Riptide Games has released the first game that was the product of the 360 iDev Game Jam. The Game Jam was an all night coding session for developers to try to create a game in 10 hours. This particular game was created in conjunction with Jonathan Hartstein of Pyro Monkey Productions and Eric Lannan of […]
The much publicized Commodore C64 emulator from Manomio is finally coming back to the App Store. The app has had a rocky history with an initial rejection, public out cry, App Store approval and was then pulled from the App Store by Apple due to inadvertent violations of the SDK terms. Well, C64 is “almost […]
TipCat Mobile just released a very nice side scrolling shooter called Cell War [App Store]. The .99 game offers a beautifully stylized side scroller that places you as the pilot of a nano machine whose mission is fight off viruses and save the humans from disease. Designed for the iPhone, the game has some nice […]
So, is it possible to fit another worthy line-drawing game into an already crowded market? Backflip Studios thinks so with their new game Harbor Havoc 3D [.99]. Like Flight Control, the objective of the game is to route your ships to their proper docks. Simply draw a line from the ship to the dock and […]
If you were a PC gamer in the mid 90’s, the very mention of Command & Conquer likely brings back memories of massive battles, elaborate bases, the cumbersome Westwood Online multiplayer, and best of all- The game coming with two discs to give one to a friend to play against without having to buy a […]
Zombie games and the App Store seem to go together like peas and carrots. I’m not sure what the allure of zombies is, but I’m not one to argue about slaying legions of undead. Developers Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team (Yes, that’s their real name) have been working on a sports zombie apocalypse hybrid […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Much to our surprise, StoneLoops! of Jurassica was recently removed from the App Store. This is particularly unfortunate, as we not only gave the game a glowing review, but I would also include it in any listing of really great iPhone games. Maciej Biedrzycki, co-founder of Codeminion, developers of StoneLoops explained on his blog today […]
Today marks an important anniversary: the iPod is eight years old. It was a cool October day, the 23rd, and the year was 2001. The world was still in shock after 9/11, the U.S had embarked on a war in Afghanistan, Microsoft was about to release XP, and people were scared about opening their mail […]
Steven Troughton-Smith, the developer of both Stack and Orbit, is now in the process of developing a new multi-tasking application. According to Troughton-Smith, the app basically adds a GUI to what the Backgrounder application already does. There is not a ton of info about the app however, he did post a screenshot and it looks […]