Proving that you can’t keep a good sequel down, Gameloft today announced that the sequel to the hit iOS first person shooter N.O.V.A. was coming back to the platform. Sadly no dates were announced, but if past announcements are anything to go on I would expect it within the month. I’m actually surprised that N.O.V.A. [...]
Must Have Games for Your New iPod/iPad/iPhone
So you’ve opened that new present you’ve been waiting for all year – a brand new shiny (or perhaps, hand-me-down) iPod touch, iPhone or iPad. No doubt your loved ones scrimped and saved and pooled their money for this revolutionary and/or magical device. Now what to put on it? If you’ve got an iPad, Virgin [...]
Telltale Sets DeLorean for Dec 22, 2010 for Back to the Future Game Release
Telltale Games’ episodic video game version of ‘Back to the Future’ for PC and Mac finally has a release date of December 22 according to the developer’s blog. Telltale has gone for a more cartoonish look for these games and it look to be a fresh, interesting take on the series after it first premiered [...]
Contest: Win a Gamebook Adventures iOS game!
Due to the generous offer of Tin Man Games, we are holding a contest here on Nukoda and on the Touch of Gaming podcast to give some copies of the 3 game book apps away. If you are like me you remember playing Fighting Fantasy and Lonewolf books as a kid. I say playing, because [...]
Steam for Mac beta stats full of half-empty/half-full facts
Game developer Valve today released an updated set of usage statistics, including those for its Steam for Mac digital distribution platform. There’s diamonds and lead depending on your point of view. Bad news first, of course. Mac usage of the gaming service has dropped off since the big debut a few months ago. Originally around [...]
Gamescom 2010: Will push Force Unleashed 2 demo forth soon
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 will have a demo released prior to launch very similar to what’s currently available to gamers at Gamescom, a Lucasarts representative said. The demo will supposedly be available prior to the games release, rather than released day-and-date with the game, as is the current demo trend. According to attendees, the [...]
QuakeCon 2010: Rage iPhone is Real
During his keynote, id Software found John Carmack revealed a tech demo of something he’s been doing as a “side project” - Rage for the iPhone. A working demo showed the game operating at 60 fps using the Rage Engine (complete with megatextures) on an iPhone 4. Carmack assures viewers that it will also work [...]
QuakeCon 2010: Opening
This year’s QuakeCon has arrived and the BYOC hordes are here in full force. After a stint at the Gaylord-Texan id Software’s PC gaming free-for-all has returned to the Dallas Hilton-Anatole with tournaments, one of the world’s largest LAN parties, vendor booths and lots and lots (and lots) of free t-shirts. This will be the [...]
Quake Live Goes Live
Dallas-based id Software has just sent live its long awaited browser-based first-person-shooter, Quake Live, via the game’s website. The release comes just in time for QuakeCon next week, one of the largest gaming conventions in the country and one with a heavy emphasis on actually gaming (with a phenomenally successful BYOPC section). QuakeCon runs from August [...]
SnoShred, Reviewed [iPhone]
While checking out the pictures on the App Store for SnoShred prior to downloading it for review, I began to become excited at the prospect of playing such a good looking Snow Boarding simulator on my iPhone. Does the game live up to early promise?

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