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Poor Alfred Pennyworth cant seem to catch a break. I remember reading an issue of Batman Eternal where he got jabbed in the head by one of Batmans enemies. Ouch. And now, Scott Snyders penultimate chapter in an amazing Batman run has the seemingly immortal Joker lopping off...
As an agency that develops apps, the folks at Ramotion have a pretty cool way to ensure their group of experts remain creatively sharp. Their latest iOS game, DodgeIt The Color Dots Game, was a result of an internal competition between their design teams whereby they have only 3 weeks to develop a...
The folks at Brazilian indie games studio INDT (Instituto de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico) have just launched their new mobile 2D platformer, which will have players controlling a human cannonball as they experience the circus on their iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices. Titled Incredible Circus Remix ,...
Check this out, Final Fantasy fans! The 15th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCAs), the premier peer-based awards celebrating game development, will be honoring Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the bestselling Final Fantasy series of games and the founder and president of Mistwalker, with the...
Back in the day when I first started covering iOS games, Match-3 games were all the rage (and they still are). However, another trend-setting genre has set up shop on smartphones and tablets alike and I dont think itll go away anytime soon based on the response Ive been seeing for...
Fellow Trekkies! Fancy checking out a new Star Trek game? GameSamba has released details regarding the second closed beta test of the new free-to-play online strategy game, Star Trek: Alien Domain, which begun on January 22, at 6PM PST. Taking place many years after the events of Star Trek: Voyager™, Star...
This years Dragonback Run 2015 added 2 kilometers to its longest distance category, bringing it up to 25 kilometers. And unlike the hazy experience last year, the weather was generally good with very mild drizzles on and off from the start to the middle of the race. I arrived at the start...
Check out this newly updated iOS game, Tiny Necromancer, now available for FREE on the iTunes App Store. The game, a 2D platformer created by indie developer Tobias Helsing, features a vintage (read: retro) style and will have players take on the role of a necromancer exploring the gloomy woodlands and icy...
What better way to start the New Year than to review an awesome new iOS arcade title, this time its UK-based indie developer Spherical Games Roll Rage. The game will have you tilting your i-Device like nobodys business in a quest to gain points and prevent the ball from rolling into all...
As you probably know, Jeff Weber (Farseer Games) has ported his hit iOS title, the physics-based Krashlander Ski, Jump, Crash! over to the Android platform and released the game late last year on the Google Play Store. I recently had the time to take the iOS version for a spin, and found it to...
Celebrating the launch of the new Hobbit movie, The Lord of the Rings™ Bundle from Bundle Stars (http://www.bundlestars.com) brings LEGO: The Hobbit and even more Middle-earth games to Windows® PC for only $9.99 / £7.79 / €9.79. Bring to life the enthralling and legendary stories on your Windows® PC!
I love both Diablo III and Minigore. So what happens when the folks from Illogical Games come a calling with their new iOS title, Dead Hunt, which is an action RPG inspired by the likes of Diablo and featuring the top down gameplay made popular by Minigore? Im pretty much in the opinion that the...
The new SteelSeries Stratus XL certainly looks like a worthy stocking stuffer for any iOS gamer. This is the first full-sized console-style gaming controller designed for iOS devices such as the iPad, iPod touch and iPhone, and its available now on Apple.com. Check out the press release below for...
I actually went and ditch my initial review of the latest Ridley Scott movie, Exodus: Gods and Kings and thought that the movie deserved a re-look. So heres version 2 of the review, and mind you, this is not spoiler-free: In this latest silver screen iteration of the Book of Exodus, Christian Bale...
Im in the midst of preparing to review Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions (which is out now for a whole bunch of platforms), but in the meantime, let me clue you in on the soundtrack. If you are a fan of EDM or electronica, dubstep and the ilk, the official soundtrack warrants a listen right over []
If youve not checked out Krashlander on your i-Device, you should really give this free game a spin (click here to download the game from the App Store). This hit indie title by developer Jeff Weber has close to a million downloads and features a ski jumping hero that has to save the planet from...
Did you know that the creator of the original X-Com game, Julian Gollop is back at developing his own games? If you played the the recent Firaxis-remake of X-Com: Enemy Unknown (which is one of my favourite games for the longest time), youll find the Gollop Chamber named after him. With names like...
It has been a really busy November with work and the only game that Ive been playing lately is Shadow of Mordor on the PS4. Its strange to get a new game to pry me away from Diablo III but SoM is kinda like Red Dead Redemption set in Tolkiens Middle-Earth, and that to me, []
Need to beat the Monday blues? Check out these free iOS games that have hit the App Store just recently. First up, we have Fire Command, an awesome 8-bit arcade shooter from indie developer Hieshimi. Inspired by old school games, particularly Missile Command and Asteroids, the game comes with unique...
Indie game developer Shelly Alons newest iOS game, Partyrs, has a title (among other things) that matches its Gen-Y aspirations, and I actually pretty cool with that. Like the Gen-Y folks that form up the games likely target audience, the objective of the game is to keep everyone at the party...