Players Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Early iOS free-to-play title Eliminate shutting down this month

by Mike Schramm (May 2nd, 2012)

Here's a weird signpost for iOS gaming. Eliminate was one of the first big free-to-play titles on iOS: It was a core title for Ngmoco when first announced a few weeks after in-app purchases were allowed and helped pave the way to the current freemium-as-standard situation on Apple's App Store. ...

Roku cuts price of media players in possible anticipation of new Apple TV

by Mel Martin (Aug 31st, 2010)

Maybe it's coincidence, but probably not. On the eve of a rumored announcement of an updated US $99.00 Apple TV, Roku has cut the price of its media players. The standard definition model has been slashed $20 to $59.99, and the high definition model has been trimmed by $30 to $99.99. The Roku ...

MyTown updates to version 3.1, adds collectibles and social features

by Mike Schramm (May 6th, 2010)

MyTown is one of the hottest things going on the App Store right now in terms of social apps. As we mentioned in the interview with CEO Keith Lee a while back, they've actually got more users than Foursquare. The company has just released version 3.1 of the app, which introduces more collectible ...

Current game network developers comment on Apple's Game Center

by Mike Schramm (Apr 8th, 2010)

Way back in February at Macworld, one of my questions to Eros Remini of OpenFeint was pretty blunt: "Why," I asked a representative from the biggest third-party social gaming network on the iPhone, "haven't we seen an official platform-wide network?" Remini didn't have a good answer for Apple, but ...