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Slide To Play Launches Mobile Version of Site

Posted by Chris Reed, 4 hours ago

If you've visited Slide To Play on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or certain other mobile web-connected devices in the last few days, you've probably noticed that we've launched a mobile version of our site.

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Android Advocate Lays Into Apple

Posted by Keith Andrew, 5 hours ago

Competition is healthy, and it also creates plenty of juicy quotes. The latest comes from Android "Developer Advocate" Tim Bray, a former Sun Microsystems employee who uses his new blog to talk about Apple following his recent appointment at Google.

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Puzzle Quest: Chapter 3 Launches As In-App Purchase

Posted by Keith Andrew, Yesterday

No one would go and see a movie with a third of the scenes cut out, or pick up a book with scores of pages missing. Playing a game without a conclusion is equally frustrating, so the news that TransGaming has released the final chapter of the Puzzle Quest trilogy on the App Store will no doubt please the fans of its puzzle/RPG action.

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Namco Announces Tinseltown Dreams and Lt. Fly

Posted by Tim Rattray, Yesterday

Hot on the heels of Pool Pro Online 3, Namco has announced two new Match-3 titles exclusive to the iPhone and iPod Touch: Tinseltown Dreams and Lt. Fly: Rise of the Arachnids.

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Competition Heats Up In US Smartphone Market

Posted by Keith Andrew, Yesterday

What makes tracking just how well the iPhone is doing difficult is the reluctance of major mobile manufacturers or retailers to release official sales figures. Unlike the standard games industry, which has the NPD to fall back on, those looking to see just who is making their mark in the world of smartphones have to rely on third-party sources-- sources that generate their figures using a variety of different, and sometimes confusing, means.

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Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 For iPhone Confirmed

Posted by Tim Rattray, March 13th, 2010

Extreme sports fans who have ollied their way through Skater Nation and Mike V: Do or Die Skateboarding and still want more are in for a treat. Yesterday, Tony Hawk himself confirmed via Twitter that Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 is coming soon to the iPhone and iPod Touch.

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Updated: Rumor: Secret of Monkey Island 2 Coming to iPhone

Posted by Keith Andrew, March 12th, 2010

This week at GDC, Lucasarts announced that Monkey Island 2: Special Edition will be coming to Xbox Live Arcade, PC, PS3, and iPhone and iPod Touch this summer. At the same time, Telltale Games, makers of the Tales of Monkey Island games, said they have no plans to bring their games to the iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad quite yet.

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New Train Conductor Levels Coming With Next Update

Posted by Andrew Podolsky, March 12th, 2010

In a free update coming in late April, the Australian time-management strategy game Train Conductor will introduce three new levels set in the United States. We got to play two of these levels at GDC: New York City's subways and tracks that span the Grand Canyon.

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Analyst: Apple to Build 5 million iPads in First Half of 2010

Posted by Keith Andrew, March 11th, 2010

With the much-hyped launch of the iPad less than a month away, speculation that Apple had to delay its release due to manufacturing issues is rife-- although one industry analyst isn't willing to toe the line.

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Updated: Slide To Play Introduces GameFinder iPhone App

Posted by Andrew Podolsky, March 9th, 2010

GameFinder 1.0.1 has been released, adding support for all you 3.1.2 users! Check it out at Slidetoplay.com/Gamefinder and let us know what you think!

Teaser Site Reveals Splinter Cell is iPhone Bound

Posted by Keith Andrew, March 5th, 2010

We're not too ashamed to admit that we would never have cracked this code. Thanks to the skill of someone more astute than us, however, it would appear that Ubisoft has all but confirmed that Splinter Cell is in development for the iPhone.

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Apple Announces Official iPad Release Date

Posted by Chris Reed, March 5th, 2010

If you haven't begun gathering all the loose change you can find, it's time to start. Apple announced today that they're releasing the iPad in the US on Saturday, April 3, with the 3G version coming later in the month.

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Nintendo Remains Dismissive of iPhone Threat

Posted by Keith Andrew, March 4th, 2010

You have to wonder whether those at Apple are annoyed or amused at Nintendo's continued insistence that the giant represents no threat to its gaming business. Despite analysts such as Michael Pachter claiming Apple is becoming a major player in the industry, Nintendo still believes it need not worry about either the iPhone or iPod Touch.

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EA Releases New Skate It and Sims 3 World Adventures Screens

Posted by Andrew Podolsky, March 3rd, 2010

A few new screens have come down the wire prior to next week's big Game Developer's Conference. These upcoming EA games, along with Mirror's Edge, should all be released for the iPhone and iPod Touch in the next few months, and the newest among them is Skate It.

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Universomo No More: THQ Closes Finnish Developer

Posted by Keith Andrew, March 3rd, 2010

Despite picking up the studio less than three years ago, THQ has announced it has closed Finnish mobile developer Universomo as the publisher continues to restructure its handheld business.

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Apple Reveals Sweatshop-like Factory Conditions

Posted by Keith Andrew, March 2nd, 2010

For the second time in as many years, Apple has admitted that children have been found working in its factories.

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Pachter: Apple Stumbles Into Serious Gaming

Posted by Keith Andrew, March 1st, 2010

His predictions are quoted so often, he's almost become a celebrity, but that hasn't stopped Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter from sticking his neck out when he sees fit.

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iPhone Takes Third Place in Smartphone Race

Posted by Keith Andrew, February 25th, 2010

Though Windows Mobile is effectively dead (Windows Phone set to be the chosen moniker when the flashy-looking Series 7 OS launches later this year), that won't stop those at Apple celebrating the news that iPhone sales sailed past those of Microsoft's mobile division last year, moving iPhone into third place in the global smartphone race in the process.

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Exclusive: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Hands-On Video

Posted by Andrew Podolsky, February 25th, 2010

Haven't played the Phoenix Wright games on the Nintendo DS before? Objection! Soon you'll have your chance, as the iPhone version, with all the same tough-to-crack cases as the first DS game, will be coming to the App Store soon. Check out our exclusive hands-on video.

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Updated: Tuesday Twitter Giveaway: Zombie Cannon Carnage, Alice in Wonderland, Vancouver 2010, and more

Posted by Andrew Podolsky, February 24th, 2010

We've chosen our winners! See which current events would make for interesting iPhone games, and who wins this week's promo codes.

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