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Fare City Review (iPhone)

Fare City Review (iPhone)
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Fare City by Finkly Interactive has been out for some time but I do like to breathe life back into great games that can be lost in the vast ocean of the AppStore. Line tracing games gained in popularity in early 2010 but lost some of their appeal as casual users got caught up in [...]

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Digital Download Game World’s Best DLC of 2010 (Part 2)

Digital Download Game World’s Best DLC of 2010 (Part 2) 

Best Shotgun Approach to Marketing and Design – 2010 Plants vs. Zombies, Pop Cap Games 1. Tower Defense Games 2. Cartoon Artwork 3. Farming / Gardening 4. Multiple Platform Release Strategy 5. ZOMBIES! Pop Cap Games figured out how to bring 5 of the most popular trends in the casual gaming to one title.  Plants vs. [...]

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EA’s Holiday Gift for Gamers – 66 games go on sale for 99 cents in the iTunes App Store

EA’s Holiday Gift for Gamers – 66 games go on sale for 99 cents in the iTunes App Store 

Happy Holidays gamers from EA. For a limited time only EA have dropped prices about 90% on over 60 of their top tier games on the iTunes App Store. $0.99 is an amazing price for any of these EA games since the production values and polish on each is outstanding for a mobile platform. There [...]

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Great Android Games that you cannot find on the iphone

Great Android Games that you cannot find on the iphone 

If you are an Android gamer it can sometimes feel like the iPhone gets all the love and all the fun new games and all you can do is hope and wonder if those great iPhone games will find their way to the Android platform.  However there are a number of great Android games that [...]

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Indie Classic “The Impossible Game” Coming To Android And Windows Phone 7 Mobile Devices

Indie Classic “The Impossible Game” Coming To Android And Windows Phone 7 Mobile Devices 

Best-selling iPhone and Xbox 360 Indie game, The Impossible Game will be making its way onto two new mobile platforms. The Impossible Game has already reached some impressive landmarks for a minimalistic Indie game, such as making it to #2 in the US app charts and being hand-picked as “App of the Week” by Apple [...]

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Cedemo Video Game Barcode Scanner App Now Available In North America

Cedemo Video Game Barcode Scanner App Now Available In North America 

Last month we broke the news that Cedemo was launching a video game barcode scanner app for the iPhone and Android SmartPhones. The App initially launched only un the UK and France but has just been released in the North American market. The free app allows consumers to make informed purchasing decisions on-the-go by delivering [...]

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PopCap Teams With Taito For New “Pop Tower” Mobile Social Gaming Service

PopCap Teams With Taito For New “Pop Tower” Mobile Social Gaming Service 

Seattle, Washington based publisher and developer PopCap Games isn’t known for making good games. They’re known for making great ones: Zuma, Peggle, Chuzzle and the company’s flagship game Bejewelled, just to name a few. PopCap recently announced that they have teamed up with Japanese heavyweight Taito Corp., as they look to increase their presence in [...]

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Pirates vs Ninjas vs Zombies vs Pandas, Crashes Into The App Store This December

Pirates vs Ninjas vs Zombies vs Pandas, Crashes Into The App Store This December 

Pan Vision and Tactile Entertainment’s physics-based demolition puzzler for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad makes its way to the Apps Store this winter. The universe can breath can take a deep breathe a little easier now that Independent Nordic publisher and distributor Pan Vision has announced that their new game Pirates vs Ninjas vs Zombies [...]

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Classic Atari/Amiga Puzzler Gobliiins Hits The iPhone

Classic Atari/Amiga Puzzler Gobliiins Hits The iPhone 

WHO: Developed and published by BulkyPix and DotEmu WHAT: Gobliiins, first in the Goblins trilogy, an Atari/Amiga game series from the early 90’s that was one of the original success stories in puzzle platformer genre, is now available on the iPhone. STORY: King Angoulafre suddenly falls ill from a terrible ailment. An unseen foe has [...]

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Game Dev Story Review (iPhone)

Game Dev Story Review (iPhone)
4.5

I downloaded Game Dev Story at the recommendation of a game design friend and colleague.  Laughing wickedly, he told me I’d love the game but “don’t expect to get anything else done today”.  That was 4 days ago.  Thinking it was just another casual iPhone game, I ignored the warning and went ahead. Every now [...]

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