Apple's app review process is today under question after a fake, unplayable Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game was found on the App Store.
The app in question is named Ninja Turtles, by Vietnamese developer Namphuong Star, and was spotted last week by Daring Fireball. The app uses official Ninja Turtles art for its icon, backgrounds from NES shooter Contra, effects from SNK's Metal Slug, and some amateurish recreations of the titular turtles.
Apple's app review process is today under question after a fake, unplayable Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game was found on the App Store.
The app in question is named Ninja Turtles, by Vietnamese developer Namphuong Star, and was spotted last week by Daring Fireball. The app uses official Ninja Turtles art for its icon, backgrounds from NES shooter Contra, effects from SNK's Metal Slug, and some amateurish recreations of the titular turtles.
UPDATE: Seems the below tweet came from a fake Twitter account - albeit a Twitter account that was set up on March 11, the day the Tohoku earthquake struck, and has been tweeting ever since. "Sorry, people," reads the latest tweet. "Just wanted to let Konami know that [there are] still fans of Bloody Roar."
Following confirmation that Level 5's striking RPG Ni No Kuni will be released in the west early next year comes what appears to be its western name: Wrath Of The White Witch.
The name comes from a trademark application, filed in the US by Level 5 last Friday and spotted by Siliconera. It's not entirely dissimilar to the game's Japanese subtitle, Queen Of The Holy White Ash.
FIFA 12 is the new number one in the UK all-formats software chart, as last week's number one Gears Of War 3 drops back to second place.
EA's football title enjoyed the third-biggest launch week in history, beating FIFA 11's launch-week sales by 11 per cent, outselling Grand Theft Auto IV and beaten only by Call Of Duty Black Ops and Modern Warfare 2.
FIFA 12 is the new number one in the UK all-formats software chart, as last week's number one Gears Of War 3 drops back to second place.
EA's football title enjoyed the third-biggest launch week in history, beating FIFA 11's launch-week sales by 11 per cent, outselling Grand Theft Auto IV and beaten only by Call Of Duty Black Ops and Modern Warfare 2.
A selection of "rare classic games" will be made available on the US PlayStation Store this week, according to Industry Gamers.
The move is part of Only On PlayStation Network, Sony's bid to draw attention to the range of exclusive games available from its PlayStation 3 download store. On October 4, PS2 classics including Capcom's high-camp brawler God Hand and hack-and-slash title Maximo: Ghosts To Glory, Konami's strategy game Ring Of Red, and Vanillaware titles Odin Sphere and GrimGrimoire will be released.
HTC smartphones running Android are vulnerable to a security flaw that gives apps access to a significant amount of the user's personal data including contacts, texts, email addresses and location data.
According to Android Police, the vulnerability applies to many of HTC's most popular phones - including the Evo 4G, Evo 3D and Thunderbolt, with the site's users also reporting the Evo Shift 4G, MyTouch 4G Slide, the upcoming Vigor and some Sensations devices are exposed - and stems from a software update released by the manufacturer itself.
No matter if you’re in an aeroplane, on the Tube or waiting in the queue at the supermarket, people everywhere are playing Angry Birds. With over 300 million downloads racked up to date, the series’ ubiquity should be no surprise. The public face of Rovio, the Finnish studio behind Angry Birds, is often the ‘mighty eagle’ Peter Vesterbacka, who joined the company after the avian-themed physics challenge became a hit.
Capcom has admitted that the controversial always-on DRM it has used in recent PlayStation Network releases has had little impact, with the publisher saying it had proven "as much a hindrance as a help."
US vice president Christian Svensson told Eurogamer: "Sony has a form of network DRM that we have chosen to use on a couple of titles, really as much as an experiment as anything else, to see what the impact was.
Capcom has admitted that the controversial always-on DRM it has used in recent PlayStation Network releases has had little impact, with the publisher saying it had proven "as much a hindrance as a help."
US vice president Christian Svensson told Eurogamer: "Sony has a form of network DRM that we have chosen to use on a couple of titles, really as much as an experiment as anything else, to see what the impact was.
A post on Dead Island's Facebook page reveals that the game's first DLC expansion, Bloodbath Arena, has been delayed because developer Techland is still busy with the game itself.
"We are working hard to make the Bloodbath Arena DLC available as soon as possible," the post reads. "However, due to further polishing of the main game the finalisation of the DLC code has been delayed.
Mark Jacobs, co-founder and former CEO of MMOG developer Mythic Entertainment, has formed a new studio, City State Entertainment.
His new venture, which like Mythic is based in Fairfax, Virginia, will focus on mobile and social games. In an interview, Jacobs told Forbes that he was looking forward to operating independently, in stark contrast to Mythic which was acquired by EA in 2006, and to working in the lower-risk social gaming sector.
Sony says the recent fall in value of the euro against the Japanese yen will have a "huge impact" on its revenue.
Bloomberg reports that the euro fell to a ten-year low of ¥101.94 earlier this month and has fallen 11 per cent against the yen in the last three months alone. Sony's most recent earnings forecasts were based on the assumption that the euro would be worth around ¥115, meaning it faces a shortfall of over 11 per cent.
As part of an extensive three-month marketing campaign to promote the upcoming Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Activision is partnering with the influential parenting website Mumsnet.
It's that time of year again. Shooter season is well underway and, as sure as the deluge of grey/brown, firstperson, dystopian action that floods the market ahead of the holiday season is the equally grey/brown barrage of TV advertising that comes with it.
3DS and PSP fighting game BlazBlue Continuum Shift 2 will be released on November 4, publisher Arc System Works Europe has announced.
The game is the third revision of Guilty Gear developer Arc's stylish anime fighter, and the handheld releases will include two new story modes, all DLC from 2010 console release Continuum Shift, and a brand new Abyss mode.
Facebook apps and games will be disabled tomorrow unless their developers convert them to support HTTPS, as the social network makes secure data transfer mandatory.
The social network announced its move to HTTPS in May, part of its bid to make the platform more secure for developers and users. It's much the same as standard HTTP, but with data passed over an encrypted system using SSL.
Japanese bullet-hell specialist Cave released a version of 2005 arcade shooter Espgaluda II for iPhone last year, but is now set to release an HD version for iPad 2.
While most of Espgaluda II's graphics have been remastered in HD some, including backgrounds, remain in standard definition. Three versions of the game will be released - a faithful recreation of the arcade machine, a smartphone version that uses touchscreen controls, and the full version, which contains both arcade and smartphone modes.
Introducing Antagonist at the excellent IndieGames site, Michael Rose suggests that, “It’s a bit tense.” He isn’t wrong. From the laboured breathing of the start screen through to the crumpled bodies – marking your own failed attempts – that litter the game’s gloomy landscapes, Jonathan Whiting’s latest provides a wonderfully nervy experience.
Unity Technologies has revealed that, in terms of user sessions per month, Asian markets are its biggest.
Speaking during his keynote session at Unite 11 in San Francisco, company co-founder and CEO David Helgason revealed that the top four cities worldwide for monthly user sessions were Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai and Nei-Hu (a district of Taipei City in Taiwan).
The cloud gaming service, which launched in the UK last week, is offering a free microconsole to those who pre-order the OnLive version of the upcoming Batman: Arkham City.
The microconsole, which lets users play streamed games on an HDTV instead of a PC browser, normally retails for £69.99. Members of the PlayPack scheme, which costs £6.99 a month, get a further 30 per cent off Arkham City's price.
Eric Ruth, creator of 8bit-style demakes of the likes of Halo, Left4Dead and DJ Hero, has released Team Fortress Arcade, which reimagines Valve's FPS as a side-scrolling brawler with guns.
The game features the nine character classes from the original, is a free download from the source link below, and features local fourplayer co-op.
Eric Ruth, creator of 8bit-style demakes of the likes of Halo, Left4Dead and DJ Hero, has released Team Fortress Arcade, which reimagines Valve's FPS as a side-scrolling brawler with guns.
The game features the nine character classes from the original, is a free download from the source link below, and features local fourplayer co-op.