Published: February 28, 2009
Namco have released Alpine Racer onto the AppStore. based on the original Arcade game, the iPhone edition sees you Ski and Snowboard down various slopes across both a story mode and a time attack mode.
There’s two control types, touch and tilt. I prefer the tilt, as I found the touch too easy. Graphics are nothing [...]
Published: February 28, 2009
Downhill bowling by Game Resort is a strange hybrid of a game. On the one hand you have your typical ten pin bowling, and on the other a downhill racer, akin to the coin collecting 3D sections in Sonic.
There are 10 levels in all and two bonus levels, across your typical themed environments of canyons, [...]
Published: February 28, 2009
Wolfire Releases Black Shades iPhone
Wolfire released its classic first person shooter Black Shades for the iPhone today. Fans can find it on the app store here for 99 cents.
Black Shades is a first-person-shooter game about a bodyguard protecting a VIP from an onslaught of assassins. Originally created by Wolfire’s lead programmer David Rosen (while he was was [...]
Published: February 28, 2009
Embark on the most exciting & formidable journey in America’s history!
Westward, Ho! We’re headin’ for Oregon! The great American pioneering adventure game you used to play on the Apple II is back in a refreshing side-scrolling voyage entirely remade for the Multi-Touch display on iPhone or iPod touch!
From Independence, MI to the Willamette Valley in [...]
Published: February 27, 2009
I was just scoping out the Twitter scene and I noticed a little something interesting on ngmoco’s Twitter, apparently they expect to be done with development on Topple 2 next week. So, it looks like we should be looking for that soon. Keep your eyes on the app store, because our own Matt Dunn was a [...]
Published: February 27, 2009
Hi, not content with the features of the old forum. I have installed a new one, and here it is. Unfortunately it’s not compatible with the old one and presently there is no way to move your old user details and posts. Any comments you have made on the main site, will be unharmed… just [...]
Published: February 26, 2009
With little fanfare, TAITO have released Cooking Mama on the iPhone. The game, made popular on the DS and it’s bigger brother the Wii and enjoyed by the more casual of gamers, sees you creating certain meals by chopping veg, slice meat, flip food in pans, and arrange the final items on the plate. The [...]
Published: February 26, 2009
Kevin Runion has released a promising First Person Shooter tech demo for the iPhone. Called 3DWorld For Free, the demo renders an impressive 3D environment with good textures and lighting effects. The controls are set up as dual analogue, and for a demo they work pretty well. The left stick for forward motion and the [...]
Published: February 26, 2009
Zen Bound ($4.99)
I have it admit, Zen Bound has a hold on me. After my first session playing it (probably about 2 hours straight) I found my perception of the world had changed. When I sat at the dinner table all I could think of was how to twist and turn it to wrap [...]
Published: February 25, 2009
If ExZeus was a person, it would be a loud, brash and ever so slightly irritating person. You know the type! Maybe it’s the office fool who thinks they are funny but always cross the line. Or, the guy or girl at the party who’s off their face on tequila and think they can take [...]
Published: February 25, 2009
Illusion Labs, who brought you Touch Grind, have released their new game ‘Sway’ today. Available for $4.99 here the game sees you guiding Lizzy the lizard by swinging her through various levels on a quest to find her lost friends.
Official description: Swing and sway through beautiful worlds in bouncy physics simulation using finger gestures to [...]
Published: February 25, 2009
Zen Bound by Secret Exit has finally been released. You can pick it up here for $4.99. As well as the game you get a free download of the soundtrack in Mp3 format.
We’ve had the game in our clutches for a couple of days now, so stay tuned for our review. In the meantime, grab [...]
Published: February 25, 2009
What control method are you guys going with?
Josh Milton: We spent a lot of time looking though obviously everything the iPhone can do as far as a control method and found that the best way to go was to keep in a touch format, I know everyone is wondering where and how we were going [...]
Published: February 24, 2009
Khoeps Studio and Microids have announced the joint released of Mysterious Island 2 for both PC and iPhone.
What makes this game different is that it offers an innovative game sharing system, that allows you to continue your game which you started on your PC, and transfer it to your iPhone for on the go play. [...]
Published: February 24, 2009
Transgaming have released chapter 2 of PuzzleQuest. Instead of releasing it as a separate app, the game is now bundled with chapter 1, this is thought to be to do with the inability to transfer profiles between the two. So if you bought the first one, chapter 2 is now available through the free update. [...]
Published: February 23, 2009
Nacho and I sit down with Product Manager Autumn Brown and Producer Josh Milton from EA mobile to discuss their upcoming game Tiger Woods for the iPhone.
Click here to visit our podcast page on iTunes to download it, or here to subscribe directly. You can also listen to it live in your browser at Furious [...]
Published: February 23, 2009
Bulkypix’s team is proud to announce his first iPhone game “Hysteria Project”:
You start in an old cabane after been tied by a strange and frightening guy…
Your eyes are blurred, you feel your heart pulsing on forehead sides.
You see this strange logo everywhere around you and start to hear weird cries.
There is only one thing to [...]
Published: February 23, 2009
Cake Mania 3 (On Sale for $4.99)
Cake Mania 3 is appropriately named. About 20 minutes of the game you will heart beat will increase, your palms will get sweaty, and you will want to pull your hair out; but in a good way.
Cake Mania 3 is the third game in the established Cake Mania brand. [...]
Published: February 22, 2009
Words Worth ($1.99)
From the App Store: “WordsWorth is a challenging, fun, engaging and an addictive word game, with the perfect ingredients to loosen up. Trace new words as you link letters into words in the library using Multi-Touch interface. Create longer words with rare letters to earn hefty points. Stumble upon new rewards and challenges [...]
Published: February 22, 2009
Way back in August last year, I previewed Light Bikes from DSMediaLabs [not to be confused with LightBike], a top down Tron clone where you must survive a grid like arena by avoiding other bikes light trails and trying to trap opponents with your’s. You can read the original story here and an interview with [...]