Just read here that Nintendo are to reveal a pre-tax loss of ¥100 billion (£821 million), which is a lot of money even for Nintendo. With the recent flop of 3DS and developers turning away from Nintendo DS / Wii because of high production costs, bad sales and the terrible… Read more“Beginning of the end for Nintendo?”
Category: Think Tank
Holographic Universe from a Computer Programmers Perspective
Picked up a book today that I started reading a while back but then forgot about called “The Holographic Universe” by Michael Talbot. The book so far is an interesting read on the theory of the Universe being a projection of a 2D surface into 3D, so reality would basically… Read more“Holographic Universe from a Computer Programmers Perspective”
Marmalade SDK News – Tim Closs on why the Marmalade SDK is so good
Interview with Tim Closs the CTO of the cross platform smart phone and tablet SDK, Marmalade SDK at Blackberry Devcon 2011 conference. Tim mentions how the Marmalade SDK is a good choice for bringing premium content to a variety of platforms (iOS, Android, Bada, Playbook, Symbian, LG TV and more)… Read more“Marmalade SDK News – Tim Closs on why the Marmalade SDK is so good”
BattleBallz Chaos by Pocketeers Limited Shown on Blackberry Playbook Gaming Ad
One of our games “BattleBallz Chaos” for Blackberry Playbook has been shown on Blackberry’s Playbook gaming ad! Well, not bad to say it only took us four hours (yes, you did read that right), 4 hours to convert the game using the amazing Marmalade SDK. We we’re also the first… Read more“BattleBallz Chaos by Pocketeers Limited Shown on Blackberry Playbook Gaming Ad”
News from Pocketeers
We finally scrounged a little free time to update our company web site with some of our latest developments over at http://www.pocketeers.co.uk Pocketgamer.biz featured some of my mental ramblings with regards to the Marmalade SDK over on their site today, so I’m pleased as punch. I also found myself watching… Read more“News from Pocketeers”
Marmalade SDK news – Marmalade 5.1.8 now available for download
Down with the dreaded flu right now so just a few quick blogs for now. I find it amazing and cool just at how often Marmalade update their SDK. I’m also ultra excited about the impending 5.2 release, lots of cool new stuff due including native UI. I’m hoping to… Read more“Marmalade SDK news – Marmalade 5.1.8 now available for download”
The Big List of Android App Stores – Where to sell and what to avoid
This list has been replaced by a new and updated list that I now host on my app and game marketing blog at Free Games Bandit Welcome fellow Android developers! So you wrote the latest smash hit Android game or app but want to know where do you sell it?… Read more“The Big List of Android App Stores – Where to sell and what to avoid”
Android and iOS Market share – Who’s ruling the roust!
I recently came across this great article on techcrunch and thought it a worth while mention to you budding game and app developers. According to this article Android now has 41.8% of the US market (up a staggering 5.8% on last quarter), whilst Apple’s iOS has a very respectable 27%… Read more“Android and iOS Market share – Who’s ruling the roust!”
Marmalade SDK News – Marmalade 5.1.7 now available for download
The guys over at Marmalade have just released v 5.1.7 of the Marmalade SDK, changes include: – All platforms: Fixed IwHTTP failing due to network failure during an operation – PlayBook: Added detailed PlayBook setup and distribution information to the Platform Guide and fixed distribution deployments. – PlayBook: Add support… Read more“Marmalade SDK News – Marmalade 5.1.7 now available for download”
Blog Expansion
Because I’m thoroughly enjoying blogging I am expanding my blog to other areas. As you may or may not have noticed, I have started adding new pages to the blog. The new pages include: Jobs & Projects – Here I will post jobs or projects that you would like to… Read more“Blog Expansion”