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games in pictures
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In Pictures: 20 best iPhone/iPad games
Star Wars Rebels, Fireworks, Shakespeare and lots of quests are featured in top iPhone and iPad games.
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In Pictures: 20 best iPhone/iPad games of 2014
Heroes, bugs, puzzlers, baseball and more fill this list of popular Apple iPhone, iPad games
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In Pictures: 17 best iPhone/iPad games of 2013
Puzzles, adventure games, dungeon crawlers, and more fun for your favorite iOS device (during off-work hours, of course).
News about games
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University of Canterbury to boost immersive gaming
The University of Canterbury will pump $4.2m into an Applied Immersive Gaming Initiative (AIGI) with the aim of accelerating research and public use of immersive gaming applications.
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Microsoft, Sony partner on streaming games, chips and AI
Microsoft and Sony say they have struck a strategic partnership in which Sony will use Microsoft's cloud for streaming games and media and the two will work together to develop new image sensors.
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Microsoft seeks to lure game developers to Azure
Microsoft has brought its services for game developers under a single umbrella, dubbed Microsoft Game Stack, and launched a range of new gaming-focused Azure services.
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This Kiwi-developed gaming device will make your head spin – literally
Wellington-based startup Eight360 has launched what it describes as "a unique motion simulator platform" for gamers.
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Gaming going gangbusters, says developer association
The New Zealand Game Developers Association (NZGDA) estimates that the game development industry earned revenues of $88.9m in the 12 months to 31 March 2016, a 13 percent increase on the prior year and with 92 percent coming from exports of interactive software and online services.
Features about games
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Chinese developers take a bite of the Apple
If you've ever gone to Apple's mobile app store and purchased games like High Noon, Gamebox1 or Doodletruck, then you've downloaded an app from the burgeoning Chinese software development community.