Mike Schramm

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Mike has worked in the Joystiq Network since 2006, as lead blogger and senior editor on WoW.com and one of the founding editors on Massively.com. Currently, he is a contributing editor on Joystiq, and also writes and podcasts for various outlets, including The Unofficial Apple Weblog.

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Daily iPhone App: Combo Crew does beat-em-up on a touchscreen

by Mike Schramm (May 24th 2013 6:30PM)

Combo Crew is an interesting experiment that just showed up this week on iOS. Beat-em-ups and fighting games are great on consoles, where you've got plenty of buttons and d-pads to pull off various moves with. But while they've appeared on iOS a few times (Capcom's Street Fighter IV has done ...

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Memorial Day brings lots of great sales on iOS games

by Mike Schramm (May 24th 2013 6:00PM)

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Here in the US, most of us are celebrating a three-day weekend that also serves as the start of summer, which means BBQs, poolside hangouts and lots and lots of time in the sun. Oh, and it means one more thing these days: iOS game sales (all prices USD)! Card game ...

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Ninja Theory partners with Chillingo to publish Fightback

by Mike Schramm (May 24th 2013 5:00PM)

Ninja Theory is an excellent game developer based in the UK that's produced Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and the recent Devil May Cry reboot. Now, Ninja Theory is releasing its first iOS title, Fightback, which EA studio Chillingo will publish. Fightback, as you can see above, looks like a ...

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Daily iPad App: Frozen Synapse simulates some very impressive turn-based strategy

by Mike Schramm (May 23rd 2013 9:00PM)

Frozen Synapse has been a successful title on Steam for a while now -- it's a turn-based strategy game, with the twist being that you're a sort of tactical AI, running these battles on simulations and hardware rather than in real life. As a result, the big draw of Frozen Synapse is that while, ...

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Ultima Forever spotted on the Canadian App Store

by Mike Schramm (May 23rd 2013 8:00PM)

If you've been waiting for Ultima Forever, the new iOS version of Ultima from EA, then it's here for you (kind of). The app has been spotted over on the Canadian App Store, and if you have an account over there, you can go and download it right now. The Canadian App Store is often used as a beta ...

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Box acquires Folders, in what sounds like the least exciting acquisition deal ever

by Mike Schramm (May 23rd 2013 5:00PM)

File-sharing service Box has acquired the technology behind a French app called Folders, which was never released, but is also centered on browsing and sharing files on the iPhone. Terms of the acquisition weren't revealed, but Box said that Folders would be a big influence on the next few ...

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Study: Mobile gamers download five titles a month, mostly through word of mouth

by Mike Schramm (May 23rd 2013 4:30PM)

A new study released by Applifier says that word of mouth is still the number one way mobile game players find the games they like. That doesn't necessarily mean in-person discussion about mobile games, however, though 36 percent of users did report that hearing from a friend or family member ...

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E-books not growing much in Canada, slightly better in the US

by Mike Schramm (May 22nd 2013 5:30PM)

A new study from BookNet Canada notes that the e-book market may be in trouble. Paperback books, says BookNet, made up 58 percent of all purchases last year, with hardcover taking 24 percent. But e-books were only 15 percent of total sales last year, a figure that's down overall from 2012's ...

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Warhammer 40K Armageddon gets details, coming in 2014

by Mike Schramm (May 22nd 2013 4:30PM)

There are a couple of Warhammer-related titles on their way to iOS soon, but this is the most interesting yet. Developer Slitherine has revealed that it's working on a title called Warhammer 40K: Armageddon, a turn-based, hex-tiled strategy game coming to PC and iOS next year. The game will set ...

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Pandora app revamps interface, adds Facebook publishing

by Mike Schramm (May 22nd 2013 4:00PM)

Pandora Radio is the granddaddy of streaming music apps, and for years now, the company's iPhone app has been one of the most popular ways to use and interact with the service. Just today, the app has nabbed a big update, bringing it to version 4.3. The new update adds a redesigned interface, ...

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