I was worried going in to Toybox, since the game seems to take pride in its inspiration – the ‘game’ of patting your head while rubbing your stomach. My concern was simple – that’s a really, really irritating game to play, unless you’re good at it, in which case it’s…
Read MoreThe RPG genre is a nice fit for the iPhone. Turn-based combat and single-button input reduces the discomfort from virtual control systems, and this is a genre where fans are quite happy to play with simple 2D sprites, making games relatively easy to develop for small teams. That said, Grinsia…
Read MoreFiremint and Iron Monkey, two of EA’s most prominent development studios responsible for mobile hits Flight Control, Real Racing, The Sims Free Play and Mass Effect Infiltrator, have combined to form one giant studio. It’s now called Firemonkeys, and will be based out of Melbourne (making EA Melbourne Australia’s largest…
Read MoreWhat would the world be like if every action was a crime? No Red T-Shirts offers insight into a futuristic government that attempts to undermine the populace at every turn. Well, that’s not entirely accurate, but it makes for a potential argument from the more cynical people suffering at the…
Read MoreClassic Amiga shooter Alien Breed lands on iOS devices soon with all its retro charm intact. Called ‘the original survival horror game’ in the release, Alien Breed is a classically designed, top down shooter. This particular version of the game will arrive on the App Store in all its glory…
Read MoreA very impressive little FPS hit the iOS App Store today from developer Madfinger. Dead Trigger might be one of the best looking shooters on the platform. To say that DT’s visuals are ‘console quality’ isn’t all that much of a stretch. I mean, yes it is another zombie game,…
Read MoreJust as Capcom’s Street Fighter 4 made the jump, a mobile version of Street Fighter x Tekken is on the way to iPhones soon. There’s really nothing to report as to details just yet (so don’t get too excited) as Capcom has only produced a handful of screens and a…
Read MoreWay, way back, our (then new) editor, Clark, wrote one of his first reviews for Digitally Downloaded: a little indie game on XBLA called Akane the Kunoichi. He rather liked it, and now it’s finally on the other great indie platform, the iOS App Stores. This is a good thing…
Read MoreOne of the regular complaints that we hear regarding the iPad and gaming is: “it needs physical buttons before it can be a real games playing machine!” Notwithstanding the fact that anyone who spends more than a few hours with an iPad quickly realises that it doesn’t need physical buttons…
Read MoreA new level cap and lots more added to the iOS version of everyones favorite cloud hopping adventure. Loads of new stuff was added this week to Skylanders Cloud patrol, the shooting gallery type spin-off of the popular (that’s an understatement right there) console and portable game Skyanders Spyro’s Adventure.…
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