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Sega announces “Super Monkey Ball 2” with improved controls
Sega announced last week plans to release Super Monkey Ball 2 just in time for the holidays. The sequel is of course a follow up to the hyped up original Super Monkey Ball, which as TouchArcade points out, “set the price ceiling for App Store games at $9.99.” The new version of Super Monkey Ball […]
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Gameloft’s library of iPhone games reads like a “who’s who” list of popular and successful apps. Hero of Sparta, Assassin’s Creed, Real Soccer 2010, and Gangstar: West Coast Hustle are just a few of Gameloft’s more well-known titles, and their place as a premier mobile software development studio is undisputed. But Gameloft’s development efforts, for […]
Continue reading...Is Apple getting serious about gaming? 2 new job listings shed some light on the issue
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Two recent job listings at Apple seem to suggest that Apple’s relative aversion to gaming may soon be a thing of the past. First, AppleInsider directs us to a recent job listing on Apple’s website for a Game/Media Software Engineer for the iPhone, a noteworthy move considering that Apple hasn’t shown much of an interest […]
Continue reading...Doom creator John Carmack on working with Apple and their view of gaming
Monday, November 9, 2009
John Carmack is a gaming and programming legend, having co-founded id Software and having served as the lead developer on iconic games like Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake. Most recently, Carmack has been working to port some of id’s classic titles over to the iPhone, and more often that not, has had positive things to say […]
Continue reading...EA Mobile announces 5 new games, including NBA Live, for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Monday, November 2, 2009
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On Monday, EA Mobile announced the arrival of 5 new games for the iPhone, NBA Live, EA Sports FIFA 10, Mystery Mania, Boggle, and Command & Conquer Red Alert. You can check out the full press release after the break.
Continue reading...Robot plays “Rock Band” on the iPhone [Video]
Monday, November 2, 2009
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Behold! A new level in nerdity as someone configured a robot to play the iPhone version of “Rock Band”. I guess this means you should be a tad suspicious when a buddy of yours claims to have gotten an all-time high score on the game. The contraption, created by Joe Bowers, uses ambient light sensors […]
Continue reading...Why freelance iPhone development is becoming more popular, and easier to do
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
With well over 85,000 apps and 2 billion downloads, the iTunes App Store holds a commanding lead over every other mobile app store. In many ways, the iTunes App Store has changed the face of gaming, having forced gaming heavyweights such as Sony and Nintendo to re-evaluate their gaming strategy as it pertains to PSP […]
Continue reading...Rock Band for the iPhone fails to impress for $9.99
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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Not too long ago, we reported that EA Mobile was on the verge of releasing an iPhone version of the popular console and music oriented video game, Rock Band. Well that day has finally arrived, and despite offering a plethora of good and varied music (indlucing songs from the Beastie Boys, Blink 182, Blondie, and The […]
Continue reading...RockBand coming to the iPhone courtesy of EA Mobile
Friday, October 9, 2009
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EA Mobile will soon be releasing an iPhone version of RockBand, the hit music simulation video game popular on both the Xbox and Sony Playstation consoles. Much like the console version, the mobile version will allow users to play either the drums, the guitar, the bass, or sing vocals. Interestingly, though, the singing portion of […]
Continue reading...First gameplay footage of FIFA 10 for the iPhone [Video]
Friday, October 2, 2009
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When it comes to video game soccer, you can’t get any better (both in terms of realism and playability) than FIFA, and just a few days ago, FIFA 10 was launched for the iPhone. Below is the first gameplay footage, courtesy of TouchArcade, of the app in action. It looks pretty good, but we’ve yet […]
Continue reading...New iPod Touch ad shows up on IGN.com, and why the device won’t be getting analog controls anytime soon
Monday, September 28, 2009
Well, in case you needed any more proof that Apple was dead serious about positioning the iPod Touch as a gaming device, look no further than the online ad below which was recently featured on the video game website IGN.com. The ad is pretty similar to other online ad-campaigns that Apple has run previously on […]
Continue reading...Games on the Zune HD accompanied by pre-roll ads
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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Wow, it certainly is a zune-centric day of posting here, but what can ya do. Well, Microsoft’s latest attempt to take on the iPod launched yesterday in the form of the Zune HD. Notably, the Zune HD experience will not include an app store open to third party developers. Instead, all of the apps available […]
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Monday, November 23, 2009
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