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 really nice. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 26, 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 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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...
Continue reading...Thursday, January 21, 2010
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 a more [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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 distinction in [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 7, 2009
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.
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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 a game’s [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 26, 2009
The price of iPhone apps and games has been a hot topic in the games industry of late, those few ‘expensive’ titles on the service gaining praise, or dismissal for their acceptance of the iTunes model. The latest of these is 2XL ATV Offroad is the latest of these titles, near breaking the £5 barrier [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 23, 2009
A genre not in short supply on iPhone, Racing games that control with either movements of the phone, or an on-screen steering wheel are now a staple of people’s iPod Touch and iPhone units. Horror Racing is the latest of these from developer Chillingo, but does it bring anything new to a genre so often [...]
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