Category Archives: iTunes

During recent downtime, Apple adjusted its international iTunes and App Store pricing, bringing other territories more closely in line with the US.

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Noted developer of artistic video games, Daniel Benmergui, has announced he is working on an all-new project based on the storytelling devices of comic books.
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The New York Museum of Modern Art will be holding an art exhibit featuring several indie video games next month.
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Are you tired of all those obsessively, overly heterosexual male characters in video games? Then you might want to scope out Supergay, which the developer says is the first gay superhero.
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The madcap Japanese arcade shooter turned Xbox 360 game will be coming to the App Store very soon according to developer Cave. They’ll also be offering a prerelease sneak peak at the new iPhone content.
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Apple’s announced some major things during their WWDC 2011 conference and we’ve the most important stuff rounded up for you below.

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With all eyes glued on GDC, you’d think the rest of the news would have the decency to keep quiet – but no. Hit the break for loads of tasty snippets.

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Capcom has denied it has entered into a row with Apple over in-app purchases for Smurfs’ Village.

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That incredibly high-budget-looking game’s price tag says “free,” does it?

Wait! Don’t buy it! It’s a trap!

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Industry analyst Asymco estimates that app download rates are not only accelerating, but set to overtake other markets.

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Rovio’s announced today that Angry Birds has hit 10 million downloads on the App Store.

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Remember the story earlier about EA sniffing around Chillingo, publisher of Angry Birds and new hotness Cut the Rope?

The LA Times is reporting the buyout has gone ahead.

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Namco Bandai has announced that it will use the Namco Sounds label to release re-mastered tracks from its classic games via iTunes.

Right now, Pac-Man, SoulCalibur Suite: The Resonance of Souls and Swords and Xevious are available with new tracks showing up on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month.

Check your regional iTunes Store for pricing and availability.

Via Kotaku.

Capcom has put two of it’s gaming soundtracks up on iTunes.

1942: Joint Strike and Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 are the offerings and both were revamped by Sumthing Else Music Works and Gem Impact.

Check out iTunes and sample it for yourself.

Via Guardian.

Apple has snapped up game industry vet Bob Drebin, the creator of GameCube’s graphic processor.

This is the second such hire by the company, as it was reported earlier that former Xbox executive Richard Teversham has also joined the company.

These new hires have caused Forbes to speculate that Apple is upping the ante in the gaming sector, and expanding iPhone hardware to better handle portable gaming.

Wall Street rumors suggest differently, and have the company primed to buyout EA, which analyst Michael Pachter called “idiotic“.

Via Gamasutra.

The full version of Metal Gear Solid Touch is now available on the Apple App Store.

Set in the world of MGS4, the extra part of the game introduces eight additional gameplay levels to the original release.

The story unfolds in five chapters over 20 stages, and the characters featured in the latter eight stages feature new abilities.

Once all 20 stages have been cleared, a Survival Mode is unlocked, and lets players skip the story images and play stages consecutively without replenishing their life gauge.

Players who have already installed the initial game can update to the complete version for free.

Press release after the break.

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Gameloft has joined forced with Warner Bros for an iPhone version of Terminator Salvation, according to an interview on MTV Multiplayer.

The 3D action-adventure game is expected to be released the same day as the film, May 22. Previous mobile games from Gameloft include Brothers in Arms: Art of War.

Expect GRIN’s PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 version to arrive the same day.

Part of The Lost and Damned’s soundtrack is now available exclusively on iTunes.

This first release is a collection of six original tracks produced by hip-hop DJ Statik Selektah and features the following:

• Termanology – Here in Liberty City
• Freeway – Car Jack
• Saigon – Spit
• Skyzoo – the Chase Is On
• Consequence – I Hear Footsteps
• Talib Kweli – My Favorite Song

The second release features “highlights” from the overall soundtrack, which will be made available in full on the iTunes Store soon.

Press release after the jump.

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A free version of Puzzle Quest will be hitting iPhone and iPod Touch’s App Store next week.

Also, Chapter 2 of the iPhone Puzzle Quest trilogy will be free to owners of Chapter 1, and will include 20 more hours of gameplay when it goes live in the next week or two.

If you like puzzle games on the go, it may be worth looking into.

Microsoft’s released the Last Day track from the Gears of War 2 TV ads on iTunes for 79p.

You can get it now, should you feel the need.

Press release after the link.

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