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N.O.V.A. 3 tops iPhone Games of the Week

Gameloft’s N.O.V.A. 3 just hit the iTunes App Store, and if you’re a first-person shooter fan, here’s the bottom line: You should download it. It has great production values, a solid single-player campaign, and some great online multiplayer. Better still, it’s just the first great game that ... Full Article »

May 10, 2012 5:30pm

Angry Birds maker purchases Casey’s Contraptions, revealing next game

Rovio Mobile has enjoyed a very comfortable existence making Angry Birds – and only Angry Birds – since the game became a huge sensation back in 2009. It’s hard to blame the Finland-based company for not doing much more given how popular the series has been. In fact, Angry Birds is so popular ... Full Article »

May 10, 2012 1:00pm

Fresh iPhone Apps for May 10: N.O.V.A. 3, LostWinds2, Penny Time, This Could Hurt

This week sees a pretty huge game day with the release of the latest entry in Gameloft’s benchmark first-person shooter series, N.O.V.A. 3. As to be expected, it packs a lot of action and some great online multiplayer improvements. Following it is the beautiful LostWind2, a platformer that origina ... Full Article »

May 10, 2012 6:57am

Kickstarter for ambitious-looking République still $200,000 shy with two days left

Crowd-sourced fundraising service Kickstarter has received a lot of attention from the video game world of late, after the huge success of a pair of notable game projects: Double Fine Adventure and Wasteland 2. Both those games managed to earn huge amounts of money through the goodwill of gamers: D ... Full Article »

May 9, 2012 7:48am

iPhone App Video Review: DreamWorks Dragons: TapDragonDrop

It has a few flaws, but the art is gorgeous and the puzzles are solid, even if the publishers are a bit greedier than other iOS publishers. The entire point of the game is to use the adorable dragon, Toothless, to herd sheep into cages. You do this by scaring them with your roar, clearing their pat ... Full Article »

May 7, 2012 2:07pm

Draw Something loses 5 million users after Zynga acquisition

Social Pictionary-style game app Draw Something exploded in the iTunes App Store and Android Market just a month or two ago, but a new report suggests the game has had a serious decline that was almost as rapid as its ascent. According to a story from Develop, OMGPOP’s game saw a massive drop-off ... Full Article »

May 6, 2012 1:35pm

iPad App Video Review: Draw Something by OMGPOP

You can play this game with random strangers or with friends and contacts from your Facebook and Email accounts. The game is cross platform, so you don’t all need to be on iDevices. Once you challenge someone to a game, you choose between three words of varying difficulty, and must then draw the w ... Full Article »

May 6, 2012 1:05pm

Zynga’s new direction for Draw Something has players drawing brands

Zynga spent a reported $180 million acquiring app developer OMGPOP after the explosion of success in its social game Draw Something, and now it seems the FarmVille giant is ready to start using it to make some money. According to a story from AdAge, Zynga is integrating brand advertising into Draw ... Full Article »

May 4, 2012 1:17pm

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 tops iPhone Games of the Week

Grab your mini figures and your magic wands, because the conclusion to the Harry Potter saga is upon us, in iOS LEGO form. It’s Harry Potter: Year 5-7, and it includes lots of things to do, including kicking Voldemort’s butt and learning the ins and outs of magical combat. It’s the week’s be ... Full Article »

May 3, 2012 6:30pm

Bravo Force: Last Stand offers variety and quick-fire action

I really didn’t think you could create a great game experience on the iPhone built around the Time Crisis “light gun shooter” model. Not that I thought it was impossible exactly, but there was something that just didn’t feel great about tapping directly on enemies to shoot them in this sort ... Full Article »

May 3, 2012 2:30pm


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