News

Unofficial Skyrim App Gets Legal Note From Bethesda Lawyers

The developer of Dragon Shout, a neat little iPhone app for Skyrim that we’ve previously covered, has been asked by Bethesda’s lawyers to remove the program from the App Store “due to copyright infringement”.


February 28, 2012
Mobile

Charging Me For Hints Is Totally Not Cool, Move The Box!

As of today, the number one free gaming app on iTunes is Move the Box. I wanted to check out what the fuss was about, so I downloaded the app and got to playing. For about 10 minutes, I enjoyed myself. And then, I got very, very angry.


February 20, 2012
Mobile

Pokémon On iTunes. Hello Scam!

While Pocket Monsters company GameFreak brought its monsters to iTunes last summer with Pokémon Say Tap?, this is not that app. Rather, this app is from “The House of Anime” and Daniel Burford. The hell?


January 6, 2012
Mobile

Rift Mobile App Packed With In-Game Items, Chatty Guild Members

Massively multiplayer gamers that haven’t taken a break from Trion World’s Rift to go play The Old Republic are a special sort of people. Now you can stay in touch with them via Rift Mobile, a free iOS app that allows players to chat with their friends and win fabulous prizes on the go.


September 28, 2011
Mobile

Stupid Ninjas Is Not Stupid (But Has Terrible Font)

There are lots of stupid smartphone games. Stupid Ninjas is not one of them. It’s loads of fun. The game’s font, however, is not.


July 13, 2011
Mobile

Continuity 2 Would Make Super Mario One Paranoid Plumber

What if Super Mario was locked in a room and the walls kept moving around him?


July 12, 2011
Mobile

The King Of Fighters-i Takes On The IPhone.

Something to get out of the way: I hate virtual joysticks. Hate them. That being said, I liked The King of Fighters-i, virtual joystick and all.


March 15, 2011
In Real Life

Earthquake Relief, 99 Cents At A Time

It was like a freight train hit the building. Wil McLellan was in the boardroom of New Zealand game developers Stickmen Studios when he felt the room start to vibrate. Then it whipped to the side.


November 13, 2010
News

Hrm, These iPhone Games Seem Familiar… Hrm…

There is a flood of content in the Apple App Store. It’s hard for games to stand out and find an audience. Why do that when you can ski in the wake of others?


October 31, 2010

Evil Dead Gets… Cute?… In Upcoming IPhone Game

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