Every year at E3, we keep ourselves busy with hands-on previews and developer interviews for the latest iOS games. But we always try to make time to check out the latest iOS-like consoles from Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. Two years ago, we tried out the 3DS to see if 3D mobile gaming would take off, and last year, we put the PSP Vita through its paces. This year, the most iOS-like console at E3 is Nintendo’s Wii U, so we took it for a test drive to see if its touchscreen controller can compare with the best of iPad gaming. Read More →
Talk about a big week! iOS was more present than ever at this year’s E3, and we have the stories to prove it. Read on for samples of all of our coverage of the biggest gaming event of the year, with links to the full articles. Read More →
It’s been a few months since we’ve checked in on the iOS version of FIFA 13. At yesterday’s EA press event, they revealed one big new addition to the series: online multiplayer! Now it’s confirmed that you can play against a friend through EA’s Origin social gaming platform. Read More →
As we’ve done with a fewother iOS games that are clearly inspired by popular titles, we’ve sought a comment from the original developer of Zombie Highway about Glu’s upcoming lookalike, Mutant Roadkill. Read More →
Gun Bros redefined freemium gaming on the App Store. Before that, most free-to-play games were boring old farming sims, but Gun Bros was action-packed, with a dual-stick shooter interface. Now, the Gun Bros universe is expanding with the addition of the Bombshells, the female pilots who appeared in Gun Bros’ loading screens. Read More →
The App Store is stuffed with chirpy mascots and harmless, cartoon violence, so it’s refreshing to see a game delve into more disturbing subject matter, like ritual murder and madness. An upcoming adventure game published by Bulkypix called Yesterday will let you travel the world to solve the mystery of the murdered hobos. Read More →
Capcom just sent along the first four official screenshots of Street Fighter X Tekken. These images confirm just the four playable characters in the E3 demo, but they also show off a lot more special moves. Read More →
Spacetime Studios has the mother of all comeback stories. The MMO developer has faced certain death numerous times in the past decade, as PC publishers looking for big-budget games came and went. But on iOS, they’ve found a winning formula: Three MMORPGs, all of which are free-to-play, that have earned millions of downloads and a fan base that can’t stop playing. But those players still want more, so next up for the studio is Arcane Legends. Read More →
Square Enix had quite an eclectic collection of titles on display in their booth, many of which are arriving very soon. Without further delay, here is part two of our romp through Square Enix’s iOS lineup. Also be sure to read part one here. Read More →
Square Enix is going all out for mobile in a huge way at this year’s E3. They had no less than 10 iOS games on hand for us to try, and not a single one was from the Chaos Rings series. Read on for our impressions of the first five, all of which will be available in June or July. Be sure to read part two here. Read More →
One of the first games to launch on the App Store in 2008, the original Fieldrunners was a giant hit and a harbinger of the tower defense surge that followed. The team at Subatomic has upgraded the original game continually since then, adding sound, music, and levels. But now it’s time for a huge leap forward for the franchise: an awesomely upgraded Fieldrunners 2. Read More →
The Asphalt series has been chugging away on iOS for a long time now. Every year, a bigger and badder version of the game hits the App Store with aims of taking the checkered flag. Asphalt 7: Heat is no exception. Targeting a June release, Gameloft is hoping fans appreciate their strategy of amping things up another level. After spending some quality time with the game, fans of the series will undoubtedly enjoy what is being served up. Read More →
Though we were told at E3 that Infinity Blade: Dungeons would launch in late 2012, AllThingsD is now reporting that Epic has pushed back the release date to 2013. Although it’s disappointing that we won’t have a new Infinity Blade game launching right before Christmas for the first time in a few years, what we played at E3 was a very promising “vertical slice” that would benefit from added content and polish. Read More →
We’ve just updated our preview of Gameloft’s upcoming game The Amazing Spider-Man with a hands-on video! Watch it below to see the web-slinger in action, and read the preview for additional details about this open-world superhero title. Read More →
We have some nice big screenshots of some of the gameplay in The Amazing Spider-Man, and a little more information about the core mechanics: it’ll be an open-world game, not unlike 2004′s beloved Spider-Man 2 console game. Hands-on impressions are forthcoming!
