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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 [...]
Anticipation has been building on our forums for months now around Crescent Moon Games' Rimelands: Hammer of Thor [$4.99] since it was first announced. Due to an approval SNAFU, Rimelands took a little bit longer to be released than expected, but it just appeared for downloads mere moments ago.
In Rimelands, you follow the treasure hunter [...]
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 [...]
Big name developers just love setting their iTunes Connect release dates to Thursdays. Every week around this time we start seeing new releases slowly pop up in international markets, then filter out to the rest of the world as the Earth spins and it slowly becomes Thursday across the planet. This week is no different, [...]
It's hard for us to say enough good things about Halfbrick's Monster Dash [99¢] and Ratloop's Helsing's Fire [99¢]. One game takes the running right forever gameplay formula that's become so popular, spices it up, and adds weaponry. The other is an incredibly unique puzzle game which is unlike anything we've played on the iPhone, [...]
Smartphone gaming has become a serious business over the past two years, mainly thanks to the iPhone, and the big names in the industry such as EA and Gameloft have jumped on the bandwagon to take advantage of an ever growing market.
Indeed, mobile phone gaming is now so popular that Sony and Nintendo are seeing [...]
While neither Run! [99¢] nor Canabalt [$2.99] truly invented the "run right forever" genre, they did quite a bit to popularize it on the App Store. In the last year tons of these types of games have been released, with recent entries including A Skeleton Story [99¢] and Monster Dash [99¢] among others. Two more [...]
Shortly after yesterday's announcement of Super Mega Worm we received word from PlayCreek, creators of Stoneloops! of Jurassica, that they were bringing the original worm destruction game to the App Store. Death Worm was created by JTR back in 2006 and is available for free as a 3.5MB Windows game. PlayCreek is promising to take [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
QuakeCon 2010 is a free four day gaming festival that takes place down in Dallas, TX every year. QuakeCon is host to a massive LAN as gamers from all over bring their PC's to come play games locally, see the latest software and hardware from various vendors, and compete in various tournaments. I've never been [...]
Three upcoming games are picking up steam in our upcoming iPhone games forum that are likely all worth keeping an eye out for, especially if you like dashing from monsters, avoiding falling junk, and/or matching skulls.
Monster Dash – The latest game from Halfbrick Studios, the guys behind Blast Off [99¢], Fruit Ninja [99¢], and most [...]
Despite all the technological advancements that have taken place during the lifespan of mobile gaming, the fondness players continue to have for retro-style games never ceases to amaze me. As iPhones continue to push out loads of onscreen polygons, sprawling 3D worlds, and high definition graphics, there will always be a place for charming [...]
An official version of Risk [$4.99] just hit the App Store, and as I mentioned in the roundup from the recent EA event, this really seems like too little too late from the massive game developer. When third party software first graced the iPhone, it wasn't hard to see the potential that the touch interface [...]
Sega has released a number of classic Genesis games on the App Store- Sonic the Hedgehog [$5.99], Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [$5.99], Golden Axe [$2.99], Streets of Rage [$2.99], and as of last night, Ecco the Dolphin [$2.99] and Space Harrier II [99¢]. In the past we've been increasingly critical of Sega releasing these emulated [...]
If you love your games and you love a good deal, then you’re not going to be able to do much better than this. The All-in-1 Gamebox from Triniti Interactive offers a staggering 35 games for just $0.99.
After starting out with just 8 games in 2009, the All-in-1 Gamebox has grown to its current total [...]
Snow Day Games Releases Charity Casual Game Fly Vs. Car
50% of Profits to benefit Child’s Play Charity
CHARLOTTETOWN, Canada – July 15, 2010 – Snow Day Games, a new game development studio based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, today announced that its original title for iPhone and iPod Touch, Fly [...]
John Kooistra's games have been long time favorites around here on TouchArcade, with both Blue Defense and Blue Attack the topic of discussion during episode #5 of our podcast where we had Kooistra on to chat about his then upcoming but since released RTS game Red Conquest as well as the formation of his new [...]
Back in May when the first videos started appearing of jailbroken iPads playing SNES games, it definitely piqued our interest as few things would have blown my mind more back when the SNES hit North America in 1991. (Actually, come to think of it, just seeing the iPad 19 years ago would be a mind-blowing [...]
Don't get me wrong, I love groaning at the crazy things developers submit to the App Store just as much as the next guy, but every so often games come along that would be all too easy easy to instantly dismiss as junk which actually are not only worth a look, but also have lived [...]
Now, we're not saying Audiosurf is definitely coming to the iPhone… but it seems some of the new changes in iOS 4 make it possible. Engadget reported on a DJ scratching app that takes advantage of some of the new APIs in iOS 4 that allow Apps to directly import the audio files from [...]
Still enjoying the afterglow of just how great Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge for iPad [$9.99 / Free] is, I went scouring the App Store for other worthy "HD" versions of favorites of mine on the iPhone. More often than not these games feature little more than higher resolution graphics, but for quite [...]
There's something special on the way to both the iPhone and the iPad for lovers of rhythm games, lovers of 8-bit retro-styled games, and, most especially, lovers of both styles all mashed up together. Gaijin Games has teamed up with Namco Bandai to bring an adaptation of their Wiiware title Bit.Trip Beat to the App [...]
In late May we posted a gameplay trailer of FDG Entertainment's Physics Gamebox [99¢] which just hit the App Store recently and is packed with iPhone ports of two extremely popular Flash games originally created by NewGrounds superstar Johnny-K. Included in the Gamebox is Roly-Poly Cannon and Ragdoll Cannon, both freely playable on NewGrounds in [...]
Three games came out recently which are all fun in their own way, but not really deep enough to warrant their own individual reviews. This isn't necessarily a bad thing by any means, as some of my absolute favorite iPhone games are the ones you only play for 30 seconds at a time. So if [...]
