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Google continues to build new empire by acquiring social studios

PR and marketing firm Reverb Communications has settled charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission over deceptive reviews on Apple’s App Store. The charges relate to reviews posted on the App Store by Reverb staff about their clients’ iPhone games, without disclosing their paid relationship with those publishers. "Reverb and …

Media event sparks announcement speculation

Cult Japanese developer Cave has published its second game on Apple’s App Store. Launched overnight, Dodonpachi Resurrection is the first home version of arcade hit DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu and offers Cave’s trademark ‘bullet-hell’ gameplay. It includes both the original arcade version of the game and an adapted iPhone interpretation. The game …

Former SCEA exec leaves search giant just four month after joining company

Rovio is reported to be approaching Hollywood studios with a view to make it’s iPhone hit Angry Birds into a movie. According to entertainment publication Variety, the Finnish studio is also considering the possibility of TV shows, toys and comic books. According to the source, members of Rovio have been …

Finnish developer approaching Hollywood studios with iPhone IP

Disney subsidiary Tapulous has launched its latest premium Tap Tap Revenge music game for iPhone – Katy Perry Revenge. The game features ten of Perry’s hits to tap along to, including California Gurls, I Kissed a Girl and Hot N Cold. The $4.99 game is launching the same week that …

Hit iPhone game Angry Birds has now sold more than 6.5m downloads on the App Store, according to developer Rovio. The game, which was published by Chillingo, has only been available since December 2009. What’s more, the more expensive iPad version of the game, which sells for $4.99, has been …