Last week at GDC, we had a chance to go hands-on with Zenonia 3, the highly anticipated sequel to two great RPGs. We took video of the introductory cutscene and some combat later in the game. Read More
Zenonia 3 Hands-On Videos
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SkyVu Announces Free, Online Battle Bears Game
Towards the end of GDC last week, Battle Bears developer SkyVu announced that they’ll be partnering with Recharge Studios to create a free, online, squad-based shooter for iOS called Battle Bears Royale. SkyVu’s CEO Benjamin Vu told us their goal was to make a game that’s even better than Ngmoco’s free online shooter, Elminate Pro. Read More
Upcoming EA Mobile Games Hands-On: Drawing and Bubbles
At GDC we had a chance to sit down with representatives from EA Mobile to see several of their upcoming games. The most notable were Max and the Magic Marker, Liqua Pop, and Draw Jump. All of these family-friendly games will be available this month. Read on for details. Read More
All The Best Games From GDC 2011
GDC 2011 is finally winding down, after five intense days of meetings, sessions, and games, games, games. Click ahead to check out our handy summary of the week’s best previews, news and videos from GDC. Read More
Slide To Play Podcast 84: STP and 148 Apps Report from GDC 2011
In this week’s podcast, we report live from the Game Developer Conference in the immediate afterglow of the iPad 2 announcement. Chris and Andrew from Slide To Play are joined by Jeff Scott and Rob LeFebvre from 148 Apps to chat about the iPad 2 and the coolest games we’ve seen at the conference. Read on for links and show notes. Read More
Updated: School 26 Hands-On Preview
School 26, one of the most interesting and unique games we played at GDC 2011, just got a new trailer (available below) and an April 21 release date. If you know a teenager who could work on their interpersonal skills, this is the game to get. Chatting at the lockers has never been more fun. Read More
Snowboard Hero Hands-On Preview and Video
Remember SSX, the fast-action snowboarding game that required you to focus just as much on outlandish tricks as winning the race to the bottom of the mountain? Fishlabs, the creators of Galaxy on Fire 2, certainly remember SSX, and their upcoming snowboarding game is as close as we’ve seen to it on the iPhone. Read More
Death Rally Hands-On Preview
There’s something missing from games like Real Racing 2 or Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, and that’s firepower. Sure, there’s a thrill in racing into first place, but there’s an equally big thrill to be had from firing a rocket launcher at the guy who’s ahead of you in first place. Death Rally gives action gamers what they want: serious car combat. Read More
Machine Gun Jetpack Hands-On Preview
Barry Steakfries, the hero of developer Halfbrick’s popular game Monster Dash, is at it again in an upcoming endless running game called Machine Gun Jetpack. Just like in Monster Dash, Barry runs forward automatically, but this time he’s free of the shackles of gravity, thanks to a unique flying mechanism that you can probably guess from the title. Read More
Out of This World Coming To iPhone
Between our myriad meetings at GDC (more previews are coming soon), a happy email crossed our inbox: Bulkypix and DotEmu are bringing the cult classic game Out of This World (or Another World, as it’s known in some countries) to the iPhone later this year. Read More
Glu’s Freemium Line-Up: Gangstas, Assassins, and Bugs
Developer Glu has a new line-up of freemium games scheduled to be released in the coming months, and we went hands-on with three of them. One is about a gang turf war, one is about assassination, and one is about cartoon bugs. All will be universal apps and will be free to download. Read on for the details. Read More
Updated: Smuggle Truck Hands-On Preview
Smuggle Truck will be released tonight, but not in the form we played at GDC this year. Instead, it’s been renamed “Snuggle Truck” to make it through Apple’s approval process. Instead of Mexican immigrants, the game now stars a cast of cuddly stuffed animals trying to cross into a zoo. No matter the theme, the game is still a lot of fun, so look for this one when it hits the App Store at 8pm PST. Read More