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If you want to know what a phenomenon looks like, just take a look at the Angry Birds franchise, as Rovio just announced that the pig-killing game has been downloaded more than 200 million times across all platforms. That’s an astonishing number for any game or program and it shows that the Angry Birds franchise…
Last year, Square-Enix announced it would be releasing the 2007 PSP version of Final Fantasy Tactics with all of its enhanced CG movies and additional characters and jobs to the iPhone on September 15, 2010. The game’s release date came and went and we didn’t see Final Fantasy Tactics in the App Store. We were…
When Infinity Blade was released last December, an update was teased that would allow Infinity Blade players to battle one another in glorious sword & shield multiplayer battle. The first update that was released gave players new swords, raised the level cap, and allowed for in-app purchase. Another update called “The Deathless King” came just…
Sony Ericsson’s PlayStation phone, the Xperia Play, has been in Europe for a little while now, and up in Canada for the last couple of weeks, but Americans will be getting their turn soon. Sony Ericsson just announced that the launch date on Verizon is set to May 26, with preorders starting the 19th. (this…
Playforge updated Zombie Farm for iOS, turning it into a universal application that works both on the iPhone and iPad. The news here is that the iPad users will be able to enjoy playing the super popular game on the big screen their beloved tablet rocks. In that sense, expect to see your entire zombie…
You might have heard that Plants vs. Zombies is coming to Android, but you won’t be finding it in the official Market any time soon. Developer PopCap Games has just struck an exclusivity agreement with Amazon to sell both Chuzzle and PvZ through their app store instead. Both will be available for free on their…
Real-time Strategy game fans, rejoice! Gameloft has released its Starcraft-clone, Starfront: Collision HD, onto the iPad. As with the majority of Gameloft titles, Starfront: Collision HD uses Blizzard’s Starcraft titles as a heavy reference. The game has you playing as one of three factions: The Consortium, Wardens and Myriad. Each faction has their own strengths and…
If you picked up Angry Birds Rio on your iOS or Android device, then you’ll know Rovio has laid out the blueprint of when players should expect updates for Angry Birds Rio. The first update was teased to have come this month, and as luck would have it, today is the day that Rovio has started rolling…
Zynga announced that key contributors to the renowned cocos2d for iPhone open source project, Ricardo Quesada and Rolando Abarca, are joining the company’s team. The cocos2d is widely used by developers globally, including large players like Atari, ngmoco, Gamevil and Zynga, in the development mobile games for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Mac. In that…
If you’ve been a fan of arcade style golf games on your mobile device that don’t involve a certain golf superstar whose name rhymes with “Liger Goods“, then you’re probably familiar with Gameloft’s Let’s Golf series, with Let’s Golf 2 releasing around this time last year. A new teaser trailer was released on Gameloft’s YouTube…