Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 | Posted by Patrick Feng | No Comments
Independent studio Reto-Moto announced the launch of the official closed beta for Heroes & Generals, the upcoming massively multiplayer shooter that features explosive online battles between axis and allied forces in a persistent war for European domination.
Heroes & Generals is built for multiple platforms all connected to the same massive community. The action part of the game is playable on PC, and the strategy part of the game is accessible on PC and iOS/Android through the free app Heroes & Generals: Mobile Command. In the first version of the app, players will be able to get a live overview of the Campaign showing enemy and friendly Assault Teams movements, and the built-in chat client allows players to stay in touch with teammates 24/7 from virtually anywhere. In the next version of Heroes & Generals: Mobile Command, players will be able to move and manage Assault Teams in the app as well.
Players that are interested in learning more about Heroes & Generals or obtaining a beta key may go to www.heroesandgenerals.com and register. Also, check out our preview of the game.
Friday, May 11th, 2012 | Posted by Robin Meijer | No Comments
Finnish developer Rovio Entertainment has announced through a video posted on YouTube that the Angry Birds franchise has reached over 1 billion downloads across all platforms and versions of the game. More information after the jump.
Thursday, May 10th, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments
Bethesda Softworks announced today that they are celebrating 20 years of the seminal shooter Wolfenstein 3D - from their subsidiary id Software – with a free release. With a free to play version for browsers has launched alongside a limited deal that renders Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinumequally cost-less on the iOS App Store. To further mark the location, Bethesda released a director’s commentary of sorts with id Sofware’s Technical Director John Carmack (above).
Friday, May 4th, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments
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Contrary to the error message players of the iOS version of Rock Band received yesterday, Electronic Arts will not be pulling the music rhythm spin-off from the app store. In a statement to CNET, EA said that the notification was “sent in error”, the company having no plans to remove Rock Band from any mobile device.
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 | Posted by Robin Meijer | No Comments
In celebration of May Day, developer Trilobyte has announced that the classic puzzle-adventure The 7th Guest will be available for free on Mac OS-X and iOS today. More details are available after the jump.
Monday, April 23rd, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments
Late last week, Capcom announced an iOS version of their seminal 2D crossover brawler Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Limited to the iPhone and iPod Touch, the port will launch on April 25th at a yet to be determined price point. The publisher insists the game will stay true to its arcade and console roots, and will include the “variable system” of tagging in different fighters, as well as the 3-person “Team Hyper Combo”.
Thursday, April 12th, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments
The man behind the most psychopathic portrayal of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” has now set his sights on Little Red Riding Hood. Akaneiro: Demon Hunters, the next game from Spicy Horse and American McGee, casts Red as one of the titular beast slayers in mid-19th century Japan. Set in the fictional Ainu village in Hokkaido, players will join the the Order of the Akane in order to rid a village of the deadly yokai, whose blood crystallizes into collectible “Karma Shards”.
Thursday, April 5th, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments
Painstakingly precise platforming will meet touch controls with Team Meat’s Super Meat Boy: The Game, a new version of their brutally-retro homage optimized for Apple devices. According to Meat’s Edmund McMillen, SMB: The Game avoids the pitfalls of shoddy touch control ports by being “a brand new game with new art, new sound, everything.” Development on the game has reportedly just started, so don’t expect a release date any time in the near future.
Saturday, March 17th, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments
The acclaimed rotoscoped adventure The Last Express is be getting a port onto iOS devices, reported creator Jordan Mechner (Prince of Persia) on his blog. Under the direction of French studio DotEmu (who ported the similarly artistic Out of this World to the same devices last year), the new version is expected to release sometime later this year.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
A wall of one-star reviews didn’t stop a faked version of Nintendo/Game Freak’s Pokemon Yellow from blazing through the iOS sales charts in its limited time on the Apple app Store. Customers who purchased the game complained that the game would crash at the title screen. Licensed by House of Anime (the same team behind fraudulent games based on “Yu Gi Oh!” and “Digimon”) the 99-cent app peaked at #3 on the US Store Charts – breaking into the Top 10 sellers in multiple other regions – before it was removed by Apple.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
One month from today, Rovio Mobile will be launching its irate avian brand into deep space. The self-explanatory Angry Birds Space will release on March 22nd as a massive multimedia marketing blitz: reportedly across the “gaming, animation, retail, and publishing” circuits simultaneously. Rovio is promising “a completely new game with innovative new gameplay, but with some of the familiar Angry Birds elements that fans already know and love”, and will launch the game alongside its official partners NASA and National Geographic.
Monday, February 20th, 2012 | Posted by Robin Meijer | Comments Off
The crowd-funding adventure that was started by Double Fine on February 8th has hit the $2 million mark in less than 12 days. More details after the jump.
Monday, February 13th, 2012 | Posted by Robin Meijer | Comments Off
The Salt Lake Tribute reports that Twisted Metal-developer Eat Sleep Play has laid off 8 employees recently and will be reshifting its focus towards mobile titles. At the same time, co-founder David Jaffe has announced that he will be leaving the company in order to set up a new studio in San Diego. More details are included after the jump.
Thursday, February 9th, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
EA has sent out the first details on the Mass Effect 3 mobile release – dubbed Mass Effect: Infiltrator. Originally unveiled in a release statement from EA regarding the Bioware RPG, the game is a third-person shooter focused on missions where you rescue hostages from Cerberus and uncover evidence of the pro-human organization’s many crimes. All completed missions increase the player’s overall “galactic readiness” for the console/PC game’s ultimate final chapter, although no details on how one transfers the mobile data to the game proper have been released.
Saturday, February 4th, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
A recent statement by Electronic Arts lists Bioware’s upcoming RPG-Shooter Mass Effect 3 as having not only a console and PC release, but a mobile one as well. EA issued a follow up to that statement to Kotaku, stating that “There will be “handheld/mobile” products tied to Mass Effect 3…They are part of the Galaxy at War system. We will have more details to share soon.”.
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