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Final Fantasy & Tomb Raider lead Square-Enix mobile sale
Square-Enix is getting into the festive swagger with its very own mobile sale. Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy lead the list of spoils, and you can get the full sale roster below, as well as a list of future releases, including Final Fantasy IV. 7th December – 14th December Final Fantasy I Was: £5.99 / ... Read More»
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The Drowning for iPad Exclusive Screenshots
We love to bring exclusive screenshots to our readers here on the “Gaming on” sites and our readers have responded quite well to them so we will continue doing it, rather than running the same old pr supplied pics of upcoming games. The Drowning is a new take on the First Person Shooter genre, well, ... Read More»
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AquaDude Brings Running Games Under the Sea on iOS
Side scrolling running games are plentiful on the iOS platform, it takes something unique and interesting to hold any new players interest. AquaDude, by Vortex Gaming, eliminates the pitfalls other running games fall into, namely, taking the action off the land and allowing the player to travel the full height of the screen... Read More»
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VGA Winners – Who Walked Away With What… You May Be Surprised
If any of you were unaware the 10th Annual Spike Video Game Awards (VGA’s) were held last night and you are damn right video games deserve an award ceremony as they are works of art that take a lot of... Read More »... Read More»
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Rail Rush Review by Gaming on Batteries
3D running games are still going strong with many new entrants in the category every week or so. Some are great (we try to cover those) and some aren’t (we ignore those) and then there are some that have slight problems holding them back from being great (like this one). Rail Rush is interesting in ... Read More»
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GREE US axes 25 jobs following OpenFeint closure
Mobile giant GREE closed game achievement and social network OpenFeint last month and with it, has let go of 25 staff, and forced developers using the tool to look elsewhere for an alternative. Get the details below. The move came as a surprise given that GREE bought the company last April for the princely sum ... Read More»
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Tabletop Defense Coming Soon for iOS Devices
Tower defense titles are not exactly the first genre that I will jump at when I hear it mentioned in discussions but with Tabletop Defense, it looks like someone has finally created one that I am interested in. Maybe it is the 3D graphics, maybe it is the art style, not sure but Tabletop Defense ... Read More»
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Allod’s Adventure Brings Pokemon Battling to iOS in MMORPG
Ever since watching that episode of G.I. Joe years ago where Cobra was trying to infiltrate an ancient pyramid, ancient stuff has been of great interest to me and I am sure many others. Allods Adventure HD takes on that mystique and adds in some puzzle elements and throws it all in an MMORPG engine ... Read More»
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Former Battlefield developer reveals iOS FPS
The Drowning, a free-to-play post-apocalyptic first-person shooter for iOS, has been unveiled by Ben Cousins, former Battlefield Executive Producer. Developed by Scattered Entertainment, formerly Ngmoco, which is owned by DeNa, the game will be playable with just two fingers on the one hand. Cousins says this new control style is due to the fact that ... Read More»
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Old School Overhead Scrolling Shooters Return with Raiden Legacy on iOS and Android
The high watermark for overhead shooters has been the Raiden series for years and now, Raiden Legacy brings four of the Raiden titles to iOS and Android. In this package gamers get, Raiden (the original), Raiden Fighters, Raiden Fighters 2 and Raiden Fighters Jet (some SNK naming going on there?)... Read More»
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Sega Pounces into the Word Game World With Spellwood: Word Game Adventure
Word games are all the rage on hand helds, they have been since the early days honestly with titles like Wordtris, Boggle and many others hitting throughout gaming history. Sega, one of the great pioneers of gaming have dipped their toes into this genre for the first time with Spellwood: Word Game Adventure for iOS ... Read More»
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Ghostbusters going mobile thanks to Beeline
Ghostbusters is on its way to a smartphone near you, thanks to the team behind popular Snoopy and Smurfs mobile games. The freemium mobile game is expected in 2013 and has players clearing New York of supernatural foes, armed with proton packs and ghost traps. By running experiments, capturing ghosts and “acquiring all-manner of strange ... Read More»
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Vita and 3DS face challenges with growing mobile market, says Activision mobile exec
Greg Canessa, VP of mobile development at Activision, believes mobile and tablet devices are a threat to gaming handhelds in the “challenging” gaming-on-the-go market. Speaking to iGamer, said in the end it will “ultimately” be the market which decides which is the more viable product” mobile and tablets or 3DS and Vita. “There’s no doubt ... Read More»
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Absolute Defense Review by Gaming on Batteries
Sidescrolling, hard as nails, shooters are almost as rare as their overhead counterparts (check out Rimblade for another retro title in this “revival” of sorts). Initially, Absolute Defense was not expected to be much, there are a lot of scrolling shooters on Google Play that simply don’t “click” with me and are quickly uninstalled from ... Read More»
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Five 3D Running Games Worth Your Time by Gaming on Batteries
3D Running games are quite popular and don’t show signs of slowing down as gamers constantly push the latest to the top of the charts. Publishers are all too happy to provide yet another game, usually featuring In App Purchases, to eager fans on iOS and Android. We have gathered several 3D running games that ... Read More»