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Flight Control HD and Real Racing HD now on iPad!
Firemint have announced that their highly renowned iPhone classics Flight Control and Real Racing have made it to the iPad in the form of Flight Control HD and Real Racing HD. Surely to be as good, or even better than their iPhone counterparts. Flight Control HD: Flight Control HD contains everything included in Flight Control for iPhone and iPod touch, as well as many additions and improvements for its arrival on iPad: - More ways to play, including multiplayer modes that take advantage of iPad's innovative Multi-Touch interface. - Split-screen "versus" mode: play competitively by sending your planes to capture aircraft from your opponent. - Co-operative multiplayer on a single iPad:…
Chillingo Launches 14 Apps for iPad
Chillingo have announced the launch of 14 new apps for the iPad. It's a great line up of some of their most popular releases. Ice Age Deluxe: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (20th Century Fox) - Help Scrat, everyone's favorite saber-toothed squirrel, capture that elusive acorn in this fun, quirky platform game. Free updates featuring new game levels will also be available by the end of the month! $4.99 Angry Birds HD (Rovio) - The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake. Dish out revenge on the green pigs that stole the birds' eggs in this award-winning, highly addictive puzzle game. $4.99 Watch our iPhone Review of this game! Minigore HD (Mountain Sheep) - Plunge into the tiny shoes of John…
Touchgrind HD has arrived for iPad
Illusion Labs today announced its Touchgrind HD App for iPad is now available from the App Store. The app is based on the skateboarding game Touchgrind for iPhone and iPod touch and utilizes the iPad's 9.7 inch screen to show a far-reaching view of the skatepark, making it easy for the player to see where they are going. The two player split screen mode is available for all three gaming modes; Warm Up, Jam Session and Competition. This lets users play against a friend on the same device using one half of the screen each with a gauge showing who is in the lead. Users can play together to perfect synchronized tricks, or disturb each other by crashing as the other is just about to land…
EA Easter Sale on Now!
Save up to 80% on selected EA games in the AppStore. But hurry, this sale ends 5th April 2010! The Simpsons Arcade - $0.99 Spore Creatures - $1.99Madden NFL 10 - $4.99NBA Live - $4.99Spore Origins - $0.99Dragon's Lair - $2.99Monopoly (Classic) - $2.99Scrabble - $2.99Trivial Pursuit - $2.99 Battleship - $1.99 Boggle - $0.99Connect 4 - $1.99The Game of Life - $1.99 Yahtzee Adventures - $1.99 American Idol - $0.99 Clue - $0.99 Mass Effect Galaxy - $0.99 Star Trek - $0.99 Wolfenstein RPG - $0.99 Snood - $0.99 Mystery Mania - $0.99…
Monster Madness Sneak Peek
Chillingo has signed a deal with TapPlay to publish their upcoming Monster Madness for the iPhone and iPod touch. The game is still in development and is set to launch this spring, however, Chillingo have released some details about the story and characters. Storyline: - In a full moon night, some thing will be happen in the dark side.- Monsters cannot bear their boring life anymore. They want to have a revolution! - With their powerful abilities, all monsters UNITE to escape from their hometown - "The Mystery Graveyard." - They plan to invade our city and continue their monster party. - You play as the gate keeper -- Your goal is to prevent those crazy monsters from escaping the gravey…
Vampire Origins is on its way!
Chillingo have submitted their new bloodthirsty-combat shoot'em up Vampire Origins to the AppStore for approval and should be out soon! Checkout the Youtube Trailer: App Info: After his bride is murdered by a vampire, Vincent, (a dangerous hunter for a secret organization) sets out for revenge against the monster that killed his wife. Poisoned by hatred and driven by rage, Vincent wages war on the plague of vampires that has infested and destroyed all that was good in the world. Features: - Take control of Vincent in the most intense survival horror ever to hit the iPhone and iPod touch. - Dark gothic atmosphere with exquisite 3D environments. - Detailed character models…
Namco Spring Sale
Spring is here and Namco wants to celebrate by having a sale of up to 40% from Friday, April 2 through April 5 on 20 iPhone games. To purchase one of the below games at a bargain price, please visit Namco's iPhone landing page. In addition to this, Namco is offering up to 70% off all clubNamco merchandise, which can be purchased on Namco's website. ACE COMBAT Xi - $2.99 Watch Video Review!Alpine Racer - $.99 Brain Exercise - $2.99 BurgerTime Deluxe - $.99 Dig Dug REMIX - $.99 Galaga REMIX - $.99 Garters & Ghouls - 2.99 Watch Video Review! i Love Katamari - $2.99 Inspector Gadget - $2.99 Isaac Newton's Gravity - $1.99 Watch Video Review! Mr. DRILLER - $.99Ms. PAC-MAN…
Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion! Out Soon
A great thing about the rise of mobile gaming is that it has given creative developers the opportunity to return to the stylistic elements of older games, such as 8-Bit, which has made a triumphant return on the iPhone with many apps popping up on the AppStore. On the topic, Linkin Park is even releasing a game. Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion is a side scrolling 8-Bit adventure that includes customizable characters and environments, along with multiplayer via social networking. Check out the YouTube Trailer:…
Skies of Glory – Battle of Britain Limited Time Special
SGN have announced the launch of its Skies of Glory - Battle of Britain App for iPhone and iPod touch on the App Store. The app includes dozens of in-game items and features previously only available via micro-transactions because, for a limited time, players who buy the app will save substantially on these add-ons. Passionate pilots can now receive the Battle of Britain campaign bundle, which includes ten new heart-pounding missions, the very popular Skirmish Mode, which adds 95 additional dogfight missions, the War Games Mission Pack that includes 10 missions, and four planes that can be unlocked as the player progresses. App Info: This premium version of Skies of Glory bundles togethe…
Highborn Coming this Spring
Las Vegas based developer Jet Set Games have announced the upcoming release of their new social strategy game Highborn, due for release on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch this spring. App Info: Highborn is a new type of iPhone strategy game that features casual, round-based multiplayer via Facebook. It's the perfect design for mobile gaming, or for anyone looking for a strategy game that offers an intelligent, tactical experience without the frenetic play of a traditional RTS. Features: - A Light Touch - Highborn is a casual mobile strategy game that offers a satisfying experience for players, no matter if they spend minutes or hours in the game. - Time for a New Strategy - Highbor…
Tiptop: The Last March on its way!
On5 Games, the creators of Charadium have announced the upcoming release of their new app for the iPhone/iPod Touch proclaimed as the ultimate challenge of both puzzle and adventure game fans: Tiptop: The Last March. Take it with a good sense of humour, scheduled for release 31st March 2010. A mixture of satire and tongue-in-cheek humor, Tiptop: the Last March looks to be a real laugh! We'll have a review posted shortly after release, but in the meantime here is some more information and some screenshots: App Info: Holy mission. Blind devotion. Save the mankind from swine flu pandemia, pull the world economy out of recession and do all the other things typical of an average superhero…
Saving Private Sheep Coming Soon
A new sheep-themed physics-based puzzler is coming to the iPhone and iPad. Saving Private Sheep combines logic, dexterity and strategy to achieve victory. On top of it, the oodles of personality will keep players playing. Background on the game: The war between wolves and sheep is raging. The sheep fight bloody baaarbarians who encroach upon their pastures. They want to graze in PEACE! They won't be led to slaughter in silence. It is time to launch operation "Iron Wool"! Help the Woolen Warrior conquer the enemy territory by leading it into the secure zone. To do this, you will need just one weapon: your finger! Destroy the obstacles in the surrounding area to enable the sheep…
Jet Car Stunts LITE is Out and Free
True Axis have releases a LITE, Free version of their award winning 2009 game Jet Car Stunts. Check out our review of the original game: App Info: Jet Car Stunts is an award winning, over the top, adrenaline rush, 3D driving game, with massive jumps, mid-air hoops, floating platforms, spiral roadways and outlandish maneuvers in impossible environments. The original levels, tight controls and fast, smooth, addictive game play has landed Jet Car Stunts on many "Best of 2009" lists. Features: - The smoothest, fastest game play of any App Store driving game. - The tightest, most responsive, yet most forgiving accelerometer driving. - Smash Physics. - 8 brand new insane tracks. (…
Super Fall Out Today!
Crane Balls Studios, the creators of 33rd Division are today releasing their fourth iPhone Game: Super Fall, an interesting little app which at first glance looks stuck in a tangent somewhere between Doodle Jump (or should I say, doodle fall), some type of Ragdoll physics and Little Big Planet. Check out the YouTube Vid: App Info: Zipper, Bone, Moko... They all are. And it's 30 of them! Pick the basic doll and try to fall as deep as you can. Complete awards and unlock better dolls, each with unique skills. Your journey will take you though 3 beautiful worlds. Be prepared to avoid various obstacles like rotary wheels, pistons, grinders, blackholes, vents, traps, bumpers, mines. C…
BitRage, Retro is Back and Angry
Swedish Indie Developers Chain Cleave have released a trailer and some screenshots of their second game to be coming to the AppStore, Bit Rage, which is looking like a pile of retro fury. Not sure on the release date as of yet but I'll keep ontop of it. YouTube Trailer: App Info: There is no damn story, they stole your frikkin bacon! Slaughter their monster asses! Throw yourself into an adrenalinepacked gorefest where your only goal is to stay alive for as long as possible. Battle wave after wave of gruesome monsters and prove yourself on the online highscore list. Features: - 10 kinds of nasty monsters to obliterate- 6 widely varied weapons to obliterate them with- 7…
