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Weekend sale on lots of iOS games

by Mike Schramm (Nov 11th, 2011)

Today is indeed Veterans Day (and we do honor all of the men and women who have served for the United States of America -- thank you!), but the sales on the App Store this weekend haven't really been labeled as such. As far as I can tell, they're on sale just because. Nothing wrong with ...

Dungeon Hunter 3 screenshots leak

by Mike Schramm (Nov 8th, 2011)

Gameloft's Dungeon Hunter series has delivered some of my favorite gameplay on iOS -- the second game, especially, has made for some really great single-player moments, and even some terrific co-op gameplay. Sure, the series is heavily influenced by Diablo and other hack-and-slash RPG titles, ...

Gameloft puts games on sale for Halloween

by Mike Schramm (Oct 26th, 2011)

We've already pointed out Sega's Halloween sales in the App Store and now Gameloft has announced deals of its own: most of its titles are on sale for just 99 cents. Unfortunately the pickings are slim, but a few good titles can be found, including the official Uno app, driving title Asphalt 6, ...

Gameloft starts trading shares in the US

by Mike Schramm (Oct 25th, 2011)

Gameloft is one of the standout companies on iOS. While the company has received criticism for "borrowing" some gameplay themes and ideas from more popular console titles, there's no question that it has still worked hard on quality games, and picked up a lot of iOS sales for it. Gameloft is ...

iOS apps on sale and free this weekend

by Mike Schramm (Oct 7th, 2011)

There are a few sales going around this weekend -- most of them are in tribute to the late, great Steve Jobs. Steph Thirion's Eliss is free in tribute to Jobs and his life. RPG puzzler Crystal Soul is also free. Line-drawing air combat title Pigs in Trees is free for a day. The ...

Gameloft accused of overworking employees

by Mike Schramm (Jul 19th, 2011)

A former head programmer for mobile and iOS developer Gameloft has made some pretty damning accusations against the company in a complaint. Glenn Watson says that he was made to work over 100 hours a week sometimes, and that "it was after I worked four consecutive weeks of fourteen-hour days - ...

EA, Gameloft, and lots more app sales for the holiday weekend

by Mike Schramm (Jul 1st, 2011)

Here's a few more sales popping up for the July 4th weekend: EA (duh) is putting a bunch of titles on sale for just 99 cents, including NBA Jam, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, The Sims 3, FIFA 11, and Dead Space. Odds are that you've already picked one or two of these up, as EA is having a ...

Gameloft starts the Father's Day app sales

by Mike Schramm (Jun 16th, 2011)

I suspect we'll see quite a few app sales pop up over this upcoming Father's Day weekend, partly because any holiday these days tends to attract a few lowered prices in the App Store, and partly because there will likely be a few lucky dads out there picking up a new iPhone or iPad 2 for their ...

Gameloft's Order and Chaos MMO for iOS makes $1M in 20 days

by Mike Schramm (Jun 2nd, 2011)

Some people might have chuckled at the resemblance of Gameloft's Order and Chaos Online to the popular World of Warcraft. It's actually a near clone of the very popular Blizzard Entertainment title, squeezed down into the iPhone. But it turns out Gameloft will be the one who laughs last. The ...

Gameloft CFO calls app development 'an ugly scene'

by Mike Schramm (May 23rd, 2011)

Gameloft's CEO Alexandre de Rochefort spoke last weekend at the Reuters Global Technology Summit in Paris, and gave a particularly stark view of this growing global app market. While a lot of big time developers are bullish on the app market and its possibilities, de Rochefort presented a more ...

TUAW's Daily iOS App: Order and Chaos Online

by Mike Schramm (Apr 28th, 2011)

All right, here we go. Gameloft's new title is called Order and Chaos Online, and in the Gameloft style, it's pretty much an iOS remake of Blizzard's World of Warcraft. Odds are that if you understand that sentence, you probably already know whether you want to go download this or not. But if ...

TUAW's Daily App: Starfront Collision

by Mike Schramm (Apr 25th, 2011)

Gameloft has earned a reputation for, ahem, "borrowing" some game ideas for the App Store. A lot of the company's (very popular) games are more or less copies of popular titles on other platforms. One of Gameloft's latest games, Starfront Collision, is no different; it's basically a clone of ...

Gameloft launches N.O.V.A. Elite on Facebook, demonstrates the ubiquity of Unity

by Chris White (Apr 22nd, 2011)

It turns out N.O.V.A. Elite isn't one of the three new iOS games that Gameloft has licensed the Unreal Engine for. In fact, it's not an iOS game at all. Instead, Gameloft has decided to bring its popular science-fiction shooter franchise to Facebook as a competitive multiplayer 3D shooter tied to ...

Apple Fools: Gameloft's Pet Pal will let you control your pet via iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Mar 30th, 2011)

Wow, this is incredible! iOS developer Gameloft is releasing a new app called Pet Pal, which uses sound wave technology to actually control your pets via the iPhone! The sound frequencies emitted from the iPhone activate certain centers of a cat or dog's brain, harmlessly commanding it to bend ...

Gameloft's NOVA 3 rumored to be built on Unreal Engine

by Chris White (Mar 29th, 2011)

Gameloft has announced that it has licensed the Unreal Engine for four upcoming games set to be released in 2011 and 2012. Gameloft hasn't announced which games will be running on the Unreal Engine, but Pocket Gamer seems to believe that one of the titles slated to be released this year is the ...