Category: IOS

Square-Enix, it’s time you received a talking-to. We know it’s been a tumultuous time for traditional game publishers; you’ve been doing things the same way for decades, but then the mobile market roared in and turned everything around. Nobody expects you guys to take to mobile game publication as easily as a Tonberry takes to…

Oh, has it been twenty minutes? Time for a new Asphalt game. Aw, we kid. We kid, because we love. The Asphalt series is one of the most popular racing series on iOS, and deservedly so: They’re solid games, fun to play, and easy to control. Each installment pushes out mobile visuals that rival this…

Over the summer, we were thrilled when DotEmu and SNK Playmore released Metal Slug 3 for iOS. With its iCade compatibility, pixel-perfect emulation, and Bluetooth multiplayer, Metal Slug 3 set a gold standard for arcade ports. Its predecessor Metal Slug 1 is still a fun game, but it also represents a slight step backward for…

Shall we play a game? Great! Let’s play WarGames. This iOS match-3 title is based on the ’80s cult film WarGames starring Matthew Broderick. Surprisingly, in this game, you play as the sinister artificial intelligence called WOPR (War Operation Plan Response) that Broderick squares off against to prevent nuclear war. The game follows the events…

Steven Spielberg’s App Store debut begins with his first iOS release, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. The film has been received successfully by UK audiences since its release on October 26, 2011. The United States release on December 21st will likely continue to receive positive reviews from critics and moviegoers alike.…

When North Americans talk pudding, we usually mean the cups of chocolate goo that mom and dad would pack in our lunch. However, in the UK, the term “pudding” can refer to any dessert dish, including quivering masses of lime gelatin that travel through broken-down Fun House rides. If you’ve never tried haunted house-flavored gelatin,…

The Shadow Sun is a game that I honestly thought we would never see. Announced three years ago, the game was promised to be something that would give us an Elder Scrolls-like experience for iOS from developers who had worked on games like Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights. With a gameplay promise like that and…

If you missed out on Monino, a Super Mario Bros. clone that soiled the App Store last year for a few hours before being pulled, then your next best shot at playing a cheap Mario rip-off on iOS was Super Jump World Plus. Unfortunately, the game was removed from the App Store yesterday before we…

If you ever wondered what a combination between F-Zero and Gradius would look like, the answer is probably something like Delta-V Racing. You don’t get the same sense of speed that you experience when you play F-Zero, but you do get futuristic-looking cars and a power-up system that seems like it would be right at…

Infinity Blade is not a role-playing game. Role-playing games generally have deep storylines, large casts of characters, and game worlds you can explore at your leisure. Infinity Blade has none of those things. Instead, it has some of the most visceral action we’ve experienced on the platform, a well-tuned equipment system, and a gorgeous and…

When developers make a game as wildly popular as Temple Run, they usually don’t want to change the formula too much in a sequel. With Temple Run 2, the folks at Imangi Studios have played it fairly safe, but they’ve managed to improve on just about every aspect of the original. Temple Run 2 uses…

Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete was actually a remake of a Sega CD endeavor, but it’s the first brush many of us had with the brilliant RPG Lunar: The Silver Star. The classic tale of a Dragonmaster and his dearest companions has made its way to iOS as a fantastic mobile port under the name…