Take flight with this simply awesome Jetpack game for iPhone and iPad. There’s not going to be many people who haven’t played this game. It’s been given away free at various times including during the recent ’12 Days of Christmas’ promotion by Apple. The premise of the game is simple; guide your jet pack clad […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Clickgamer’s Angry Birds [99¢ / Free] has been one of my favorite games since it was first launched in December of last year. We thought the game was great in our review, and since then, Angry Birds has only gotten better with the surprising amount of extra content that has been added to the game […]
Social branding guru Vitrue has worked closely with Apple to develop a hub for the App Store on social networking behemoth Facebook. On the developer’s blog, Vitrue says it “worked with the iTunes team at Apple to provide strategic guidance, creative design, solution development and account management.” The fan page, which already boasts over 80,000 […]
American cartoon network Adult Swim has cornered the market on weird and wonderful iPhone apps. From corpse-floating sims to suicide mini-games, you’d be hard pressed to find more bizarre treats. To celebrate its latest game, Floater Pro, plus the announcement of Amateur Surgeon HD for iPad, all of Adult Swim’s iPhone games are now 59p […]
We all like to think we can keep a beat, whether it’s tapping away on your steering wheel to the radio or playing a bit of Guitar Hero. Now you can put your fingers to the test and drum your iPhone screen to the beat, Bongo Blitz style. The rhythm game features indie and pop […]
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 […]
‘Alice in Wonderland’ Released – First Impressions and Lite Available posted by Windburn on February 23rd, 2010 10:00 AM EST in Games, News, Platform, Puzzle Disney has pulled a proverbial rabbit out of its hat (or hole?) by surprising us with a timely Alice in Wonderland [App Store] puzzle-platformer to tie-in with the upcoming film […]
NimbleBit’s ‘Dizzypad’ – Like a Record, Baby posted by arn on February 24th, 2010 2:52 AM EST in $1.99, Action, Reviews, iPhone games, iPod touch games Nimblebit has made a name for itself in the App Store as provider of simple casual games in nicely polished packages. They are responsible for likes of Scoops, Textropolis, […]
‘Mimeo and the Kleptopus King’ – Novel Environment Enhancing Powerups posted by arn on February 24th, 2010 3:13 AM EST in Upcoming Games, iPhone games, iPod touch games Shawn Inman has posted a video of his upcoming iPhone platformer that was created with partial assistance from a Makework Grant which funds artists to work on […]
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 […] […]
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 […]
We just got word from Chillingo’s Clickgamer that an Angry Birds [App Store] update is in the works that adds 40 new levels, two new environments, and complete Crystal integration for online leaderboards, achievements, and all the other fun stuff Crystal provides. They’re planning on submitting the update “very soon”, and even released a new […]