Tag Archives: iPad

Yolanda Green

Don’t drown in this horror game’s preview

February 15, 2013 at 3:00 pm | 17 Comments

The Drowning, created by former Battlefield, Far Cry and Halo devs is a first-person-shooter coming to mobile devices, but before you just don’t click here because you saw the word “mobile”, think about taking a look. It’s not going to be played with virtual joysticks and will be more attractive to hardcore gamers.


Darryn Bonthuys

Carmageddon iOS Review – Top Gore

October 24, 2012 at 12:45 pm | 13 Comments

Let me take you back to a different age in gaming. Platformers were still all the rage, modern battlefields were nowhere to be seen and storming Normandy Beach was more popular than a Backstreet Boys concert. And then along came Carmageddon, skidding onto screens while tail-swiping pedestrians in an ocean of blood that upset mothers and eager politicians all around the world. The venerable racer and genocide simulator is back, this time on mobile devices. But does it still have charm, or is it a stark reminder of how far we’ve come in recent years?


Darryn Bonthuys

By the power of Grayskull! He-Man is headed to iOS!

October 9, 2012 at 3:00 pm | 16 Comments

I HAVE…THE POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWER!


Darryn Bonthuys

iOS Round-up: A new Double-Fine adventure, Bastion and Phoenix Wright are on the way

August 31, 2012 at 1:30 pm | 4 Comments

As much as I love my Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles, chilling upside on a couch with an iPad playing some Kingdom Rush is sometimes the better alternative. The iOS platform has no shortage of quality games, and imitations of those titles, and it’s getting some fresh blood soon in the form of a Capcom classic, a whiskey-voiced blockbuster and something new from Tim Schafer and the gang at Double Fine.


Geoffrey Tim

The World Ends with You coming to iOS – but it’ll cost ya!

August 27, 2012 at 12:00 pm | 7 Comments

Last week, I was pretty excited t that Square-Enix’s rather damned incredible touch-based Action RPG The World End with You was coming to iOS, giving millions more people the chance to exorcise Shibuya of its demons. Today, with the reveal of just how much its going to cost, my enthusiasm’s waned significantly.


Geoffrey Tim

Buy Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013, get free cards

June 15, 2012 at 2:00 pm | 0 Comments

Next week, Wizards of the Coast will release the latest in their series acclaimed digital versions of their popular trading card game, Magic the Gathering. In a bit of cross-promotion, they’ll be offering real-life cards to those who buy duels of the Planeswalkers 2013.


Darryn Bonthuys

E3 2012: Watch Dogs will support real time cross-play on mobile devices

June 6, 2012 at 1:00 pm | 3 Comments

Out of all the great games that assaulted our synapses this past week, without a doubt, Watch Dogs is high up on that list. The Ubisoft title looks like a mix of sandbox gameplay with cyber-warfare and vigilantism, bundled with unbelievable visuals.

It’s an ambitious game, with high production values and ideas, which cannot be contained in just one console it seems, as Watch Dogs will also be playable on tablet devices.


Darryn Bonthuys

Five great games that would be at home on the iPad

May 9, 2012 at 1:45 pm | 9 Comments

I love my iPad, there’s no denying that. Sure, I’m all for the big guns in gaming, console and PC, and playing online with friends is a joy, but when I feel like something a little more casual, or don’t want to shift my lazy gluteus maximus out of bed, the tablet device and it’s ten inch screen is just marvellous.

Games such as Kingdom Rush, Jetpack Joyride and the recently discovered Battleheart (Thanks Domzor), make for some fantastic entertainment. But there also games out there, that I would positively go giddy for, where they repackaged and released on the device.

Here’s a look at five such games, which will most likely never be available on the iPad. Still, one can dream.


Geoffrey Tim

There was a multiplayer Mass Effect First Person shooter?

March 16, 2012 at 2:00 pm | 5 Comments

Mass Effect 3 has a multiplayer component. I can’t say I’ve even looked at it yet. I’m told it’s similar to Gears of War’s Horde mode and that it’s actually pretty damned good, but I’m still busy with the single player game - which is what’s always been most important to me.

The multiplayer, apparently, started out as a first person shooter set in the Mass Effect Universe, called Mass effect Team Assault.


Geoffrey Tim

Sony says the PSP confused people

November 30, 2011 at 8:30 am | 6 Comments

Sony Europe’s Jim Ryan, speaking of the ageing, soon-to-be-replaced PSP said that the company’s attempts to market the device as multimedia device instead of a gaming-focused one confused people. That won’t happen with the Vita, he says, because this time they’re punting it as a gaming machine.


Darryn Bonthuys

Grand Theft Auto is coming to Android and iOS devices, gets a cool figure as well

October 14, 2011 at 2:00 pm | 4 Comments

We really don’t give enough attention to other mobile gaming devices here on the site. But with the recent announcement of powerhouse tablet devices, cell-phones and more efficient operating systems, it looks like these overlooked items may be getting more advanced games to their library, titles which will provide hours of fun and actually be more contemporary and in line with what us PC and console gamers are experiencing.

The first such title? Why none other than Grand Theft Auto 3, the game that defined the sandbox genre and led the way for numerous copycats. Liberty City is once again our psychopathic playground, and this time, we’re going to have even more action in our hands.


Geoffrey Tim

id’s mobile RAGE temporarily free

August 19, 2011 at 1:00 pm | 3 Comments

The release of id’s glorious 60 frames per second  post-apocalyptic shooter might still be a few months away, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get  a taste of RAGE right now. For free too, if you’re sporting one of Apple’s shiny iDevices.


Nick de Bruyne

Machinarium Coming To iPad – Possibly Sooner Than We Thought

July 27, 2011 at 2:00 pm | 1 Comment

Machinarium, the stunningly beautiful and acclaimed (85/100 on Metacritic) adventure/puzzle game that has graced PCs for such a long while, will finally be making its way to the iPad.


Gavin Mannion

Download the Alice: Madness Returns interactive storybook

May 23, 2011 at 9:30 am | 4 Comments

In the lead up to the release of Alice: Madness Returns EA have released an iPad enabled interactive storybook which is available to download for free from iTunes right now. I unfortunately don’t have an iPad so I can’t really say if it’s worth it or not but in more important news they have also released a trailer and thanks to the genius of Ian Felmore we have been able to brand it in our own unique way. So please do let us know what you think of our new video intro that can be seen below.

Gavin Mannion

iPhone 4 3D demo that would make Johnny Lee proud

April 12, 2011 at 10:30 am | 7 Comments

A defining moment for me as a gamer was when I watched that first YouTube video of Johnny Lee and the Wii headtracking, it was mind blowing and just showed the still untouched abilities of 3D gaming and the Wii. Well the years have passed (3 to be exact) and we now have the Kinect which Microsoft hired Johnny to help with but we are still not seeing that 3D technology.
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