While I have been completely sucked in to hardcore racing simulators in the past, there’s nothing I like more in racing games than ridiculous drifting and jumps– Lots of jumps. Thankfully, developer Pixelbite seems to share a similar love for these kinds of racing games from looking at their recently released Raging Thunder 2 and […]
Revolutionary Concepts sent us a new screenshot and a note saying they are working around the clock on their port of Data East’s arcade classic Karate Champ to the iPhone. The partial list of features include: Dual Stick Control (no D-Pad or buttons). Virtual arcade cabinet surround (no thumbs covering the action) 1 Player vs […]
Bit Pilot Bit Pilot is a retro-inspired dodging game that comes from Zach Gage, who also brought us the multi-touch puzzler Unify. Bit Pilot’s biggest flaw seems to be that it was released only a week after Tilt to Live and likely drowned out by the cheers for that game. Bit Pilot, though, does stand […]
At GDC 2010, iPhone developer 99games showed us what they have been working on as their next major iPhone title. The Jim and Frank Mysteries – The Blood River Files is an adventure puzzler in the vein of the Professor Layton game series. In the Jim and Frank Mysteries, players assume the role of Jim […]
An upcoming but little known game that has come to our attention recently is a Worms-esque, platform shooter entitled TotemHeadz, developed by Innobec Technologies. Though we haven’t had any play time with TotemHeadz as yet, from what we’ve seen TotemHeadz deviates from the traditional Worms model by scrapping the turn-based gameplay and opting for a […]
Revolutionary Concepts, creators of Cobra Command [App Store] and the upcoming Karate Champ, have given us a sneak peek of Frogman, a 3D Frogger-like game that should be available very soon. Wrapped in a ridiculous story that is highly reminiscent of ‘The Fly’ with classic gameplay enhanced by powerups, Frogman blows Konami’s Frogger games out […]
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
Much like Eliminate and TouchPets Dogs, ngmoco’s We Rule launched first in Canada this afternoon. Since We Rule heavily relies on the Plus+ network, this limited Canadian release is allowing ngmoco to make sure they’ve got all their servers working properly before the game is unleashed to the rest of the world. They haven’t said […]
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 […]
The name of LamdaMu Games & Game Ventures’ new iPhone app might make you pause and wonder as to its nature, but don’t worry, there are no sketchy deals involved. Rather, Shady Puzzles is full of challenges that are both fun and brainy. You are presented with what looks like graph paper, with […] [continue […]
A handful of iPhone apps exist to make your iPhone a USB drive that stores your files for later viewing. Other apps like Dropbox give you access to your files on the cloud from your iPhone. These are great but wouldn’t it be easier if you could just view the files you already have […] […]
Doom II RPG from id software is a new turn-based iPhone shooter game and the good news is, this one is not on rails. You use a directional pad to move around the screen plus you can now swipe the iPhone screen left/right to strafe or up/down to to move forward and back. You […] […]
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 […]
Lately it seems that we’ve been collecting an increasing number of comments in the discussions of some of the more popular games we’ve covered from Android users hoping to see more iPhone games in the Android Marketplace. Homerun Battle 3D [.99 / Free], a game we reviewed back when it was called Baseball Slugger, was […]
When I think of Mechs, I don’t think of the MechWarrior of old as I used to. Instead, a more immediate memory comes to mind– that very awesome scene from Matrix: Revolutions where the Zion Mech platoon were (albeit briefly) holding off the entire squid machine onslaught. Maybe it’s the John Woo fanatic in me, […]
Freeverse’s Parachute Ninja [App Store] has been getting some much deserved positive first impressions in our forums since its release last night. Parachute Ninja‘s story isn’t exactly the standout part of this game; some dude set your hut on fire so this weird little yellow guy with wicked eyebrows tells you that you need to put […]
According to the Ubisoft web site, a new game that takes place in the Assassin’s Creed universe is coming soon, exclusively to the iPhone. Assassin’s Creed II: Multiplayer will utilize a WiFi connection to hunt down three other assassins online in some type of strange top-down stealth-oriented deathmatch. Assassin’s Creed 2: Multiplayer, an exclusive game […]
Storm Basic has released their hack and slash game Tehra Dark Warrior which we previewed just a couple of weeks ago. Early feedback is rolling in our forums noting high production values with a core hack ‘n slash gameplay mechanic. From squarezero: Having played for about half an hour, I can’t disagree with the gist […]
During episode #9 of the TouchArcade podcast, Kepa Auwae of Rocketcat Games let us in on some details regarding the successor to Hook Champ [App Store], a game currently dubbed Avalanche Game. This morning MTV Multiplayer posted some new tidbits, including a image comparing the art style of the two games and the evolution from […]