Pocket Legends, Spacetime Studio’s flagship title, had a lengthy development time for an iOS game– well over a year. But Blackstar, their next MMORPG, has been in development since 2005. It started as a PC project, but after NCSoft canceled it, the ambitious sci-fi epic was shelved, until now. Read More
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Army of Darkness Hands-On Preview and Video
This morning we met with developer Backflip Studios (the makers of Paper Toss: World Tour, Ninjump, and Ragdoll Blaster 2), who announced that they’re working on a game called Army of Darkness. Just as we hoped, it’s a licensed title based on the 1992 horror/ comedy movie starring Bruce Campbell. Read More
Updated: Mini Motor Racing Hands-On Preview
We’ve just received the trailer for Mini Motor Racing, a cutesy arcade racing game from the makers of Assault Squadron. Check it out below! Read More
Prison Mayhem Hands-On Preview
We’ve seen Diner Dash-style games set in a variety of places, from a Zombie Cafe to the Star Wars Cantina, but this is the first time we’ve seen one set in a prison. Developer 99Games is working on a sim that puts you in the shoes of a warden named Bluto who’s responsible for administering justice to the criminals of the world. Read More
Pocket RPG Hands-On Preview
Updated: Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Hands-On Preview and Video
At E3 last week, we had a chance to check out an updated version of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, and we’re pleased with the progress. The game now has online multiplayer for up to four players via Game Center, Retina display support, and improved controls. Check out our newest hands-on video, showing House of the Dead and Samba de Amigo-themed levels, after the jump. Read More
Agent Squeek Hands-On Preview
Firement is clearly a company that puts a lot of time into polishing their games before releasing them. They’ve only released a few games for iOS so far– Flight Control, Real Racing, and Real Racing 2– all of which we gave Must Have ratings. So our ears perk up when they announce a new game. Today they announced their next project, a game called Agent Squeek. We got our hands on the iPad version of the game for a quick preview. Read on for the details. Read More
Mailmen Hands-On Preview
Remember the old Eidos PC game Commandos, where you played as a group of special forces who had to infiltrate the enemy’s base during World War 2? The upcoming iPad game Mailmen is a lot like that, if you replace the commandos with mailmen and the German soldiers with yappy dogs. Read More
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Announced
Sega announced today that they’ll be bringing Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing to the iPhone. The game came out last year on other systems, so we have a good idea about what to expect: a Mario Kart-like racing game, but with Sega characters. Read More
Gameloft Developing Four Unreal Engine Games
Today, Gameloft announced that they are teaming up with Epic Games to release four Unreal Engine-powered iOS games, which will also be released on other platforms like Android and Playstation Network. The games themselves haven’t been revealed, but two will be out in 2011 and two will be out in 2012. Read More
Updated: Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP Hands-On Preview
The makers of the weird, beautiful game Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery have just announced that the iPad version of the game has been approved by Apple and will be released on Thursday, March 24. The iPhone version will be available next month. To hold you over until then, check out our coverage of the game below! Read More