One of those E3 announcements that just about slips through the net, Square-Enix today confirmed plans to bring Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions and Secret of Mana to the iPhone and iPod Touch. War of the Lions was the fantastic 2007 PSP remake of Final Fantasy Tactics, and the transition to iPhone should be [...]
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50 Percent of Games in 3D by 2012 Says Ubisoft
Publisher Ubisoft in an investor’s conference conference call yesterday predicted that in just two years time, half of all games will be capable of 3D. They plan on calling it, ThreeDee™. Really. “We will see more and more product coming in 3D on 360 and PS3 but also on portable machines. We can count on [...]
Flight Control HD reviewed [iPad]
So let’s get this out of the way first – this is being typing on an iPad* via the on-screen keyboard (and the pretty good, but not amazing, WordPress App) so this is a bit of a first for Nukoda on a number of fronts. Flight Control HD is the iPad update of the same [...]
The Sims 3 World Adventures Comes to the App Store
Seeming to come out of nowhere the Friday just gone, EA have released the latest exapansion pack for the award winning The Sims 3 for iPhone. Mirroring the PC version of the game, World Adventures allows players to explore three new countries with their Sims, imported from the original game. Being able to journey to [...]
Hellemental, Reviewed [iPhone]
To be blunt, Hellemental is a time waster and nothing more. The controls aren’t intuitive, the icons are confusing and the instructions are anything but clear. The game looks polished, with more than acceptable 3D graphics and very fun, sparkly particle effects and a wide, well-realized diversity of creature designs. The sound design is actually [...]
Fox Vs Duck, Reviewed [iPhone]
With it’s minimalistic Zen inspired visuals, Fox Vs Duck is the latest game from Studio FungFung, the makers of one of my favourite games from last year, MiniSquadron. Coined as a micro-game, Fox Vs Duck is just that, a simple pick up and play distraction that you’ll find yourself coming back to again and again. [...]
We Rule Hits iPhones North of the Border
Earlier today we Canadians received a great gift, and no it wasn’t the Canada vs. Slovakia Hockey game. Just like Touch Pets and Eliminate before it, ngmoco’s We Rule has come out in Canada before the rest of the world! I guess Canada is a great test bed for new games that rely heavily on [...]
Street Fighter IV coming to iPhone and iPod Touch in March 2010
The legendary fighting series Street Fighter gets touchy feely with the release of Street Fighter IV for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Like its console counter-part, SF4 for iPhone is played from a 2D perspective, with additional 3D camera flourishes. Numerous new special moves have been mapped to a unique 4-button control scheme as well [...]
Angry Birds Update 1.2 Hatches Awesome
The Chillingo published physics puzzle game Angry Birds was just updated to version 1.2, adding 40 new levels and integration with the Crystal social network. I had some awesome things to say about Angry Birds on the Touch of Gaming Podcast episode #42, likening it to a Boom Blocks experience on your iPhone, and am [...]
Telltale Games announces Mac ports incoming
Telltale Games has officially announced that it is indeed bringing its titles to Macs today. The first game to hit the platform will be Tales of Monkey Island. Telltale is currently asking fans to decide which game it releases next: Strong Bad, Sam & Max or Wallace and Gromit. (Anyone with any taste should vote Sam & Max) Telltale also announced that [...]
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