Posts Tagged ‘Strategy’
Shannon Tweed’s! – Attack of the Groupies
The Groupies have invaded in Shannon Tweed’s Attack of the Groupies! Cougars, slugs, beauty queens, and bimbos – they all want a shot at the fame that comes with getting a rockstar. These groupies are relentless and Shannon isn’t going to back down without a fight. Join her in her battle to stop crazed groupies [...]
Mother Nature
Help Autumn rescue her fairy friends and stop the Spirit of Gloom in Mother Nature, an exciting Strategy game! Destroy the plants that the evil spirit has left and replace them with peaceful flowers that dissipate the gloom. Restore the forest and rescue the cute critters that are being tormented by the polluting plants and [...]
Top 3 iPhone Strategy Games
Strategy is a beautiful thing. It can win you wars, Sun Tzu-style, or it can help you pass time with your iPhone without going brain dead. While some of the simpler games are brilliant for passing a few minutes, there’s nothing like being actively engaged in something to whittle away the hours. If you’re far [...]
A Hands-On Preview of Amiga Classic ‘Defender of the Crown’ for iOS
For quite some time now we have been tracking Manomio's upcoming iAmiga emulation system for iOS, designed as a sort of wrapper or delivery vehicle to bring licensed Amiga games to the App Store. At the end of last year, we posted an exclusive preview of the in-development system, including a demo video showing a [...]
‘Ant Raid’ for iPad Review – When Insects Attack
Ant Raid [$2.99] isn't a knockoff of Nintendo's Pikmin. I want to get that out of the way up front. It has a few things in common with Pikmin, sure, and it does a pretty good job of scratching that itch while Nintendo takes its sweet time bringing out the next sequel, but the game [...]
‘Sword & Soldiers’ Review – Four-Star General
Ronimo Games’ Swords & Soldiers [$2.99 / HD] is a stripped-down, side-scrolling RTS that offers a decent amount of creative situational content inside a shell that otherwise doesn’t torture standard genre tropes. The gorgeous visual direction and whimsical writing emits an unusual, but comfortable warmth. Most levels boast sharp, sometimes dramatic change-of-pace mechanics or objectives [...]
Let’s Get Ready to Grumble – Square Enix Delays ‘Final Fantasy Tactics’… Again
If you have a fairly good memory, then you may recall when Square Enix announced way back at E3 2010 that Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions would be hitting the App Store with an expected release before the end of the year. Then in December, they officially delayed the release and gave [...]
‘Puzzle Family’ Has The Craziest Trailer Ever
It’s a shame that we received this announcement of Puzzle Family after our podcast was recorded for the week. Instead of the Bungie Aerospace news, this game and it’s insane trailer would have been the leading story of the bunch. Before I delve into the specifics, take a gander at the trailer. It's better to [...]
Cargo Runners for iPad Review
Cargo Runners for iPad Review By Chris Kirby on June 30th, 2011 Our Rating: :: Delivers!iPad Only App – Designed for the iPad Ditch the cardboard and grab your Captain’s hat. This one’s a winner. Developer: Trouble Brothers Price: $7.99 Version Reviewed: 1.0 Device Reviewed On: iPad Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.75 out of [...]
Adult Swim Gets Into The Price Cutting Mood
Adult Swim Games isn’t above creating games that revolve around mechanical unicorns, horrible electronic music, and air dashing through concrete stars. It also isn’t above July 4 sales, as if that was an actual surprise as opposed to a writer’s early morning contrivance. So, what games are on sale? A lot. In fact, most of [...]
Upcoming Card Battler ‘Kard Combat’ is Co-Created by Richard Garfield
Does the name Richard Garfield ring a bell? No? Well, the man is responsible for creating both Magic: The Gathering, the Star Wars Trading Card Game and a ridiculous list of other less notable (but still fantastic) collectable card games and board games. Better yet, he's lending his lifetime of incredible expertise to co-creating a [...]
New fantasy role-playing adventure Avadon: The Black Fortress HD
Get ready for the first chapter of the epic fantasy saga Avadon: The Black Fortress HD. Protect your people from a conspiracy to destroy them. Game Features: Enormous and unique world 4 different character classes with unique spells Uncover the fascinating history of Avadon Different game endings Hidden dungeons and secrets to discover Hundreds of [...]
Bok Choy Boys – Fast paced addicting 3D strategy game
Ready for another epic battle between good and evil? Numbskullzs has invaded Little Orphan Susan’s dreams, defend her dreams in the 3D strategy game Bok Choy Boys for the iPad. Game Features: 12 Bok Choy Boys to unlock 35 levels Beautiful particle effects Bok Choy Boys is available for free via iTunes. Read More…
WWDC 2011: A Look At David Whatley’s ‘GeoDefense 2′ and ‘Tiny Heroes’
At WWDC, I had a chance to sit down with David Whatley, who brought us GeoDefense and GeoDefense Swarm, to discuss what he's got in store for us iOS gamers. Whatley's path-based tower defense title GeoDefense is unquestionably the iOS tower defense game I've spent the most time with. There's definite appeal in its minimal, [...]
Monster Hunter Dynamic Hunting Review
Monster Hunter Dynamic Hunting Review By Jennifer Allen on June 7th, 2011 Our Rating: :: SHORTLIVED FUNiPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad Monster Hunter Dynamic Hunting offers a simplified version of the hugely popular Monster Hunter franchise. Developer: Capcom Price: $4.99 Version Reviewed: 1.0 Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4 [...]
Battle through hordes of evil creatures in Companions
Go on an epic journey with your allies in the epic RPG/Dungeon crawling game Companions for the iPad. Features: Over 10 hours of play time in Campaign 3 different classes for each race 4 races Over 40 skills and over 100 items 3 difficulty settings 41 achievements 3 single maps with leaderboards GameCenter and OpenFeint [...]
‘Great Little War Game’ Review – With Bonus 1.4 Hands-On Preview
This review is going to get a little wordy. Not only am I telling you all about Great Little War Game, a fantastic turn-based strategy game from Rubicon, I also get to tell you all about the upcoming 1.4 update. So if you're short on time and you want the summary, let me just say [...]
Tower Defense: Lost Earth Review
Tower Defense: Lost Earth Review By Rob Rich on May 26th, 2011 Our Rating: :: PHENOMENALiPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad With gorgeous visuals, forty levels, a slick interface and four game types, Tower Defense: Lost Earth is poised to give similar titles on the App Store a run for [...]
Dofus: Battles HD Review
Dofus: Battles HD Review By Kevin Stout on May 26th, 2011 Our Rating: :: STRATEGY SYNERGYiPad Only App – Designed for the iPad Dofus: Battles HD is an iPad (iPhone version available) tower defense/RTS/RPG. It’s NOT an app to play the popular MMORPG Dofus. Developer: Ankama Price: $5.99 Version Reviewed: 1.0.110513 Device Reviewed On: [...]
‘Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions’ Gets an Official Release Date… Sort Of
It’s been so long since we’ve heard anything about Square Enix’s iOS port of the PlayStation classic Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions that I was starting to wonder if they really did announce it back at E3 2010 or if I merely dreamt the whole thing up. The last news we officially [...]
Get out your boomstick for Army of Darkness Defense HD
Protect the Necronomicon from the undead in the casual defense game Army of Darkness Defense HD for the iPad. Inspired by the classic movie you get to play as Ash, the time-traveling evil-slayer. Features: A wide variety of allies to summon 50 initial waves and an unlockable endless wave Awards and leaderboards via Game Center [...]
Empire Builder: Ancient Egypt HD Review
Empire Builder: Ancient Egypt HD Review By Kevin Stout on May 17th, 2011 Our Rating: iPad Only App – Designed for the iPad Empire Builder is a city builder with some interesting features but don’t expect anything akin to other desktop city builders. Developer: 99Games Online Price: $3.99 Version Reviewed: 1.0 Device Reviewed On: [...]
‘Dofus: Battles’ Review – Dragon Defense
Traditionally speaking, Ankama Games' Dofus series is best known for two iterations: the Flash-based MMORPG that was launched in 2004 and the Wakfu series of games which has seen iterations on Xbox 360 and an upcoming version for browsers. Dofus: Battles [$2.99 / HD] takes the pre-existing world and art style from the browser games [...]
StarFront: Collision HD – Real-time strategy game for the iPad
Get your fingers ready for one of the best real-time-strategy game for the iPad. StarFront: Collision HD offers a solid solo campaign mode and a competitive 4-player multiplayer mode. Features: RTS with intuitive touch controls Three different factions – The Consortium, Wardens and Myriad 20 missions Create your own battles in Skirmish mode Build 24 [...]
The App Store Needs Freemium Games Like ‘League of Legends’
I figured I'd take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to discuss a game that completely changed the way I look at free to play games: League of Legends. Originally released in late 2009 by Riot Games, League of Legends is a free to play game available for the PC. (There's also a very [...]
Legendary Wars HD Review
Legendary Wars HD Review By Carter Dotson on May 11th, 2011 Our Rating: :: STRATEGY AND UNICORNSiPad Only App – Designed for the iPad Legendary Wars HD is an iPad version of the castle defense/real-time strategy hybrid from Liv Games. Developer: Liv Games Price: $2.99 Version Reviewed: 1.0 Device Reviewed On: iPad 1G Graphics [...]