Eric Lee Smith Very (very) late last year we reviewed a new iOS release from a new developer. Battle of the Bulge, by, Shenandoah Studios, impressed us mightily because it got some things that are critical to wargames right that most iOS competitors had, to that point, failed to do;…
Read MoreLet me just say from the outset; I’m not actually opposed to the free-to-play model. Understanding that free-to-play does not mean free, I’ve had a great time with those games that I have felt have put the model to effective use in providing players with a basic, entry-level version of…
Read MoreWhile we’re still ripping up the tracks in GRID 2 on our consoles, Codemasters has surprisingly brought the much beloved Colin McRae series back to drift all over our iOS devices. Built upon the Colin McRae Rally 2.0 version that was found on the original PlayStation, this upgraded version of…
Read MoreIt has been a while since we’ve had an authentic Warhammer experience. THQ mishandled the license with extreme prejudice, even going so far to publish a game that was a generic action clone with that awful Space Marine game that I’ve tried to purge from my memory. So as far…
Read MoreThe games industry tends to mock games that have a yearly release cycle. Call of Duty and the FIFA games are prime examples – games that people accuse (rightly or wrongly) of phoning in the barest minimum of new features and innovation in order to sell to the same people…
Read MoreI am really disappointed with XCOM. Not because of the game itself, but the fact that, within a day of it being released on the Apple App store for $20.99 the Internet has filled with comments from people saying words to the effect of “it’s too expensive” and “I’ll wait…
Read MoreI love having Agricola on the iPad. If you’ve ever played the board game (especially with expansions) then you’ll relate to this; the physical game has so many pieces that it can feel like it takes longer to set up than actually play. It is of course worth that set…
Read MoreLadies and Gentlemen, here is the moment we will know for certain whether iOS gaming really can offer premium experiences at premium price points, or whether the freemium and $0.99 app is really all iOS gamers are willing to shell out for. The rather brilliant XCom releases this week (June…
Read MoreE3 positions itself as the biggest, most important convention for the games industry. Here is the place where the big announcements are made and the who’s who of the most important game developers, publishers, and console manufacturers come together to not only show us what we’ll be playing over the…
Read MoreCertain crossover games seem to come under fire for having decidedly random characters thrown into sometimes unfitting contexts. If you thought last year’s Pokémon X Nobunaga or the recent Project X Zone were strange, Telltale is looking to shock you again by cranking up the weirdness to unparalleled levels. If…
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