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EA pulls Battlefield app following bad reviews

EA has pulled Battlefield 3: Aftershock from the US AppStore, less than a month after launch, following negative user reviews. Aftershock was a multiplayer-only first person shooter, designed to tie-in with upcoming action flick Act of Valour, and launched as a free-to-play iOS variation of the highly popular console series, Battlefield. In a statement received [...]

Microsoft OneNote Mobile now available for Android

Today, Microsoft moved one step closer to full cross-platform integration, following the release of their OneNote mobile app for Android. In a blog post, Michael Oldenburg, technical writer for Microsoft’s office division, stated: “For all of you who’ve been asking (and patiently waiting) for a version of OneNote for your Android phones, we have great [...]

Amen’s best and worst of 2011

Now that 2011 has drawn to a close, the social networking website, Amen, has released a collection of the best and worst statements to have graced their network during the past year. For the unaware, Amen is a social network with a difference. It does away with all the poking, status updates and direct messages [...]

Redspottedhanky launches free iPhone app

Redspottedhanky, the online travel retailer in the same vein as Thetrainline, has recently released an iPhone app enabling customers to book train tickets on the move. Available as a free download, the app offers a comparable service to that found via the company website, redspottedhanky.com, and retains the company stance against any additional booking fees. [...]

Quarrel on the cheap: holiday sale announced

Quarrel Deluxe, the addictive iOS title that combines two popular board games, risk and scrabble, is currently running a holiday sale. Due to continue until 2nd January 2012, Quarrel Deluxe is currently available for just £0.69, significantly reduced from the regular price of £1.99. And that’s an absolute steal for a game of this calibre, [...]

Protect Christmas from zombies in Boxhead: Santa Edition

Grab your iPhone, a shotgun, and perhaps even a mince pie. Santa needs your help. MEDL Mobile, the development studio behind Boxhead: The Zombie wars, a game that we awarded a very respectable 8/10 back in February, has released a special Christmas-themed version of the game. Currently available as a free download, this update features [...]

Beebble offers up a city builder sim with a social kick

Farmville. Some love it, others hate it. But we can all agree on one thing – it’s played an awful lot. So what happens if you take the Farmville micro-management concept, and combine it with, say, Foursquare’s geo-location tagging tool? Well, you’d get Beebble. Designed by SeventhSide Games, Beebble is a social networking adventure designed [...]

Zombie Lane spreads from Facebook to iPhone

Zombie Lane, the point and click action-survival game, has bravely ventured from Facebook to the iOS platform. The game requires you to gradually take back control of your neighbourhood; be that through re-building your home, or quickly slaying invading zombies with a hit from a shovel, or a well-placed shotgun blast. Zombie Lane also features [...]

Jersey GTL rebranded, now DJ Pauly D’s ‘Beat That Boardwalk’

Remember Jersey GTL? Of course you do, we reviewed it earlier this year. Heard of DJ Pauly D? No. Me either. Regardless, the former has since been rebranded as a result of the latter – following an advertising deal struck between MEDL Mobile and the Jersey Shore star himself, Jersey GTL has now become DJ [...]

Roundup: Gameloft’s Thanksgiving app sale

Gameloft is currently hosting a mega app sale to mark the American holiday of Thanksgiving, dropping the price of twenty iOS titles for a limited time. Admittedly, Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated in the UK, but thanks to the wonders of the internet, we Brits can also reap the benefits. As a result of this sale, you [...]