Posts Tagged ‘Upcoming Games’
‘Emissary Of War’ Passes The Sniff Test
A new RPG is hitting this summer and it appears to have all the makings of a solid third-person, narrative-led hack-and-slash. Swords and an odd world? Check-check. Spiders and other monsters? Check-check. Simple click-treat action? Check. Muscles? Check. A dry, weird name? Yeah, Emissary of War passes that test, too, I think. But does it [...]
Trailer for Upcoming ‘Roboto’ – Fast Paced Platforming with Stunning Visuals
As a huge fan of both action-platforming games and endless runners, I’m pretty darn excited for the upcoming game Roboto from developer Fenix Fire. Roboto looks to blend aspects from both of these genres. The levels in the game are heavily designed for running and jumping through quickly like an endless running game, except you [...]
Hands-On with ‘Bumpy Road’ 2.0 Update, Coming Later this Month
Back in May, Simogo Games released Bumpy Road [$2.99], a title that was a mixture of endless runner and time trial gameplay with a whimsical art style and incredibly unique controls. I gushed about how much I enjoyed Bumpy Road in our review, and last month the game was improved further when Simogo released the [...]
[Update: Out in NZ] New Trailer for ‘Reckless Getaway’ Follow-Up Title to ‘Reckless Racing’ from Pixelbite Games
Last Fall, Pixelbite Games brought us Reckless Racing [99¢/HD], an arcade-style top-down racer with gorgeous graphics, great controls, and a fun physics system. We really liked Reckless Racing in our review, and now Pixelbite has announced a follow up to the game titled Reckless Getaway. The “getaway” in the title refers to the different approach [...]
A Hands-On Preview of Amiga Classic ‘Defender of the Crown’ for iOS
For quite some time now we have been tracking Manomio's upcoming iAmiga emulation system for iOS, designed as a sort of wrapper or delivery vehicle to bring licensed Amiga games to the App Store. At the end of last year, we posted an exclusive preview of the in-development system, including a demo video showing a [...]
‘Machinegun Jetpack’ Probably Hitting This August, Will Support IAP
Back in March, I felt luckier than a field of four leaf clovers when I was among the first to see Fruit Ninja [$.99 / HD] creator Halfbrick’s latest side-scrolling title, Machinegun Jetpack. It’s a mix of infinite runner and shooter like Monster Dash [$.99 / HD]. Heck, it even stars that game’s hero, Barry [...]
Rocketcat Games Reveals Upcoming ‘Mage Gauntlet’ Trailer
If you're anything like me, you've been wondering, "When in the world is Rocketcat Games going to release something that doesn't rely on a swinging mechanic?" Don't get me wrong, HookChamp, Super QuickHook, and Hook Worlds are all fantastic games, but I doubt I'm alone in looking forward to what Rocketcat would release outside of [...]
EA and Chillingo Summer Showcase 2011 Hands-On Videos
Yesterday the gaming media at large descended upon EA’s Redwood Shores headquarters in order to do 3 things: watch dogs catch frisbees, eat from a wide variety of lunch trucks, and play a ton of upcoming video games. The first two activities were definitely enjoyable, but the real fun was being able to check out [...]
Coming Tonight: ‘Deathsmiles’, ‘Puzzle Family’, ‘The King of Fighters-i’ and More
Holy cow, spending Monday fully engrossed in 4th of July festivities, Wednesday snuck up on me by surprise. But really, what surprise is better than a ton of new games being released? Anyway, this week works like all previous weeks on the App Store. Developers can set specific future release dates for their games, and [...]
First Screenshots Released of ‘Lunar: Silver Star Story Touch’
Back in April, we learned that developer SoMoGa was hard at work on an iOS port of classic RPG Lunar: Silver Star Story, and today we finally have the first screenshots from the game. SoMoGa was responsible for porting the Sega Saturn RPG Vay [$4.99] to the App Store in 2008, and did a pretty [...]
First Screenshots Released of ‘Lunar: Silver Star Story Touch’
Back in April, we learned that developer SoMoGa was hard at work on an iOS port of classic RPG Lunar: Silver Star Story, and today we finally have the first screenshots from the game. SoMoGa was responsible for porting the Sega Saturn RPG Vay [$4.99] to the App Store in 2008, and did a pretty [...]
Classic Amiga Game ‘Pinball Dreams’ is Getting a 3D Makeover
Developer Cowboy Rodeo was kind enough to port the classic Amiga pinball game Pinball Dreams [$4.99/Lite] to the iPhone all the way back in February of 2009. The port was very good, with physics that accurately represented those of the original and ever so slightly enhanced graphics. In fact, Pinball Dreaming was almost better on [...]
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 [...]
Coming Tonight: ‘Cargo Runners’, ‘James Pond’, ‘Puzzle Agent 2′, ‘Street Fighter IV Volt’ and More
My ability to write an amusing introduction for this week's bucket full of Wednesday night game releases has been obliterated due to my mind being blown that the powers that be are still making James Pond games. Maybe it's just me, but my perception of James Pond as a video game mascot was about in [...]
Video: Retro Shooter ‘P-47 The Phantom Fighter’ from DotEmu
Back in March I sat down with Xavier Liard at GDC 2011 to discuss some titles on the way from his retro-centric studio, DotEmu. One of the titles on the list was the 1988 arcade shooter P-47: The Freedom Fighter, which also saw release on the Amiga, C64, and various other platforms. The game pits [...]
CAVE’s ‘Deathsmiles’ Hitting the App Store on July 7th
Just a couple of weeks ago, CAVE released a new trailer for their upcoming iOS version of manic horizontal shooter Deathsmiles, along with an apology for the game missing its intended Spring release window. It turns out that they didn’t miss it by much though, as CAVE has officially announced that Deathsmiles will be releasing [...]
‘Edge Extended’ – Coming This Summer
Take a nice long look at this teaser image, because it's all that we know right now: (Click for this image in gloriously animated .gif form.) This is courtesy of a tweet this morning, and it's really not that hard to speculate what Edge Extended might be about. It seems pretty obvious that Extended would [...]
New Hands-On Developer Video of ‘Topia’ World Creation Game from Crescent Moon
Earlier this month at WWDC, we checked out an assortment of upcoming titles from Crescent Moon Games and their various partners. One of those titles was Topia, an interesting looking sim-style world creation game. It is being developed in conjunction with Glenn Corpes, creator of iOS racer Ground Effect [$1.99] and a former Bullfrog employee [...]
Coming Tonight: ‘Transformers 3′ – Autobots, Roll Out!
Are you the kind of person who wears a Optimus Prime trucker hat and a full Transformers-themed wardrobe to accompany your various Transformers tattoos? Well, I've got some good news for you. To accompany the release of the movie this week, EA is launching the cleverly titled iOS game Transformers 3 [$4.99 / HD]. We [...]
Exclusive Hands-On with Jeff Minter’s Upcoming Dexterity Puzzler ‘Deflex’
Long-time hirsute, psychedelic game writer Jeff Minter of Llamasoft has released two iOS games, and they're two of the best games in the App Store: Minotron: 2112 [link] and Minotaur Rescue [link]. His third iOS game, a Universal (iPhone and iPad) release called Deflex, is on the way, and I've been frustrating myself having fun [...]
Coming Tonight: ‘Tiny Tower’, ’1-bit Ninja’, ‘BackStab’, ‘Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing’ and TONS More
There's so many games coming out tonight that I don't even want to waste time on a witty introduction to this post. It's like this is the Wednesday before the Christmas App Store freeze, this is a veritable stampede of games. Anyway, the way this works is a little like this: Developers can set their [...]
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 [...]
Gameloft’s ‘Backstab’ Gets Official iOS Release this Thursday, New Trailer and Screens
Back in March, Gameloft announced a new 3D action game called Backstab. Strangely, the game seemed to be an exclusive to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play phone which also launched that month. Most people speculated that the title would eventually make its way to iOS, and indeed we did get our hands on an iPad [...]
’1-bit Ninja’ Coming This Thursday – We’ve Got a Launch Trailer and Screenshots
Jared did a marvelous preview of 1-bit Ninja early last month, and the game originally was scheduled to be released a few weeks later. Since then, we've gotten comments, emails, and forum threads wondering where in the heck it was. Well, good news, it's coming this Thursday. Check out the new trailer: And here's some [...]
Manomio Demonstrates iCade Support for ‘iAmiga’ Emulator
Early yesterday I made a post sharing Manomio CEO Stuart Carnie's intent to bring iCade support to his Commodore emulation systems. Early this morning, he posted a video of the Amiga game International Karate + running under his iAmiga emulation system with full iCade support. I've not had a chance to test out his latest development build personally, [...]
Coming Tonight: ‘Flick Golf Extreme!’, ‘iQuarterback 2 Pocket Edition’, ‘Monkey Island Tales 2 HD’ and More
First off, apologies for not posting our typical Wednesday night release megapost last week. To say we were "amazingly busy" covering two concurrent events would be an understatement. Regardless, we're back again this week combing through the New Zealand App Store for cool new releases. If you're new here, here's how this whole deal works: [...]