The screams of seamen echo in the deep and wild seas. Now, the seamen will go through an adventure, risking their lives, fighting at sea. Advance to where no human has been before and become a master of Sea.
And so the stage is set for the salty, high seas shooter that is WarShip [App Store] from Gooruso
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When one loooks back on the truly classic handful of video games that set the stage for what was to come and made a real mark with a simple, solid gameplay mechanic, one does not forget Namco's Dig Dug. Released in 1982, Dig Dug challenges the player to eliminate level upon level of underground-dwelling monsters. In a unique twist, Dig Dug arms the player with an air pump in order to inflate enemies to the point of exploding. It was scads of fun.
And, now, that's fun you can carry around in your pocket. Namco has just released Dig Dug REMIX [... Read more »
Gameloft's Terminator Salvation [App Store] just went up for sale following an already impressive lineup of big name titles released recently. Fans of the Terminator universe should find themselves right at home as they dive in to the action of this third person shooter.
Play as John Connor and Marcus Wright, each having their own strengths and special abilities.
4 different controls that take advantage of the iPhone-specific touch screen and accelerometer to fit any playing style.
Glu Mobile's (foot) racing / acrobatic game Cops and Robbers [App Store], has gone live in the App Store.
Cops and Robbers involves running through a series of city levels that have a Crash Bandicoot feel and involve parkour-like moves, while collecting diamonds to pay the landlord.
Features listed by the developer:
Run and rob your way through a beautiful city filled with back alleys, high rise rooftops, and other dangerous environments
Complete 9 unique levels, each with 3 challenges: Grab all the loot, Steal the diamond, Evade the cops before time runs out!
The game comes with both a full version [$4.99] and a lite version [Free].
The game has been a project of his since college and has taken him just over five years to release. It finally came out in January of this year for PC and Mac and seems to have gotten positive reviews.
Caster involves running, jumping and shooting your way around the e
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Sure enough, HermitWorks has set their sites on Apple’s mobile gaming platform the iPhone, but their goal isn’t to enable armies of iPod-wielding Apple fans to play Quake III; instead, they’re “madly coding,” says Tofer, to port their own Space Trader to iPod and iPhone, hopefully in time to be released in June with the official iPhone App Store. “I’d love to have it by June; we’re just in a kind of porting frenzy right now.” Problem is, in order to be a part of Apple’s official offering, they’d need at least minimal support in the form of the official Apple SDK, which has been rather late in making the rounds. HermitWorks doesn’t want to be viewed as a group of
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The reason for the interest is that Funky Punch brings a new genre to the iPhone — a fighting game.
Set in an alternate universe where dancing recharges your energy, Funky Punch lives up to its name and is a solid addition to iPhone gaming.
The game is a reasonably straightforward 3D fighting game which uses on screen buttons to control the action. While I've been quite critical of touch screen buttons in the past, their use in Funky Punch seems natural and does not detract from the
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Digital Legends has, in just two weeks’ time, put together an amazing looking 3D fantasy adventure game called Kroll that uses OpenGL and touch controls. The company indicates that the iPhone’s rich control schemes and developer APIs makes for a better gaming experience than that of any other mobile gaming device. Digital Legends’ title will be available by September.
Kroll is a 3D-rendered side-scrolling fighter divided into three chapters, each of which includes three levels plus a boss battle. The game is controlled by touching six icons arrayed about the edges of the iPhone's screen. Said controls consist of left / right movement, left / rig
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The developer provides the following feature list:
KROLL will immerse gamers in amazing 3-D action with its groundbreaking technology built explicitly for iPhone touch screen with its full graphics capabilities.
Epic environments enhance the iPhone gameplay experience, with hectic fighting at the mountainside, inside molten magma mines, and high above active volcano in magical floating prison. To learn the secret behind the legend of KROLL, gamers must conquer mythic enemies and creatures.
Bash’n’Crush your way through nine hectic levels destroying ever increasing amount of enemy hordes and play through awesome cinematic boss battles.
iDracula invites players to lay down some monster smack–Van Helsing style.
It's a point, shoot and run affair — stop to bag the goodies, guns and power-ups but watch out for the werewolves and other bad guys.
While further details right now are scant, the game will be priced at $0.99 and is set to debut sometime in the next week. We're anxious to spend some
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Glu Mobile's (foot) racing / acrobatic game Cops and Robbers [
