Rovio today announced that the pigs that have been bombarded (for good reason?) for nearly three years by the Angry Birds will now have their chance to take the fight back to the birds. In Bad Piggies, players will finally get the chance to play as the pigs. And there will not be a slingshot in sight. “There’s a lot […]
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Apple schedules September 12th announcement
Confirming earlier rumours, Apple today sent out invitations to its next event. The press conference is scheduled for September 12th in San Francisco, California. The invitation reveals little but that large 5 is hopefully a big hint that this will be an iOS event focused on the oft rumoured iPhone 5. Rumours suggest that Apple will announce its next iPhone […]
Rumour: Apple to unveil iPad mini at separate October event
Apple’s September 12th event may not see the debut of both the new iPhone and the oft-rumoured iPad mini as previous rumours have suggested. Instead, it now appears that each device will be unveiled at its own special event with the iPhone 5 leading things off on September 12th. Given the interest in both devices, the two events would likely […]
Rumour: Apple iPhone 5 pre-orders to start on September 12th
Not only is Apple rumoured to announce the iPhone 5 on September 12th, but it may also start taking pre-orders on that day as well. iMore, the same website that first reported September 12th as the date for Apple’s announcement, today added that pre-orders will start on the same day. It is possible that pre-orders could be limited to the […]
Video: Teaser for Gameloft’s first Unreal Engine game ‘Wild Blood’
Gameloft has released a teaser video for its upcoming game ‘Wild Blood.’ It will be its first Android and iOS game to use the Unreal Engine. So we have a fantasy game with some big swords and bigger monsters. And a promise to “Be prepared to relive history.” A hint about the story is apparently hidden in the game. A […]
Rumour: Apple to refresh entire iOS lineup with small connector this fall
Apple’s rumoured September 12th event could touch every iOS device that the company offers. iMore, which first broke the news on that date, now adds that Apple could use the event to transition its entire iOS lineup to the smaller Dock Connector that has been rumoured to make its debut on the iPhone 5. All in all, it could announce […]
Apple iOS 6 to ship without YouTube app
First, Apple dropped Google Maps from iOS 6 in favour of its own app. Apple today also confirmed that the upcoming version of its mobile operating system will also ship without a YouTube app. In a statement to The Verge, Apple explained that its YouTube license ran out and was not extended: Our license to include the YouTube app in […]
Temple Run tops 100 million download milestone
Imangi Studios today announced that Temple Run has been downloaded over 100 million times since it was first released for iOS devices a year ago today. Apple iOS devices accounted for 68 million downloads and the Google Android version another 32 million downloads. “We never imagined that the game we were making and loved would be so well received around […]