A year ago we talked about Firemint going to bed with Namco to bring Flight Control to more mobile platforms. Since then, we’ve seen the iPhone super-hit game being released for Windows Mobile, Java and Brew users and today… (drums please)… it’s live in the Android Market. The gameplay remains the same, featuring 10 (yes…
Back To The Future Episode 1 Now Available for the iPad; Biff Still Hates Manure
We’ve been keeping a close eye on TellTale Games’ Back to the Future ever since it was announced that it was going to be released on the iPad. When you factor in how great past TellTale Games have been on iOS, we couldn’t help but feel completely excited at the prospect of this game. Today…
Review: Volcano Escape – Someone Help Me Escape It
Have you ever felt your twin-stick shooter games lacked originality since nearly all of them take place on a flat surface where you take on wave after wave of enemies until either you die or complete the wave and then die in the next? What about “How high can you get?” games that don’t offer…
Glu Mobile launches Gun Bros and Glyder 2 for Honeycomb tablets
We told ya’ Glu Mobile is preparing to launch games for the first Honeycomb tablets and voila – they are (almost) here. The mobile gaming company is using the Big Show in Barcelona to unveil the first games developed specifically for the Android 3.0 Honeycomb platform and optimized on the NVIDIA Tegra 2 mobile super…
Hands-On: Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY – PlayStation-certified smartphone
The long–rumored PlayStation phone has been officially announced and I had a pleasure to “meet” it for few brief moments. I’m not an avid gamer but I can tell this thing rocks. I never liked on-screen controls as they took precious screen estate often hiding bits of the game. Heck even if you they are…
Another Sony Ericsson Xperia Play promo video surfaces
No, you won’t find the creepy Android with surgically implanted opposable thumbs in this Sony Ericsson Xperia Play video, but you do get a feel of just how fun it could be to have a powerful device in your pocket when you want to kill some time with this new ad. A handful of games…
Rovio: Nokia is probably beyond saving at this point
Angry Birds developer Rovio seems everything but bullish on Nokia’s future, despite the new deal between the Finnish company and Microsoft. Here’s the whole story: Twitter user janole wrote: “Nokia can only be saved if [Rovio Mobile] announces Angry Birds for WP7 today!” Rovio tweeted back: “afraid there’s only so much we can do… Nokia…
iControlpad pre-orders go live; Could be yours for $74.99
iControlpad, the iPhone and iPod Touch accessory that promised to deliver better mobile gaming experience is finally available for pre-order. I must warn you, though, it’s not cheap. Quite the contrary – if you require physical buttons to play games on your iGadgets, prepare to pour out whopping 75 bucks. That’s kinda pricey when we…
AT&T to pursue a gaming network for Android users
AT&T may offer a social gaming hub on its upcoming Android handsets. The carrier is rumored to be partnering with OpenFeint, a mobile gaming community that lets users play against one another regardless of platform. OpenFeint boasts of a gaming catalog of 4,500 applications, including high-profile titles such as Fruit Ninja. The gaming network has…
Aksys Games Reveals Updated Double Dragon for iPhone Releasing in March
Growing up playing video games in the 80s and 90s, I’ve played my fair share of side-scrolling beat-em-up games. Final Fight, Battletoads, Bad Dudes – they’re all games where my journey took me from the left side of the stage to the right, beating the snot out of anything that got in my way. One…