On Wednesday, Amazon announced its own gaming service for game developers called GameCircle. By creating this new experience, Amazon appears to be competing directly with Apple Inc. (AAPL) Game Center, putting scores, competition and social gaming into one service and offering it to developers and users alike. On the Amazon Mobile App Distribution blog, the company describes what GameCircle is … Read More
Madcoaster Review – A Fast Paced Roller Coaster Ride
Madcoaster Review If you are one of the millions of players who downloaded and lost hours of their lives playing Jetpack Joyride then I may have a new game to break that addiction. Madcoaster from App Store dominators Chillingo is a new universal game where you control a roller coaster train on a never ending journey through multiple lands in … Read More
iBomber Defense Pacific Review – Another Solid Tower Denfense Game from Chillingo
iBomber Defense Pacific Review iBomber Defense Pacific is a follow up to the highly acclaimed iBomber Defense and provides hours of tower defense style game-play. The action, as the title suggests, takes place on the Pacific Rim and the levels reflect that region in all their glory, from golden deserts and deep jungles to the city streets the graphics are … Read More
Fancy Pants Review – Fun Platformer That Will Keep You Coming Back For More
Fancy Pants Review Growing up I would frequently send and receive greeting cards that used the poems and character of Purple Ronnie, a stick figure, funny guy who always brought a smile to my face, and in Fancy Pants for iPhone and iPad I was taken back to that time as the lead character in this game reminded me of … Read More
Apple Readies Game Center Launch for iOS 4
Apple’s Game Center has been kicking around in iOS 4 Betas with limited functionality available to developers for a while now. But no clear timescale has been given by Apple as to when they plan to launch the service for all to use. And to be fair, developers are still a little confused themselves as to what exactly the plan … Read More
Train Conductor 2: USA for iPhone, iPad. Beautiful, Fun and Addictive Game
Train Conductor 2: USA [rating: 5/5] Say goodbye to your friends and family as you lose yourself in this addictive game! Train Conductor 2: USA for iPhone is the follow up to the successful Train Conductor game and it carries on where it left off with it’s simple design and addictive qualities. For those of you that haven’t played the original … Read More
The “Freemium” Game sales model? Lipstick on the same old pig?
When I first sat down to write this article I was a little lost initially as to how to attack it. You see I am not convinced that the “Freemium” model is actually the “next big thing” that the blog-o-sphere is hyping it up to be. Certainly a large number of apps are being shifted under that banner. But then … Read More