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Atari team rejoins to make mobile titles

by Mike Schramm (Feb 3rd, 2012)

Seamus Blackley is one of the co-creators of Microsoft's original Xbox console, and he put together a really interesting team of old-school Atari game developers recently to make mobile games. Blackley's new company is called Innovative Leisure, ...

Rage Campaign Edition now available on the Mac App Store

by Mike Schramm (Feb 3rd, 2012)

I almost didn't bother telling you all about this, because the circumstances around this release really rub the wrong way. But for gamers who've been waiting to play id games' latest, Rage, on the Mac, the Campaign Edition of the title is now ...

Ghost Trick sneaks onto iOS tomorrow

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2012)

I'm excited about this one -- Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective was one of the best mobile games on the year that didn't appear on iOS in 2011, but the wait is over: Though it's been on iOS in Japan for a little while, the game is finally coming to ...

Liv Games releases Monster Wars on iOS at Macworld | iWorld 2012

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2012)

I first met Liv Games' Orian Livnat at last year's Macworld, where he showed me a wild game called Legendary Wars that mashed up a number of different genres and ideas in a mix created by Livnat and his family and friends. At the time I thought the ...

Daily iPad App: Paper Monsters

by Mike Schramm (Jan 31st, 2012)

I've found that iOS isn't the best platform (so to speak) for platformers. I love games like Mario and Sonic, where you drive a little character around, jumping between platforms and collecting goodies. The lack of physical buttons on Apple's touch ...

Daily iPhone App: Blot

by Mike Schramm (Jan 30th, 2012)

There's a lot of buzz around cloning apps lately. Zynga recently received some flak for making a clone of Tiny Tower, and there's a big lawsuit around Triple Town and its clone Yeti Town. I would argue that there's a right way and a wrong way to ...

Macworld | iWorld 2012: XMG Studios working on a location-based Ghostbusters game

by Mike Schramm (Jan 28th, 2012)

XMG Studio is an indie iOS developer in Toronto that's gotten to work with some very decidedly un-indie licenses. They have made a few popular and original iOS games already (including Cows vs. Aliens and Cannon Cadets), but lately they've been ...

2011 Best App Ever winners announced

by Mike Schramm (Jan 27th, 2012)

Jeff Scott of 148 Apps has announced the winners for the Best App Ever for 2011, and you can review at the official site right now. Jetpack Joyride from Halfbrick was the overall winner in the iOS devision (which is a great app, but probably also ...

Valve debuts free Steam Mobile iPhone app

by Chris Rawson (Jan 26th, 2012)

Valve has released Steam Mobile for iOS, a free app for the iPhone. According to Valve, "With the free Steam app for iOS, you can participate in the Steam community wherever you go. Chat with your Steam friends, browse community groups and user ...

Daily iPad App: Triple Town

by Mike Schramm (Jan 25th, 2012)

Triple Town was originally a Facebook game, so it does have some weird freemium elements that are kind of annoying: There are some weird turn mechanics where you actually need to "buy" turns, either with in-game gold or real money, that can get ...

NimbleBit calls out Zynga clone of Tiny Tower

by Mike Schramm (Jan 25th, 2012)

Zynga, which has made its fortune on Farmville, has released an app in Canada (not on the American App Store yet) called Dream Heights, which bears much more than a passing resemblance to Tiny Tower, a terrific and very successful freemium game ...

Atari follows up freemium Breakout Boost with paid Breakout Boost+

by Mike Schramm (Jan 25th, 2012)

A little while back, Atari continued its releases of updated classic games for iOS with Breakout Boost, a freemium version of the classic brickbreaking game that offers updated graphics and a few new mechanics to go with them. This week Atari ...

Unofficial Dominion on iOS now, official version later

by Mike Schramm (Jan 25th, 2012)

I'm a big fan of Ascension, the iOS app that replicates the real-life deck-building card game of the same name. But when it comes to more self-contained deck-building card games where you build a deck as you play, as opposed to collectible card ...

Daily iPad App: The Bard's Tale

by Mike Schramm (Jan 24th, 2012)

The Bard's Tale was originally released on Microsoft's first Xbox console, and it was a sort of a side-make of the original point-and-click RPG adventure game from the 80s (which itself is represented on the App Store by an app called Silversword, ...

Daily iPad App: Puzzlejuice

by Mike Schramm (Jan 23rd, 2012)

Puzzlejuice is an inventive new game from the creators of Solipskier. Mike and Greg's Greg Wohlwend and partner Asher Vollmer have created a hardcore puzzle game that spans the genre and lets you sort it all out. The basic mechanic of Puzzlejuice ...

Daily iPhone App: Async Corp

by Mike Schramm (Jan 20th, 2012)

Async Corp. is about as charming as a puzzle game gets. There are a few flaws with it (most notably that the game does a terrible job of actually telling you how to play, but I'll fix that in a second), but it's just so cute and so charmingly ...