One glance at Little Metal Ball (by Debacle Software) will immediately elicit comparisons to to the ever-popular Labyrinth, but LMB sets itself apart from other games on the app store by applying its ball-rolling gameplay in a fun adventure/platformer setting. With 40 levels, controls that are tuned to perfection, and gameplay that encourages limitless high-score […]
While Hironobu Sakaguchi may not be a name you recognize, the titles of many of the games he played a vital role in have become classics along with forever influencing the landscape of roleplaying games. Since creating Final Fantasy in the late 80’s, Sakaguchi has directed, produced, supervised or was behind the original concept of […]
The App Store’s low-grav racing space certainly is starting to get crowded, which is just fine by me. And it looks like the latest release to join the ranks, Speed Forge Extreme [App Store] from Rat Square / Chillingo, may just be the best of the lot. It’s 2142, and the colonization of Mars is underway. […]
Happy New Year We hope you all had a fun and safe time celebrating the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010 last night, but let’s get down to business. While you were watching the ball drop, a few great games were going on sale. Here are a few of the more noteworthy games […]
Among iPhone gamer pinball fans, it seems like debate of which of the pinball series is the best on the platform is as hotly contested as Star Wars nerds arguing over which is the best movie in the original trilogy. I’m partial to Gameprom’s pinball games, as they all load very quickly, seem to have […]
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)
Last week we posted a preview of Adult Swim’s My Lil’ Bastard [App Store] and mentioned a release date of the 23rd. Sure enough, it’s the 23rd, and My Lil’ Bastard is ready to be abused on your iPhone. My Lil’ Bastard is a virtual pet game with an Adult Swim spin on it. This […]
If you’re a fan of racing games, and were holding back on picking up EA’s recently released Need For Speed: Shift [App Store] for some kind of sale, now is your chance. The price was dropped from .99 to .99 yesterday, and since then Shift has been rocketing up the iTunes charts. If this is […]
In the hills of western Wales there lives a man known to some as YAK. This man surrounds himself with sheep, goats, llamas, and the like. By his own description he is, like his four-legged friends, a bit of a “scruffy hairy beast,” himself. He is incapable of turning down a quality curry, and, likewise, […]
EA’s Spore Creatures is the sequel to Spore Origins [99¢ ], one of the very early big-name games to be released on the App Store. While Origins hasn’t exactly aged well, Spore Creatures takes a similar tilt to move and eat stuff mechanic and adds a considerable layer of depth to nearly all aspects of […]
Before you get too excited from the title, no, this is not The Simpsons Arcade you’re probably thinking of. Instead, it’s a upgraded port of a J2ME game which still manages to be quite a bit of fun, especially for fans of the show. The premise of the game involves some secret plans stored on […]
Few games have generated the amount of hype that Gameloft’s N.O.V.A. – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance [App Store] has, and even fewer have managed to live up to that same hype. NOVA is one of those rare instances where a upcoming game is everything we wanted and more. It’s not perfect, but there aren’t many […]
The Metal Slug franchise made a surprise appearance in the App Store this evening. SNK Playmore has brought a version of the classic game to the iPhone: “METAL SLUG”, the 2D action shooter which has fascinated game fans from all over the world with its beautiful dot pixel art and gaudy action, has arrived on […]
MikaMobile, the makers of the popular Zombieville USA, a game that stood out for its exceptional cell-shaded artwork, have released their second title in the same fashion and OMG Pirates! [App Store] does not disappoint– bettering the Zombieville formula in every conceivable way. OMG Pirates! is a game that takes one thing very seriously– non-stop […]
Resolution Interactive already has had players racing across the water in Aqua Moto Racing [99¢ / Free] and the dirt in Dirt Moto Racing [99¢ / Free]. It seems like the natural progression of racing environments would have to include some kind of arctic racing, which precisely where their newest game, Snow Moto Racing [99¢] […]
For those looking for more of a old school arcade version of soccer than offered by FIFA, The Game Creators has recently released Goals! in both Pro and Lite versions. The game has drawn comparisons to a popular 90s soccer game Sensible Soccer and has been getting favorable reviews in our forums. Goals! is a […]
Thanks to the Appvent Calendar, Craneball Studios’ fantastic blimp piloting game, Blimp – The Flying Adventures [App Store] (affectionately referred to as “that blimp game” around here) is free for the day. Featuring 20 missions, an awesome art style, as well as OpenFeint online leaderboards, the only acceptable reason to not download this game is […]
When Driver [App Store] was originally released for the Playstation and PC way back in 1999, it was heralded by critics as a genuinely fun, challenging racing game. With the intense cop-chases, gang-centric story, and open-world exploration, Driver could be most easily described as “Grand Theft Auto without the on-foot parts.” Flash forward to 2009, […]
In what will likely be the first of many Gameloft games released this month, Driver [App Store] appeared out of nowhere this evening. Originally previewed at the Gameloft press event in Paris a few weeks ago, Driver is a nearly complete port of the 1999 PC and Playstation game with only very minor omissions. (Notably […]
A few days ago EA surprised us with some screenshots of the upcoming iPhone action adventure game Mirror’s Edge. The PC and console versions of the game are absolutely chock full of long jumps, crazy acrobatics, and hand to hand combat. From the looks of this trailer, the iPhone version is going do a good […]