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Tuesday, Nov 3
Doom Classic Now on iPhone [Id Software]
Play the legendary first person shooter, DOOM, with an iPhone or iPod Touch Choose from three different control types and customize the interface to suit your style Listen to the original soundtrack or disable it and use your own iPod music
Free-To-Play First-Person Shooter Hits iPhone [IPhone]
Eliminate is technically free-to-play, but to earn the money you need to upgrade your character and purchase new skins, armor and weapons, you have to earn credit. To earn credit you need to play matches using energy. While you get a free drip-feed of energy by downloading the game, if you wa...
Sunday, Nov 1
NBA Live Micro-Review: More than Pick-Up Hoops [Review]
NBA Live by EA Sports was developed by EA Mobile published by Electronic Arts for the iPhone and iPod Touch on Oct. 23. Retails for $9.99 USD. A copy of the game was given to us by the publisher for reviewing purposes. Played all game types and difficulties.)
Friday, Oct 30
Can Bigger Screens Save a Shrinking Market? [Well Played]
Nintendo was ahead of the curve in adding touchscreen technology to the DS, Ackerman points out, and he sees the increase in screen size on the DSi Xl as an acknowledgement that the iPhone and iPod Touch are becoming a juggernauts in the world of portable entertainment.
Wednesday, Oct 28
Hands-On With Ace Combat Xi [IPhone]
Arcade flighter Ace Combat is going mobile later this month with the iPhone and iPod Touch release of Ace Combat Xi: Skies of Incursion. The game plays and even looks quite a bit like iPhone arcade air combat favorite, F.A.S.T., but it sounds like this game will have much more in the way of story an...
Monday, Oct 26
iPhone Chart Toppers: Rock Band [Igaming]
It's that time again. Time to look at the top grossing games on iTunes for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It shouldn't be a surprise that Rock Band debuted at the number one spot, but what may be surprising is what other rhythm game is still in the top ten. Check out all of our iPhone game reviews.
Saturday, Oct 24
iPhone Game Sells Extra Lives Through In-App Store [IPhone]
Popular touch title Parachute Panic recently updated their iPhone and iPod Touch game with an interesting in-store item. Once updated to the latest version, gamers can choose to spent 99 cents to unlock another five lives for the 99 cent game.
Dungeon Hunter Review: Pocketful of Diablo [Review]
Dungeon Hunter was developed and published by Gameloft for the iPhone and iPod Touch on Sept. 14. Retails for $6.99 USD. A copy of the game was given to us by the publisher for reviewing purposes. Played through the campaign as a rogue. Completed all side quests and made it to level 40.
Thursday, Oct 22
3GS iPhone Games Get Special Code [Gameloft]
Games designed to take advantage of the iPhone 3GS' more robust chipset are starting to quietly make their way onto the App store. Gameloft's Asphalt 5 is one of those games. While the racing title will play on an iPod Touch or any model iPhone, it plays best on the 3GS when it hits later this yea...
Volkswagen Launches New Car Through iPhone Game [IPhone]
As the days when automakers launched new vehicles exclusively through print mags become a distant memory, Volkswagen has decided to do an industry first: The company launched the 2010 GTI through the iPhone and iPod Touch. A free version of Firemint Real Racing contains the new VW car — pl...
Monday, Oct 19
Rock Band Live on iTunes [IPhone]
All of those pretenders to the portable rhythm game throne better be ware, the official Rock Band game just hit iTunes. Harmonic' Rock Band for the iPhone and iPod Touch lets you jam out with a lead guitar, bass, drums or vocals... though no singing is involved with that last one, and will set you...
iPhone Chart Toppers: Revenge Of Bejeweled 2 [Igaming]
It's that time again. Time to look at the top grossing games on iTunes for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Tap Tap Revenge 2's ride at number one didn't last very long. But what knocked it down from the top spot? Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews.
Monday, Oct 12
Images of Command & Conquer on the iPhone [IPhone]
Due out at the end of the month, it looks like the iPhone and iPod Touch version of Command & Conquer Red Alert is going to be a pretty robust title. Almost more importantly, it looks like EA Mobile has done a great job of maintaining the look of the classic real-time strategy title.
iPhone Chart Toppers: Tap Tap Surprise [Igaming]
It's that time again. Time to look at the top grossing games on iTunes for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Friday, Oct 9
Command & Conquer Red Alert On Your iPhone [EA Mobile]
EA Mobile sure has a busy Facebook page. First they reveal iPhone Rock Band, and now they drop details on the iPhone version of Command & Conquer Red Alert. EA Mobile: Command & Conquer Red Alert for iPhone and iPod touch [Facebook]
Opinion: iPhone's Catan - The First Island Should Be Live Soon [IPhone]
The iPhone version of famously fun table top game Catan has been submitted to Apple for approval, the developers tell us. Catan - The First Island will be available soon for both the iPhone and iPod Touch, they say, though know word yet on pricing.
Thursday, Oct 8
iPhone Rock Band Delivers 20 Songs and Multiplayer [IPhone]
A news release from EA mobile promises "live Bluetooth multiplayer" - OK, that part was all-capped, but we chose to spare your eyeballs. If you want to rock with friends not in the same room, the app says it will synch you up with bandmates via Facebook invitation. Yes, you read that right.
Classic Adventure Game Beneath a Steel Sky Hits the iPhone [IPhone]
A remastered version of 90's point-and-click adventure game Beneath a Steel Sky is now available in the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Thursday, Oct 1
Approval Ratings: No Motivation for Motion Control
6. Which platform do you enjoy the most? Xbox 360: 36 percent (2,835 total responses) PlayStation 3: 30 percent (2,359) PC: 23 percent (1,841) DS/DSi: 5 percent (359) Wii: 3 percent (226) PS2: 3 percent (223) PSP: 1 percent (66) Mac: 0 percent (30) iPhone/iPod Touch : 0 percent (18)
Wednesday, Sep 30
Madden iPhone Micro-Review: The Biggest Small-Time Football
Come-Back Story: Unlike NFL 2010, which kicked you back to the beginning of the current quarter, in iPhone Madden you may leave a game at any point - whether or not you select pause from its menu - and come back to it exactly at that point. This alone makes it the football sim to buy for your Apple...
Monday, Sep 14
Dexter Stalks The iPhone [IPhone Games]
Just in time to tide fans over until the launch of season four of the show later this month, today Marc Ecko Entertainment unleashes Dexter the Game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Dexter the Game is now available for $5.99 in the iTunes App Store. As a bonus, anyone who purchases the game gets a co...
Friday, Sep 11
Noby Noby Boy For iPhone Stretches Ever Closer [Namco Bandai]
Takahashi implied that that iPhone/iPod Touch version of Noby Noby Boy may interact with the PlayStation Network version, adding to the length of Girl. At GDC Takahashi lamented that he may never see Girl reach the end of the solar system during his lifetime, something the iPhone version...
Thursday, Sep 10
Why There Is No Camera In iPod Touch [Apple]
The iPod Touch does not have a camera. Apple honcho Steve Jobs explains why — it's a game machine. It's a game machine with no buttons and no directional pad. Good thing the DSi doesn't have a camera — it has two. This comes as Apple takes a swipe at the DS and PSP in the portable game war.
Wednesday, Sep 9
Apple Takes Swipe At Nintendo DS, PSP In Portable Game War [IPhone]
iPhone maker Apple has been clear about its interest in highlighting games for platform, calling the iPod Touch the "funnest iPod ever," but it hasn't take a competitive swipe as blatant as the one it made today. Apple It's Only Rock And Roll Liveblog: Now Live [Gizmodo] [Image via Engadge...
Tuesday, Sep 8
Assassin's Creed II iPhone Releasing With Console Cousins [IPhone Games]
iPhone and iPod Touch owners will get their second helping of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed this November, when Assassin's Creed II: Discovery hits Apple's App Store day and date with the console releases. Check out Gizmodo's live blog for the latest on iPhone and iPod Touch related goodne...
Commodore 64, Now On iPhone [C64]
Manomio's C64 emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch - which was originally knocked back by Apple in June - has now been cleared for release.
Thursday, Sep 3
Beaterator Impressions: Can Rockstar Make You A Music Star? [Impressions]
Rockstar plans to support Beaterator with downloadable content and is working out plans to enable exporting and uploading of songs. A simplified version of the application was also recently announced for the iPhone and iPod Touch. According to Rockstar press materials, that version wo...
Monday, Aug 31
Tim Langdell Resigns from IGDA Board [Updated] [Igda]
Langdell, who founded EDGE Games in 1979, is widely known for the aggressive defense of his long held trademark to the word "Edge" in video gaming. His latest dispute is with Mobigame, which released the iPhone/iPod Touch game EDGE in April. Their public fight has provoked heated commenta...
Thursday, Aug 27
Approval Ratings: Batman Positive, by 2-to-1 [Polls]
4. Which platform do you enjoy the most? Xbox 360: 41 percent (5,033 responses) PlayStation 3: 32 percent (3,906) PC: 19 percent (2,359) DS/DSi: 3 percent (363) Wii: 2 percent (266) PS2: 2 percent (257) PSP: 1 percent (86) iPhone/iPod Touch: <1 percent (46) Mac: <1 percent (28)
Tuesday, Aug 25
Gameloft Lines-Up Five For The PSPgo [Gameloft]
For the past 10 years our focus and expertise has been digitally distributed games. From mobile games to iPhone/iPod Touch to next-gen consoles, our success stems from the ability to adapt and evolve on the latest platforms," said Michel Guillemot, president, Gameloft. "The PSP(R)go wi...
Monday, Aug 24
Resident Evil 4 Mobile Edition Micro-Review: Learning to Read With Zombies [Review]
Loved Perfect Play Mechanic For iPhone: One of the things that has always driven me slightly nuts with the Resident Evil franchise is that you can't move and shoot. But that's a perfect fit for the iPhone, which relies entirely on virtual controls to work.
Tuesday, Aug 18
NFL 2010 Micro-Review: Season on the Shrink [Review]
Comprehensive Coverage: Gameloft managed to pack what is basically a Nintendo 64 version of Madden football into an iPhone - and not as an emulated ROM, but built from the ground up. Some might find this alone enough to reward its $4.99 price, and if so, Gameloft earned it. NFL 2010 delivers a p...
Thursday, Aug 13
Providers, Not Apple, Led to Soulpatch Hitler in iPhone Game [Quakecon]
Doom 2 RPG may be our last Brew and Java game we develop in-house," he said. "We're are shifting our mobile development toward the iPhone." That means iPhone and iPod Touch gamers can expect the developer to start looking more at some of the new tech coming out for the platform including multi...
Tuesday, Aug 11
A First Look At iPhone's Duke Nukem 3D [Impressions]
The most important thing with a iPhone game, though, is the controls. And for a first-person shooter that goes double. This iPhone port, developed by Machineworks Northwest, uses something they call TapShoot which the company describes as a "unique way to play first-person shooters on t...
Thursday, Aug 6
Madden Isn't The Only NFL Game In Town [IPhone Games]
Either way, NFL 2010 is due out by the end of this month for the iPhone and iPod Touch, with a price to be determined. It features full NFL rosters, touch screen controls, and could very well be the go-to game for NFL fans still flustered over the EA deal.
Wednesday, Aug 5
A Steering Wheel For Your iPhone [Iphone Gaming]
If I were a big face of racing games on the iPhone and had really large pockets, this product might be right up my alley. Your iPod Touch or iPhone fits snugly in the middle of this plastic wheel, creating an apparatus that while a great deal less portable, delivers a driving experience a bit cl...
Tuesday, Aug 4
Apple's Next Product Also A "Gaming Platform"? [Rumor]
It'll feature a 10-inch touchscreen, cost around $800 and be built to play music, videos and games on that big, touchy screen. Just like an iPod Touch, only...bigger. "So what?" I hear you gasp. "Most iPhone games are rubbish, and this just sounds like a bigger iPhone".
Namco Eyes Tekken, Soulcalibur As It Expands iPhone Development [IPhone]
My charge is to make games that are the best for the iPod Touch and iPhone," he said. "There is a gold rush to do Apps for the App store," he said. "And Namco is at the forefront of that movement." I'm here to champion new things, new IP, to discover what the new Pac-Man is for the iPhone."
Monday, Aug 3
Call Of Duty: World At War Gets Its Own iPhone App [IPhone]
The app, which can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store as of yesterday, offers Call Of Duty: World At War who take these things seriously on-the-go access to game related news, World At War career stats, leaderboard access and more. That fun statistical data is carried over from the off...
Space Invaders Infinity Gene Micro-Review: Evolve or Die [Review]
Earlier this year Taito released the original Space Invaders on the iPhone and iPod Touch to average reviews and little fanfare. Now, less than six months later, Taito has re-imagined its classic shooter for the iPhone in Space Invaders Infinity Gene.
Saturday, Aug 1
Weekend Coupons: A Quarter Back [Deals]
• Need a timekiller on your iPhone or iPod Touch? F.A.S.T. - Fleet Air Superiority Training - is just 99 cents. Why the big fuss? Well it was ten times that price earlier this month. It's also one of the 20 most popular games on the iTunes App Store. [TDD]
Thursday, Jul 30
Watchmen Artist Working On New Benath A Steel Sky [IPhone]
It's due initially for the iPhone and iPod Touch, but the developers say it will later be "rolling out across other handheld formats". Aside from the new animated sequences, the game will also have a revamped audio score and sound effects, and will be out sometime in the Fall.
Tuesday, Jul 28
Streets of Rage Micro Review: Ragin' Hard [Review]
Streets of Rage was developed and published by Sega for the iPhone and iPod Touch on July 14. Available on iTunes App Store for $4.99. Played all characters on standard difficulty using all control schemes, completing the game with Axel and beating ass galore with Blaze and Adam.
Thursday, Jul 23
Catan Officially Settling on iPhone [IPhone]
Settlers of Catan, the award-winning resource-allocation and strategy board game, will have a version on the iPhone and iPod Touch "this summer," developed in conjunction with Catan's creator, according to the game's official website.
Wednesday, Jul 22
Monkey Island, Now On Your iPhone [Monkey Island]
As you can see, in visual terms it's not a bad downgrade of the gorgeous PC/360 version. As far as gameplay goes...I haven't played it (come on, I only just finished the PC version!), but it looks fairly straight-forward: finger moves cursor, and the buttons down the button handle interaction...
Gangstar Preview: Very Much Like GTA On An iPhone [Preview]
Gangstar is set for August release, but given that it is a downloadable iPhone/iPod Touch game, that should leave plenty of time for tweaks. Is this really what Rockstar would do on an iPhone? It's hard to imagine that. But it certainly has been made to play a lot like what Rockstar has done els...
Thursday, Jul 16
Droplitz Micro-Review: Dripping With Strategy [Review]
Droplitz was developed by Blitz Arcade and published by Atlus for the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. Additional versions exist for the iPod Touch and iPhone. Retails for $9.99 USD/800 Microsoft points. Played Xbox Live Arcade version for upwards of 12 hours, unlocking multiple...
Blizzard Rolls Out WoW Mobile Armory [Blizzard]
What makes this different from the third-party World of Warcraft applications is that it actually ties to your account, requiring you enter your login and password to gain access to your information. It's really all the WoW iPhone application you'll ever need.
Wednesday, Jul 15
Waterway Micro-Review: A Little Wet Behind The Ears [Review]
Waterways is a colorful game, both in art design and concept. There are some fatal flaws that hamper the long-term playability of the game, but as a concept it's a unique and oddly soothing addition to the bloated world of iPhone games.
Monday, Jul 13
Worms, Now On Your iPhone [Worms]
Team17's classic strategy title was released earlier today for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It's only $5, and while we haven't played it yet ourselves to try it out, it's Worms. If it works on a crummy old regular phone, it should work on the iPhone.
Saturday, Jul 11
EA Opens 'Micro-Studio,' Teases First Offering [Mobile]
Going forward, they're hoping to roll out these kind of popcorn games one-a-month, assuming no delays in the App Store approval process. I'm wondering if, because of EA connections and relationships, that will go smoother than them than for the indie developers whose turf they're pinch...
Thursday, Jul 9
EA, Sega On iPhone 3G vs 3GS [IPhone]
As we've warned you about, one day soon, there will be games that will only run on the iPhone 3GS, which is bad news for the 40 million people in possession of an iPhone, iPhone 3G or iPod Touch (2nd gen). iPhone 3G vs. 3GS: Developers Speak Up [IndustryGamers]
Wednesday, Jul 8
Doom Resurrection Micro-Review: What In The Sam Hell [Review]
Doom Resurrection was developed by Escalation Studios and published by id Software on the iPhone and iPod Touch on June 26. Retails for $9.99 via iTunes. Played through main campaign on "Marine" difficulty, replayed multiple missions on "Veteran" difficulty in Free Play mode.
Tuesday, Jul 7
So, How Many iPhone Games Are There? [IPhone]
The iPhone (and iPod Touch) are selling like hot scones! And they play games! Problem being, unlike the PSP and DS, there's very little in the way of quality control on Apple's platform. So we get a lot of games. Over 13,000 iPhone games on App Store [GI.biz]
Saturday, Jul 4
Weekend Coupons: Self-Evident Truths [New Deals]
• If you're a PC gamer and you haven't yet tried Fallout 3, this weekend removes your excuses. Steam's offering it at half off, $25. It's a bargain when you consider what you spend each month on online porn, come on! OK, poor choice of words. [Steam]
Wednesday, Jun 17
Patch: iPhone Firmware 3.0 Is Alive [IPhone]
iPhone Firmware update 3.0 just went live on iTunes, bringing with it the ability to play online games through the iPhone and iPod Touch and purchase content in-game. Is Gameloft right, are the iPhone and iPod Touch gaming platforms?
Thursday, May 14
Top Gun Micro-Review: Affirmative, Ghost Rider [Review]
Last year, Days of Thunder quickly asserted itself as a serious arcade racer on the iPhone. Paramount's back with Top Gun, looking to do the same for combat flyers. Top Gun, for the iPhone and iPod Touch, was developed by Freeverse and published by Paramount Digital Entertainment. Currentl...
Tuesday, Mar 31
Edge Micro-Review: Elegance, Cubed [Review]
Edge, for the iPhone and iPod Touch, was developed and published by Mobigame. Currently available from iTunes store for introductory price of $4.99. Completed all 40 standard levels on iPhone (three more are unlockable) testing all methods of control.
