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Daily iPhone App: This Could Hurt dodges danger with ease

by Mike Schramm (May 14th, 2012)

I first saw Chillingo's latest title, This Could Hurt, at GDC earlier this year, and back then I didn't really get into it. It's a one-button title that I thought looked a little too simple. But after giving it a longer try post-release, there's actually a lot of surprising depth here. Yes, ...

Daily iPhone App: Lock 'n' Load makes dual stick fun again

by Mike Schramm (Apr 24th, 2012)

I can't keep up with everything Chillingo is putting out on the App Store lately -- they're really kicking out the jams over there. One of their latest titles is Lock 'n' Load, and even if, like me, you're tired of the well-traveled dual-stick shooter genre on iOS, this one's worth a look ...

New games and updates on the App Store: Hunger Games, Dragonvale, more

by Mike Schramm (Mar 22nd, 2012)

Angry Birds Space wasn't the only big new release to hit the App Store last night. Here are some other noteworthy apps and updates that are now available (all prices are USD). Canabalt creator Adam Saltzman's new game, which is based on the upcoming Hunger Games movie, is now available as ...

EA previews titles from Chillingo and Firemint: New Flight Control, Burnout Crash, more

by Mike Schramm (Mar 11th, 2012)

EA had a large suite set up at GDC last week to show off its various new and recent offerings. Here's a quick roundup of what the company is working on for iOS, including among all of its recent acquisitions: PopCap, Firemint, and Chillingo. PopCap was up first -- the popular casual games ...

Some excellent new apps today: AAaaa!!, Hookshot Escape, lots more

by Mike Schramm (Mar 1st, 2012)

It's Thursday, which means the new Apple-approved games and apps went up on the App Store yesterday, and there are quite a few good ones out this week. I'm not sure why devs decided to drop so many games on us (maybe just aiming to get them out by GDC next week), but if you need something to play ...

Cut the Rope and Where's my Water getting toys, more content

by Mike Schramm (Feb 13th, 2012)

The New York Toy Fair is on this week, and so collectors and toy buyers alike are hearing about all sorts of new products. And given that the iPhone is one of the largest brands around, it's probably no surprise that iOS-based game properties are very popular this year. Disney's Where's My Water ...

Daily iPhone App: Spice Invaders

by Mike Schramm (Feb 9th, 2012)

If you're tired of tower defense games, I don't blame you. Feel free to skip this post, but let me say this before you go: I wouldn't spotlight yet another tower defense game if it wasn't special. That's why Spice Invaders has made the cut. The standard tower defense tropes are in place. Build and ...

App Store holiday sales on now: GTA 3, id software, Dungeon Raid, lots more

by Mike Schramm (Dec 22nd, 2011)

The App Store freeze goes down today, so this is the last chance for many developers to put their apps on sale. And of course, many have taken advantage of that chance. Before we even start listing sales today, many of the sales previously listed, including EA and Gameloft's whole-catalog ...

Daily iPhone App: Extraction Project Outbreak

by Mike Schramm (Nov 30th, 2011)

Extraction: Project Outbreak is a recent title from Chillingo that's an interesting mix of shooter and what's essentially real-time strategy. You control one soldier as you fight through a series of missions, and the control scheme is pretty interesting. You touch on the screen to move around ...

Daily iPhone App: Superman

by Mike Schramm (Nov 23rd, 2011)

This one kind of came out of left field -- there isn't really any reason for Chillingo to release a Superman game, especially one created by Flash developer Tiger Games. Superman games in general don't usually work well anyway: How exactly do you put a challenge on pretending to be the Man of ...

SpellTower, Chickon, Superman and lots of other iOS releases today

by Mike Schramm (Nov 17th, 2011)

Believe it or not, we are getting into the start of the holiday season, and that means tons of action on the App Store as people head over to buy apps for their new devices. There are a bunch of exciting new apps to check out today, so here's a quick list: Hothead Games (makers of Kard ...

Daily iPhone App: Poker Pals

by Mike Schramm (Nov 7th, 2011)

I'll admit it: I never got into Words with Friends. I know it's a very popular and well-done game, but for some reason, Scrabble-style titles never appealed to me. But Poker Pals, a social title recently published by Chillingo and developed by Aspyr, scratches the same itch for me. Instead of ...

Daily iPhone App: DrawRace 2

by Mike Schramm (Sep 2nd, 2011)

I got to see DrawRace 2 in action back at GDC this year, and it's a wild one. The title is a racing game at heart, but it plays unlike any racing game you've ever seen: Instead of driving the car around the track, you actually just draw a path around, dictating where the car will go, when it ...

Daily iPhone App: Contre Jour

by Mike Schramm (Aug 26th, 2011)

I saw Chillingo's new game Contre Jour back at E3 this year, and really enjoyed it. It's a very atmospheric puzzle-platformer in the vein of games like Cut the Rope, but as you can tell from the title (which is French for "against daylight"), it's a little darker than that game. You run an ...

TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Blobster

by Mike Schramm (Jul 22nd, 2011)

I got to see Blobster in action earlier this year at both GDC and E3, and both times it impressed me with its wacky premise and followthrough. It's a platformer, but unlike any you've ever played before. Instead of jumping around, you're instead flinging a little blob of goo around, pushing him ...