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This Shitty Developer Has No Brains (Or Giant Balls)

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

Top Best Adult Entertainment. It's not a name that springs to mind alongside the likes of Nintendo, Blizzard, Valve or BioWare, and there's a reason for that. This is one of the worst developers in the world. More »

No One Needs to Know You Downloaded Tap Tap Glee

Mike Fahey — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:00:00 EDT

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You're not into musicals; I get that. It's a silly show that definitely didn't make me cry multiple times during the first season alone, and I wouldn't be caught dead playing Tap Tap Glee, now available on the iTunes App Store. More »

What's Better Than Radical Fishing? Ridiculous Fishing

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:30:00 EDT

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Last year a game was released called Radical Fishing. It was fun, and had a great name, but didn't look so hot. The developers (Vlambeer) are now back with another fishing game, and this one looks great. More »

Study: Bulk of iPhone Game Earnings Come From "Free" Titles

Max Abrams — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:40:00 EDT

Nearly two-thirds of all revenue generated from the top 100 games in the Apple App store in June came from people spending cash inside "free" games, according to a recent study. More »

Here It Is, an Official Pokémon App

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:30:00 EDT

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There are unofficial Pokémon apps, such as this. Nintendo and Game Freak are *finally* releasing an official Pokémon app for the AppStore and the Android Market. More »

Demolition Dash is an Adorable Little Rampage

Owen Good — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:30:00 EDT

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The cops are yelling something at me in French—I think it's "We're cops!"—but, like a two-year-old with a head of steam, I pay them no mind, knocking over everything in my way and screaming at whatever won't move. More »

iTunes Flash Game Ripoffs Get More Brazen with Canabalt Clone

Owen Good — Thu, 05 May 2011 20:30:00 EDT

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Last week, the outright theft of a Flash game, republished for sale on the iTunes App Store with Apple's approval, jarred the Flash development community. Though the app later was removed, anecdotal reports of similar ripoffs came trickling back. More »

iTunes' Approval of Flash Game Ripoff Raises a Troubling Question for Gamers

Owen Good — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:40:00 EDT

A blatantly copied flash game currently offered on the iTunes App Store will likely be removed quickly if Apple's whack-a-mole approach to content moderation is any guide. But this new twist in App Store plagiarism raises a troubling question for game developers and conscientious consumers. How do you know that 99-cent App isn't someone's stolen work? More »

Overkill Will Keep Shooting Until The Money Runs Out

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:00:00 EDT

Overkill is what happens when Duck Hunt meets the cold, fiscal reality of the App Store. More »

A Sporting Way To Help Japan

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 03:30:00 EDT

If you're going to donate to a charity so you can help out the people and organisations in Japan currently dealing with the effects of the earthquake and tsunami, you may as well get a great game out of it. More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: Angry Birds Dominate

Brian Crecente — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:00:00 EST

Not a whole lot new to see here. Angry Birds continues its dominance, while some classics like Plants Vs. Zombies and Cut the Ropes continue to linger. More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: Another Game From the Makers of Farmville Hits

Brian Crecente — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:00:00 EST

Not a lot changed this week on the charts, though another game from the people behind CityVille and Farmville hit. This one's about poker. More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: New Year, Old Birds

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:40:00 EST

Angry Birds is still the hottest game on the iPhone and iPad, at least when you look at our weekly ranking of top-grossing games on the platforms. What can knock off these birds? More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: Doodle Jump is Back... BE WARNED

Brian Crecente — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:00:00 EST

There was a time when Doodle Jump was the Angry Birds of the iPhone, but then the game disappeared... until this week when it bounced back to the top ten. Surprise! More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: It Slices, It Dices

Brian Crecente — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:00:00 EST

Epic's amazing Infinity Blade dominates the iPhone and iPad charts this week. Rightfully so. More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: EA Will Not Be Undersold

Mike Fahey — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:00:00 EST

EA's big holiday sale brings Scrabble, Monopoly, and Madden back into the iPhone fold, knocking off promising newcomers like last week's Rage and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: Out with the Old, In With the New

Brian Crecente — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:00:00 EST

Plenty of hot new titles swamped the charts this week including id's Rage for the iPhone and iPad, LEGO Harry Potter and Need For Speed Hot Pursuit. More »

Minecraft...On The iPhone?

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:30:00 EST

Until it was removed from the App Store yesterday you could, for a short while, get what was basically Minecraft for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Only difference was this game was called Minecrafted. More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: It's a Smurfy Day

Brian Crecente — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:00:00 EST

Smurfs are smurfing their way up the Smurfing iPhone and iPad charts. More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: Tap Zoo and Plenty Of Stories

Brian Crecente — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:00:00 EST

As we approach the often expensive holidays it seems that the free-to-play games are making a resurgence on the iPhone. More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: Zombies!!!

Brian Crecente — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Zombies and Halloween-themed Angry Birds roosted in the top spots last week. More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: An Angry Bird Sandwich

Brian Crecente — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:40:00 EDT

Angry Birds didn't just regain the number one spot on the iPhone and iPad, it's also got a second top ten spot on both platforms. Halloween magic! More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: What's Next? Cut the Angry Birds

Brian Crecente — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Chillingo needs to spend all of the hard earned cash they're raking in from Cut the Rope and Angry Birds to help figure out how to combine the two. More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: Angry Birds Knocked From Its Perch

Brian Crecente — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:30:00 EDT

Well, well, well Angry Birds, how's the number four spot treating you? More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: Angry Birds Have Taken Over My Home

Brian Crecente — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Last week I made the mistake of gifting Angry Birds to my wife's iPhone. She hasn't stopped playing since. More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: iPad Owners Love Those Freemium Games

Brian Crecente — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:00:00 EDT

The iPad really saw a takeover of free-to-play, but pay-to-win games this week. Famrville, We City, City Story, Farm Story. iPad owners are crazy about em'. More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: Angry Sims

Brian Crecente — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:00:00 EDT

The Sims finally push those Angry Birds from their perch. More »

iTunes Store Rejects The Onion's Face-Shooting Joke App

Owen Good — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:00:00 EDT

Remember "Close Range"? The Onion's violent video game satire got a web-based flash game after its hilarious introduction in April, and soon the satirical publication began work on an iPhone app. Until Apple killed the fun, of course. More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: Spidey Takes To The Charts

Brian Crecente — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Spider-Man may be cool, but he's no angry birds. More »

Get Backbreaker On The iPhone Now

Owen Good — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:51:50 EDT

First Hoggy, now Backbreaker. NaturalMotion's iPhone/iPad port of its addictive "Tackle Alley" challenge is also free for today only on the iTunes App store in North America and the U.K. Thanks jayc4life! More »

iTunes Chart Toppers: Angry Jaws

Brian Crecente — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Angry Birds is flocking on the top spot for both the iPhone and iPad. I was just replying it on my iPhone this weekend, great phone with those smarmy, smiling pigs. More »

iTunes Chart Topper: Dysentery Returns

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:00:00 EDT

The iPhone version of The Oregon Trail brings its own beloved brand of interactive illness to this week's chart. Plus: more top-ranked iPhone and iPad zombie games than ever before. More »

iTunes Chart Topper: Madden Fever

Aulistar Mark — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Madden reigns supreme on this weeks iTunes Chart Topper. Being a digitally distributed port, bargain bin deals the day Madden 12 is inevitably unveiled is out of the question. More »

iTunes Chart Topper: Planets Collide, Osmos Returns

Aulistar Mark — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:20:00 EDT

Osmos the highly regarded game about little orbs absorbing bigger ones makes it's return to the list. Both iPhone and iPad gamers have found a renewed interest in it's galactic ambiance. More »

iTunes Chart Topper: Choppers, Farms and Military Maneuvers, Vietnam In Chart Form

Aulistar Mark — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Risk : The Official Game takes a unprecedented drop. We Farm for iPad proves iGamers are still not tired of FarmVille knock-offs, and everyone has gone crazy for the Choppers. More »

iTunes Chart Topper: Street Fighter IV and Scrabble Strike Back!

Aulistar Mark — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Street Fight IV makes its triumphant return to the iPhone list. Scrabble for iPad proves classic games never gets old. All this and more on this week's iTunes Chart Topper. More »

iTunes Chart Topper: Mix-Up Not For Those Who Fear Change

Aulistar Mark — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Award winners Osmos and Spider: Bryce Manor have commandeered the top iPad spots this week. Star Wars: Battle for Hoth makes its iPhone debut, and apparently there's still a bastion of hold outs who haven't bought Angry Bird yet. More »

iTunes Chart Topper: Angry Birds, still Angry and still Birds

Aulistar Mark — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:20:00 EDT

Angry Birds takes over the top spots on both the iPhone and iPad Lists as we continue our weekly chart topper from our festive 4th of July hiatus. More »

iTunes Chart Topper: Scrabble vs. GT Racings Battle Blazes on

Aulistar Mark — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:00:00 EDT

While micro-transaction games have dominated the bottom half of the iPad chart, Scrabble and GT Racing trade places for #1. More »

iTunes Chart Topper: Pay As You Go Takeover

Aulistar Mark — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:00:00 EDT

A new trend seems to have taken root as Tap Fish, Godfinger and Fishies make their debuts. The Business model of these games follow the free with RMT transactions for in game currency method. More »