Who likes classic strategy games? Who likes iPads? Who wouldn’t like the two of them together! Matrix Games might or might not be a name you recognise, but they’re the minds behind one of the few genuine, hardcore wargames on the iPad so far – Battle Academy. That was a…
Read MoreIf you’ve found yourself growing tired of Rovio’s numerous expansions to digital success story Angry Birds, perhaps you’ll be pleased to see how different its spin-off, Bad Piggies, plays. One could describe the gameplay as the antithesis to Angry Birds. Whilst our enraged fowl friends merely aimed to destroy the…
Read MoreIt is an odd quirk that so many hidden object games seem to come from a horror background. This genre allows for a lot of fun for developers to build themed settings in which to hide those pesky objects. Halloween with all its ghost stories, haunted houses, dark cemeteries and…
Read MoreNo, not that Wipeout- the gameshow… from TV! Activision and The Blast Furnace bring the water-logged game to iOS, but does it manage to reach the finish line? I wasn’t super familiar with the ABC gameshow Wipeout before I fired up the game of the same name on my iPad.…
Read MoreThe Mac App Store is now home to one of the fastest selling digitally released games of all time- Dungeon Defenders. Mac gamers are finally be able to join their console and PC cousins in defending some cartoony dungeons today as Dungeon Defenders has hit the App Store for $14.99…
Read MoreBring the dark gods of the ancient world back from the depths in this first expansion pack for The Wasted Land- Kaul’s Diary. Now this is a nice surprise. The Wasted Land is a turn-based strategy game based on the universe created by famed horror writer H.P. Lovecraft and it’s…
Read MoreBethesda and Arkane’s upcoming Dishonored is about a supernatural assassin taking cold blooded vengeance on those who’ve wronged him. Rat Assassin, the iOS companion to the game, is about killing rats. They are dangerous rats, to be fair. RA is a completely separate gaming experience than the FPS/action title Dishonored…
Read MoreI have had a pair of iPads bouncing around my house for some time, but they are usually in use by other members of my family while on the road, and when I am at the house I generally fire up a game on one of my consoles. So while…
Read MoreAmplitude Studios announced today that their hit space combat/strategy game is now available on the Mac – complete with cross-platform multiplayer. Mac users will have access to the cross-platform gameplay mode and be able to play their PC rivals in the turn-based strategy game. “We are hugely excited with the…
Read MoreA chunk of Activision’s library of Atari 2600 games comes to Android and iOS devices today with Activision Anthology. The emulation platform is available as a free download from the Marketplace and App Store now and includes one classic title – Kaboom. Once you fire up the app though, you’ll…
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