March 17, 2013
Back in January we were upset due to the fact that Asphalt 8 was on the way, while Asphalt 7 had yet to show up for the Windows Phone users. Now that Asphalt 7 Heat is available, we are almost sure that Gameloft will bless us with the next edition in due time. Below is part one ...
February 21, 2013
Wave Engine, the definitive free cross-platform mobile engine to create games using C# has finally been released at no cost to the developer. With this engine developers can finally create very elaborate games for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Windows 8 all at the same time. Wave Engine takes cares of all the dirty work as it allows you to more efficiently create games ...
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February 2, 2013
Let it be known that Microsoft is no longer actively developing XNA game development framework. Games like A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda and Rocket Riot were in fact made using XNA in the past. Support for XNA on the Windows Phone 7 OS was the last major announcement for the engine, that later was removed in Windows Phone 8. XNA/DirectX MVPs were sent the email ...
December 10, 2012
Microsoft has published a new video on Youtube touting Windows 8 apps and the store. There’s never been a better time to build apps. From start to finish, Generation App provides what you need to make coding Windows 8 apps or games a snap. Find the tools, help, and support you need to make sure ...
December 2, 2012
Windows Phone Apps Team Senior Director, Todd Brix has recently taken to Twitter to announce that Windows Phone app downloads and developer revenue has more than doubled since the November launch of the Windows Phone 8 platform. Not only has this more than exceeded what was expected but it has given new hope to those that (for ...
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November 19, 2012
Microsoft has finally posted on MSDN the much needed resources needed in developing apps that fast resume. This is not to be confused with the Fast App Switching (FAS) feature that leaves applications preserved in memory only to quickly resumes in the same state it was in when navigated away. With fast resume, apps from the start screen ...
November 14, 2012
Over the past several months there has been a great deal of uncertainty surrounding 3rd party Twitter clients and their viability going forward after Twitter announced changes to their API that would impose new limits on developers (you can read their changes here). The changes appear to have taken their first casualty. Tweetro, for Windows ...
November 7, 2012
DVLUP is a game and reward system created by Nokia for Windows Phone developers. Windows Phone Dev Center members in the US and Canada can complete challenges, compete with each another and earn points, badges and rewards. DVLUP is currently in Private Beta. If you don’t have a code yet, stay tuned to http://www.facebook.com/dvlup to ...
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November 3, 2012
We are now finding out that the Nokia Lumia 920s that were given out at BUILD this year are unique in there own special way. With mixed components including a pentaband, from what the guys over at Wpcentral.com are told, this specific model will not be available again. As photo evidenced, the photo below is from game developer Marios Karagiannis creator of ...
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November 3, 2012
BugSense today released a new SDK for its App Monitoring/Crash Analytics Service to support Windows Phone 8 at launch. This will in terms help developers produce better apps, built around quality. To developers: Knowing you’ve released a great app is only half the battle..it must perform the best as well. San Francisco, California – November 02, 2012 ...