Pocket God is one of the most influential apps to appear on the iPhone,and has proven very tricky for us to quantify here at Pocket Gamer. Strictly, it’s not a game, but the episodic life of those poor pygmies has provided more entertainment than many of the more traditional games out there. And now is […]
When I first found out about Hook Champ, I knew I had to immediately put it on my “to buy” list. It reminded me of old VGA PC classics like Dangerous Dave and Commander Keen, but with the addition of a single gameplay element I could never get enough of: a grappling hook. See, I’ve […]
As is the case with all fairy stories, there are various versions of Little Red Riding Hood. Sometimes granny hides in the cupboard, sometimes the woodsman has to slice open the wolf pull out granny’s corpse. There’s probably even some exotic versions in which the wolf and Red Riding Hood live happily ever after by […]
Slingers is brand new game from Banshee Soft. You play the part of a soldier tasked with protecting your base by trying to destroy your enemies Nuclear Reactors before they do the same to you. You start by building your base. You can build walls to protect and hide your nuclear reactors before battle commences. Once […]
There are few things finer than a spot of stupid heaped atop cartoon violence. That said, for all the gloriously gratuitous shuriken-in-the-face moments that pepper Cartoon Wars, the game is not as brainless as its puerile presentation would have you believe. The 2D play area features a tower at both ends, black and white units […]
Tap Fu offers a fun casual fighting game that can be played in short spurts or in more prolonged sessions when you’re looking for a little more action. While it isn’t a particularly deep game, Tap Fu provides an enjoyable enough gameplay experience that makes it worth considering. The game has 4 modes: Story, Survival, […]
News that Apple will now let free iPhone apps use in-app payments has been broadly welcomed by games firms. “This announcement changes the landscape of the App Store as we know it,” said Colin Smith of Freeverse. SGN boss Shervin Pishevar said “This is one of the most important announcements to come out of Apple […]
The news Apple is allowing developers to charge for in-game items and downloadable content in free apps – the so-called free-plus-paid model – has shaken up the way many studios are thinking about the future. Yet there’s also some confusion about how this will change the way the App Store operates in terms of the […]
We’d only just announced that iPhone newcomer Riptide Games was ready to submit its debut App Store title to Apple when more Gravity Sling information started circling our news planet. Riptide managed to slam the brakes on just moments before submitting the game, when it heard that Apple was now allowing micro-transactions and in-app purchases […]
Developer Realtech VR has been in touch to announce Iron Fist Boxing 3rd Strike is now available on the App Store. And at first glance it appears to be a real contender for the iPhone heavyweight boxing title. The game, developed for iPod touch and iPhone, has been described by Realtech VR as, “the original […]
It was less than two weeks ago since EA announced it was bringing the mega-popular Rock Band franchise to the App Store, so it was a bit of a surprise to see it land over the weekend. Rock Band takes the ‘tap-along’ music/rhythm gameplay to a new level not only because of the long list […]
**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 […]
Jonathan Lanis has recently contributed a simple and fun bit of 3D obstacle-dodging tunnel madness to the App Store in the form of Boost 3D Boost 3D is about tunnels, and it’s a rather simple affair. You start out racing down the inside of an obstacle-laden tunnel and, before you know it, you’re racing down […]
Ngmoco has announced that their much anticipated first person shooter Eliminate will be free in light of Apple’s announcement that free apps can now offer in-app purchases. More details are said to be following, but Ngmoco has long announced that Eliminate would carry in-app purchases for energy that allows players to earn additional credits. Every […]
Have you ever wondered how many crimes occur each year in the city you live in? Are you traveling to a city you’ve never been to before and want to know if you’ll be staying in a high crime area? If so, then Crime Gauge may or may not be helpful to you. You can […]
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. […]
Ngmoco is wasting absolutely no time in taking advantage of the new policy allowing developers to release free apps with in-app purchases. Aside from announcing that their Eliminate game will be free, they have also released Rolando 2: Chapter 1 into the App Store for free. The free version of the game offers the entire […]
Dark Nebula is described as a “skill-based action game” which we previewed back in August. The game is brought to us in part by Anders Hejdenberg, the lead designer of Battlefield 2: Modern Combat. Dark Nebula is a tilt-controlled ball roller, but one that adopts an action/arcade vibe rather than the more tedious precision work […]
Dungeon Hunter is the premiere hack’n’slash rpg release by Gameloft. Those players who are longtime fans of the Diablo series or familiar with the look of games like Dungeon Siege, this game will seem very similar. The game plays a little like Pixel Mine’s Underworlds with it’s upgradeable characters and various items that can be […]
In Ancient War, you become God of a tribe attempting to destroy the enemy’s totem pole while trying to defend your own at the same time. To accomplish this task, you are given several types of attack units ranging from militia to giant dinosaurs. The game is actually quite challenging, even on the novice level. […]