Gaming

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:09pm

Here are a few more trailers for upcoming games (Driver, HAWX, and Skies of Glory) that looks quite nice. Driver's trailer in particular shows a lot more of the game and car damage than our earlier hands-on video. Driver See our hands on preview with game details. HAWX See our hands on preview with game details. Skies of Glory See our preview/details. All three games are expected to b[...]

Tags: iPhone games, iPod touch games, Upcoming Games

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 02:09pm

This has been a slow week for new game releases, but as usual the App Store doesn't disappoint when it comes to games getting cheaper or going free entirely. The standard freebie/sale disclaimer is in place of course– Most of these deals are only for a limited time and all prices are current as of this posting. If you see anything interesting in this listing, it's proba[...]

Tags: iPhone games, iPod touch games, Sales, Games

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:11am

While it's hard to say how surprising it is that Dragon's Lair is coming to the iPhone, especially given the popularity of both Space Ace [$4.99 / Free] and the recently released Cobra Command [$4.99], two other laserdisc games that have made the jump from arcades of the 80's to the iPhone. In true EA fashion, we have no information on this game aside from a set of scree[...]

Tags: Adventure, iPhone games, iPod touch games, Upcoming Games, Retro, Games

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 04:24am

We've all played music games before; Guitar Hero and Rock Band have eaten up a lot of my time cumulatively over the past couple of years, so reading and reacting to the scrolling note tracks in those games has almost become a purely mechanical muscle reaction at this point. Even if there was no music playing audibly I could probably score 90% or above on most songs on even the hardest dif[...]

Tags: 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, Games, $2, Reviews, Music / Rhythm

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 04:10am

As promised, we're back with a review of Ace Combat Xi Skies of Incursion [App Store], the latest in Namco's Ace Combat flight action game series that has seen numerous sequels that take place all over the Ace Combat timeline in various aerial theaters of war since the original was first released in 1995 for the Sony PlayStation. Featuring all the same high flying action as previ[...]

Tags: 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, $4, Games, Reviews, Action

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 01:28am

Mika Mobile's followup title to Zombieville has finally arrived in the App Store. OMG Pirates! is described as a "silly, bloody, cartoony homage to the classic 2D games of yesterday" and wrapped with great art style and animation. The game uses a simple two button attack system with different moves unlocked as you gain experience during the game. Campaign mode delivers[...]

Tags: $1, 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, Fighting

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 06:42pm

It's not a secret to any of our regulars that I've taken an unnatural liking to a lot of really crazy games on the App Store, and recently I've found five new ones. Keep in mind, these games aren't for everyone, as they range from strange to really strange– But if you too enjoy games that have you shaking your head and saying to yourself, "Rea[...]

Tags: iPhone games, iPod touch games, Games

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 03:30pm

Wait, I don't object to that, at all actually. According to Famitsu (via andriasang), Capcom announced an iPhone game based on the popular Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney series at at talk held earlier today at the Apple Store in Ginza, Japan. We have very few details right now aside from a set of screenshots, usage of "flick" input methods, and mobile content head Takeshi T[...]

Tags: Adventure, iPhone games, iPod touch games, Upcoming Games, Games

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 12:32am

Namco's highly anticipated jet fighter game Ace Combat Xi Skies of Incursion [App Store] was released this evening, the most recent in a very long line of Ace Combat games that spans nearly all home and portable consoles. The game itself doesn't have much of a tutorial, but the controls and gameplay are exactly what you would expect out of a game like this, and anyone who has pla[...]

Tags: 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, $4, Games, Shooter, Simulation

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 08:54pm

Data East's Cobra Command [App Store] was originally released in arcades all the way back in 1984. At the time, its laserdisc-based graphics were nothing short of revolutionary and similar to games like Dragon's Lair, made other games in the arcade look primitive in comparison. In the game, you play as a pilot in the world's most advanced helicopter, the LX-3 Super Cobra[...]

Tags: 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, $4, Games, Shooter, Reviews

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 01:57pm

Com2us has released a trailer for their upcoming RPG Chronicles of Inotia: A Wanderer of Luone which is due out this month. The RPG genre on the iPhone has really seen an explosion of titles — both released and announced. This Chronicles of Inotia sequel appears to be one of the more promising ones. Features listed by the developer include: Classic RPG: Over 200 Single player quests. M[...]

Tags: iPhone games, iPod touch games, Upcoming Games

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 12:21pm

Normally we post about freebies on Friday, as "Freebie Friday" has such excellent alliteration– I suppose in this case "Wild Wednesday" will have to do as these freebies won't last long. While Freeverse's Skee-Ball [99¢] may win when it comes to realism and actually licensing the real Skee-Ball machine, The Iconfactory's[...]

Tags: Free, iPhone games, iPod touch games, Games

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 03:19am

There have been a whole mess of game updates that have been released in the latest App Store refresh. I recommend checking for updates either in iTunes or on your device to see what's out there for the games you own, these happen to be my favorite three updates I downloaded tonight: Hook Champ, $1.99 (On sale from $2.99) – We were given a preview of the update earlier this mont[...]

Tags: $1, 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, Games, $0

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 12:53am

Sad Cat Software released Project Phoenix into the App Store tonight. Project Phoenix is a very nice twin stick tank shooter with large levels and frantic gameplay. Oh, and it's FREE for a limited time. After successfully defending a key research facility from invading aliens in "Team Alpha" you have been promoted, and are now in charge of the army's most advan[...]

Tags: Free, iPhone games, iPod touch games, Shooter, Action

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 10:42pm

Jeff McCord's iPhone remake of the 1980s classic Sword of Fargoal has arrived in the App Store. We were excited to preview the iPhone remake of this dungeon crawler back in November. In a nutshell, the Sword of Fargoal places the player within the top level of a deep series of dungeons with the quest of seeking out the legendary "Sword of Fargoal" and escaping with it [...]

Tags: 99, Adventure, iPhone games, iPod touch games, $2

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 06:15pm

From the very beginnings of games on the iPhone, back even before the App Store even existed, it has seemed like labyrinth games were a natural fit for the tilt controls of the device. There are too many games to list that share the core gameplay element of rolling a ball around a maze, and before playing Labyrinth 2 [App Store] I thought there was little room to innovate on such a crowded genre w[...]

Tags: 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, $4, Games

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 06:15pm

From the very beginnings of games on the iPhone, back even before the App Store even existed, it has seemed like labyrinth games were a natural fit for the tilt controls of the device. There are too many games to list that share the core gameplay element of rolling a ball around a maze, and before playing Labyrinth 2 [App Store] I thought there was little room to innovate on such a crowded genre w[...]

Tags: 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, $4, Games

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 01:09pm

NaturalMotion's Backbreaker Football [App Store] is part physics engine tech demo and part arcade sports game combined together to create a tilt-controlled pick up and play experience that is extremely enjoyable despite being so simple. The gameplay of Backbreaker is structured in to a series of challenges where you run down a football field juking, spinning, and sprinting past defenders [...]

Tags: 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, Games, $0, Sports

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 11:24am

It seems the legal battle for Mobigame remains ongoing. Their popular EDGE game was once again pulled from the App Store last week after another complaint filed by Tim Langdell. David Papazian of Mobigame told us that the release of EDGY was an effort to keep the game on sale in the U.S. and U.K. Papazian writes, "To release the game on the U.S and U.K Store we had no other choice than[...]

Tags: iPhone games, iPod touch games, News

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 11:21am

From now until Christmas Eve, Blacksmith Games' Appvent Calendar will be revealing a new game that can be downloaded for free each day. Modeled after holiday advent calendars, each of these games will only be free the day they're revealed, so be sure to check back often. The first freebie is Craneballs Studios' 33rd Division [App Store], a line drawing stealth strategy g[...]

Tags: Free, iPhone games, iPod touch games, Sales, Games

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 09:00am

The last of the Gameloft previews from their Paris press event is the highly anticipated NOVA, a first person shooter which seems to combine quite a few gameplay elements of both the Halo and Metroid Prime game series. NOVA is set in the future, when the Earth has run out of resources and human civilization exists on what amounts to interstellar resource farms which are guarded by the Near Orbital[...]

Tags: iPhone games, iPod touch games, Upcoming Games, Games, First Person Shooter

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 03:33am

SEGA was one of the original developers recruited by Apple to provide a demo of what kind of apps might be possible on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Super Monkey Ball seemed like a natural fit to the platform with it's tilt controls. The game was a launch title for the App Store and became a massive success. SEGA is finally returning to those roots and has just released a sequel to the [...]

Tags: 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, Action, Platform, Maze, $9

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 12:40am

With simple roots as a mere prototype produced at the overnight 360iDev Game Jam, Imangi Studios' latest game Hippo High Dive [App Store] was released this evening. While the core gameplay concept has remained the same, nearly everything else has been significantly spruced up, improved, or otherwise tweaked. As the title of the game may imply, you play as a hippo, and you jump off a high[...]

Tags: 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, Games, $0, Reviews, Action

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 09:27pm

Mountain Sheep has prepped Episode 3 of Minigore to be submitted this week. This 3rd episode finally adds a number of long promised upgrades and playable characters, each with their own health stages and unique beast modes. These include: Jerry Gore – John Gore's elderly uncle, features voice acting by Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson Enviro-Bear – first c[...]

Tags: 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, Upcoming Games, $0, Exclusives

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 04:09pm

Gilded Skull games released their first title for the iPhone last week, Imp or Oaf [App Store]. The gameplay is extremely simple, and targeted towards children. As the title would hint, Imp or Oaf is a guessing game where you must guess if the image you're looking at is of an imp or an oaf. At the start of each round a image appears that is zoomed in to the point where you can't [...]

Tags: 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, Games, $0, Puzzle

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 01:33pm

Konami has brought their wacky Japanese reaction game Tomena Sanner to the iPhone this past week. The game which was originally released for mobile phones in Japan has made the trek to the U.S. In fact, Konami is planning on bringing the title to WiWare in the first quarter of 2010. iPhone/iPod Touch owners were greeted with the title early this past week at only $1.99. The game is most succ[...]

Tags: $1, 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, Reviews, Action

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 02:57am

The Science Museum of London originally released Launchball as a Flash-based game in 2007. The Flash version has seen a strong following with over 2 million plays and has now been ported to the iPhone. The Flash version can still be played online. Launchball is a physics puzzler where you need to get a ball from Point A to Point B using the tools at hand. These tools include fans, magnets, tesl[...]

Tags: 99, iPhone games, iPod touch games, $0, Reviews, Puzzle

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 01:39am

Here are a few high profile titles that we don't necessarily recommend to everyone, but if you're a big fan of any of the franchises, they may be worth considering. Voltron "From days of long ago, from uncharted regions of the universe, comes a legend. The legend of Voltron: Defender of the Universe. A mighty robot loved by good, feared by evil. " If that [...]

Tags: iPhone games, iPod touch games, Reviews

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 at 04:54pm

The remastered version of Driver was the game that we were most impressed with when we sat down with Gameloft last week. Gameloft has brought nearly everything from the original Driver to the iPhone, including the exact same physics and driving engine present in the PC original. Here's a hands on gameplay video of Driver which is due in the coming weeks. Check out our full preview of t[...]

Tags: iPhone games, iPod touch games, Upcoming Games

Friday, November 27th, 2009 at 02:45pm

Gameloft has released a new trailer for their much anticipated Halo-like first person shooter NOVA. After their usual cinematic introduction, the video also includes new clips of actual gameplay. We'll have more information of the game soon as it's said to be due "this holiday season".

Tags: iPhone games, iPod touch games, Upcoming Games