Friday, February 3rd, 2012 | Posted by Marcos Forgash | Comments Off

Dark Legends will be a horror themed MMO application, available for Android, iOS and Google Chrome in the first quarter of 2012. Dark Legends is the next game being developed by Spacetime Studios, creators of the Legends MMO franchise, which has more than seven million downloads, and includes Pocket Legends as well as Star Legends: The Blackstar Chronicles.

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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 | Posted by Trevor Faulkner | 1 Comment

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (my Golden Game of the Year) has just arrived on Apple Devices across the States. The first two chapters are free, if you want the rest you can pay $4.99 for extra chapters or $9.99 for the whole game.

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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment

As reported by Andriasang, Capcom confirmed the production of Ace Attorney 5 in a recent issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu. No release date or platforms have been announced, but Capcom did reveal that HD versions of the first three games in the detective adventure series will be coming to iOS and Android devices sometime in the future. Released as a single episodic collection, Ace Attorney 123HD will cost either ¥1,200 (approx. $15.65) for its entirety, or ¥600 (approx. $8) per chapter after the second (the first two acting as a free demo.)

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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 | Posted by Robin Meijer | 1 Comment

InsideMobileApps.com reports that according to an unidentified source, Microsoft will begin phasing out its virtual currency before the end of the year. The Microsoft Points are currently used in the Zune Marketplace and on Windows phones, as well as in the Xbox Live Marketplace.

According to the source, Microsoft will have replaced the system with one that utilizes the actual currency that is associated with the region in which the system is registered. Any balance remaining on an account will be automatically converted into the local currency. Supposedly, developers and publishers have been informed of the upcoming changes and are advised to take this into account when planning their strategies.

Microsoft has declined to comment on the matter.

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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

Late last month, the man behind Mega Man launched his first game since leaving Capcom. Keiji Inafune released Dr. Momo’s Island, a social game where players collect eggs to raise and trade creatures, through Japan’s GREE mobile social game network. While currently exclusive for Android devices, an iOS version is currently in development. Dr. Momo’s Island was co-produced by Inafune’s Comcept (which includes both a planning organization and a production department, Intercept) and Atlus’ parent company Index. Comcept/Intercept’s next project is King of Pirates, an action-adventure game for the Nintendo 3DS.

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Thursday, December 1st, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

The wireless association CTIA recently announced its plan to begin including the Entertainment Software Ratings Board classifications system as the official ratings of all mobile games and applications starting in 2012. According to a report out of USA Today, iOS and Android releases will begin carrying the same variety of ratings (“E for Everyone” through “M for Mature”) as their console and PC cousins, the exact implementation date of the policy has yet to be revealed.

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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

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Back in the 1980s, a sentient egg named Dizzy had some pretty grand adventures on the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, becoming something of a cult icon on the systems. What began as some rumors stoked by Twitter messages from Codemasters’ Communications Manager Rich Eddy and a teaser trailer was recently revealed to be an in-development mobile project by the company for release next month. Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk is scheduled for release December 9th, for iOS and Android devices.

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Friday, November 11th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

Twitter is being made into a video game. The status message broadcast system is the inspiration for Tweet Land, a game in development for the iPhone that turns Twitter messages into in-game events. For example: should your co-worker post a message on Twitter about accidentally running over a cat, the game will integrate something having to do with cars, domesticated animals, and/or roadkill.

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Saturday, October 22nd, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

Namco Bandai recently announced that the original Soul Calibur is being ported onto iOS devices, arriving precisely on “soon”. The port has a sterling legacy to compete against, as the Dreamcast version (EG’s number 1 game on the system) is lauded as being as perfect an arcade experience one could have on console. We know nothing of how the game will function on the various iDevices, considering fight games in the past have implemented a wide array of input techniques on the platform. Expect more news on the port as the press for the latest game in the franchise: Soul Calibur V (now with 100% more Ezio Auditore) builds toward its January 31st release date.

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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment

2003′s cell-shaded, comic book shooter XIII didn’t start a revolution on the charts or with the critics – most citing it as a lavishly produced but mechanically underwhelming game – but French developer Anuman Interactive looks to be giving the license another chance with a new game. If the title is any indication, XIII: Lost Identity looks to be keeping with amnesiac special agent’s quest for memory that carried the first installment.

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Saturday, October 15th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

Rockstar announced today that it will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the release of Grand Theft Auto III by porting the seminal work onto iOS and Android devices. The sandbox crime drama, originally released on the PS2 in 2001, is being made available for higher-end models like iPad 2, iPhone 4S, Samsung Galaxy S2 and Samsung Galaxy Tab, with an expected release this Fall. No price has been set.

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Thursday, October 13th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

Like this, but in HD

It seems all but inevitable that we will have HD versions of any and all popular adventure game series. For now, Leisure Suit Larry is joining the likes of Monkey Island by getting the ole’ HD remasterin’. Al Lowe, the mind behind the franchise’s glory days (read: not Box Office Bust), and Replay Games are working on a modernization of the original Land of the Lounge Lizards adventure. In addition, Replay is distributing an untitled new game in the series set for Q4 2012, to be developed by Adventure-Mob.

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Friday, October 7th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off

Part tech demonstration for the new iPhone 4S, part game announcement, Epic Games President Mike Capps’ reveal of Infinity Blade 2 at Apple’s press event earlier in the week gave us a lot of information to wade through. Acting as the unspoken “hardcore” launch title for the new mobile, Blade will offer a suite of iOS 5 features, including the cross-platform data transferring iCloud. The sequel – once again developed by Epic subsidiary ChAIR Entertainment – will also offer new online features, like Clash Mob, which tasks players with “massively social” challenges for rare weapon and item unlocks.

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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 2 Comments

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In a dual video (above) and email message sent out to all Netflix subscribers, company CEO Reed Hastings issued an in-depth apology for the company’s handling of its recent price hike. Included in this apology was the announcement that the company is spinning off its DVD-by-Mail service branch into its own separate corporate entity, named Qwikster.

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Saturday, September 17th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment

Formerly a series of cell phone games exclusive to Japan, Square Enix’s Final Fantasy Legends will be heading to both iOS and Android devices sometime in 2012. Touch Arcade deciphered the announcement from Square’s Tokyo Game Show event, which debuted a screenshot for the game as well as  its full title: Final Fantasy Legends: Hikari  to Yami no Senshi (translating to Warriors of Light and Darkness).

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