NAMCO BANDAI Inc. has released SOULCALIBUR for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad 2. Originally released in arcades in 1998 and debuted on home consoles the following year, the seminal and critically acclaimed weapon-based fighting game has made its way to the App Store. The game is compatible with iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPod touch (4th generation) or later, and iPad 2, OS 4.3 or later. SOULCALIBUR for iOS features the full cast of 19 characters from the original game, including favorites like Kilik, Xianghua and Ivy. In "ARCADE BATTLE," players will engage in a series of intense brawls, defeating every … Continue reading SOULCALIBUR Launches On Mac→
Telltale Games is pleased to announce that Law & Order: Legacies an episodic game based on NBCUniversal’s Emmy-winning Law & Order TV series, will be cracking cases this month as a universal app on iPad and iPhone. Law & Order: Legacies delivers the ultimate Law & Order experience as it assembles a full roster of investigators & district attorneys from multiple Law & Order franchises all into one ‘season’ of seven episodically released games! Law & Order: Legacies includes the likenesses of popular Law & Order investigators, including: Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach, Law & Order), Rey Curtis (Benjamin Bratt, Law … Continue reading Law And Order Coming To iOS→
OnLive, Inc., the pioneer of cloud gaming, announced that it is bringing console-class gaming to tablets and phones with the revolutionary OnLive app for tablet and mobile platforms. The latest, top-tier, high-performance games-previously limited to only consoles and computers-will be available for instant play via the free OnLive app on over 500 million mobile devices over Wi-Fi or mobile networks in the US and UK. A growing library of 25 console-class games have been adapted for touch-screen control, including the gritty, award-winning hit L.A. Noire from Rockstar Games and family titles like LEGO Batman: The Videogame, which will be given … Continue reading OnLive Bringing Console-Like Games To Phones→
For all those children intentionally getting lower grades to avoid being ridiculed as a "nerd" or a "geek," a just-released iPad app provides an inspiring message – it’s "COOL to be CLEVER" – based on the true story of Edson C. Hendricks, the genius who invented the design for the Internet. When Hendricks was bullied at school as a youngster, he retreated into an imaginary world where he had machine parts, rather than biological organs and emotions. Years later, as a computer scientist working in IBM’s Cambridge Scientific Center in the early 1970s, Hendricks’ unique ability to "think like a … Continue reading Cool to Be Clever App Stabs At Bullying→
Are you ready to get FrogWild? Today Oakland, California-based Easymode Games launched its debut mobile game, FrogWild, an artfully rendered casual game that’s fun for the whole family. The frog has an incredible appetite and temptations abound. Dragonflies are everywhere and it’s the player’s job to help the frog catch them with his turbo tongue. The idea is simple: players use their touchscreen to throw the frog’s tongue to catch dragonflies flying by. While the goal is simple, the challenge is anything but. As the frog visits nine visually stunning natural environments, the new dragonfly species inhabiting the environments become … Continue reading Easymode Releases Its First Mobile Game→
PopCap Games, maker of some of the world’s most popular video games, today unveiled the results of a survey updating a 2010 report targeting social gamers in the U.S. and U.K. The survey found that 118.5 million people now play social games at least once a week, up 71%. Among other results in the new survey, players are now significantly more likely to spend real-world money to buy content within social games, with 31 million players having purchased in-game currency, up 86 percent. The full report, conducted by Information Solutions Group is available for download at http://www.infosolutionsgroup.com/pdfs/2011_PopCap_Social_Gaming_Research_Results.pdf The report examines … Continue reading PopCap Survey Finds Huge Social Games Growth→
Madfinger Games today announced that Shadowgun, the hit iOS game that ushered in a new era of mobile gameplay graphics, is now available for a new, lower price – $4.99. The game provides 10 levels of action and excitement, with console-quality visuals. The most advanced handheld game on the market, Shadowgun, authored with the Unity development platform, combines tactical combat with third-person action. The game puts players into the role of John Slade, a professional bounty hunter in the year 2350. Slade’s mission: hunt down Dr. Edgar Simon, renowned geneticist and former employee of the trans-galactic corporation Toltech Enterprises. Players … Continue reading Shadowgun Ships For iOS→
Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced that Sky Gamblers™: Rise of Glory, developed by Revo Solutions, is now available on the App Store, coinciding with this week’s release of iOS 5 and iPhone 4S. Taking advantage of the newly released features of iOS 5 and soon to be released features of iPhone 4S, the 3D World War I (WWI) aerial combat simulator puts players in the pilot seat as they immerse themselves in intense single-player or 8-player real-time multiplayer action. Available for $4.99 as a universal app on the iPad and iPhone, the … Continue reading Namco Bandai Launches Sky Gamblers For iOS5 and iPhone 4S→
Spacetime Studios has ported their mobile 3D MMO game, Star Legends, to Native Client (NaCl) open-source technology thus enabling PC and Mac players to join Android and iOS players for the first time in gaming history. Pocket Legends, Spacetime Studios’ flagship title, was the world’s first mobile 3D MMO. It was also the first global, multiplayer game to play across both Android and iOS platforms simultaneously. Star Legends: The Blackstar Chronicles will break new ground by being the first 3D MMO to allow players on mobile devices to join their friends on computers when it launches on Google Chrome. Spacetime … Continue reading Chrome Browser Game Going 3D→
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple and the man behind more than a generation of innovative products has died in California at the age of 56. Jobs stepped down from his role as chief executive, in August and had been battling pancreatic cancer, as well as other health issues. Today, Jobs will be remembered for revolutionizing the computer, telephone and music industry, with the launches of the Mac, iPhone, iPad and iTunes. His most recent innovations are still in their infancy and the games industry is no doubt a very different landscape, thanks to his vision. Tributes are already pouring in … Continue reading Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs Dies→
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