This is a great bit of news… The latest update to the paypal iphone app will now include a ‘Bump to Pay’ feature. For those who don’t know ‘Bump’ allowed you to swap photos, contact info and more just by putting two phones next to each other. Bump was also the 1 billionth app downloaded […]
To celebrate the latest update of The Danger Room we are having a twitter giveaway: We have 10 codes to give away for some lucky tweeters To enter, follow us and tweet the following message: Promo time! Follow and RT @AppTrawler by 6pm GMT to enter the draw for The Danger Room code! http://bit.ly/cIpDyc
‘Alice in Wonderland’ Released – First Impressions and Lite Available posted by Windburn on February 23rd, 2010 10:00 AM EST in Games, News, Platform, Puzzle Disney has pulled a proverbial rabbit out of its hat (or hole?) by surprising us with a timely Alice in Wonderland [App Store] puzzle-platformer to tie-in with the upcoming film […]
NimbleBit’s ‘Dizzypad’ – Like a Record, Baby posted by arn on February 24th, 2010 2:52 AM EST in $1.99, Action, Reviews, iPhone games, iPod touch games Nimblebit has made a name for itself in the App Store as provider of simple casual games in nicely polished packages. They are responsible for likes of Scoops, Textropolis, […]
‘Mimeo and the Kleptopus King’ – Novel Environment Enhancing Powerups posted by arn on February 24th, 2010 3:13 AM EST in Upcoming Games, iPhone games, iPod touch games Shawn Inman has posted a video of his upcoming iPhone platformer that was created with partial assistance from a Makework Grant which funds artists to work on […]
In the future convicts fight for their freedom in a frantic game show called ‘The Danger Room’. On this show the contestant must battle through 9 rooms for their freedom but each room is different and you face aliens, soldiers, zombies, robots, demons and more, before the final battle with ‘The Host’. You play Warren […]
In the future convicts fight for their freedom in a frantic game show called ‘The Danger Room’. On this show the contestant must battle through 9 rooms for their freedom but each room is different and you face aliens, soldiers, zombies, robots, demons and more, before the final battle with ‘The Host’. In each room […]
As you may notice, we are having an overahaul of our site to make it better, faster, stronger and more interesting. Check back tomorrow and we should be all shiny and new with loads of new content and much more!!!
FREE GAME! A few months ago we reviewed the highly addictive match 3 game ‘Piyo Blocks’ by Big Pixel Studios. Since the review the game has undergone some great improvements and as a Christmas Treat they have now released the game FREE over the Christmas period. (possibly UK only)
Fogey Fu by Fundane is a side scrolling beat-em up with a great concept. You pay an ageing warrior fighting his way out of a hospital, you must battle through level after level of orderlies, nurses, doctors and more. You start the adventure by naming your Fogey or using the name generator to pick one […]
Bayou Beats is small and pretty straightforward. Using instrumental versions of one of several songs from the feature film (but sadly not Gonna Take You There) as a backdrop, the game consists of pressing one of several buttons along the bottom as they are lit up by falling crowns passing through them. The game keeps […]
Family Guy: Uncensored is a series of minigames loosely tied to the television show. You will play as Brian running from Stewie, Quagmire swinging through a jungle, Chris shooting down flying Meg-pigs in a sidescrolling shooter, Stewie fighting Bertram in a MegaMan-like game, and of course the battle with Peter versus the chicken. The problem […]
It’s been a busy old month for AppTrawler and we have given you over 200 posts packed full of news, reviews, previews, hands on and developer interviews. AppTrawler has not only trawled the app store for new and emerging talent but we’ve been proactively talking to the developers finding out what makes them tick, whats […]
This week we talk to games veteran Ryan Mitchell whose humble beginning started in the education market and then branched out into more and more mainstream games. Ryan now has his sites set firmly on the iPhone/iPod market and has a plethora of upcoming games up his sleeves and a self made engine to build […]
The grapevine is tingling with the force… Is this True… We can only hope Relive the pivotal moments of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope on your iPhone or iPod Touch in Star Wars: Trench Run, a brand new game launching soon. Developed by Infrared5 and distributed by THQ Wireless Inc., Trench Run lets […]
With Halloween approaching, now would be a good time to review an app or two whose sole purpose is to scare the crap out of people. iPossessed is one of those apps. The concept behind iPossessed is that you have an iPhone or iPod Touch that is possessed by the Devil. It makes scary noises […]
This week we speak to the three strong team at Big Pixel Studios about their first outing on the iPhone in the form of the retro pixel puzzle ‘Piyo Block’. Having created games for Disney and Jetix and with a plethora of Flash titles under their belt there have now turned their attention to the […]
Piyo Block is a fun, stylish ‘match 3’ game with a pixel style look and feel which differentiates it from its competitors. The premise of the game is simple; swap adjacent blocks, which in this case are little chirping bird blocks, to match three or more of the same color blocks to make them disappear. […]
**UPDATED: Release date announced for 21st October!** We’ve been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to re-launch those cows into orbit ever since we heard Gameloft was bringing the iconic, dirt eating, chewy length of worm flesh – Earthworm Jim – to iPhone and iPod touch back in August. For those of you’ve been asleep on Mars […]
Shoot-’em-ups are so commonplace it takes genuine skill to give them the edge they so desperately need to stand out on the App Store both in aesthetics and in gameplay. So newcomer Games Faction has its work cut out, but fortunately it seems to have paid close (and quite literal) attention to both these factors. […]