Artist Colony – a Casual SIM to go Live 02/10/10 on iTunes App Store February 9, 2010
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Unveil the drama in this masterpiece of love, betrayal and creative genius! Artist Colony is the ground breaking sim/time management game where players have to restore a thriving oasis of artists as they rebuild the community.
Key selling points:
- Based on the critically-acclaimed hit PC game with raving reviews: “This surprisingly deep and enjoyable game is well worth your time and money. The unique concept is well-designed and successfully executed, and should provide many engaging hours of fun.” (Gamezebo)
- A dramatic and artistically charged casual simulation (Sim) game
- Nurture your artists: Make sure they are rested and fed, keep them inspired, help them find love or heartbreak!
- Sell brilliant works of art as you battle the elements to restore a once-thriving colony and attract new talent.
- Unveil the drama through a gripping plot, stunning graphics, changing seasons and a creative adventure!
Key features:
- 15 characters with unique personalities, preferences and creative talents
- Inspire artists, dancers, musicians and more as they perfect their crafts to create over 550 masterpieces
- Flawless touchscreen controls: tap to select an object, pinch to zoom in and explore each scene
- Share your game achievements with your friends by using the Facebook Connect feature
- Listen to your own music from your iPod library while playing
“Across Age” (iPhone Action-RPG): Submitted to Apple’s iTunes App Store. February 9, 2010
Posted by iphonetech78 in Press Releases of Apps and Games.Tags: 6.99, Across Age, Exe Create, FDG Entertainment, highly anticipated Action RPG
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FDG Entertainment is happy to announce that the highly anticipated Action RPG “Across Age” has been finally submitted to iTunes. It is expected to appear on the App Store very soon. The game is a co-production with Japanese developer EXE-Create and it has drawn comparisons to the famous “Zelda”* series. This comes as no surprise: “Across Age” is the first Action RPG to include real environmental puzzles, with the look of famous SNES and Genesis cartridge games. Across Age rekindles the golden 16BIT era. Price: $6.99.
Today, we are happy to present a TVCM trailer and updated screenshots
Across Age Trailer #3, TVCM style :
With over 15 hours of playtime, HD (iPhone/iPod optimized) graphics, exciting story, anime cut scenes, sweeping soundtrack/SFX and tons of diversified locations, monsters and riddles; Across Age is going to be a true console like experience.
The player steps into the role of 2 switchable characters: swordsman Ales and magician Ceska, each with own fighting and special skills that are needed to solve tricky puzzles and successfully battle fierce monsters. This cooperative element is one of the key features of the game. Another key feature is the possibility to travel through time and revisit places, enabling exciting events and riddles.
About FDG Entertainment:
FDG Entertainment is a leading developer and publisher of highly creative download games for major platforms including the iPhone and casual game consoles and rated as #34 TOP Developer / Publisher for iPhone at Pocketgamer.biz. The company has been founded back in 2001 and is located in Munich, Germany. FDG Entertainment produced more than 40 critically acclaimed games. The most recent success is Parachute Panic for the iPhone, having reached more than 4 million downloads.
About EXE-Create:
Exe Create is one of the top notch developer and publisher of popular download games for PC, mobile and consoles. The company is established in 1995 and is located in Osaka, Japan. The company is well known as a developer for its original RPGs. Its product lineup has more than 40 games. RPG of the history thing of Japan is being developed by the series now.
* The Legend of Zelda is a registered trademark of Nintendo of America
Mediatonic launches new App: “Extreme Lawn Bowls!” February 9, 2010
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London, UK, February 9th, 2010
London-based development studio Mediatonic has launched a brand new game for the App Store: “Extreme Lawn Bowls“, on sale from today.
The game follows their critically acclaimed ‘Must.Eat.Birds’, Apple Staff’s favorite and one of Gizmondo’s top iPhone games of 2009.
The title is a brand-new, original IP for the company, who are aiming to apply their unique and colorful style to this prestigious sport, bringing Extreme Lawn Bowls to a whole new audience.
Players will have the opportunity to compete as one of the eight titans of the game – all primed and ready to unleash an apocalypse on the Bowling Green. The sport has become renowned for its style, flair and spontaneous human combustion since conception – with this year’s tournament promising to be no exception.
A simple but effective control mechanic will allow players to tilt their iPhones to add delicate spins and touches to their shots – or play fast paced attacking moves on their opponent’s bowls. The game is packed with content, with four tournaments, six-way local multiplayer and an exclusive ten-stage Score Attack mode! All eight characters have access to a unique and devastating special move that can turn each game in their favor – so prepare to be on the front line for this epic sporting assault!
Mediatonic’s co-founder and creative director Paul Croft said: “We focus on creating compelling, original experiences that are full of character and humour. Extreme Lawn Bowls represents our take on probably the greatest sport of all time, Lawn Bowls. So far the sport has been under-represented on the iPhone and that’s something we intend to rectify.”
Writer and designer Jeff Tanton said: “We believe all sports should have at least one Mexican Wrestler competing in them – especially Lawn Bowls. We’ve worked hard to wrap a rich and humorous history for this (sadly) fictional sport around a simple and addictive core game dynamic.”
Game features summary:
· Four tournaments to play through
· Eight characters with unique stories and special moves
· A 10 Stage Score Attack mode
· Up to six-way local multiplayer action
· Original bowling controls making full use of the iPhone tilt function
· Complete ELB Almanac with history of Characters, Bowls, Trophies and Tournaments
Game Video:
Website: http://www.mediatonic.co.uk/extremelawnbowls/
Follow Mediatonic updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mediatonic
About Mediatonic:
Formed in 2005, Mediatonic is an independent developer focused on producing high quality original games on a variety of platforms including social networks, iPhone and PSP. Based in the west end of London, England, Mediatonic’s team of 20 is dedicated to creating the best games they can, packing each release with passion, love and the utmost attention to detail. For more information, visit www.mediatonic.co.uk
Pro Zombie Soccer Preview February 8, 2010
Posted by iphonetech78 in iPhone Game Reviews.Tags: Chillingo, Pro Zombie Soccer
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I have just completed this Pro Zombie Soccer Preview game on my iPhone. The game is about Jax who is a talented soccer player who is being banished from his soccer team by his coach.
Just when he thought his sorrow is over, a zombie bit him in the arm. Usually, when zombies bite you, you will turn into one of them.
There are lots more zombies coming after Jax and he pick up a soccer ball as a weapon against the undead.
The game is divided into 3 levels. Level 1 is the Street. Level 2 is the scrap yard. Level 2 has 2.1 and 2.3 stages. Level 3 is the Storm where Jax killed his zombie friend. Level 2.2 seems to be missing from the game. This is a preview demo game so I expect this to be an uncompleted game as well.
Level 1 is the normal bash-up zombie mode where you control Jax to tilt his angle of shooting his soccer ball. You have to take note that once you release your ball, you are vulnerable to zombie attacks so you have to make sure that each kick equals to one or more kills. You can obtain combo kicks by holding the button pressed downwards for longer period of time. This will produce a more powerful kick that can kill the more persistent zombies.
Zombies comes in all shapes and sizes. You cannot let any zombie bite you or the rest will come attacking you like the picture above. That will be the end of Jax! What I like about Pro Zombie Soccer is the variety of zombies available in the game. Usually hat tricks scores the most meaning you have to aim at the heads of the zombies to kill them. However, some zombies can go headless and still attack you like the running zombie shown above.
You can bounce the balls off the walls to deliver your special angle shot too!
The next thing you have to beware in the game is that you have to save your combo power shots for the bosses and don’t use them too early in the game. There are 3 types of balls – lighting , angry satellite and piercing ball. The lightning ball allows you to kick as fast as you can towards the zombies while the piercing ball can take down a few zombies in 1 row. The angry satellite ball allows you to tilt your iPhone and mark the zombies’ positions and kill them in their respective positions. But all these 3 moves can only be acquired once in the stage, so use them wisely and not too early in the game or you will find yourself at the mercy of the undead!
Once you get to the end of the game, you will find out Jax kill his best friend because he has turned into a zombie. This fills him with hatred for the zombies who has bitten his friend earlier and he vowed to kill them all.
I think we can expect more from the developers of this game as the game is pretty short. It took me much longer time to complete 2.1 level as it is tough with all sorts of zombies piling up in line to attack you. Perhaps, the developer can put in a helper or 2nd-player inside the game to help you to slaughter some of the undead. This can be in the form of multi-player game and help to relieve the difficulty level of this stage.
One feature I will expect in the complete game will be ball passing within team members as soccer is a group game. It just kills the fun when you are playing soccer alone with some disgusting zombies. Also, the game can include special famous World Cup soccer characters that can be bought or achieved through collecting of bonus points to buy them. This can enhance the replay value of the game as well. Stay tuned to see more of this Pro Zombie Soccer on iTunes.
Pro Zombie Soccer will be published by Chillingo.
Check out the game web site at http://www.prozombiesoccer.com/.
Preview Video:
APOCALYPTOSS Launched on Tuesday 2nd Feb on iPhone February 2, 2010
Posted by iphonetech78 in Press Releases of Apps and Games.Tags: 0.99, 40 challenging levels, APOCALYPTOSS, I-Play, put you back in times where human sacrifice is a daily ritual
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Apocalyptoss will put you back in times where human sacrifice is a daily ritual. Challenge yourself in multiple unique events in this amusing action game. Compare your high scores with your friends and compete for achievements. Start collecting heads now.
Key selling points:
Unique Aztec theme with the scene taking place in Ancient Mexico
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1 thumb game. Easy to pick up hard to master.
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Highly addictive
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Casual and fun
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40 challenging levels: travel across the temples of ancient Mexico and look after the head falling after each sacrifice.
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Check your score in the high score table. Connected to Open feint so you can see the score of the other player and try to defy them.
Key iPhone features:
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5 different type of many games in which you will always have to look after just after the head of the poor human sacrificed by their ruler
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3 levels of difficulty: Beginner, Advance, Expert
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Online achievements using the Open feint Technology
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Post your score on Facebook and Twitter (via Open Feint)
Guerrilla Bob – An Action-Packed Shooter Game Review February 1, 2010
Posted by iphonetech78 in iPhone Game Reviews.Tags: 2.99, Angry Mob Games, Chillingo, Guerrilla Bob
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Guerrilla Bob is an action shooter game that is just released by Chillingo. If you like Minigore, you have to try this game. The game starts by letting you try your shooting skills. Once you have obtain a new weapon, it will appear on the bottom centre of the screen.
There are a few villains in the game like Johnny Boom who carries a bomb, willing to take you down along with himself. In such situations, you have to retreat back and continue shooting your bullets at him till he explode.
The next villain is Joe Bombero who likes to throw grenades bombs at you. Avoid them at all costs or you will die easily under his hands.
Sometimes, you will meet up with some turret brigade which has extreme firepower. Grab a health pack when you see this. Your health bar definitely will go down extremely fast if you meet some of these.
If you clear one stage, you need to exit and save the game to save your game progress that you have passed stage 1. If you do not save your level progress and you die in stage 2, you will be taken to stage 1 on your next game restart. I will think the developer can introduce game saved slots for this game so that players can save their progress for different levels rather than dead on level 2 and they have to restart from level 1. The game does save your game states if you did not die in your previous levels. This only applies to when you are dead on certain levels.
The game does show some introduction video clips to the enemies when they appear. You have to think of strategies to take them down when you meet them. There are some humorous dialogue going in Bob’s head when he take down the various enemies.
The game controls are simple but sometimes when Bob runs, it is hard to control the firing directions. The firing directions do go haywire when you run to avoid the enemies. When you are walking slow, the firing controls works fine. Sometimes when you are caught between the firepower of two enemies on your left and right, you will find yourself unable to move diligently. It will be better to have lockon controls on the enemies as you shoot them. I wish there are grenades I can throw at the enemies in this game as there are sometimes, my gun fire cannot reach the enemies due to the short shooting range.
In the dark alleys, you will find some hidden bonus like the flamethrower gun which I found in stage 2. You can switch to the other machine gun by tapping on the machine gun if you want to change weapons.Terrorists can be found lurking in corners. Sometimes, you need to hide behind objects and shoot them to avoid being hit by their ammunition.
The game has integrated with Chillingo’s Crystal SDK for social gaming network which allows you to find friends from facebook and add them to compete against online scores on the leaderboards. Once you have configured the game integration with facebook and twitter, your scores or achievements will be posted to facebook or twitter. However, the game does not have any challenges configured with Crystal SDK now.
The game needs some improvement in the controls previously mentioned as well as to add chat rooms in the Crystal SDK so that online players can chat over their scores and achievements. For $2.99, I will say it is worth your buck as there are enemies to kill and achievements to fulfill in the game.
Graphics: 4.8 /5
Sound/Music: 4.8 /5
Fun: 4.7 /5
Addictiveness: 4.7 /5
Value for money: 5 /5
Overall: 4.7 /5
B-BOY BEATS – FULL DETAILS REVEALED with Underground Hip Hop soundtrack, innovative game-play and heaps of attitude… January 30, 2010
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DUNDEE, UK – 29th January 2010
Scottish iPhone publisher and developer Tag Games is today pleased to announce full details of its upcoming hip hop rhythm action game B-Boy Beats. Developed in partnership with Mobile Pie, a hugely talented studio based in the UK’s hip hop heartland of Bristol. B-Boy Beats aims to reinvent the stale rhythm action genre made popular on iPhone by titles such as Tap Tap and Rock Band.
Overview
Are you ready to party? B-Boy Beats is a unique, all action, hip hop rhythm game set in 1980’s New York City. As the lead member of a new break-dance crew looking to gain respect, you’ll need to learn the latest moves and battle other crews to claim new turf across various city locations.
Game-play
Place your fingers on the screen and get ready to move! Simply tapping isn’t enough to succeed in B-Boy Beats. Players must hold their fingers on the screen – giving the feel of virtual legs moving across a virtual dance floor!!
Learn the latest dance moves in the fully interactive tutorial before heading out onto the city streets. There are 10 break-dance moves to learn with each one requiring ever greater skill, timing and confidence to pull off. You knew the city was a dangerous place when you left the safety of the suburbs but are you ready to be tested to the limit? There are 7 hardcore crews each breaking on their home turf to take on and ultimately beat down in your quest to be the best in the city.
Underground Hip Hop ft MC Frontalot
B-Boy Beats features 17 dope tracks from the rising stars of underground Hip Hop. Led by Nerdcore and Penny Arcade favourite MC Frontalot the game also includes awesome tracks from Optimus Rhyme, Id Obelus, Ultraklystron, Rai and Magitek.
Game Features
- The most original music game on iPhone today
- Face off against 7 NYC crews each with their own turf
- Awesome music talent from the hip hop underground
- Rhythm action game-play where your fingers become legs!
- 10 authentic break-dance moves to learn
- Easy and Hard difficulty levels for extra replay value
- Open Feint social network integration
Due for release February 14th 2010 B-Boy Beats promises to make a mockery of other weak wristed iPhone music games. Aiming to own the streets (and of course the App Store) the game will launch at the £1.79/$2.99/€2.39 price point.
Check out the game play video:
About Tag Games
Tag Games is an independent game developer and publisher based in Dundee, Scotland, which has quickly established itself as a leader in the creation of games for mobile and digital download platforms. We have earned critical acclaim and commercial success with a number of varied titles including our recent top 10 iPhone hit Car Jack Streets. We have extensive experience of game development for the most important mobile platforms including iPhone, Android, PSP minis, DSi, Blackberry, J2ME and BREW.
Tag’s reputation for flexibility, innovation and delivery is second to none, successfully balancing the creation of original IP alongside development of licensed and commission titles. Tag Games partners include Endemol, Connect2Media, I-play, Big Fish Games, GlobalFun, Tern TV and Sandlot Games.
About Mobile Pie
Mobile Pie is a developer of imaginative entertainment for mobile platforms. Based in the heart of Bristol, the studio has received such notable accolades as Channel 4’s New Mobile Game Developer of the Year and received the Media Innovation Awards’ Trophy 2008.
Mobile Pie has led cutting edge research in games and mobile technologies and have worked with such prestigious clients as Hewlett-Packard and the BBC, putting us ahead of the pack in terms of technology and expertise.
With focus now shifting towards our own original IP Bristol Media identified us as “Ones to Watch” for 2009 whilst Chinwag told the world our “award winning content has mouths watering all over and people coming back for more.”
We are set to continue our growth in to the coming years and beyond with Mobile Pie becoming synonymous in the gaming public’s mind with high quality titles for mobile platforms
Vampire Origins coming to iPhone soon January 30, 2010
Posted by iphonetech78 in Previews of Upcoming Games.Tags: Chillingo, hot new 3D shooter, Vampire Origins, Van Helsing
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Vampire Origins is a hot new 3D shooter, an isometric adventure title coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The game pits Dracula’s arch-rival Van Helsing against legions of underworld creatures. If you fancy Gothic adventures paired with intense fighting, Vampire Origins will boil the blood in your veins.
If you’ve ever played Diablo, you’ll feel right at home with Vampire Origins. A simple battle system ditches complex inventory and weaponry in favor of a point-and-click approach of attacking creatures by tapping them. It may sound boring on paper, but the fast-paced action balances things out. Fast, very agile enemies leave you little time to ponder your next move or marvel Gothic architecture. Although Vampire Origins is an adventure, with some puzzles and lots of exploration, action and killing enemies come before everything else.
Check out the preview video that demonstrates the game play:
Escape: Norm’s World available soon for the BlackBerry and iPhone/iTouch! January 30, 2010
Posted by iphonetech78 in Previews of Upcoming Games.Tags: Escape: Norm's World, IUGO Mobile Entertainment, zone out on limitless Zen puzzles
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January 27, 2010
IUGO brings you a little ESCAPE! ESCAPE: Norm’s World lets you zone out on limitless Zen puzzles. Jump Norm from stone to stone to eliminate all and solve the puzzle.
ESCAPE: Norm’s World features:
•Endless levels and game play
•3 difficulty levels for replayability
•Simple controls for all ages
•Minimalist graphics for maximum appeal
•Unique cerebral game play complimented by relaxing audio and visual effects
•Surprisingly addictive!
This game is due to be released soon for iPhone and Blackberry. Watch for it coming to you in your nearby iTunes App Store!
IUGO Serves Up Some Alien Butt with Daisy Mae’s Alien Buffet. January 30, 2010
Posted by iphonetech78 in iPhone Game Reviews.Tags: Alien Buffet, Daisy Mae’s Alien Buffet, IUGO Mobile Entertainment, released in February
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January 29, 2010
Vancouver, BC- IUGO’s latest adventure on the iPhone, Daisy Mae’s Alien Buffet, offers over-the-top alien slaying. Check out the description, screens and link to video below:
Daisy Mae’s peaceful, simple life in her little desert trailer park will never be the same. A full scale alien attack on earth has begun and Daisy becomes the unlikely heroine outta nowhere. Take hold of the steering wheel and help Daisy Mae shoot and blast her way to victory in this fun and quirky dual stick shooter. Aliens: you have been served!
Game Features:
✓ More aliens than you can shake a stick at!
✓ The baddest selection of weapons known to folks ‘round these here parts
✓ Purty graphics and fancy sounds effects
✓ Sassy costumes to unlock for Daisy Mae’s alien hoedown
✓ Daisy Mae “taunt” moves to stun the aliens silly
✓ Control options to suit every varmint’s needs
✓ VIP points to be earned towards an additional costume
✓ Global leaderboards
✓ Auto save
The video illustrates the auto-aim/auto-shoot control option. Dual stick and button shoot (auto-aim) controls are also available to users.
Daisy Mae’s Alien Buffet is due for release in February of this year for the iPhone. Hopefully, you can get this game for your girlfriend just in time for Valentine’s day.
