Valve have announced their free "Steam Mobile" application for iOS and Android users. Steam Mobile allows users to access features within the Steam community such as screenshots, groups and the Steam chat feature and also allows keen gamers to download games from the Steam store with ease when out-and-about. Whilst the service hasn't been rolled out on mass just yet, a closed beta is current... more.

Four Door Lemon's latest iPad game, The Lighthouse HD (published by Kavcom), is set to soak you in atmosphere...and water. In The Lighthouse HD you'll be tasked with guiding ships of various shapes and sizes through dangerous waters infested with  bigger boats, sharks, and even giant squid.  In The Lighthouse HD your main task is to survive. The official site of the game describes it as, "... more.

You may remember Firemint from popular mobile games such as Real Racing and the extremely addictive Flight Control.  Now thanks to their success, publishing giants EA have today signed a deal to acquire the mobile developer. Based in Australia, Firemint only have a small roster of games, but have proven to be more than successful, with games available on iOS, Android, DSiWare, Intel Appup... more.

Publisher Square Enix have announced today the formation of a new subsidiary focused on the smartphone market. Named Hippos Lab, it began operations on March 7th and is concerned with the planning, development and management of smartphone content. There are no details on what games the company are working on at this time, and given the recent formation it doesn't seem like we'll be seeing anyt... more.

The 'insanely addictive' iOS smash hit Doodle Jump is set to be released for Kinect on Xbox 360 in the future, developer Lima Sky have announced. There are no details about the console port, the release date or any possible (and presumably necessary) gameplay adjustments, however an educated guess suggests that there might be some body-tilting involved. Lima Sky have also announced that they wi... more.

Whilst an unofficial version of hit indie game Minecraft was recently pulled from the App Store, it is soon to be replaced by something far more interesting: an official version of the game, developed internally by Minecraft makers Mojang for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Minecraft creator and Mojang founder Markus Persson informed Gamasutra that the port is being developed by new employee A... more.

In addition to the previously announced port of Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions to iOS (due out this Spring), Japanese manga magazine V-Jump have recently uncovered Square Enix's plans to bring a version of NES RPG Final Fantasy III to the platform. This is the Final Fantasy III that only left Japan in 2006 on the Nintendo DS, not Japan's Final Fantasy VI (known as Final Fantasy III in the... more.

Over the past two days there has been over a dozen speakers here at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival, each bringing their own unique views, products and stories. Overall, and seemingly unintentionally, the main theme of this year has been strongly focused on both digital distribution and publishing. As the market evolves and changes it brings with it new challenges, as well as new opportunities,... more.

AUDI AG have launched the brand new Audi A1 Beat Driver app made exclusively for iPhone & iPod touch and which can be downloaded for FREE from the App Store. Audi A1 Beat Driver is a rhythm based driving game delivering free new music from some of the best up and coming rock bands around the world including La Roux, The Rakes , Lo-Fi-Fnk and Torpedo. In total there are 9 fantastic FREE musi... more.

It's that time of year again, Apple are teasing developers, and the world, with the features that will be in the new iPhone Operating System. This time it has, imaginatively, been called iPhone OS 4.0. Whilst many new features were talked about (there are over 100 new things in this release) there was one that really stood out for us: Game Center. Whilst Game Center is a brand new service fro... more.