I grew up playing ‘SimCity’ games. From the original title developed by Will Wright through SimCity 2000, SimCity 3000, SimCity4 and more… The game has long been one of my favorites, no matter the platform. That’s why, when I noticed EA and Bplay launched ‘SimCity Metropolis’ for BlackBerry… I was immediately intrigued. In SimCity Metropolis…
Secret of the Monkey Island 2 coming soon to an iPhone near you; First screenshots are here!
Don’t know about you, but I used to spend hours and hours playing LucasArts’ point and click adventure games. The first two parts of the Secrets of the Monkey Island probably took the best days of my childhood and I don’t regret for a second. 😉 As you know, the first part is already in…
Zynga tests social gaming by SMS
Zynga, the company that is known for its Facebook games, is testing out a way to bring its titles to the mobile phone. However, instead of going for the high-end smartphone users only, they are trying to reach the mass market with SMS. This is not to say they’re ignoring the lucrative iPhone market —…
Apple Introduces Its Social Gaming Network ‘Game Center’ in iPhone OS 4.0
With all of the iPhone OS 4.0 news coming out today, one bit of news immediately struck a chord with me. Apple has taken it upon itself to unify iPhone gamers by introducing ‘Game Center’. Game Center will work similar to how Xbox LIVE & Playstation Network do. You’ll have a buddy list of friends…
Report: Games Make Up One-Third of iPad-Only Apps
It looks like gaming on the iPad was a lot bigger than I had originally anticipated. According to App Store analytic company Distimo, out of 2,385 iPad-only apps, 833 of them are games. If you do the math, that’s 35% of all the iPad-only apps currently available in the App Store. The next popular categories…
70 mini-game collection Crazy Test coming to an iPhone, iPod Touch near you
A new game bundle is set to hit the AppStore. We’re talking about a single application with 70 mini games — something that promises to keep everyone entertained for quite some time. The name of the game(s) is Crazy Test and it comes from Danish studio Tactile Entertainment, which BTW is also working on another…
iPad Does What Nintendon’t; Super Nintendo Emulator on iPad
In case you haven’t caught on by now, I’m pretty excited about the iPad. I’m especially excited about it’s gaming potential, which you probably knew already from my last two articles. I’m going to keep the iPad gaming train a-rollin’, but this time, we’ll be looking at an app that isn’t an official app, but…
Motion-based apps get a special section in Nokia’s Ovi Store, sort of
If you’ve been looking for motion-based games for your Nokia handset, look no further. You can find some of them from store.ovi.com/publisher/eyeSight. As you can guess from the URL, it’s not a page dedicated to motion-based games, but a page listing all titles from publisher – eyeSight. However, you should know every eyeSight’s title is…
Nintendo downplays Apple’s role in mobile gaming
If you think all those swell games on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad are making Nintendo nervous, you’d be reasonable but wrong. “I’ve seen data that suggests that while consumers are constantly downloading apps, they play with them for a few times and then they are moving on to the next thing,” Reggie Fils-Aime,…
Top 11 iPad Games You Need To Be Playing
The release of the iPad is finally upon us. Some of you were sitting at home, sipping your morning cup ‘o joe when your friendly FedEx man came by to drop off your iPad, while others sat outside of your local Apple Store on a milk crate for a week straight eating nothing but Doritos…