You may recall the couple-hour tenure that Kongregate enjoyed with the original build of their Arcade application, before Google pulled it off the Android Marketplace. The reason behind the removal was that no one application was allowed to function as its own supplemental marketplace, which Kongregate violated by allowing users to download and play over […]
This past Wednesday, Kongregate’s “Kongregate Arcade” application for the Android OS was pulled from the market. Google cited that the multi-game service was in itself an application market, and violated the marketplace rules for the OS. The app can still be downloaded directly through Kongregate, and the company later posted a Twitter message stating that […]
The latest in possible hardware revolutions revealed through a job posting, Sony’s London Studio is looking for an employee with very specific experience. While potential Senior Server Engineer with “mobile development” are highly desired, the listing originally cited Android mobile phone OS work as a major plus. The posting was changed shortly after the story […]
Google is looking to get into the gaming world in a major way. Becoming the latest big budget firm to heavily endorse Facebook-related products, Google has invested between $100 and $200 million in social-games maker Zynga (Mafia Wars, Farmville). Adding that to the estimated $300 million the developer has already received this year in additional […]