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Konami’s Blockolicious splashes on to Facebook today in an explosion of flavor

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 21, 2012
1 min

Konami has launched Blockolicious, a juicy twist on Bejeweled set at two drastically different paces.

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1 min

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Saban Brands buys Zombie Farm iOS gamemaker The Playforge

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 2, 2012
2 min

Saban Brands buys The Playforge, maker of mobile games like Zombie Farm, Zombie Life, and Tree World.

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2 min

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Angry Birds follow-up Amazing Alex tops app charts after just one day

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 13, 2012
1 min

So much for the sophomore slump. Amazing Alex, publisher Rovio's follow-up to its mega-hit Angry Birds, is already claiming the top spot in Apple's app store.

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1 min

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Zynga’s Mark Pincus says focus more on content, less on investing in platforms

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 10, 2012
2 min

One of the major issues with the mobile ecosystem today is that developers are still separated from the app store, insists Zynga founder Mark Pincus....

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2 min

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The mystery of why Pretty Pet Salon was banned from the App Store and then returned

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 3, 2012
6 min

On Jan. 12, 2012, Pretty Pet Salon mysteriously disappeared from the App Store and then returned again in a different form at the end of March. Why this happened is an interesting tale.

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6 min

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Apple’s crackdown on app-ranking manipulation: Confused developers caught in the dragnet

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 3, 2012
15 min

In the battle between Apple’s police and the developers who cheat to boost their rankings, some innocent startups are finding themselves banned from the marketplace.