Papa Sangre II: alone in the dark on Halloween, with sound your only guide
Take two of this sound-only game is a sinister fairground haunted house ride, mixed with a well-narrated ghost story
BlackBerry BBM gains 20m new users from first week on iPhone and Android
Messaging service now has more than 80m monthly active users, with 60m on BlackBerry smartphones, but brings barriers down on rival smartphones
Games piracy: 57% of UK developers say it hurts, but only 10% want legal crackdown
Vast majority of British games firms see new business models rather than stricter enforcement of IP rights as the way forward. By Stuart Dredge
A new iPad? I don’t even miss my old one
Heidi Moore: The rogue who lifted my iPad in London last year did me a favour. Life's better without it
Kabam talks free-to-play, King IPO and what mobile games can learn from Game of Thrones
'I think the gaming industry will start to look a little bit more like the television industry,' says games publisher's CEO Kevin Chou
Facebook launches first video ads within its mobile apps
Feature is restricted for now to ads for other apps, giving developers a new way to show their apps off in the mobile news feed, but they won't auto-play. By Stuart Dredge
Puzzle & Dragons UK launch could give Candy Crush Saga a run for its money
With 20m players in its native Japan, GungHo Online's game is already one of the most lucrative apps in the world. By Stuart Dredge
20 best iPhone and iPad apps this week
Bob Dylan Bootlegs, Device 6, Microsoft Remote Desktop, Oyster, Room on the Broom Games, Hop, 50 years of the National Theatre and more. By Stuart Dredge
Apple launches iPhone trade-in scheme in the UK
Apple’s recycling programme for old iPhones gives £175 discount off a new one - but alternative trade-in schemes offer more. By Samuel Gibbs
How Samsung fooled benchmarking and inflated its performance scores
The phone giant has proved that benchmarking apps can be fooled, so why do we still trust their results? asks Charles Arthur
How we made the Artsy iPhone app
Designed specifically for Apple's new iOS 7 operating system, Artsy is about making all the world's art accessible
Five promising new indie games from the Eurogamer Expo
Keith Stuart: From offbeat platformers to surreal sci-fi horror, here are some of the fascinating projects exhibited in the Eurogamer Expo indie arcade
Apple’s Siri attempts to ‘rickroll’ the world with Rick Astley obsession
Voice control software shows sense of humour with bait-and-switch Rick Astley-powered prank. By Samuel Gibbs
Apple isn’t dead yet – iPhone 5S and iOS7 have a secret weapon
The reality distortion field has gone into reverse, but it's blinding us to the truth: Apple is still leading the way, writes John Naughton
Why iOS 7 is making some users sick
Craig Grannell: The introduction of fake zooms, parallax, sliding and other changes in Apple's new iPhone and iPad software has a very real effect on people with vestibular disorders