Published: February 21, 2009
Fans of the Metal Gear series who have been hotly anticipating the iPhone version of the game ‘Metal Gear Solid Touch’ may be in for some disappointment.
Through their, rather swish, official site. Konami have revealed details of the game, and for those hoping for a full on 3D MGS adventure, well, you may be out [...]
Published: February 21, 2009
Have you ever dreamed of finding some new and unexplored land? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to turn a small plot of dusty land into your own ravishing city? Well if you have, then I have the game for you. Allow me to present Westward, a game where it your objective to move into the wild west and set up your own little town.
Published: February 20, 2009
Splitcode have released Scrap, a tetris style puzzler for iPhone ($2.99). While it uses the same tile shapes the big difference is that it’s 360 degrees. You rotate and stack the blocks as you normally would, but Scrap randomly switches the sides of the play area each time you complete a side… just to keep [...]
Published: February 20, 2009
Freeverse Releases Free SlotZ Track Editor App for iPhone and iPod touch
NEW YORK, New York - February 20, 2009 - Freeverse today announced the release of SlotZ Track Editor, a free App for the iPhone and iPod touch that allows anyone to create the slot-car track of their dreams! Fully compatible with SlotZ Racer, the [...]
Published: February 20, 2009
Play screen are releasing Beat the Bailout, a game that let’s you put stop to the fat cats and in the process provide a REAL helping hand for people in need. PlayScreen is pledging to donate 5% of each sale to The United Way. With “Bailout Bonanza” you can channel your frustration over Bailout abuse into helping [...]
Published: February 20, 2009
Award winning Zen BoundTMreleased for the iPhone and iPod Touch
United Kingdom and Finland – 20th February 2009 – Chillingo Ltd, Europe’s premier iPhone publisher has teamed up with Finnish gaming veterans Secret Exit to deliver Zen Bound™ - a compellingly innovative and unique puzzle game developed for the iPhone and iPod touch.
The creators of Zen Bound™ [...]
Published: February 20, 2009
Nano from Adrian Johnson is an ambient music game. The object of the game is to activate nodes by manipulating the direction of magnetic fields with your finger, which in turn guide particles in that direction. Once a node has sufficient energy it’s core glows and the level is completed. What makes the game relaxing is the [...]
Published: February 20, 2009
Ahhh… ’sniping’… a sheer joy in computer games. Ever since first picking up that sniper rifle in Goldeneye on the N64, taking off someone’s head with a perfectly aimed shot has never been so joyful. Since then the sniping has become an integral part of games, be it for better or for worse. Many a [...]
Published: February 20, 2009
iDracula ($.99 for a limited time)
Now this wont be long. I can barely pull myself away from playing iDracula long enough to write this review so I will make it quick. iDracula is one of the funnest games I have played on the iPhone. Those of you who listen to the podcast know that I [...]
Published: February 19, 2009
On the rocks have posted a teaser video for their upcoming game ‘Thor’, a side scrolling action/adventure for iPhone.
The teaser, posted below, is just that… a teaser! But if you look very carefully you can see the game in motion in the reflection. I’ve seen a work in progress video of the game running and [...]
Published: February 19, 2009
Christian from Kinelco has kindly shared with us details of a unique shoot’em up coming soon for iPhone.
“Underground will be a side scrolling shoot ‘em’ up with a twist that should set it aside from other shooters out there, graphically it pushes the expectations people may have for an iPhone game whilst using the iPhones [...]
Published: February 19, 2009
Alex Peters at Firemint contacted us to let us know about a previously unknown feature of Real Racing that lets you upload your race replays to YouTube.
It sounds like a great feature and a step in the right direction for connectivity in iPhone gaming. Firemint received the International Mobile Gaming Award for Excellence in Connectivity [...]
Published: February 19, 2009
Namco have released a lite version of i Love Katamari. The game featuring the cylindrical headed prince was released back in December, and while it was a full Katamari experience, it was criticised for framerate issues and poor controls. According to Namco these are all fixed in recent updates, but if you are still on [...]
Published: February 19, 2009
Tomorrow at 1pm EST I will be sitting down with Autumn Brown (product marketing) and Josh Milton (producer) from EA Mobile to discuss their upcoming game Tiger Woods for the iPhone. Exciting I know, but if anyone out there would like to submit questions to be asked to the EA guys, leave a comment on [...]
Published: February 19, 2009
On his Twitter, Craig from EAMobile pointed us towards first screens of Tiger Woods in action on the iPhone. And like sweet nectar here they are. They look pretty good, although the trees could do with some work, but apart from that it looks… well… like Tiger Woods! Dave had a hands on with the [...]
Published: February 19, 2009
Jason Citron and Danielle Cassley step in front of a camera for the first time to discuss their OpenFeint project, as well as some other tidbits about Aurora Feint II: The Arena, and what we can expect in the near future! You won’t find these two charming developers interviewing anywhere else on film. Who loves [...]
Published: February 18, 2009
Pilot Wings for the SNES and N64 was a classic franchise that is still yet to be re-made for the current crop of Nintendo consoles. Well while we wait for that day to come. GameResort LLC may have the answer with their newly released game ‘Biplane‘: wings of Raccoon.
You play as Caption Raccoon in his [...]
Published: February 18, 2009
Socially-networked Pet Simulation Game in Development Exclusively for iPhone and iPod Touch
ngmoco (http://ngmoco.com), creator and publisher of games exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch, will open a virtual pet shop on Apple’s App Store with their newest title Touch Pets™ Dogs. Currently in development with virtual pet genre pioneer Andrew Stern of Stumptown Game [...]
Published: February 18, 2009
Starbyte has sent us word that their latest game is near completion. NEX is a squad based cooperative first person shooter.
You are in charge of a small human commando squad battling hoards of violent aliens in dark, gloomy, confined spaceship wastelands. Starting only with a basic Electro-Laser, you can collect ammunition upgrades for more power and [...]
Published: February 17, 2009
Gameloft have announced that since 2003 they have sold a whopping 200 million games. As well as publishing games for the big three over Xbox live, WiiWare and Playstation network, they also publish for over 1,200 mobile devices. Of course, there is one mobile device that has been particularly lucrative for them, and that is [...]