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‘Puzzle Agent’ Review – New Point-and-Click Adventure from Telltale Games [Updated]

A couple of weeks ago, we had a chance to get some hands-on time with the iPhone and iPad version of Puzzle Agent from Telltale Games. The story of FBI puzzle detective Nelson Tethers was coming together nicely for the iOS devices, and now the game is finally available. Puzzle Agent succeeds beautifully [...]

‘Puzzle Agent’ Review – New Point-and-Click Adventure from Telltale Games

A couple of weeks ago, we had a chance to get some hands-on time with the iPhone and iPad version of Puzzle Agent from Telltale Games. The story of FBI puzzle detective Nelson Tethers was coming together nicely for the iOS devices, and now the game is finally available. Puzzle Agent succeeds beautifully [...]

Upcoming ‘Gun Bros.’ – Brothers from Different Violence-Prone Mothers

My favorite game that I played at the Glu iPhone Games event was Gun Bros. Gun Bros. is a top-down dual-stick shooter with a completely over the top style in just about every way. You play as one of two brothers, Percy or Frances Gun, as you destroy wave after wave of increasingly [...]

Free Game Alert – ‘Fastar!’ from Cat in a Box Games

Last month, we were treated to the fun and fast-paced Fastar! from developer John Kooistra and Cat in a Box Games. Fastar! is a sarcastic take on action-RPGs that has you blazing through side-scrolling levels as fast as possible, all while collecting coins and upgrading your character as you defeat the game's many square [...]

Exclusive ‘Phantasy Star II’ Preview – Another Classic Genesis RPG From Sega

When Sega first started releasing its emulated games like Sonic the Hedgehog [$5.99], Golden Axe [$2.99] and others, everyone wondered where Sega's array of classic RPG's were. Sega responded by releasing Shining Force [$2.99], leaving commenters and forum posters happy, but asking for the Phantasy Star series next… Which is exactly what Sega is delivering [...]

How to record songs from the FM radio on the Samsung Monte

We show you how to record song from the radio using your Samsung Monte
The Samsung Monte features an FM radio, and you can record your favourite songs to play back whenever you want.
Here’s how to record songs from the radio on the Samsung Monte:

Plug the supplied headset into the phone’s headset jack
In Menu mode, [...]

From Cyan: ‘Riven’ Screenshots and a New Upcoming Title ‘Stoneship’

In May of last year Cyan Worlds released an iPhone version of their groundbreaking (in its day) point and click adventure Myst [App Store]. Earlier this year we got word that Riven: The Sequel to Myst would be arriving on the iPhone by early summer. And, while it's obviously not here yet, we do have [...]

Hands-On with Upcoming ‘Puzzle Agent’ from Telltale Games

I recently had the chance to visit the Telltale Games San Rafael studio and spend some time with their upcoming story-based puzzle game Puzzle Agent. In the game, you'll play the role of Nelson Tethers, the country's preeminent (and only) agent of the FBI Puzzle Research Division. An incident at the eraser factory [...]

‘Escape from Nom’ Review – Blobs, iAds and In App Purchases

Glu Mobile's latest foray into the App Store is a cheeky physics puzzler featuring what is essentially, traditional pinball mechanics à la Peggle. What Escape from Nom [App Store] does differently though, is that it supplements its standard levels with a comprehensive level editor and allows your creations to be shared online — but with [...]

Exclusive Screens of Upcoming ‘Top Gun 2′ from Paramount and Freeverse

Last year, the Paramount licensed and Freeverse developed Top Gun [$1.99] was released on the App Store. It featured fighter jet action that loosely continued the story of the 1986 movie and brought some advancements to iPhone gaming that were noteworthy at the time, not to mention some awesome easter eggs. The first [...]

‘Helicoid’ – An Upcoming Game From the Developer of ‘Lilt Line’

In May of last year we first took a look at DifferentCloth's Lilt Line [$2.99], a well received rhythm game with a great soundtrack. Lilt Line was a little on the simple side, but the overall experience of the game was really cool as the tilt and tap based gameplay was paired really well with [...]

Blast from the Past: Grab ‘Loopy Laboratory’ for Free

Bas Tossings' Loopy Laboratory has gone free for the day. The game was originally released in October 2008 — nearly 2 years ago. I really enjoyed the game at the time:
One iTunes reviewer has described this as a remake of Chip's Challenge/Tile World which it does seem to resemble though the developer [...]

‘Splode’ Review – A Beautiful Chain Reaction Game From the Makers of ‘Doom Resurrection’

Escalation Studios have been the men behind the curtains of two great iPhone games, Dr. Awesome [99¢ / Free] published by ngmoco as well as Doom Resurrection [$1.99] published by id Software. Today they released Splode [99¢] on the App Store as the first game published under the Escalation Studios name. Splode has gameplay very [...]

‘NinJump’ – Another Fun and Free Time Waster from Backflip Studios

Backflip Studios is a true indie success story that we've been following for quite a while now. They've had smash hits on the paid charts with Ragdoll Blaster [$1.99 / Free] and its sequel Ragdoll Blaster 2 [$2.99 / Free] as well as the free charts with both Paper Toss [99¢] and Strike Knight [99¢]. [...]

Stop the Zombie Pygmies from Invading the Trenches

Bolt Creative, creators of Pocket God, have teamed up with Thunder Game Works, the developers behind Trenches, to include Zombie Pygmies as enemies in a new Trenches update. Pygmies are the star of the popular app, and now comic, Pocket God.
Trenches is a take on the tower defense genre, set on the battlefield of WWI. [...]

Flaneur Film Festival on your iPhone: Four free films from the festival

The first Flaneur film festival is available today only as an iPhone app. Showing four great films from around the world this is a new way of bringing films to movie lovers.
‘Putting the film festival together on the iPhone was a non-trivial endeavour, but it has been worth it,’ said film [...]

‘So Long, Oregon!’ Review – Another Masterpiece From the Creators of ‘Enviro-Bear 2010′

If you weren't around for the great Enviro-Bear 2010 [99¢] fiasco of, well, 2009, here's what you missed- Imagine you're a bear, driving a car, and you have five minutes to fatten yourself up as much as possible before finally driving your car in to your bear cave. The ridiculousness of the game's premise was [...]

Mail a Postcard – A Real One! – From Your iPhone

Price: FREE   Score: 9/10   By Michelle Schusterman
If you think snail mail and collecting postcards are things of the past, think again – because of course, there’s an app for that. And instead of choosing someone else’s photography and mailing it off, now you can create a real postcard with your own photos.
Mail a Postcard, [...]

‘The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition’ Review – A Childrens’ Adventure Game from the Makers of Myst

Early last month we posted about Cyan's plans to bring the childrens' adventure game The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition [$1.99] to the App Store. The game just became available for download this morning, and I must admit, approaching the game for the first time as an adult is a little odd. The Manhole really has no [...]

‘1951 – World War One’ Is a Great Shooter from a Different Time

Treehouse Ltd. has just released a new take on the top-down aerial shooter formula in the form of 1951 – World War One [App Store] for the iPhone. The game takes place in an alternate history where, on June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip's gun jammed, letting Archduke Franz-Ferdinand live to see another day.
With this single [...]

‘Gravity Hook HD’ Review – A Great Universal Game From the Makers of ‘Canabalt’

Semi Secret Software seem to be making a name for themselves as developers of games with great pixel art graphics, fantastic music, and high-score centric gameplay that in the case of Canabalt [$2.99] has kept me coming back for just one more try for the better part of a year now. Gravity Hook HD [$2.99] [...]

Acer Stream available exclusively from eXpansys

The Acer Stream will be available to buy exclusively from eXpansys in the UK from August 3
The Android-based Acer Stream will be available to purchase exclusively from retailer eXpansys from August 3.
The Acer Stream features a 3.7-inch, 800×400 pixel AMOLED screen, a 1GHz processor and HDMI output.
Acer’s newest Android device will be available for [...]

Stack n Smash [Action-Puzzle] From the developers of Luna Story and Fruit Farm Tycoon

Genre: Action puzzle game
Stack n Smash game is extremely easy to navigate, nonstop action with multi-challenging missions.
Story: While John and Jenny were playing together in the hills, they accidentally fell into a large cave with colorful boulders.  Now they must break their way through many colorful boulders and get back home [...]

Ditris [Action-Puzzle] From the developers of Luna Story and Fruit Farm Tycoon

Genre: Puzzle Action Game
Game Scenario:
Ditris an exciting game that combines the uncertainty of a dice roll with a fast action strategy game.   As the dice rolls down the screen faster and faster, anticipation grows as you look for the correct match and take a chance with the roll of the dice.  [...]

Dark Knight [Action-RPG] From the developers of Luna Story and Fruit Farm Tycoon

GAME SCENARIO
A long time ago, the Ma’s dominated the world and every human led a miserable life as a slave. As the population of humans grew, so did their strength. As they grew stronger in power, they eventually grew tired of their situation and stood up in revolt. Finally, the future [...]