It’s been a long time coming, but SEGA has finally released Sonic the Hedgehog on Android via the Google Play store....
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Mesaging App Tango Launches Asia-Style Games Platform 0
June 6th at 4:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsVideo messaging service Tango has taken a big step into the mobile entertainment and gaming space after it launched a new content platform for developers, alongside launch partner Gameloft....
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Games for the weekend: Lead Wars 1
June 28th at 11:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsThe real-life battlefield game is translated to a turn-based iOS game that can be played solo or with multiple players.
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Report: WeChat’s photo-sharing function propels growth of Chinese apps including Baidu Photowonder 0
July 17th at 11:48am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIn an excellent example of how cross-company cooperation can propel skyrocketing growth, Chinese search giant Baidu’s PhotoWonder app has chalked up a growth rate of 4300 percent with monthly downloads of 1.6 million due primarily to a photo-sharing craze on messaging service WeChat — owned by another Chinese Internet giant Tencent....
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Long awaited 'Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time' for iOS now available 1
August 15th at 9:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsPopCap Games on Thursday released "Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time" for iOS, the follow up to the publisher's addicting bestseller first released for the Windows and OS X desktop operating systems in 2009.
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App roundup: GTA V gets companion app, Twitter redesign coming, Google Play Books nabs single sign-on 1
September 17th at 1:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsGrand Theft Auto-loving iPhone owners can get an early taste of San Andreas thanks to a new companion app, while Twitter is said to be redesigning its own first-party title, and Google is improving functionality in Google Play Books for iOS.
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Play this: 'Type:Rider' is a history of typography disguised as a game 1
October 11th at 11:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsThere's no shortage of stylish puzzle-platform games you can play on your phone, but Type:Rider is something a bit different: it's a history lesson that you play. The game has you controlling two tiny circles through 10 stylish worlds, collecting items, solving simple puzzles, and navigating some treacherous terrain. The twist is that as you collect items, you unlock pages from a history book that provide genuinely interesting details on the history of typography — everything from cave paintings to...
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Hatch for iOS brings virtual pet cuddliness to your iPhone, from the creators of to-do list app Clear 0
November 21st at 1:08am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWe knew it was coming, but the Tamagotchi-like iOS app Hatch finally emerged from its shell today....
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Cut the Rope 2 for iOS is out now with more candy-filled, physics-based puzzles to solve 1
December 20th at 1:28am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAs promised, ZeptoLab has released the follow-up to its popular physics-based puzzler Cut the Rope on the App Store today. In Cut the Rope 2, players are still tasked with collecting candy for Om Nom, although this time he’s joined by a cast of supporting characters called Toss, Boo and Blue....
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Proof the Next Great App Could Come From a Kid 1
January 17th at 5:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsAre kids these days really as hopeless and self-absorbed as we claim? Perhaps not. The next wave of tech extraordinaires seem to get younger and younger, and the app-creating students mentioned here are just the tip of the iceberg. See also: Kids Code the Darndest Things: 10 Amazing Youth Innovators Check out the apps below from impressive, pint-sized developers, who’ve accomplished much more before high school than most people more than twice their age.
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Lyne review: Sit back and relax with this iOS game 0
March 11th at 9:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsGot enough stress in your life? Looking for a nice game to help you relax? Lyne is a puzzle game catering to stressed-out iOS gaming fans....
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Former Googlers Launch Osmo, A Gaming Device That Combines Real-World Play With The iPad 0
May 22nd at 7:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA number of companies have attempted to combine physical objects and the iPad in an effort to create new kinds of children’s games, whether that’s Crayola with their DigiTools coloring pens or games that teach toddlers their shapes, like Tiggly. Today, another digital toymaker, Tangible Play, is entering this space with the launch of a series of high-quality games designed for…
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Glorkian Warrior Is For The Marshmallow-Cereal-Swilling Youngster In Everyone 0
March 14th at 7:36am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsI have fond memories of waking up Saturday morning, pouring myself a bowl of Marshmallow Mateys (because Count Chocula was out of season), and plunking down on the couch to watch my favorite cartoons. And then, when the cereal was…
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Google brings popular augmented reality game Ingress to Apple's iOS 1
July 14th at 6:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsLong a favorite of Android's early adopter crowd, iOS users can now get in on the augmented reality fun of Ingress -- a game in which players battle through the real world to secure virtual portals for their team -- after Google's Niantic Labs released an official client on the App Store
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Apple adds Family Sharing support information to iOS, Mac App Store listings 0
August 9th at 12:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple on Friday activated a new iOS and Mac App Store asset that notifies customers of compatibility with the company's upcoming Family Sharing program, which allows family members to share purchased content.
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The Most Popular Free Apps From A to Z 1
October 16th at 2:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe hottest free apps on iOS and Android, in one convenient, interactive graphic.
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Freemium games dominate App Store list of most downloaded, highest grossing apps for 2014 3
December 24th at 2:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple on Tuesday released its annual "Best of 2014" list for the App Store's most-downloaded and highest-grossing titles, revealing so-called "freemium" games as the year's biggest money-makers.
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Nintendo making mobile games was inevitable, and it's good news for everyone 0
March 20th at 3:30am / Macworld / 0 opinionsThe move not only gives us real Nintendo games on iPhone and iPad, but also allows the company to bankroll its risky console bets.
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Help an old man shoot flying pandas in Namco Bandai's weird Galaga/Tekken crossover game 0
April 30th at 11:29am / The Verge / 0 opinionsA key benefit of spaceships: they operate predominantly in zero-gravity environments, so they don't have to be particularly aerodynamic. Remind yourself of that as you control a ship in the shape of a 60-year-old man wearing a karate gi in Namco Bandai's new Galaga: Tekken 20th Anniversary crossover game. The mobile game, available on Android and iOS for free right now, replaces venerable arcade classic Galaga's spaceships and enemies with characters from the fighting game series....
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5 can’t-miss apps: ‘Mean Girls: The Game,’ Formulas and more 1
June 14th at 5:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes a tower defense game based on 'Mean Girls' and a photo editing app that automates photo effects.
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5 can't-miss apps: Google Spotlight Stories, Vizo, 'Prune' and more 1
July 26th at 5:25am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes a social news app, a relaxing game centered around a tree and Google's immersive Spotlight Stories app making its iOS debut.
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5 can't-miss apps: Password Chef, Ledge, Spherify and more 0
September 27th at 1:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes an app to help you create (and remember) better passwords, a social lending platform and a keyboard app that's much more than a keyboard.
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Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is now on iPhone 0
December 17th at 4:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsAnother GTA is going mobile: today Rockstar is launching Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories on iPhone and iPad for $6.99. The revamped mobile release will be largely the same as the original game â which first launched on Sony's PSP handheld in 2005 â but with new features including both touch controls and gamepad support, improved visuals, cloud saves, and what Rockstar describes as "shorter, streamlined missions designed with mobile gameplay in mind." It'll even let you listen to a custom...
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iSlash Heroes is a cut above the average free-to-play game 0
March 14th at 3:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsSlice and diceâand a mostly nice business model, too.
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Apple says 'Apps for Earth' campaign raised over $8M for World Wildlife Fund 0
June 17th at 11:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple and the World Wildlife Fund together raised more than $8 million in proceeds during April's "Apps for Earth" campaign on the App Store, the two groups have announced.