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Top Gun Micro-Review: Affirmative, Ghost Rider

6:00AM Owen Good | Last year, Days of Thunder quickly asserted itself as a serious arcade racer on the iPhone. Paramount’s back with Top Gun, looking to do the same for combat flyers. More »
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Preview Top Gun IPhone: Bringing Back The Cold War

11:40AM AJ Glasser | Remember when Russians were the staple bad guy of good films? If not, you may be too young to own an iPhone. More »

Marathon: Durandal Map Pack Drops Tomorrow

3:20AM Mike Fahey | Fans of Freeverse’s port of the Bungie classic Marathon for Xbox Live Arcade are getting a real treat tomorrow as the company announces the imminent release of the Jjaro Map Pack. Due out tomorrow, the map pack includes twelve classic multiplayer levels from Marathon and Marathon Infinity: Thrud, Vulcan, King of Pain, Spiral Insanity, Dead Fields, Morphine, La Cosa Nostra, Mars Needs Women, ‘Fugee Camp, What Goes Up Must Come Down, Arena, and Spline. Each new map will support the new game types King of the Hill, Man with the Ball, and Tag. The pack also includes the Jjaro texture and design set from Marathon Infinity, as well as two new achievements with the potential to add another 30 points to your gamerscore. Look for the Jjaro Map Pack tomorrow for the low, low price of 250 Microsoft points. It looks so old it’s practically new! More »

First iPhone Game Redacted Review

7:00AM Brian Crecente | Freeverse dropped us a note to let us know that they’ve released a “preview” of one their iPhone game Wingnuts Moto Racer, a heavily redacted preview. Turns out that the developer, best known perhaps for their work on Marathon: Durandal for XBLA, is under an NDA with Apple and can’t talk about the game just yet. There are still some tidbits to be found on the site though. More »

Freeverse Talks iPhone Games

3:00AM Brian Crecente | Yesterday’s news of a free SDK for the iPhone unleashed a slew of gaming news for Apple’s popular phone. Both Electronic Arts and Sega are hard at work making games for the new platform. Now Freeverse, the folks behind (among other games) Marathon: Durandal for XBLA, have announced they’ve got some games in the works for the phone. More »