one of the biggest mobile casino games sites in the world. Now it has announced a new mobile game – one with the largest on-line jackpot ever created: €6 million, almost $9 million. Continue reading
Mobile chat community sees great response to mobile games
In August, mobile chat company mig33 launched a “premium” gaming service for its subscribers. It is now reporting a pretty impressive uptake in the number of people paying to play these mobile games. How did it go about it?
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