Following Angry Birds, we have another iPhone success story to share. The name of the game is Doodle Jump, it costs 99 cents and it has hit the 3 million paid downloads mark! That’s more than two other popular titles – Flight Control and Pocket God, and I’m sure I’m not the only one impressed…
Casual games get social connectivity thanks to Oberon Media
Casual games platform provider Oberon Media has announced that it has continued its efforts to bring social functionality features to casual games by launching connected features in download games. This builds on the success the company has gained leveraging these features in Smartphone and online games and highlights Oberon’s aggressive push to bring social connectivity…
Free webOS Games from EA for UK Palm Pre Owners
Palm Pre owners in the UK will be happy to hear that EA Mobile is giving away three free 3D games with every handset: The Sims 3, Monopoly, and Need for Speed Undercover. Palm has been hitting GDC hard with their new plug-in development kit, which will allow games to be written in C++ and…
A New Challenger Approaches as Namco Brings Tekken to the iPhone
Now that Street Fighter IV has been released on the iPhone, it seems Namco is now throwing its hat into the iPhone ring by announcing they will be bringing Tekken to the iPhone, by way of a source close to Namco. Not much else is known at this time, not even which iteration of Tekken…
Just in Time for March Madness: Miller Lite ‘Tip ‘n Spin’ Game for iPhone
Just in time for March Madness, Miller Lite has put together an iPhone app for the legal-aged beer-drinking basketball fan. Combining ones love for beer and basketball, the Miller Lite ‘Tip ‘n Spin’ iPhone app puts you to the test by making you spin and balance a basketball on top of a Miller Lite bottle.…
Street Fighter IV iPhone Released on the App Store
The Game Developer’s Conference is currently underway in San Francisco this week and during last night’s super secret Street Fighter event, Capcom pulled the switch and put Street Fighter IV onto the App Store. As I mentioned in an earlier post, Street Fighter IV will cost you $9.99 and feature 8 out of the 19…
Palm beefs up gaming for webOS
Just one day after Google beefed up Android with an eye on gaming, Palm introduced tools that could bring 3D graphics and improved performance to webOS applications. The company previewed its Plug-in Development Kit at CES earlier this year, and it finally made a beta version available to developers over the weekend. The PDK lets…
‘De Blob Revolution’ Arrives for iPhone Gamers
Late yesterday, THQ Wireless announced an iPhone version of ‘De Blob’ for $2.99. In this latest edition, De Blog is found inside buildings where ‘graydians’ are trapped by the evil I.N.K.T. Corporation. It’s up to you to find the best possible route through each floor and save as many of the graydians as possible… and…
Space Impact: Meteor Shield for the Nokia N97/N97 mini is the first game to use digital compass sensor
By now we’ve seen quite a few games that rely on accelerometer for user controls. However, we haven’t seen a single title that takes advantage of the built-in compass. Until now… The game is called Space Impact: Meteor Shield and it’s available for the Nokia N97 and N97 mini owners. It sees you protecting the…
Chillingo’s Angry Birds surpasses half a million paid downloads
No wonder Daniel is super excited about Angry Birds. I’ve just checked it out to see what’s so special about it when it succeeded to reach half a million paid downloads in less than a month! And I love it – it’s super addictive, at least for those who liked the Crazy Penguin Catapult game.…