Namco’s Garters & Ghouls made its way into the App Store last night and is the latest twin stick shooter to arrive on the scene. You play as the freshly reanimated Marie Dupois fighting against an evil force known as “Thrum” who has caused the dead to rise under its control. It’s your task to […]
Mailtones is the answer to one of the most requested features as far as iPhone settings go. With the introduction of push notifications, apps now have the ability to send alerts and sounds. Developers saw an opportunity and created Mailtones, an app that gives you customization over the new mail notification sound on your iPhone […]
Pocket Farm is a casual farming game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The game is a lot like many popular farming games that can be found on Facebook and the like where you grow crops, sell them and build your farm. Just like all farming games, you start with virtually nothing. Having an empty […]
Fling is an addictive puzzle game where the goal is to simply fling the “furballs” off the edge of the screen, leaving only one left at the end. With challenging levels, unique gameplay and a polished UI, this game is a definite winner in the app store. The game includes three modes of play: free […]
We first heard of Data East’s plans to bring Cobra Command to the iPhone last month, and just got word that they plan on submitting the game to Apple this week. Originally released in 1984, Cobra Command was the first game to overlay computer generated graphics on top of Laser Disc footage to create an […]
Two Lives Left have been posting regular updates in a thread on our forums about their upcoming game, Wheeler’s Treasure. I recently got my hands on a copy of the game, and so far I’m extremely impressed. Not only did they seemingly create an entire game inspired by the Orlando Bloom water wheel fight scene […]
Last month we posted a brief preview of Chillingo’s upcoming hack and slash RPG, The Relic. Originally described as “Gauntlet on steroids”, this latest gameplay video does a great job showing exactly what they mean by this. Here is Chillingo’s latest description of the game: Long ago, craftsmen of legendary art conceived an artifact of […]
Following ngmoco’s announcement that their upcoming online multiplayer deathmatch game Eliminate is going to be free, our forums have absolutely exploded with activity. Anxious gamers who can’t wait to have Eliminate in their hands have created an unstoppable juggernaut of a thread that recently topped 6,000 posts with over 160,000 views. Eliminate is in Apple’s […]
Pretty much every genre on the iphone has been pretty well covered, but, for my money at least, the non-wheeled hover racer hasn’t yet found its champion. Sure, there have been WipEout clones such as Low Grav Racer, amongst others, but the definitive article hasn’t made its way to the starting line. Ground Effect could […]
Rumours of the large form touchscreen device from Apple haven’t exactly disappeared so much as people have grown wise to the slew of gossip used to build viral interest in new hardware these days. But it seems talk of the Apple tablet is slowly beginning to solidify. ElectricPig reports on a small slip made by […]
It’s not entirely fair, or particularly accurate, to compare Fishlab’s rally driving simulator Rally Master Pro two other high-performance racing games currently on iPhone. Whereas most racing games pitch you directly against other cars and drivers, Rally Master Pro keeps strictly to its remit by following the point-to-point asynchronous racing format. This means there’s only […]
NBA Live has been around for a while now, but like the Oklahoma City Thunder a new home makes for a totally different ball game. The series’s App Store arrival comes with easy-going gameplay and straightforward touch controls tailored for accessibility. It’s a solid foundation for what amounts to a young game, though one that […]
Tetraedge is poised to bring another epic literary adventure to life on the iPhone in the next couple of weeks (this time with the help of iPhone publisher Chillingo), with a massive sequel to Silver Award-winning Jules Verne’s Return to Mysterious Island, further expanding on the events of the 1874 novel, The Mysterious Island. The […]
Smells Like Donkey, the iPhone developer behind casual beat ’em up Tap Fu, has raised major concerns over Apple’s security measures in the face of some startling piracy figures. Speaking via a blog posting, the team claims that 80 per cent of players who submitted high scores for Tap Fu during the first week of […]
When I was a kid, I constantly struggled with the idea of having a super power: would I rather be invisible or able to fly? As superhero powers go, the ability to slide at a moment’s notice doesn’t exactly evoke fear in the heart of a villain. On the contrary, it’s a frightening ability for […]
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 […]
We just got word from John Carmack himself that Doom Classic was recently submitted to Apple for approval. According to a previous interview with Carmack, Doom Classic will stay faithful to the original with OpenGL rendered graphics along with slightly better sound quality and a “brand new finely crafted control system”. Recently he posted on […]
Early this month Empty Clip Studios gave us an exclusive preview of the upcoming iPhone port of their download / retail Wii rhythm puzzle title, Groovin’ Blocks. Those anxious to get their hands on this one can now try the full [link] or lite [link] version, which went live in the App Store yesterday. Each […]
Ethan Nicholas is one of the big indie success stories of the App Store. Nicholas quit his job back in January after his tank artillery game iShoot grabbed the #1 spot in the App Store. Nicholas reportedly made over 0,000 within five months. The pressure is on for Nicholas who was recently profiled in a […]