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The Mystery of the Crystal Portal (Full) Review
Hidden object games tend to divide people. Some like to search an environment finding treasures while others see them as a waste of time. To make the genre more palatable, they have often been combined with intriguing storylines and puzzles. Mystery of the Crystal Portal is one of these games. You play as Nicole Rankwist who is on the trail of her missing father. As you travel from locale to locale, you find objects and solve puzzles to unlock clues, and complete the mystery. The game…
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X2 Snowboarding Review
Trick-based racing games have always come in and out of vogue and the popularity genre leaders like the Tony Hawk series are a great way of checking how strong the genre is doing. X2 Games has released X2 Snowboarding despite the currently luke-warm state of trick-racing, but is its gameplay good enough to go against the odds? X2 combines several control methods, some of which can be changed to your preference, for great control over your snowboarder of choice. Accelerometer controls…
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special abilitiesBruce Lee: Dragon Warrior Announced
It's been a big week for fighting announcements! Street Fighter IV and now Bruce Lee: Dragon Warrior due for an upcoming release. Developers Digital Legends, will be releasing the game in complete 3D. It's looking like another great addition to the genre. I was able to find the Trailer on YouTube, check it out:…
Street Fighter IV Set to Hit the AppStore
Capcom have announced the release of one of the most popular Arcade Fighters ever, Street Fighter IV, will soon be on its way to the iPhone and Capcom promises a feature-packed conversion of the hit fighter. Some of the old characters such as Ryu and Ken return, along with some new characters to be announced. The gameplay will feature classic 2D perspective with characters and environments rendered in stylized 3D. Other features for the new handheld version includes 2-player Bluetooth multiplayer combat as well as configurable controls and a Dojo Mode for training.Release is currently scheduled for next month…
Zombie Wonderland Coming Soon
Xoobis and Chillingo have signed an agreement to publish the upcoming indie game Zombie Wonderland. Get ready! Grab your weapons because they are coming! When the pesky undead come out at night to haunt Niceville, there is only one person who knows how to clean up the mess: You! Hold the fort until dawn and you're good to cash in on the fame and fortune of a Zombie Cleaner! Zombie Wonderland is a fun, fast and engaging variation of tower defense in 3D for the iPhone, with strong elements of time management and survival horror. Well, without the horror part. And you can cut a little slack on the time management too. It's about shooting zombies, actually. The cute kind, as there is n…
Chillingo's Clickgamer Launches Angry Birds Lite
Over 40 stunning new levels were added to the full version of Angry Birds, the hit iPhone and iPod touch game last week. Now, Chillingo's Clickgamer have announce that a new Lite version of the game that is now available for free download via iTunes. The full version has dropped in price to $0.99 and now offers over 100 levels of physics puzzles and Crystal social gaming features including achievements and leaderboards Watch our Angry Birds Review: Checkout the YouTube Trailer:…
VANQUISH: The Oath of Brothers Review
The Action-RPG is a genre that can take a lot of beating. It's a flexible genre that lets you put as much or as little of each genre into the mix and still "get away with it". Vanquish: The Oath of Brothers is the latest Action-RPG from Gamevil and tries something new with a more "on rails" experience. Vanquish sports the usual virtual analogue stick and buttons that you'd expect, but the game is not as simple as it seems. Combat is fairly standard, with the usual combination of attac…
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Blue Skies 3GS Review
Since the 3GS came out last year, not many games have required its use, most likely due to the fact that many iphone customers have earlier models. Chris Egerter found a solution by creating a graphical update for his game Blue Skies to take advantage of 3GS graphical features. As a new recruit at Blue Skies Air Force Academy, you learn to fly a helicopter and engage in battle with both air and ground forces. You control your aircraft via tilting your iphone in the direction you wish…
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Rise of the Triad: Dark War Review
Originally developed by Apogee software in 1995, Rise of the Triad is a FPS boiled down to its elements. Get to the exit of each level while collecting as many points and inflicting as much damage upon your enemies as possible with a multitude of fun weapons and powerups. Does this iphone port capture the fun of the original however? Mobila have ported the game with a huge selection of control options, but none seem to be optimal. After testing all four main ones, this reviewer found…
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Plants vs. Zombies Review
Popcap is known for some very popular addictive titles and has had some great success in porting these to the iphone. Now, just short of a year of its PC release, the cutesy tower defense game Plants vs. Zombies is now available on this mobile device. There is a pack of zombies roaming the neighbourhood and as a local homeowner, you must use the power of your garden (and the help of Crazy Dave) to repel the undead horde. Control is fantastic. Every action is a touch away, and even whe…
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Video Reviews Delayed for Today. Technology Fails Again!
After the issues with YouTube last week, we are now having a little fail with our camera and will be delaying today's video reviews. We will have them up as soon as possible. In the meantime, we will have the written reviews posted for Plants vs. Zombies, Rise of the Triad, Blue Skies 3GS, and Vanquish: The Oath of Brothers . Stay tuned!…
Plants vs. Zombies now out!
It's here! The highly anticipated PopCap classic Plants vs. Zombies has been released in the EU, AUS and NZ AppStores and the user reviews are raving! From first looks, I can see that the game has been able to keep a lot of its visual integrity and functionality. We will have a review up shortly, in the meantime, check out this YouTube preview!!…
Cluck It! Review
Why did the chicken cross the road? In Cluck It, you find out! Cluck It is a simple, yet addictive game in which you must get your chicken and her chicks across the road without getting hit by cars. The game is controlled by tapping the screen to move your chicken a step further out into the road until you make it all the way to the other side. At each step, the chicken matches the speed of the cars as they travel so you only need to get your timing right when taking steps into the ne…
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3D Mini Golf Challenge Review
If you're into mini golf, 3D Mini Golf is on par to be a hit. The game takes you through various themed courses providing challenges you must meet in order to advance. The game is controlled by moving your finger in the direction you wish to swing and sliding down from the ball to set your hit power. You can also rotate the camera to have a look around the hole by sliding your finger around the viewport. Visually, the game has a cute 3D interface which is well suited to the style of…
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Doodle Army Review
Since the inception of iPhone gaming, it seems stick figures have found their new home. Doodle Army is the latest of these in which you play the stick figure version of Rambo, running through 2D levels, mowing down enemies in your path with a plethora of different weapons. The controls are fairly standard with on screen buttons for left, right and jump, as well as the option to either drag your finger where you wish to shoot, or to use another controller button to do the aiming. These…
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