No, the runaway phenomenon that is Angry Birds does not have a movie deal (not yet anyway), but the game recently got the live action treatment, courtesy of talk show host Conan O’Brien. O’Brien is extremely popular in Finland and his show is now available in the country in the form of an online stream. [...]
Developers Aksys and Brizo have teamed up with Bow Mobile to bring the classic side-scrolling beat-em-up game Double Dragon to the iPhone. This version of the game includes brand new moves, new enemies and stages, hidden unlockables and achievements, and a the ability to team up with a friend via Bluetooth and tear through the [...]
Halfbrick, the creators of the insanely popular Fruit Ninja, have released details on their next project titled Machine Gun Jetpack. The game will usher in the return of Barry Steakfries, the brilliantly named and heavily armed hero from Halfbrick’s Age of Zombies and Monster Dash. Mr. Steakfries will be flying the experimental Machine Gun Jetpack [...]
Fruit Ninja is the massively successful fruit assassination game developed by Halfbrick. How successful does “massively” mean? Well in this case it means about 20 million and change. Halfbrick’s Phil Larson revealed that Fruit Ninja has reached a combined 20 million downloads across all platforms (this includes the iOS systems as well as Android and [...]
If you’ve ever wanted to own one of the slick cars most people only ever get to drive in video games, now is your chance. And you don’t even have to be rich or going through a mid-life crisis. Gameloft is holding a contest for players who download Asphalt Audi RS 3. The free game, [...]
In late 2008 AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega announced that you’d be able to use your iPhone to tether to your netbook and use it as a modem. Well since then everything on the tethering scene went a bit quiet… Since then we’ve all seen on the HTC phones the Wi-Fi tethering feature, right? Well [...]
Here is an interesting one for all you would-be hackers out there. How would you like to play your Playstation 3 games on your iOS device? This new hack allows you to do exactly that. Just don’t tell Apple or Sony about it. Setting everything up is a lot more complicated than simply downloading an [...]
At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, Rovio Mobile’s Peter Vesterbacka could not resist talking about their Angry Birds venture. Speaking to the press, the public relations representative confirmed both the date and theme for the incoming ‘Angry Birds Seasons’ update. The next angry update is set for release on the 17th March [...]
In an interview at GDC, Yu Suzuki, famed game designer and creator of Shenmue, revealed that his latest Shenmue project, Shenmue Town, is very likely to receive a port to smartphones, including the iPhone. Shenmue Town was first developed for Yahoo’s mobile applications, and the DeNa Mobage-Town portal in Japan. Suzuki says that the jump [...]
Sega has announced that will be bringing Sonic All-Stars Racing to the iPhone. This is Sega’s version of the “Kart” racing genre that started with the Mario Kart series. It will feature all the kart racing standards, such as wacky, interactive tracks and power up items for your vehicle. The game will be based on [...]
Gameloft, the developer and publisher behind a multitude of digital and online games, has announced a multi-platform licensing agreement with Epic Games that will enable Gameloft to incorporate the Unreal Engine 3 in four new games, two to be released in 2011 and two in 2012. Previously used on DirectX 10-enabled PCs, Xbox 360 and [...]
2D Boy’s World of Goo, which has already taken the gaming realm by storm on WiiWare, PC, and iPad, is arriving soon on the iPhone and iPod Touch app store. While the game was originally planned for an iPhone launch sometime in 2009, technical problems and contractor issues put the developer’s project on hold until [...]
Crescent Moon Games released their highly anticipated 3D RPG title Aralon: Sword and Shadow today, and from what we can tell so far it seems the title was worth the hype. With eight different kinds of mounts that include horses and dragons and a retina display that will push any portable device to the limits, [...]
There are now more than 300,000 apps available on Apple’s App Store, and despite the advances made by Android this year, iTunes is still the largest and most popular mobile app marketplace. As 2010 winds down, it’s the perfect time to reflect upon the apps that have bested the competition and risen to the top [...]
Taiwan based NMA News capitalizes on animated retellings of news events, and their Star Wars based Antennaegate animation is exploding in popularity. Check out the light saber flailing explanation above, no subtitles needed.
