Free Pokémon TV application for iOS and Android now available
Have you always wanted to watch Pokémon episodes on the go? Well, The Pokémon Company International now has you covered, having today launched a free ‘Pokémon TV’ application across iOS and Android devices... Read More»
Death Ray Manta out now on iOS
Death Ray Manta is now available on the App Store for the local equivalent of $1. The arena shooter released on Mac and PC last year and is the latest game from the developer of Synso: Squid Harder. You probably don’t want to fire it up if you have a hangover, but if you know ... Read More»
Tamagotchi to return as “lifestyle” mobile app
Namco Bandai will relaunched its Tamagotchi virtual pet brand as an Android and iOS app called Tamagotchi L.i.f.e., DigitalSpy reports. The app includes an updated version of the sim with save points, a retro mode for those who want to relive the 90′s, mini-games and unlockable bonuses. For reasons unknown, the undated app has already ... Read More»
Pinwar Review by Game Gavel
Video pinball has come along way from the 8-bit days for sure. Companies like ZEN and FarSight Studios have brought video pinball into the forefront by creating virtual pinball machines that are almost indistinguishable from real tables. Now other developers are trying their hand at video pinball with some surprisingly good results. PinWar! was just ... Read More»
Epic Games Closing Impossible Studios, Putting Infinity Blade: Dungeons ‘On Hold’
Impossible Studios, the developers behind Infinity Blade: Dungeons, is being shut down, Epic’s Tim Sweeney announced today. The announcement came in the form of an open letter posted by Sweeney on Epic’s website: We’re closing Impossible Studios. When former members of Big Huge Games approached Epic last year, we saw the opportunity to help ... Read More»
Metal Slug 2 out now on Android, iOS
SNK Playmore has made good on its promise and delivered Metal Slug 2 to Google Play and the Apple App Store. The $4 title is described as a “perfect port” but Destructoid reports it also includes the chance to replay stages in Mission Mode, an auto-fire option, leaderboards and Bluetooth multiplayer. Much like the first ... Read More»
Borderlands Legends update trailer drops, new features revealed
Borderlands Legends is getting a new iOS update, and Gearbox Software has just dropped a wub-wub bomb all over the internet. By that I mean a trailer and details, obviously. The update is live now and the game is on sale at $0.99 right now. The expansion is free. An update on the 2K blog ... Read More»
After Burner Climax headed to iOS this week
2006 arcade favourite After Burner Climax will soon be available on your favourite iDevice. The iOS port should has already turned up on the New Zealand App Store, where these things tend to make their first appearance, and is slowly unlocking in local stores as timezones march onwards towards the date line. After Burner Climax ... Read More»
Dragon Up animated by My Little Pony veterans
Dragon Up, a new iOS title from East Side Games, sports gorgeous hand-animated graphics courtesy of staff whose credits include My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Atomic Betty. Dragon Up has players raising dragons and sending them on adventures, which involve a lot of vomiting. There are dozens of dragons to collect, and over ... Read More»
Kongregate invests $10 million in mobile gaming
Gaming web portal Kongregate has put aside $10 million to fund independent mobile games. Develop reports Former Zynga general manager Panayoti ‘Pany’ Haritatos has been hired to lead the new mobile division. Kongregate will distribute and market the games, and offer financial aid and consultation to its developers. Thanks to Kongregate’s relationship with parent company ... Read More»
République gets new screens, development update
République is one of the many Kickstarter success stories out there today.Developed by industry veterans, the game is coming to iOS in the summer and PC and Mac “soon after”, according to a press release sent to VG247. Developer Camouflaj also sent us a new batch of screens. We also posted a new République trailer ... Read More»
Super Meat Boy: The Game on hold for Mew-Genics
Team Meat has confirmed it has put a new version of Super Meat Boy on hold while it works on Mew-Genics. Super Meat Boy: The Game was announced for touch devices in April 2012, and was later revealed to be a lot more than a simple port. The project then went dark. In its latest ... Read More»
Temple Run: Oz The Great And Powerful due February 27
Disney France PR representative Cecile Fouques has tweeted a February 27 release date for Temple Run: Oz The Great And Powerful, as noted by Superannuation. The sleuth also turned up mention of it on a tester’s Facebook page. Licensed tie-ins and re-skins are quite common for popular mobile and social games, with Angry Birds doing ... Read More»
Real Racing 3 will have asynchronous multiplayer
Real Racing 3 is something of a poster boy for iDevice gaming, and this latest developer diary shows one of its more droolworthy features – asynchronous multiplayer. As the developer diary below explains, Firemonkeys’ plan is to outdo traditional ghost racing so that when you challenge a friend’s record time, you don’t just see their ... Read More»
Sine Mora director forms new studio, next shooter coming in 2014
Sine Mora has been one of the most discussed scrolling shooters of the generation, so it’s interesting to hear that the game’s creative director Theodore Reiker has left developer Digital Reality to form a new studio – Prior Games. The developer has confirmed that he’s teaming up with another Japanese studio to release a new ... Read More»

