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Daily iPhone App: Bookworm Heroes takes Popcap's wordfinding classic social

by Mike Schramm (Apr 25th, 2013)

The big deal with Popcap's latest big entry into the App Store, Bookworm Heroes, is that it's social. It's a version of the company's popular wordfinding game given a social twist, so that you can play against your friends, neighbors, or just random people online. But here's the thing I most ...

Daily iPhone App: Lie Swatter has you swatting lies for fun with friends

by Mike Schramm (Apr 10th, 2013)

Developer Jellyvision is best known as the company behind the great You Don't Know Jack series -- they've made nearly every version of the best-selling trivia video game, including the really great iOS iteration. Lie Swatter is the latest game from the company, and while it's not related to You ...

Payback 2 goes free-to-play

by Mike Schramm (Apr 10th, 2013)

Payback 2 arrived on the App Store late last year. It's the sequel to a game called Payback that was sort of a Grand Theft Auto for iOS (before Grand Theft Auto for iOS was actually released). Payback 2 added online multiplayer and a new "custom mode," and as of today, it has gone free-to-play, ...

Borderlands 2 for Mac gets a multiplayer update

by Mike Schramm (Apr 5th, 2013)

Borderlands 2 arrived on the Mac late last year, but unfortunately the publisher, Aspyr Media, wasn't able to get the multiplayer working in time for the release. Today the company has released a patch that enables multiplayer co-op through Game Center, along with leaderboards and ...

Civ Revolution updated, with multiplayer and more

by Mike Schramm (Feb 21st, 2013)

Civ Revolution is one of my favorite apps on my iPad -- I'm a big Civ fan, and I think Civ Rev is a great touchscreen adaptation of the series. And now, it's even better: 2K Games has released an update for the app that adds a number of new in-app purchase packs, giving you the option to pick ...

FishLabs working on Galaxy on Fire strategy MMO

by Mike Schramm (Feb 11th, 2013)

If you've never downloaded Galaxy on Fire 2 for iOS (especially considering that it went free a little while ago), I'm comfortable with calling you nuts at this point. The game, which is a free flying space trading/combat title, is just plain terrific, with some of the best-looking graphics on ...

Daily iPad App: Deepworld pulls off some very impressive multiplayer magic

by Mike Schramm (Dec 20th, 2012)

Deepworld is a very impressive title, and I told the creators as much back when I met them at GDC earlier this year. In fact, it was so impressive that I kind of doubted they could pull it off. A full 2D server-based Minecraft multiplayer game, running on the iPad? Sounds good, but good luck, ...

Osmos gets its multiplayer update

by Mike Schramm (Jul 20th, 2012)

Hemisphere Games has released a big update to the great indie game Osmos that adds in a new multiplayer mode. You can face off against a friend on another device and enter an arena where both players need to consume variously sized orbs around them, each one vying to become bigger than the ...

Daily iPhone App: Quizboard makes Scrabble more trivial

by Mike Schramm (Jun 18th, 2012)

Since the success of Scrabblous on Facebook and Words with Friends on the iPhone, there have been plenty of Scrabble-like games out there, where you place lettered tiles on a board trying to spell words for a high score. But Quizboard smartly takes that gameplay, and puts a new twist on it: ...

Worms 2 Armageddon gets asychronous play

by Mike Schramm (Jun 11th, 2012)

Worms 2 Armageddon for iOS has just picked up an update with the most requested feature in Worms history: Asychronous play. That long word, in case you haven't heard it before, simply means that players can now play against each other on different schedules. We're talking about Worms with ...

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 ...

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, ...

Kard Combat, Spy Mouse, more push big updates

by Mike Schramm (Nov 3rd, 2011)

Hothead Games' great freemium card game for iOS, Kard Combat, has gotten a big update this week in the App Store. The biggest new feature is a new "pass-and-play" multiplayer mode, which allows for two players with one iOS device in the same place to play their cards out, and then pass the ...

Death Rally gets big multiplayer update

by Mike Schramm (Oct 20th, 2011)

Death Rally is a great iOS title from Remedy Entertainment, the makers of the Alan Wake game for the Xbox 360 a little while back. (Quick disclaimer: I, Mike Schramm, actually have a cameo in the game, for turning in a solid time at a press event. But I wasn't paid at all for my appearance, and ...

Real Racing 2 update brings splitscreen Party Play action

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 7th, 2011)

Real Racing 2, Firemint's popular car racing game for the iPhone, is all ready to take advantage of the improvements iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S will give users. Set to be released soon after iOS 5 launches, the next update to Real Racing 2 will introduce Party Play, a multi-player feature that ...