Growing up a child of the 80s, I certainly have an appreciation for new games that pay homage to anything within the 8-bit to 16-bit era, especially when it comes to games that ramp up the difficulty meter to near impossible levels in order to give the current generation of gamers a nice kick in…
Infinity Blade franchise exceeds $30 million in earnings; Infinity Blade 2 earns $5 million
We all know how popular Epic Games and ChAIR Entertainment’s Infinity Blade series has been ever since the first game released last year, which is why it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone the Infinity Blade franchise has earned over $30 million in sales with Infinity Blade 2 earning over $5 million a month within…
Apple iPhone 4S lands in China, other countries, Jan. 13
The iPhone 4S will be landing in China and 22 other countries starting Jan. 13 and this represents the fastest iPhone rollout ever for Apple. The iPhone 4S sports a similar physical design as the previous year’s model but it boasts an improved processor, an 8-megapixel camera, the voice-controlled Siri and the new iOS 5…
Alien Hominid: PDA Games brings over 500 levels to iOS; The Behemoth be praised
The Behemoth has got to be one of my favorite indie developers as all of their games have certainly kept me and other gamers entertained for years. Alien Hominid & Castle Crashers are two XBLA titles that I thoroughly enjoyed when they were released, which is why I was excited to learn The Behemoth has…
Siri tells British child to ‘shut the f*** up’
I think it’s safe to say we were all secretly hoping for a humorous story like this to make headlines at one point, but I never thought I’d see the day. In Coventry, England, Kim Le Quesne is reporting with utter disgust that a display model of the Apple iPhone 4S cussed at her 10-year-old…
GameStop’s iOS device trade-in program “exceeds expectations”
GameStop has been making its presence known in the mobile world as they not only announced they will be working on their own Android gaming tablet, but they’ve also lured a number of curious future Android tablet owners by setting up kiosks with an Asus Transformer for kids and kidults to poke at. This past September,…
SEGA announces Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II for iOS, Android
It was over a year ago when SEGA released Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I, and as we all assumed given that it was the first episode, a second episode would follow. SEGA today has announced we will, in fact, be seeing Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II on iOS, but Android users will also…
Argentina bans iPhone, BlackBerry imports to support local production
In an attempt to rectify issues with Argentina’s economy, the South American country placed a temporary ban on imports of foreign-made electronics. Two of the most well-known of those electronics are the iPhone and BlackBerry devices. Apple and RIM collectively account for 60 percent of Argentina’s smartphone market, so the ban is going to have…
Apple iPhone users download more than 5 million apps a day
A new report from the mobile advertising company Fiksu found that Apple iPhone app downloads have increased 83 percent from last year and iPhone owners are downloading roughly 5 million apps a day. The mobile advertising company Fiksu published the results of its research on what it calls App Store Competitive Index, Cost per Loyal…
Get Siri on your non-iPhone 4S with this method
Hacker ‘chpwn’ introduced Spire a few days ago, his own unique hack to get Siri on older, jailbroken iPhones and unlike previous Siri ports, this one is completely legal and free of any copyrighted binaries. Unfortunately, it’s not very useful to most consumers, since it requires a bit of technical work. Here’s the process. Spire…