Terrorballs is a trajectory based puzzle game set on a deep space star ship seized by evil space pirates. The Terrorballs are ‘self replicating robots launched from a trajectory cannon’ which in short means little silver balls you fire around the levels trying to get it in the transporter. There are about 10 different zones […]
If your a casual gamer who likes to play their games in short, sharp bursts and yet still get the satisfaction that you achieved something then No More Zombies could be the very game you’re after. I am a seasoned gamer and love playing video games but I like to think that I have some […]
Face it, Running Apps are everywhere. Especially in January when New Years’ Resolutions are at the forefront of everyone’s minds. Everyone wants to be healthier, lose weight, etc. etc. After going through the masses of running apps we’ve found one that stands out from the crowd. Sociercise Real Time Running Races on iPhone. What we […]
When it comes to puzzle games, tetris holds the throne. The team from Atlus USA -the creators of the Burger King promotional Xbox 360 titles- published Droplitz, a pipe-connecting puzzle game. They are aiming to put out our thirst for something new in puzzle games. And, surprisingly, they do have some interesting, varied characteristics… As […]
Paper Ninja has been out for some time but due to the latest update Apptrawler was considered cool enough to get a promo. We are extremely happy to have been considered as we have really enjoyed slicing and dicing our lightweight enemies. If you need a plot then the game follows the exploits of […]
The Secret of Grisly Manor has finally upon us. Apptrawler has been aware of this game for more many months now and it’s lush teaser graphics has kept us on tenterhooks. Created by Fire Maple Games, the company who brought us the quirky physics puzzlers Danger Cats and Stunt Squirrels this classic adventure game is […]
Sorry readers for the huge gap since our last review, it’s been all go at this end with new jobs, and even new babies!! (big congrats to Foyble on that one!) Well we’re back and what better way to come back than a ‘First Play’ preview of the new top down shooter Dragon Fire: Una’s […]
This morning we received a code for Monster Mosh, the new game from Beansprites LLC. This game follows the same format as ‘red block remover’ and ‘Danger Cats’ which sees the player removing items to make the player, which in this case is a series of classic monsters including The Mummy, Frankenstein, Ghosts and the […]
We love all things retro here at AppTrawler and so when we got a copy of Attack of the Kraken by Quantum Sheep we were made up. Kraken is a side scrolling shooter that sees you flying about taking out UFOs and a series of giant metal Krakens in the shape of octopi, crabs and […]
Ok, so I know these have been out for SO long but I had resisted the temptation to get these apps as we at apptrawler tend to lean towards gaming and not entertainment apps. Well recently I told the team I was joining the gym as healthy body, healthy mind and all that jazz; and […]
We have been playing Meow Meow Happy Fight for the past few days and we love it. Essentially ‘Happy Fight’ is the death match simplified and it’s great. Let me start from the beginning, Happy Fight is a top down arena shooter where you and multiple enemies must run about totting up as many frags […]
We get asked to look at a lot of doodle games at Apptrawler and many we have to say no to due to the sheer amount of games out there to look at. But whilst playing around with our iPad yesterday we got the code for Doodle Bomb HD and we thought we’d give it […]
When we first saw Office Heroes, I admit I was more than a little surprised with the overwhelmingly positive response the game saw both in article comments and on our forums. It seems that social gaming is a guilty pleasure for many, and as I mentioned in the preview, Office Heroes has an incredibly clever […]
Sega has released a number of classic Genesis games on the App Store- Sonic the Hedgehog [$5.99], Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [$5.99], Golden Axe [$2.99], Streets of Rage [$2.99], and as of last night, Ecco the Dolphin [$2.99] and Space Harrier II [99¢]. In the past we’ve been increasingly critical of Sega releasing these […]
We have followed Big Pixel Studios for some time and loved their game Piyo Blocks and enjoyed a great developer Interview back in October 2009. Since then they have had great success with Piyo Blocks 2 for both iphone and iPad. Well they are back again, but this time they have put down their puzzle […]
We heard about this game a few months back whilst reading up on our old 8 bit hero ‘Dizzy’. Dizzy was an egg who had numerous adventures in the days of the spectrum and Amiga. I believe his last outing was on the Sega Megadrive before the Oliver Twins and Codemasters had a falling out […]
The original Predator movie back in 1987 sparked a huge cult following and a subsequent movie and various crossovers with Aliens. Acclaimed producer Robert Rodriguez is set to rekindle that flame on the big-screen with a stand-alone movie, Predators, with Chillingo and Angry Mob Games stepping up for the mandatory small-screen game tie-in. Like […]
Physics Gamebox [99¢] hit the App Store recently and is packed with iPhone ports of two extremely popular Flash games originally created by NewGrounds superstar Johnny-K. Included in the Gamebox is Roly-Poly Cannon and Ragdoll Cannon, both freely playable on NewGrounds in any web browser sporting the Flash plugin. Likely the most recognizable game […]
Aqueduct is a new puzzle game from developer Kieffer Bros. that combines the concepts of pipe connecting games like Pipe Mania with classic tile sliding puzzles that have been around for ages. It’s a really clever idea and Aqueduct manages to pull it off with a style and simplicity that’s perfectly suited to the […]
Per a recent posting on the Myst forums, Myst [$4.99 / Free] just had an update submitted to Apple to add iOS 4 compatibility. Interestingly enough, also mentioned in the same thread by Cyan employee Chogon is the fact that yet another Cyan classic is coming to the App Store: The Manhole. The Manhole is […]