Games

How do 40 Million iPhones/iPod touches Look as a Gaming Platform?

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Jun 12, 2009 a 5:44 am

During the WWDC 2009 Keynote, Apple announced that over 40,000,000 iPhones and iPods touches had been sold to date. We know what that looks like in the smartphone market space, but now Gizmodo has done some research and shown us what that might just look like in the gaming platform space as well. (See graph above).

Might explain why we see so many games already, and as Gizmodo points out:

Quick App: Ngmoco Launches Star Defense for iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jun 9, 2009 a 6:40 am

Ngmoco takes classic gaming concepts and genres, re-interprets them for the iPhone, and then makes them look better than anyone can believe an iPhone game can look. Star Defense, a galaxy-spanning take on tower defense, is no exception.

App Review: Stuck Genie for iPhone

By Leanna Lofte, Friday, Jun 5, 2009 a 5:41 pm

Stuck Genie Forum Review by llofte. For more Forum Reviews, see the TiPb iPhone App Store Forum Review Index!

Big entertainment company Warner Bros. has recently released a couple apps, one of which is Stuck Genie. This is a cute little puzzle game where you must collect all the balls on the board by sticking them to each other. The concept is very simple but not necessarily always easy to complete.

App Review: Peggle for iPhone

By Chris Vitek, Tuesday, Jun 2, 2009 a 3:47 pm

(Peggle Forum Review by cjvitek For more Forum Reviews, see the TiPb iPhone App Store Forum Review Index!)

With all the talk recently about Peggle, I was surprised that it hasn't been reviewed (although it did get a "quick app" and a pick of the week) so I thought I would download and give it a try. And, well, Peggle has managed to crack my "regular game rotation" that currently consists of only a few other games.

Quick App: The Sims 3 for iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jun 2, 2009 a 6:20 am

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We'll avoid the obvious question (why live in a SIM world when you can live in the real one), and the metaphysical (maybe you're just a SIM in someone else's iPhone already...?) because, frankly, no one cares! The Sims 3 is -- finally! -- out for the iPhone and iPod touch:

Doom for iPhone Update

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, May 31, 2009 a 5:14 pm

John Carmack has written an update on his Doom port for the iPhone, and he's continuing the same candor he began with his Wolfenstein 3D post. What are we getting? A classic in almost every sense of the word:

Quick App: Super Marble Roll for iPhone

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, May 26, 2009 a 10:11 pm

iScape Games let us know that they have released their first iPhone game: Super Marble Roll [iTunes link]. I know... another marble game, but I think this one deserves your attention. I have spent a little time playing Super Marble Roll and find the controls and implementation of the accelerometer to be phenomenal. There is also a special easter egg "bonus mechanic" included that'll help rack up those points!

App Review: FLIP

By Leanna Lofte, Sunday, May 24, 2009 a 8:37 am

FLIP Forum Review by llofte. For more Forum Reviews, see the TiPb iPhone App Store Forum Review Index!

If Tetris and Bejeweled were to have a child, they would give birth to FLIP. This is a puzzle game of flipping and tilting your iPhone around to manipulate gems. There are 3 very distinct game modes: standard, puzzle, and speed.

Quick App: Sonic the Hedgehog for iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, May 21, 2009 a 11:05 pm

Okay, yeah, I rocked a Sega Genesis back in the day, which is perhaps not coincidentally the last platform where Sonic the Hedgehog was really done well. (Sorry, it needed to be said).

Can the iPhone version [$5.99 - iTunes link] make me eat those words, or at least spin me around on them faster than Yoda in a lightsaber duel? Let's see, Sega does say it'll make me relive my fondest memories from the Genesis era...

Resident Evil, AAA Discounts, Gazette, Twitterlator Pro, SnapDat, Peggle - TiPb iPhone App Picks of the Week

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, May 16, 2009 a 8:18 am

Every week a few of us from team TiPb, bloggers and forum crew alike, will bring you our current favorite, funnest, most useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they're iPhone (or iPod touch) related, they're fair game.

So who's on deck this week and what are our picks? Find out after the break!