Archive for March, 2011
Star Wars iPhone Apps Stay For Now, Might Get Pulled
Earlier today it was announced that due to a license agreement expiring between THQ Wireless and Star Wars IP owners LucasArts, Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner would be pulled from the App Store after the end of this month. This led to strong speculation that all THQ published Star Wars games would also need to [...]
Surprising News of the Day: ‘Rolando’ Series Updated with Retina Display Graphics, on Sale for 99¢
Vocal members of our community have long since written off ngmoco as a lost freemium cause, leaving us hardcore gamers in the dust as they move on to greener (and more casual) free to play pastures. The Rolando series seemed poised to become the Super Mario of the iOS platform when the original Rolando [99¢] [...]
Doodle Plump offers More Familiar Endless Jumping Fun
Gamobi have followed up their rather entertaining and simple game Flying Chicks with something just as simple yet compelling – Doodle Plump. Does the name ring a bell? Oh it should. But guess what? It’s NOT exactly like Doodle Jump. Instead you’re ‘plumping’ downwards rather than jumping upwards. Ah ha! I see your game, Gamobi. [...]
Vimeo iPhone App Launched For FREE, Matches iMovie iOS Features!
I always like to call Vimeo a sophisticated video streaming site for stuck ups more design savvy folks. YouTube is the default iOS video app, but Apple might want to rethink that for the iPhone 5. Why? Vimeo iPhone is really impressive and released for FREE. “We’ve packed all the best parts of Vimeo into [...]
Championship Manager 1980s Legends Review
Developer: Eidos Interactive Price: $2.99 Version Reviewed: 1.0 Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4 Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars Game Controls Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars Gameplay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Replay Value Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars Overall Rating: 3.81 out of 5 stars It’s human nature [...]
Dungeon Defenders Makes Full Use of the iPad 2
Fans of Epic’s Unreal Engine have been long trumpeting its praises on the iOS. However, while Infinity Blade has seen widespread acclaim, including a very promising review here on 148Apps, Dungeon Defenders, another game made using the Unreal Engine, hasn’t seen near as much success. One specific issue keyed on in our official review of [...]
Facemood :) Review
Facemood Review By Jennifer Allen on March 31st, 2011 Our Rating: :: GOOD IDEA iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad A fun idea that could just use a little more work Developer: Frimby Price: $0.99 Version Reviewed: 1.0.0 Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4 iPhone Integration Rating: 3.75 out of [...]
iD&D Company Spotlight: Level 99 Games
Hello fellow RPGers. After a short hiatus, iD&D is back. This month we take a look at a company who is doing the right thing for RPG players throughout the genres, Level 99 Games. I caught up with the Supreme Overlord of Level 99 Games, Brad Talton, for a quick overview of his company. Brad’s [...]
iCookbook Review
iCookbook Review By Chantelle Joy Duxbury on March 31st, 2011 Our Rating: :: INNER CHEF REJOICE iPad Only App – Designed for the iPad This beautiful and well designed app offers a host of brand-name recipies and unique features other iPad Cooking apps lack. Developer: Publications International Ltd Price: $4.99 Version: 1.0 iPhone Integration [...]
Final Fantasy III iPhone Review: Better Than The DS Version, Best FF iPhone Yet
In 2006, a complete remake of the 1990 classic Final Fantasy III arrived to the Nintendo DS. Last Week, Square Enix released the game again for the iOS platform. Final Fantasy III ($15.99) The game is half the price, $15.99, and it is an enhanced version of the DS version with Retina Display support and [...]
Zynga considering going down the sequel path (Facebook)
Much of Zynga’s unparalelled success has been thanks to the “ville” line of games: FarmVille, FrontierVille, CityVille. But while those games share many common characteristics, up until this point Zynga hasn’t released a direct sequel to any of it’s games. According to chief game designer Brian Reynolds, though, that may change. Read More…
Gameloft Announces ‘N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance Elite’
Recently Gameloft announced yet another upcoming title on their Facebook page. In the wake of N.O.V.A. [$4.99 / Lite / HD] and N.O.V.A. 2 [$6.99 / Lite / HD] comes N.O.V.A. – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance Elite. Aside from the following promo image, that’s all we know right now. Now, even though Gameloft [...]
Last Night Never Happened Review
Last Night Never Happened Review By Jennifer Allen on March 31st, 2011 Our Rating: :: CONVENIENT iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad Last Night Never Happened hopes to save your skin if you’re an overly chatty social networking drinker. Developer: 22Seeds Ltd Price: $0.99 (usually $1.99) Version Reviewed: 1.0 [...]
Add ‘Dungeon Defenders: First Wave’ To Your List of iPad 2 Optimized Games
If you’re one of the millions of people out there who have found themselves gingerly stroking their new iPad 2′s lately waiting for some more games to truly unleash the beast on, today is your lucky day. The guys from Trendy Entertainment dropped us a note and let us know that Dungeon Defenders: First Wave [...]
Interview: Zabu Studio brings designer board games to Facebook (Facebook)
Designers board games are seeing somewhat of a renaisance on platforms like the iPhone and iPad, bringing the fun and strategic play to a whole new audience. And Zabu Studio is looking to do the same thing with Facebook. The studio has released three games so far, all designed by noted German board game designer [...]
World Golf Tour Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: World Golf Tour is the brightest title in a recent proliferation of beautiful and satisfying golf games on Facebook, and it follows and improves upon the exciting developmental trends established by its competition. From its breathtakingly realistic courses to its surgically precise swings and putting motions, this is a true golfer’s social game, [...]
Angry Birds Rio Review
Angry Birds Rio Review By Derek Walter on March 31st, 2011 Our Rating: :: BIRDTASTIC iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad The Angry Birds return in another addicting and challenging game that promises to please its fans as well as newcomers to the series. Developer:Rovio Mobile Price: $.99 Version: [...]
Tasty Planet Review
Tasty Planet Review By Jennifer Allen on March 31st, 2011 Our Rating: :: ADDICTIVEiPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad Tasty Planet offers some simple but addictive gaming in the form of eating everything that moves. Developer: Dingo Games Price: $0.99 Version Reviewed: 1.2 Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4 Graphics [...]
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12, Death Rally: Fresh New iPhone And iPad Releases
This Thursday isn’t as crowded new releases wise as previous weeks. However, these two new entries to the store are both amazing which quite make up for the lack in numbers. We’ve both been previewing these titles relentlessly, so it’s nice to see them released. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 (iPhone: $6.99 | FREE: | [...]
Hit the Slopes with Snowboard Hero
Fishlabs Entertainment today released Snowboard Hero for iPhone and iPod Touch. Snowboard Hero is a full-length snowboarding title designed specifically for Apple’s portable device. The game supports retina display visuals and looks to deliver an experience more on par with something you’d find on a console rather than a portable device like the iPhone. Using [...]
‘Death Rally’ Review – A Beautiful Top-Down Racer with Heavy Combat
Back in January we learned that Remedy Entertainment, developers of Max Payne and Alan Wake, would be resurrecting their first ever PC game Death Rally for an iOS remake. Today, that new version of Death Rally [$4.99] went live in the App Store. I never played Death Rally when it came out in 1996, so [...]
NOVA 3 Rumored To Be Gameloft’s First Unreal Engine Game!
When Gameloft announced earlier this month that they will be utilizing Unreal Engine in their future games, it was welcomed with WIDE open arms from every iOS gamer. Pocket Gamer is suggesting that NOVA 3 may be the first game to use it: “[...]it’s busy working on four games utilising Epic Games’s Unreal Engine 3. [...]
Free iPhone Games Today: A Monster Ate My Homework, Return of the Bots
It’s so close you can almost take it. I’m talking about Friday, Friday, FRIDAY of course. Let’s take it a day at a time with some FREE games: A Monster Ate My Homework “Monsters have stolen your homework and now it’s payback time! With 80 levels of Monster thumping carnage, it’s your job to not [...]
Amazon Cloud Beats iOS 5, FREE 5GB To All, iOS App Soon?
While Apple and Google are still trying to figure out their own services, Amazon.com pretty much beat them both to the punch. Earlier this week, Amazon announced Amazon Cloud Drive where everyone can get 5GB worth of storage for FREE! “Amazon Cloud Drive is your hard drive in the cloud. Store your music, videos, photos, [...]
Piano Lessons can be easy and fun with iPianoRoll – iPhone app review
If learning to play piano has always been your unfulfilled desire or you are a piano player, iPianoRoll is an app of your interest on the iPad. Though there are lots of apps available on the app store which let you play piano. But iPianoRoll not only teaches you to play piano but also helps [...]
‘Star Wars’ Games Sticking Around After All… For Now
Earlier today we posted the news that due to a license agreement expiring between THQ Wireless and Star Wars IP owners LucasArts, the iOS title Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner [$2.99] would no longer be available in the App Store after the end of this month. This also led to strong speculation that all THQ [...]
iPhone 5 Release Date Pushed To Fall Because of LTE?
The iPhone 5 won’t likely be making an appearance until Fall of this year. I was initially upset about this, but just with iOS 5, it looks like it’ll be worth the wait. TechCrunch ponders on the “delay”: “TechCrunch contributor Steve Cheney (who nailed the timing of the Verizon iPhone last year), believes that a fall [...]
Adobe To Make More Advanced Photoshop App for iPad?
At the Photoshop World conference on March 30th, 2011, Adobe demonstrated a new version of an iPad Photoshop app that features layers support, layering being one of the key features of advanced image editors like Photoshop. This would allow for advanced image editing on the go, as complex, layered images could be created, as well [...]
NBA Jam Gets FREE Roster Update: Carmelo Anthony Gets Knicks-ed
EA today has released an update for NBA Jam iPhone that, among other things, updates the rosters of the game to the current lineups. The most notable, new lineups for the Knicks and Nets, have been updated as well as performance enhancements and bug fixes. Carmelo Anthony left the Nuggets for the Knicks and that’s [...]
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 – Tee off with Tiger
For the first time on the iPad you can tee off with the greatest golf player in the world with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 for the iPad. Game Features: Innovative “Closest to the Pin” challenges Play as or alongside Tiger Woods plus other PGA TOUR greats Play a quick solo round, go head-to-head [...]