Last week of course saw the unveiling of Apple’s latest ‘must have’ device: the iPad. The device has caused a division amongst those who have heard about it, with some hugely excited for the device, and others not seeing a reason for its existence. At Nukoda, we couldn’t let such an important event pass without comment, and so included are some views of some of the writers for this website…
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Square Enix announces Final Fantasy I and II for iPhone via Facebook
Final Fantasy I and II will premiere on the iPhone and iPod touch, according to Square Enix’s Facebook page today. No other details, including price or a release window were provided in the announcement, but a few screens were posted on the page. The timeless “Fight, Magic, Defend, Item, Run” command menu has been replaced with [...]
Grand Theft Auto hits the App Store
With little fanfare or even a press release, Rockstar’s portable GTA hit the App Store yesterday morning. The now twice ported title sells for $9.99, and from what I can tell from my four or so hours in the game, never looked better. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars was a bit of a commercial dud [...]
Game companies rank low on Greenpeace scale
Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony ended up towards the bottom end of environmental group Greenpeace’s quarterly Greener Electronics rankings this year with little improvement from last year. Despite game companies cutting some unnecessary plastic from game cases (the pie-pieces you’ve noticed cut out of recent game purchases are intentional) the Greenpeace scale rated Nintendo and Microsoft [...]
Apple’s App store sells 3 billion Apps to date
Apple Inc., purveyors of the iPhone and iPod touch announced today that more than three billion apps have been downloaded for the iPhone and iPod Touch in less than 18 months. The announcement comes just in time to try and take the sizzle out of Google’s Nexus One Android phone announcement later today. An important [...]
Modern Warfare 2 most pirated game of 2009
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the most pirated game of 2009, according to According to TorrentFreak. The game has been downloaded illegally nearly 4,100,000 times for PC in 2009, topping the list after only two months of being available. If TorretFreak’s report is accurate, Activision has lost more than $245 million in sales on [...]
Timbaland’s Beaterator Makes Its Way To iPhone
The first game to come from Rockstar in the App Store, Beaterator, the Timbaland based PSP title from earlier in the year has arrived on iPhone and iPod Touch.
Namco Bandai licenses 3D gaming technology
Namco Bandai may produce 3D games in the near future, indicated by a press release today by the company and 3D technology firm, RealD. According to the release, Namco Bandai has licensed RealD’s Stereoscopic Gaming API. The API would allow Namco Bandai not only to render visuals in RealD’s stereoscopic 3D format, but also to implement [...]
Seriously Apple?
One of my simple pleasures that has remained on my device even with lots of competition for space is Blue Attack! by John Kooistra. I loved the challenge of trying to get a better score and I just always wanted the ability to play levels longer so I could power my ship way up. I [...]
ESRB launches iPhone App to help parents’ holiday shopping
The Entertainment Software Rating Board today released a new App for the iPhone and iPod touch. Targeted at parents, the App allows users to search the ESRB database for information on games while at the store, theoretically allowing them to make proper decisions about games for the children in their lives. In addition to showing [...]
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