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Angry Birds Wrath Not Coming To Windows Phone 7

Posted November 26, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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If you ask me what is the most addictive thing about my Android phone it is Angry Birds and I bet the same goes for the iPhone users. However it appears that the Windows Phone 7 users will not be seeing this game, for quite some time.

There had been rumors of the Windows Phone 7 users getting the app on their devices but our fellow bloggers at the Next Web just confirmed this from Rovio Mobile. I guess the Windows Phone 7 platform would require the team to do a lot of work for to give WP 7 users the same level of experience as they enjoy on the iPhone and the Android.

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Doubloon: Your Virtual Trading Platform Startup

Posted November 4, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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You are a game developer creating games that you think will be loved by everyone and better still make you loads of money. But bam! It fails, even if your game is played often, monetizing appears to be an impossible task. Who doesn’t want to make some profits off all the effort they put in developing games for the PCs, Web, mobile phones in the likes of iPhone, Android based Devices, etc? I would but how?

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How To Unlock Angry Birds Locked Worlds On Android [Video]

Posted October 23, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb66 How To Unlock Angry Birds Locked Worlds On Android [Video]

I am a big fan of the Angry Birds on my Android based HTC Desire and there is not a day when I don’t kill time playing it. But seeing those unlocked worlds makes me angry, firstly because it is a huge pain to unlock these by playing. And secondly who has all the time when there is a day job, a blog to maintain and Formula 1 news to follow and write on? I don’t and a bit of work around had me with this step step by guide on how to unlocked Locked Worlds on Angry Birds on Android.

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Xbox Lives Comes To Windows Phone 7: Will It Compete Well With PSP Phone And the iPhone?

Posted August 17, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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So it isn’t just Sony gearing up to bolster the Xperia X10 with power gaming by combining it with PSP [or something] to challenge iPhone 4 supremacy as a powerful gaming device. Reports today state that Microsoft is doing the same with it Windows Phone 7. Of course they aren’t putting the entire Xbox 360, but those of you who are fans of both Windows Mobiles and the Xbox be prepared to embrace Xbox Live on your Windows powered devices. Talk about a whole new dimension to mobile gaming shaping up pretty quickly.

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Zynga Growing Strong, Eyes To Become The Google OF Games

Posted July 26, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb43 Zynga Growing Strong, Eyes To Become The Google OF Games

We will be Google or maybe “We are Google”, such statements coming Mark Pincus, the CEO of Zynga won’t surprise me now and they won’t surprise me in the future. The social game developer has been more than just successful in the past one year. If I am not wrong, it has grown as exponentially as the social network, Facebook bagging in funds in bulk and pocketing revenue from foreign investors, the major being DST from Russia.

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Project Natal Isn’t Nameless Anymore: Microsoft Officially Announces Kinect For Xbox 360

Posted June 14, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb41 Project Natal Isn’t Nameless Anymore: Microsoft Officially Announces Kinect For Xbox 360

Does anyone recall Microsoft and its Project Natal? The news associated to the project has been leaked times and again since last year and there had been many indications that confirmed its existence. The major was Microsoft’s acquisition of Israeli startup 3DV Systems. The startup was acquired for an estimated $30 to $35 Million. However Microsoft has confirmed the presence of Project Natal and has officially announce it as Microsoft Kinect for its gaming console, the Xbox 360.

This would utilize the remote control free technology and will be based completely on motion sensing, which now justifies the acquisition of 3DV Systems. If that leaves you clueless let me give you a hint, the device would enable you to control your gaming by gestures, just like Tom Cruise plays with his hands in Minority Report.

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Farmville Has Finally Done It: 12 Year Old Kid Neck Deep In Debt

Posted April 8, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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More Facebook News and this one is going to have a gist of almost everything I have been talking about: Farmville, mom, kid, scam, addiction, report, etc. More importantly we have got one more reason to be scared of Facebook: Losing your fortune or at least a part of it being addicted to it. The latest report states that a mom got her credit card over used and exhausted after she discovered her 12 year old son had wasted his savings to buy gifts/coins on Zynga’s addictive game.

We all know that you can buy 7,500 Farmville coins for $5, which seriously is the the worst thing you can do. Sadly enough people do that and this kid was one of them. Now the mom is caught in a dilemma, she has lost her cash and she has the option to report the card stolen to reclaim cash but the result of it will prove to be quite a harsh punishment for the kid. Which means that she will have to bear with the loss and just pay the charges on her own.

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More Social Games For Facebook Soon! This Time From Garriott’s Portalarium

Posted February 17, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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Gaming on social networking sites has definitely got big, especially when they are for Facebook. Games like Farmville, Mafia Wars, etc from Zynga and Playfish have earned quite a reputation and encouraged more and more to develop games for the Social Web. The latest entry is from Richard Garriott, who has had his work and passion shifting from being an NCsoft designer to being an astronaut and now to the beginning of Portalarium.

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Microsoft Set To Fish Happy Aquarium From Facebook Developer, CrowdStar

Posted February 11, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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There is so much Microsoft looks forward to when it comes to Facebook that the giant would do anything to have more stakes in the social network. It already has signed up Zynga to bring its game on MSN live and today rumors of it buying CrowdStar surfaced too. CrowdStar is one of the leading game developers for Facebook games and its most popular game is Happy Aquarium with more than 26 million active users per month.

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You Can Keep Yourself Out Of Apps And Games Dashboard On Facebook: Only If You Are Sherlock Holmes To Discover These

Posted February 9, 2010 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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I have all the praise for Facebook, from being the leading social network that has mashed up every aspect of networking into one platform to being a tool for brands to keep consumers occupied. But there is one thing I seriously dislike about it: it is so very secret. Secret about the most important issue: User Privacy.

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