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In: Apple|Gaming News
1 Jun 2010window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; Apple never ceases to amaze me. The iPad is not a device that I would have expected to be widely popular and yet, two months after its release, the new handheld thingamajig has already sold two million units. Over 30,000 iPads would have to move every day to make that number. You [...]
In: Apple|Gaming News
25 May 2010window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; Wait, isn’t that … tomorrow? Why yes it is! Turns out that the third week of Mac releases on Steam will include Gordon Freeman’s second adventure against the Combine in Half-Life 2. Rather than simply release a press blurb about the game’s forthcoming availability, Valve has created this parody of Apple’s “1984″ [...]
In: Apple|Gaming News|PC
12 May 2010window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; To celebrate Steam’s arrival on Mac, Valve went ahead and did what Valve does best: create a sweet promotion that will raise awareness of its games and client, earning them big bucks in the long run. They have all sorts of fancy charts and graphs to prove this works, I’m sure. Starting [...]
In: Apple|Gaming News
24 Feb 2010Yesterday’s announced update to Valve’s Steam digital distribution service came with a surprise—hints that the Half-Life developer may be planning to add Mac OS X support to the currently Windows-only software. Steam forum members dug through newly released files from the recently launched open beta and dug up a handful of Mac OS X-specific graphics, [...]
In: Apple|Gaming News
23 Feb 2010Apple has taken swift action against applications in the iTunes Application Store. The reason: Apple says that it has done so because some women and parents have complained. As revealed by Wobble iBoobs developer Jon Atherton via website TechCrunch, here is the Victorian laundry list of no-nos in apps: 1. No images of women in [...]
In: Apple|Gaming News|iPhone
10 Feb 2010Two companies have announced new iPhone releases of old games. First, Pocket Gamer reports that Cobra Command developer Revolutionary Concepts will release another Data East classic, Karate Champ, on iPhone and iPod touch. The port will feature Bluetooth and local wi-fi two-player, and will simulate the original dual-joystick interface of the arcade game. In addition, [...]
In: Apple|Gaming News|iPhone
28 Jan 2010We told you about our experience with the just-announced Apple iPad yesterday; this morning, we’ll show you, by way of the above video. You’ll note that both Need for Speed Shift and NOVA are the same non-iPad versions available on the App Store today – the enhanced versions shown during the keynote are works-in-progress and [...]
In: Apple|Gaming News
4 Jan 2010Apple is set to unveil its take on the tablet computer, the touchscreen bigger brother to the iPhone rumored to be branded the iSlate, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The Journal’s report cites “people briefed by the company” who say the multimedia device will “let people watch movies and television [...]