Zynga offered $2.2b for Rovio

The people behind the hugely popular Angry Birds series for mobile devices, browsers, and all the paraphernalia that comes branded with their logo, Rovio, apparently turned down a huge $2.2 billion bid from FarmVille developers Zynga. It’s also said that Zynga were also rejected by PopCap, who create titles like Bejeweled and...

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Apple allowing subscription-based gaming

Apple have not ventured too far into the gaming world. Certainly not far enough to rival Blizzard with a WoW-esque system. Although they appear to be more interested in owning the ecosystem rather then publishing titles. Today marks a huge move for the app store, as Apple have allowed Big Fish games to have a subscription model...

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Scribblenauts iOS

Classic DS puzzler Scribblenauts is coming to iOS. The game, which lets players solve puzzles by typing in objects that they would need to use to solve those puzzles! The iOS version adds achievements, iCloud saving, and Twitter and Facebook integration. It also has all of the old levels with additions to bolster the package! This...

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Rovio CEO speaking at DWS

The Dublin Web Summit is gathering of investors, technologists and people looking to absorb ideas from great international speakers. The first annual summit took place last year, and with the second summit coming soon the organisers have announced some meaty guest speakers. One of the speakers is the CEO the company behind Angry...

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Phone Story… banned on phones

Italian indie dev Molleindustria are a relative unknown. In fact, they’re quite simply unknown. That is until now. The brash developer put a game into Apple’s iOS app store called “Phone Story” which tells the tale of a giant fruit-like corporate entity developing a phone. The app was then pulled from the app...

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Star Command

“Sci-Fi meets GameDev story.” This is the tagline on the iOS and Android developers’ kickstarter page, which aims to raise money to help fund a new isometric mobile game. The game, called Star Command, aims to allow users to command galactic conquests, ships and control players. Worlds within worlds, essentially,...

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