Earlier in the year Nintendo branded Apple, with its iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, as its [portable gaming] “enemy of the future”.  This month Sony joined the party with its add campaign making fun of Apple’s iPhone as a tool for “texting your grandma and calling your girl” whilst the PSP is “built for big boy games”.

 

Now Apple has hit back. According to Engadget, Apple’s co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs stated during a press conference (where the new iPod touch, iPod shuffle and iPod nano were unveiled) that globally the iPod touch alone outsells Nintendo's DS and Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) combined in terms of game and entertainment content.

 

 

 

After reportedly investing in social gaming company Zynga, Google has acquired Canada’s SocialDeck. SocialDeck was founded in 2008 to create games that allow for simultaneous, multiplayer game play across a range of mobile devices as well as social networks. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed.

 

 

 

According to Kotaku, a German site has leaked what it claims to be the full list of the 66 licensed vehicles that will make their appearance in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. Some of the cars on the list are Nissan GT-R SpecV (R35), Lamborghini Reventón, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition, McLaren MP4-12C and Porsche 918 Spyder (Concept Study).

 

 

Mortal Kombat has been around for 18 years and according the game’s co-creator Ed Boon, the forthcoming 2011 title in the series will herald a return to its roots.

 

“This is Mortal Kombat kind of going back on two or three different levels: M-rated presentation with the crazy fatalities, the 2D combat, and a deeper fighting engine,” Boon explained during an interview with IGN.   

 

Although he wouldn’t go into details about which characters will be included in the new release he did add that, “this is in some ways a retelling of the Mortal Kombat I-II-III storyline. I think for the most part, if you have a favorite character from Mortal Kombat I, II and III, there’s a very good chance that they’re going to be in the game.”