Asphalt 5, Gameloft’s follow-up title in their arcade racing series, has squealed into the app store. While Asphalt 4 received a somewhat lukewarm reception from gamers, Asphalt 5 appears to have the makings of a racing game that will satisfy even the most jaded players. This is a seriously jam-packed game with content to spare. […]
Do you like games that mentally challenge you? Games like Concentration and Memory? If so Chromodyne is the game for you. Chromodyne is a game that mentally exercises your mind. The object of the game is to move the spinning wheel, that is filled with multiple colored cubes, until the colors line up to match […]
Space shoot-’em-ups may remind you older, nostalgic readers of the days where there was no saving or second chances. It didn’t matter how many times you dodged death by the skin of your teeth, there was no remorse when that stray bullet collided with your ship. Game Over really was Game Over. While many games […]
Bejeweled 2, the massively popular puzzler from developer PopCap games, has just received the update treatment. The Bejeweled 2 ‘Blitz’ update essentially allows you to play against friends anywhere, anytime, much like the Facebook offering that was released earlier this year. “Ultimately, social gaming is about being able to play games with and against your […]
Despite its reputation for bite-sized casual gaming fun, there’s also plenty of ambitious games on the App Store. Indeed, there’s currently a small explosion when it comes to space-based games. Multi-platform MMOG Outer Empires has just touched down on iPhone (alongside Facebook and browser versions), while Freeverse is working on its winter-scheduled Warpgate. First into […]
The old people of the iPhone world breathed a sigh of relief when Manomio’s celebrated (though troubled) C64 emulator finally made its way back to the App Store – this time to stay. But it’s version 1.2 that we’re all excited about, as it’ll allow in-app purchases of more classic 8-bit games. Manomio has been […]
“All warfare is based on deception,” said Sun Tzu in The Art of War. Romance of the Three Kingdoms Touch developer Koei has obviously (and appropriately) read that ancient military guidebook and learned its vital lessons. While the game only ever shows you static screens of information and abstract representations of feudal Chinese armies, you’re […]
Towards the end of July this year touch arcade previewed a massive multiplayer online game set in space called Outer Empires [App Store] by Ironwill Studios. Aside from its new iPhone client, Outer Empires also works by pointing any modern browser to the game’s web site at outer-empires.com. The game is quite similar to a […]
Puzzle games have been wildly popular in the casual gaming market, a fact that has inevitably, for better or worse, resulted in a saturation of the genre on the AppStore. Because of this, it’s a wonder that Totemo [App Store] can still inject a great deal of life and charm into the genre. The basic […]
If you’re a child of 80’s video games like me, few games likely bring back more traumatic memories of horrifying difficulty than Ghosts ‘n Goblins. While the game was originally released in arcades in 1985, it wasn’t until 1986 that Ghosts ‘n Goblins cursed the NES with its presence and quickly grew in fame as […]
After the arrival of Don Bluth’s Space Ace in the App Store, fans of these classic laser disc games were hoping that Dragon’s Lair would also make its way to the iPhone. We’re not sure how long this notice has been in place, but a reader trystero an announcement by Digital Leisure that they will […]
The Settlers is a real time strategy (RTS) gaming series that has evolved quite a bit over the past two decades. Gameloft’s The Settlers as a standalone game brings a slightly different take on RTS to the iPhone/iPod Touch platform that for the most part delivers, but also bringing a few frustrations along the way […]
Fans of Stephen Colbert’s dry wit, rejoice: MTV Networks has released an updated version of their iPhone app that features The Colbert Report’s The Word, just for you. Now you can have Colbert in your pocket to bring out whenever you need a pick-me-up for a crappy day. This iPhone app has most of The […]
Here’s a unique approach to reading news. The ZenNews iPhone app gives you the latest news depending on what you think is news worthy using a diggable tag cloud. Get the scoop on the latest news from around the globe with simple words. The ZenNews iPhone app uses what is known as Zensify Tag Clouds, […]
The MiniGolf 99 Holes Theme Park app for iPhone and iPod touch is a fun game that offers comic characters and challenging gameplay. Play like Tiger Woods and challenge your way through all 99 Holes and prove you’re the best. You will start with the Gold rating and it eventually decreases depending on the number […]
It’s been a busy old month for AppTrawler and we have given you over 200 posts packed full of news, reviews, previews, hands on and developer interviews. AppTrawler has not only trawled the app store for new and emerging talent but we’ve been proactively talking to the developers finding out what makes them tick, whats […]
Bloons Tower Defense has been sitting high in the App Store charts for a while now, so it’s good to see an update released. Alongside the usual gameplay tweaks and bug fixes, the big addition is support for the OpenFeint social network, which also includes game achievements. So in the interests of full disclosure, here’s […]
Sure there are plenty of golf games on the App Store, but the latest release from Scottish developer Cobra brings wi-fi multiplayer options into play. Combined with the Plus+ social network for friendly challenges and global leaderboards, it’s the sort of thing golfing buddies should consider in terms of stoking up one upmanship on the […]
We – by which I mean me – have been fairly excited by Glenn Corpes’ iPhone racer Ground Effect. The game, which has you flying an Ekranoplan, or a low flying seaplane that uses a compressed cushion of air, uses accelerometer controls and feels really smooth to play. It’s now out on the App Store. […]
There are plenty of strange games on the App Store, but I don’t think I’ve come across many games – or titles – like Bight Games’s Fleeced! – Shear Terror. Its gameplay is a mixture of time and resource management, castle defence, and a dash of first person shooter, all wrapped up in stylised colourful […]