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Apple boss and famous polo-neck wearer Steve Jobs replied personally to a Mac app developer’s impassioned plea. But while the developer’s letter stretched to hundreds of words, Jobs offered up…one line.
Palm Pre has already created a stir in smartphone fields, but if it’s ever going to have the faintest chance of catching up with Apple, it’s going to need an awful lot more applications under its belt. Despite the openness of the Palm Pre webOS platform, the depressingly small number of webOS apps right now is due to the lack of webOS SDK (software development kit) which helps mobile developers on their way to creating top notch software. Luckily, Palm is nearly ready to launch one.
We’re still feeling pretty down about the loss of Free Radical Design which collapsed earlier in the month, closing its doors to employees and shattering our hopes for TimeSplitters 4. The game was clearly quite a bit beyond merely an idea being tossed around; there were already model designs being worked on, which now serve no purpose other than to flesh out one artist’s web portfolio.
It’s starting to become a bit of a rough Christmas for game developers as it appears that another one has been forced to shut up shop. Factor 5, based in San Rafael, California and creator of Lair, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and Turrican has become the latest victim of the credit crunch, according insiders.
This is not the kind of news you want to see in the week before Chrimbo. Numerous reports strongly suggest that Nottingham based developer Free Radical Design has closed and locked its doors, leaving the future of the studio and the fourth instalment of the fantastic TimeSplitters series in very serious doubt.
