Posts tagged apple 
Apple patent turns in-game choices into a customized comic book
In 2009, Apple filed a patent to transfer players' unique video game story paths, choices and customized characters to book form, available automatically after the game was finished as an e-book, book or graphic novel. The USPTO granted Apple that patent today and made it public, complete with ...
Microsoft: Valve isn't a threat to consoles; everyone is wary of Apple
Microsoft doesn't view Valve as a competitor in the console universe, Microsoft President of Interactive Entertainment Business Don Mattrick said during Microsoft's TechForum. Valve is "doing some innovative stuff," Mattrick says, but when it comes to direct competition, "no." "The scale of ...
Plants vs. Zombies goes free on iOS this week
For the first time in the game's history on iOS, Plants vs. Zombies has dropped to the low price of completely free. On either the iPhone or in HD on the iPad, you can grab the full-featured app for free through the rest of this week. Statistically, given how many copies of the game have sold ...
Jordan Mechner compares Karateka on the Apple 2 and the iPhone
Wherein Jordan Mechner, the creator of Karateka and the Prince of Persia series, asks, "How do you like them Apples?" ...
Rayman Jungle Run grabs App Store GOTY award
Accomplished auto-run platformer Rayman Jungle Run is the App Store Game of the Year 2012. Ubisoft's iOS evolution of Rayman Origins, which received 10 free bonus levels earlier this month, pipped word game Letterpress to the award. On the iPad-specific front, Fireproof's 3D puzzler The Room came ...
Toys 'R' Us offers 'buy one, get one for $1' game sale, lots more on Black Friday
Toys 'R' Us' Black Friday ad is 32 pages of red and green deals, and as usual, the toy store's got plenty of gaming deals ready for purchase, including a few deals on consoles. The biggest hook is a big "buy one, get one for $1" sale going on, with dozens of games available for a buck each when you ...
Apple sold 3 million iPads over the weekend
iPad fever continues unabated, it seems, as Apple has announced the iPad 4 and iPad Mini sold a combined 3 million iPad units over the weekend following their Friday launch. The company hasn't broken down the specifics of how many units each model sold, however. Apple notes that it sold only 1.5 ...
Google Play up to 700,000 apps for Android, closing in on App Store
There are now around 700,000 apps on Google Play, the same number Apple revealed last month as being on the App Store. Speaking to Bloomberg, Google divulged the new amount of available Android apps, having announced last month it was up to 675,000. Google Play is apparently closing in when it ...
iPad '4th generation' revealed
During a press event today, Apple revealed the "4th generation" iPad, built around a new "A6X" processor, which doubles the CPU and graphics performance of the iPad, which Engadget says brings the iPad line to parity with iPhone 5 – the connector has been changed to Lightning as well. The ...
Here's what Real Racing 3 looks like on iPhone 5
Take a good look at the screen above, because it's from today's live demo of Real Racing 3 at Apple's press conference event for the iPhone 5. The EA Firemonkeys game, announced last month for iPad, will be optimized for the upcoming Apple device later this year. EA's press release also mentions ...
