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Buffalo Wild Wings testing iPads for ordering

by Mike Schramm (Feb 8th, 2012)

While we were in San Francisco for Macworld | iWorld, I noticed that the wait staff at Mel's Drive-in were using iPads to take orders. I hadn't seen that before, but apparently the folks at Mel's have used iPads for a while. Now an even bigger restaurant chain, Buffalo Wild Wings, is planning to ...

Mass Effect 3 getting an iOS game

by Mike Schramm (Feb 7th, 2012)

Mass Effect 2 got its own iOS game when it was released on the traditional consoles a few years ago, and since Mass Effect 3 is due out in another month or so here, you probably won't be surprised to hear that EA is again planning another iOS game tie-in for the release. This time around, though, ...

Daily iPad App: Monster Wars is a great addition to Legendary Wars series

by Mike Schramm (Feb 6th, 2012)

I first saw Monster Wars a little while ago at Macworld as Liv Games was just publishing it, but the title has been out for a little while now and I've had a little longer to play with it. Monster Wars is not only another huge content pack for Legendary Wars, with tons of new stages, modes and ...

Apple removes one iOS developer's copycat games

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 6th, 2012)

Image: Shutterstock A few days ago, I caught a tweet from Paul Haddad (of Tapbots), showing a screen full of obvious copycat apps from one developer. Of course, anyone who has spent appreciable time on the App Store knows there are plenty of copycats out there. Not all of them are small shops, ...

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 available on the Mac App Store, for US$39.99. The ...

Ticket to Ride Pocket adds asynchronous multiplayer

by Mike Schramm (Feb 2nd, 2012)

The pocket version of Ticket to Ride by Days of Wonder is among the best board game adaptations for the iPhone, and it's just gotten better with asynchronous multiplayer support. Now you can start a game with friends through Game Center, and take turns back and forth across the Internet. The ...

Former Xbox Live marketing exec may join Apple

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 2nd, 2012)

Apple conquered the smartphone and tablet market, and it may be turning its sights on the gaming market next. According to a report from MCV, Robin Burrowes, the Xbox Live marketing manager for EMEA, has left Microsoft to join Apple. Burrowes will supposedly take over marketing for the App Store ...

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 getting more and more involved in licensed work. They ...

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 is more or less that of Tetris. Blocks fall from ...

Daily iPhone App: Hero Academy

by Mike Schramm (Jan 18th, 2012)

Honestly, I'm not very good at Hero Academy. It's a deep game, slow to develop (asychronous multiplayer mode dictates the pace) and tough to learn. Still, I've enjoyed it. It's the first iOS title from Robot Entertainment, the company behind the Steam and console hit Orcs Must Die! (In fact, ...

GameChanger board uses your iPad for board games

by Mike Schramm (Jan 12th, 2012)

We stopped by Identity Games' booth here at CES in Las Vegas to see its GameChanger game board (which you can basically see above, albeit in a very cheery/creepy PR picture setting). Despite the less-than-intriguing marketing, the GameChanger is a really great idea. It's a 1'x3' board with an ...

ION Audio follows up iCade with two new devices, iCade Mobile and the iCade Jr.

by Mike Schramm (Jan 9th, 2012)

ION Audio has had a hit this last year with its iCade arcade cabinet, a standalone Bluetooth controller for the iPad that turned Apple's tablet into a miniature arcade system. And now the company is following up that success with three new devices, meant to make games on the iPhone and iPod ...

Infinity Blade franchise pulls in $30 million in 2011

by Mike Schramm (Jan 5th, 2012)

Angry Birds isn't the only iOS brand that did well over the holiday season: Chair Entertainment reports that Infinity Blade also raked in the money this past holiday season (and the year previous). The franchise as a whole has picked up a whopping $30 million so far. That includes both the ...

Osmos tips to help push you along

by Mike Schramm (Jan 4th, 2012)

We've seen a couple rounds of Infinity Blade tips so far, but what if your iOS gaming tastes run a little bit less combative and a little bit more trajectory-based? Here are some excellent tips for the physics-based puzzle game Osmos, hosted by the game's music composers. The core mechanic of ...

Daily iPhone App: WordsWorth

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 3rd, 2012)

If you like word games like Scrabble or SpellTower, then you'll want to take a look at WordsWorth. According to the developer, WordsWorth landed in the App Store in 2009 and was one of the first word games available for the iPhone. It's very similar to PopCap's Bookworm game, but WordsWorth has ...