Category Archives: App Store

Tekken Card Tournament is the new fighting game from Namco. It sees players collecting up to 191 cards and then using them to apply fists to face, feet to groins – and if you’re Kuma – arse to mouth. It’s out now on various devices and browsers.

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Injustice: Gods Among Us developer NetherRealm Studios is reported to be putting together an iOS build of its DC Comics brawler.

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Haunted Hollow is the next game from XCOM developer Firaxis. It’s a strategy title heading to iOS devices that has a supernatural twist. Publisher 2K Games has released a piece of debut artwork to go along with the announcement.

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Scurvy Scallywags is the next game from legendary adventure game developer Ron Gilbert. Just a week after he bid farewell to Double Fine, he’s back with the announcement of his next game. It’s described as a “musical match-3 pirate RPG”. You can’t say the man isn’t creative.

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Urban Trial Freestyle developer Tate Multimedia has confirmed that its answer to Red Lynx’s Trials Evolution is heading to 3DS and iOS in spring.

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Ridiculous Fishing developer Vlambeer has suggested that developers need to stop being afraid of charging $3 for mobile games, partly because it’s impossible to create a “non-evil” freemium model. They say such ‘free’ methods simply don’t reflect well.

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Real Racing 3 has done big numbers since it launched, according to an infographic from publisher EA. You can see it here. Now, vice president of EA’s mobile and social studios Nick Earl has stated that the “market has spoken” and that only the “vocal minority” took issue with the game’s micro-payments to begin with.

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Le Vamp is the new endless runner from The Conduit studio High Voltage Software. It’s out today on iOS.

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This week, a patent was published by Apple containing ideas for how they could create a sort of secondhand market for digital items like games, movies, books, etc. by allowing users to loan out or even sell content they’ve purchased to other people.

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Death Inc. developer Ambient Studios has missed its Kickstarter goal, but the developer has revealed it will carry on regardless. In the meantime, the team has launched an iPad puzzle game called Monster Meltdown.

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Sonic Dash has launched on iOS today. It’s an endless runner game like Temple Run, developed by Sonic Jump creators Hardlight Studios. Naturally, it has microtransactions.

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Space Hulk is getting another video game adaptation courtesy of developer Full Control. The studio has just revealed debut images of its PC, Mac and mobile turn-based strategy game, which smell positively of XCOM.

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Sonic Dash has been announced by Sega for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. It crosses the blue bugger’s running antics with Temple Run. It’s a natural fit it seems.

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Is iPad just for light gamers and kids? Patrick Garratt reckons it’s for everyone, and if you haven’t already you should be seriously considering blasting off to planet iOS.

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Sonic Dash has been announced for mobile platforms by Sega. It’s rumoured to be their take on the Temple Run franchise, just like the rather brilliant Sonic Jump was a take on Doodle Jump.

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Real Racing 3 is the realistic free-to-play racing sim from EA and Firemonkeys. It just hit iOS today, however, the constant micro-payment harassment has left some reviewers cold. Others don’t seem to mind at all. You be the judge below.

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Pokédex for iOS has been discounted by The Pokémon Company. The promotion will run from today until March 12th, and also includes regional DLC.

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Apple has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit dating back to 2011 over minors accessing in-app purchases unbeknownst to their parents. According to a report on Engadget, Apple could pay out $5 vouchers to 23 million customers, and where the amount claimed is $30 or more, must offer cash refunds. The full settlement can be viewed on Scribd.

Bit.Trip Presents Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien has been dated for multiple platforms by developer Gaijin Games.

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Zen Studios has released a new video for Star Wars Pinball, and it features the Boba Fett table. This particular table will contain several “major moments” in the bounty hunter’s career as such as jobs given by the Galactic Empire and the Hutts. The table contains a spinner featuring Han Solo in Carbonite and the Great Pit of Carkoon featuring the tentacled Sarlacc. Star Wars Pinball is releasing next week on the following platforms: App Store, Google Play, XBL, and PSN with Cross-Buy.

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