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Let's get that first niggling thought out of the way: this Mass Effect iOS game isn't going to feel like that Dead Space iOS game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5883602&view=rss&microfeed=true Anyone who's been watching EA knows that the publisher's going to be tethering portable spin-offs to its big releases. Last year's Dead Space game for iOS and Android proved such games could be great and yesterday we saw the debut of Mass Effect Infiltrator. This sector's a big deal for EA. More »
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Next month, maniac shooter DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou is coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch. More »
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The most clever twist of FlipShip didn't reveal itself to me until, about a half-dozen rounds into this top-down shooter, I finished a game with a score of exactly zero. Then I realized that this game wasn't predicated on twitch skills but knowing, in an arcade sense, when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em. Or, in this case, when to flip 'em. More »
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When you think back to Pitfall, the lead character in the classic Activision game didn't seem like he was in that much of a hurry. Granted, the Atari 2600 didn't create speedy animations but it seemed like Pitfall Harry was straight-up leisurely. I distinctly remember taking the time to line up jumps from alligator head to alligator head just right, like I had all the time in the world. More »
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For years, the Nintendo 64 Kid has been the epitome of holiday game gift giving. Two kids went bananas over getting a Nintendo console, complete with box paw scratching and raised fists. It was a heroic moment. More »
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When you think back to old-school arcade games, the hazy mist of nostalgia and the technical limitations of the day tend to obscure the fact that you were laying waste to hordes of enemies. There's a lot of retro homage in Burn and Turn and you are clearly doling out fiery death to fools but the hybrid release has a lot more going for it than just an 1980s aesthetic. More »
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Mage Gauntlet is the sort of game that should have Nintendo rethinking their policies on bringing their wonderful, vibrant catalog of games to mobile devices. More »
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Like elsewhere, the iPhone is hugely popular and hard to get in Japan. Earlier this week, actress Yumiko Shaku did a post in which talked about getting her first smartphone—the "new iPhone model". More »
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iOS 5, the operating system that powers Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, goes live October 12. The people who make video games for iOS are already taking advantage of the update's newest features, including a revamped, Achievements-filled Game Center. More »
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At first glance Phosphor Games' The Dark Meadow looks like nothing more than a clone of award winning iPhone eye-candy Infinity Blade with a ranged weapon twist, but delve deeper into its madness and you'll discover a character the sword and sorcery epic lacked. More »
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Pixel Ranger for iPhone and iPad feels as deep, engaging and modern as most Atari 2600 games, a CMYK-colored blend of Pitfall! meets Galaga, light on substance, heavy on visual charm. More »
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What is that... thing? It may look like the NES version of side-scrolling shoot 'em up Contra—horribly smudged—but it's actually the game (or "game") Ninja Turtles from Vietnamese developer Namphuong Star. You may know them better as the worst iPhone game developer in the world. More »
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iTunes' recent iPhone "Game of the Week" To-Fu 2 is not Meat Boy. This puzzling protein replacement packs in 100 levels of touchscreen platforming that's sometimes satisfying, sometimes bland. More »
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Silence and danger; stark, foreboding mystery, and the wonders of a truly alien world. Eric Chahi's Another World stands as one of the great video games of the 1990's, a testament to the power of one man's creative vision. It was a game that was so far ahead of its time that many of today's releases still haven't caught up. And now, it's available on both iPhone and iPad. More »
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The Katamari Damacy series just keeps on keepin' on with one more entry, this one for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Katamari Amore is hitting iOS next week and arriving with a guest appearance from fellow Namco mascot Pac-Man. More »
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The title of this feature, 'Gaming App of the Day," may be a little misleading. It's intended to be an honor about as much as Time's "Person of the Year" is, and remember, that thing went to Hitler in 1938. As we can't tell you if a game's good until we've played it, we're primarily looking for one that is current. That is about the only criteria Haraka satisfies for inclusion. More »
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A little bit of Lumines influence, a touch of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo design and an audiovisual presentation thick with '80s nostalgia make Radballs stand out from the iPhone and iPad puzzle game crowd. More »
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You see the icon, you read the name, you boot it up, you think Tiny Heroes is about deploying a diminutive unit to plunder the gold from the dungeon laying out there before it. Wrong. More »
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iPhone and iPad owners will never want for colorful "match three" puzzle games. Nor will they be starved of clones (read: blatant rip-offs) of console and Flash games for their mobile devices. So why recommend Food Chain? More »
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Surprisingly, flying with a jetpack powered by a pair of mini-guns strapped to your back is not even remotely the most enjoyable thing about Jetpack Joyride. The iOS game from Halfbrick Studios, creators of Fruit Ninja, is one of the most refreshingly simple and unexpectedly replayable downloadable games for Apple devices. More »
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Contre Jour came home from E3 with a chest full of ribbons from major league critics and became a lot of people's most anticipated indie game or mobile game. It's been out for a week now, and while it does a good job of living up to those expectations, the expectation of a unique experience is not one of them. More »
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The stealth of Metal Gear, from its top-down days, meets the path-drawing mechanics of Flight Control in Spy Mouse for iPhone and iPod touch. How well do stealth and touchscreen controls go together? More »
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Can we cut the crap with Angry Birds satires already? I'm not talking about the direct ripoffs, which you see on Facebook, flash sites and popup ads congratulating you for winning an iPad 3. I'm talking about games whose wink-and-nod visual style, method of scoring, and "story" don't give themselves enough credit for what they do that's actually different. More »
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EA and DICE's Battlefield 3 is drawing huge crowds at Gamescom this week, with waits of up to three hours to get hands-on time with the first-person shooter's multiplayer mode. If only the iPhone version were out to help the Germans pass that time. More »
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Take off on a tiny thrilling space adventure with The Last Rocket for iOS, a touchscreen puzzle game that infuses retro visuals with a delightful mixture of old-school gameplay... and the spikes that bring the instant death of a Mega Man or VVVVVV. More »
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Learning to drive a stick shift on my mother's BMW 325 was one of the most maddening experiences in a teenage life full of them. I just could not figure out what the hell that thing's clutch wanted out of me. It defied all verbal instruction. It was a car of undeniable quality, and a bad one to learn on. I feel the same way about Electronic Arts' Shift 2 Unleashed on the iPhone. More »
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Commenter St.McDuck is done downloading games for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and he'll tell us why in today's installment of Speak Up on Kotaku. More »
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Electronic Arts has two potentially very exciting additions to its iPhone and iPad line-up in the form of DICE's Battlefield 3 and (perhaps more importantly) Bullfrog's classic sim Theme Park. More »
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Explore your passive side with Bit Pilot, an iOS game that looks a lot like a blend of Asteroids and Geometry Wars 2's Pacifist mode. Bit Pilot is an arcade shooter, minus the bullets, built on replayability and high score pursuits. More »
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One thing about playing the adorable massively-multiplayer online game Ragnarok Online I could never stomach; all the damn Ragnarok Online players. Ragnarok Violet for iOS solves that nagging problem this Friday. More »
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In third grade, I would draw up notebook-paper hybrids of arcade games. Pac-Man would chase barrels with a hammer and Frogger shot at invaders from the highway. Flick Rocket, a hybridized, deeply nostalgic arcade shooter, strongly appeals to my inner eight-year-old game designer. More »
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When video games call for criminal behavior, I try to portray the bandit with a heart of gold. Running innocents off the road delivers neither a thrill nor a punchline in something like Grand Theft Auto. In fact, I take it as a sign of my own terrible driving. More »
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With just about every classic arcade concept getting a fresh coat of paint, especially in mobile game marketplaces, I'm a little surprised I haven't noticed a Qix update until now. Elpixo's CurveBot, for all iOS devices, takes Taito's territory-marking game and brings it into a third-person view. More »
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Combining the graphic design of collectible card games with the fast pace and accessibility of a board game, the iOS version of Gary Games' Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer is a godsend to fans of card-based gaming. More »
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If an iPhone game can surprise me, like Magnetic Baby does (but just a little), it's because I seem to have become accustomed to playing with gravity and leaping through wormholes and understanding the physics of sentient little blobs in my video games. More »
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With the exception, maybe, of VATS calling out your headshots, our modern mobile devices are shades more useful than the Pip Boy. Nonetheless, the Fallout universe's wrist-borne computer seems so much more essential and dramatic, probably because its analog hum, scanlines and fluttering screen make it all seem so close to a breakdown. More »
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Originally intended to be released as a flash game, Ronimo Games' 2D side scrolling joint Swords & Soldiers wound up hitting Nintendo's WiiWare service in 2009 as what many consider one of the best real-time strategy console games of all time. Now its Chinese, Viking, and Aztec warriors invade the iPhone and iPad, and they've never been more powerful. More »
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Soccer fans will be able to play the iPad version of EA Sports' FIFA on a full-size television set when the game's next edition arrives this fall, Electronic Arts said at this afternoon's Summer Showcase. More »
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