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Ace Tennis 2010 Now Available
Obtaining tickets to the Wimbledon tennis championships can be difficult, but if you love the sport and want to experience it up close, you should check out Ace Tennis 2010 by Eurocenter, now available in the App Store for the iPad and soon to be released on the iPhone. The game features 3D visuals and a solid, user-friendly combination of touchscreen and accelerometer controls, giving both casual and pro gamers a great experience right from the start. Gamers will be able to choose from three different courts to play on, and since the game supports all tennis strategies, (Long Ball, Short Ball, Lob, Smash), you can do everything that a player would do in a real game. Play against you…
Puzzler World XL Now on iPhone!
One of Chillingo's early iPad releases has made its way to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Puzzler World XL features over 1000 games including Sudoku, Crosswords, Wordsearch, Fitword, Codeword, Silhouette and Spot the Difference, as well as a range of bonus apps such as Hangman, Picture Quiz, Missing Piece, Jigsaw, Equate and Chain Letters. This looks like a great app for anyone who likes to burn a little time here and there. Puzzler World is available for the iPhone on the AppStore for $2.99. ...and also on available for the iPad for $4.99. Screenshots:…
Pirate’s Treasure coming out this week
Chillingo will be releasing Pirate's Treasure later this week, combining elements of RPG, exploration and all-out blasting mayhem through an enjoyable quest to recover your riches from creatures both natural and magical. Oh, and prepare to battle boss enemies that are too massive to fit on the screen! Checkout the YouTube Preview:…
PAC-MAN’s 30th Birthday Sale
The classic game and cultural icon Pac-Man has turned 30, and to celebrate Namco has dropped the price of their Pac-Man games on the App Store. 1. PAC-MAN REMIX (iPhone): $2.99 → $0.992. PAC-MAN Championship Edition (iPhone): $2.99 → $0.993. PAC-MAN (iPhone): $4.99 → $3.99 - featuring UniteSDK, now allowing users to access leaderboards, chat and achievements.4. PAC-MAN (iPad): $4.99 → $3.995. Ms. PAC-MAN (iPhone): $4.99 → $0.99 The sale lasts until 6:00pm on Sunday so don't miss out. There are heaps of other specials and competitions happening over the next week, check out PAC-MAN's official site for more details. …
Star Wars: The Battle for Hoth new Tower Defence coming soon.
Word has gotten out about the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Battle for Hoth, a new tower defense strategy game set on the planet Hoth in the Star Wars universe. The game is currently under development by Fluffylogic, and will be released on the App Store by THQ (Publishers of Star Wars Cantina, and Star Wars: the Force Unleashed.) Game Info: In the iPhone game you take the role of the commander of the Rebel forces defending the shield generators from the Imperial forces. As the game progresses through 15 levels, additional units will be added to both the Rebel and Imperial sides. Once a level has been completed on classic mode it can be played on fortress mode. In tower defense…
Bruce Lee: Dragon Warrior HD Released
Digital Legends and Indiagames have released Bruce Lee: Dragon Warrior HD for the iPad. The game received the People's Choice Award at the International Mobile Games Awards (IMGA) in 2010. App Info: Description: A masterpiece of the 3D martial arts genre, the game is developed using motion-capture technology and features players fighting in historical locations around the world in an attempt to become the Master of Martial Arts and honor Bruce Lee's legacy. Customizable fighting styles make Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior highly user-friendly. In Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior, the gameplay and controls are designed for casual as well as skilled gamers, and filled with high quality graphi…
Chillingo Releases Zombie Wonderland Trailer
Chillingo has announced that their new shoot 'em up Zombie Wonderland will be arriving on the AppStore very soon. Play as Chuck, the Zombie Cleaner whose town of Niceville has been overrun by the walking dead, and with his trusty shotgun, hunt down the undead badies in this uniquely fun, survival horror, time management game. A new trailer has been posted on YouTube featuring some of the gameplay.…
Shrek Forever After Arrives
Gameloft has just announced the release of Shrek Forever After for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Checkout the YouTube preview: App Info: CALLING ALL OGRES! The official game of DreamWorks Animations' Shrek Forever AfterTM! Be a "Real Ogre" as you explore, fight, scare, race and fly through 11 visually-stunning 3-D levels as Shrek, Donkey and Puss In Boots! It's an epic tale of Love, War, & Sketchy Contracts! Longing for the days when he felt like a "real ogre," Shrek is duped into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker, Rumplestiltskin. He finds himself in a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away, where ogres are hunted, Rumplestiltskin is king and Shrek…
muBlip Gets and Update
para9 has announced the availability of muBlip 1.1.0 on the App Store - a major update to the critically-acclaimed iPhone game. The most significant feature of muBlip 1.1.0 is native support for the iPad. This release also includes three new levels featuring two by beloved band Duchess Says as well as a number of performance improvements. I'm not sure if I've somehow been co-opted in to an educational game while playing muBlip by para9. On the face of it the game is an Ouendan-style rhythm game with fresh electronic chiptune beats, but to mix things up the game uses a Simon-says watch and repeat set up to add an amazing new kind of challenge to the genre. Read the Full Review! Watch ou…
Undead: The Last Refuge Arrives in NZ store
BulkyPix latest zombie shooter Undead: The Last Refuge has arrived in the New Zealand AppStore, and is set to launch in the US AppStore soon with the launch price of $2.99. Checkout the Gameplay Preview: App Info: The coming of the Apocalypse had been announced for centuries, so we were not to know that it was so close. The dead have risen from the ground and destroyed everything in their path. You have managed to survive until now, but you are alone and cut off... How long will you be able to survive? Features: - Experience fear and stress in a battle for your survival. - Enjoy being in an entirely 3D-modelled environment with impressive graphics. - Take on the hordes of do…
Hudson Soft to join OpenFeint’s Free Game of the Day Promotion
Hudson Soft and Aurora Feint today announce that they have partnered to feature five games on OpenFeint's Free Game of the Day promotion. All featured games are OpenFeint-enabled and incorporate key components of OpenFeint's online gaming services, including global leaderboards and achievements that are fully compatible with Game Center. Hudson Soft titles will be featured from April through June and include World RPS, Shooting Watch, Catch the Egg, Aqua Forest 2, and Haunted Pics. As part of the promotion, Hudson Soft will be updating all featured titles with OpenFeint. Titles with OpenFeint are available now in the App Store and can be downloaded by clicking on the provided…
Hector: Fat Arse of the Law Coming to iPhone!
Indie, an I mean Indie, developer Straandlooper Animation is set to release a new point and click adventure game (or should I say point and touch) to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Hector: Fat Arse of the Law - Badge of Carnage, due for release on June 2nd is set to send the genre back to its roots with an interactive mystery cleverly strung together with alcohol, cigarettes, and impeccable comedic timing. Backstory: A hostage crisis is in full force in the centre of Clappers Wreake. Hector has a choice to make: carry out the terrorist's curiously altruistic demands, or watch as his fellow officers are picked off one by one. Hector's still on the fence. Featuring great animated characters and…
Gameloft Announces Splinter Cell Release Date
Gameloft has announced the release date for Tom Clancey's Splinter Cell Conviction. The game is scheduled to be releaseds on 27th May 2010. Play as Sam Fisher, a highly skilled special forces operative and fight a corrupted secret agency to get your daughter back. Checkout the Trailer:…
Shrek Forever After Trailer Launched
Gameloft has just released a trailer for the upcoming Shrek Forever After for iPhone and iPod Touch, it contains a good deal of gameplay and is indeed what we'd expect. It's pretty much the Crash Bandicoot style of gameplay repackaged with a Shrek veneer; full of 3D platforms, bolder dashing, and other varieties of gameplay which are so successful with this style of game. There will be three characters to choose from: Shrek, Donkey, and Puss in Boots, and 11 levels. This will surely be an entertaining little game for any Shrek fan or enthusiast of the platformer genre. Checkout the Trailer:…
Puppet War is Coming!
Not since Peter Jackson's film Meet the Feebles, has there been such an appropriate amount of puppet violence. They're just so creepy, tormenting our childhoods, but now, you can blast 'em all away with Twindigos' upcoming app: Puppet War! Puppet war is a 3D Fps in which you play a janitor in a TV studio where all the puppets of a beloved kids show have gone evil and decided to take over the world...starting with killing you! You have to survive waves of crazy puppets attacking you, earn money to buy stronger weapons and reach harder levels to unlock more powerful ones. Features include: - 3D graphics and animation- Destructible studio environment- Different puppet enemies with different…
