Games

iPhone Pwns at iGames Summit and Game Developers Conference

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Mar 25, 2009 a 9:24 am

There's so much going on in iPhone gaming right now, it's almost as hard to keep up with that as with iPhone 3.0. Two large industry shows bookend much of the current news, iGames Summit and Game Developers Conference (GDC). With multiple awards, great discussions on the future, and a slew of upcoming product announcements, we figured we'd take a moment and round things up...

Carmack Cometh! Legendary id Brings Wolfenstein, Doom, More to iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009 a 7:03 pm

Waaaaaay back in the early days of the iPhone, word spread that legendary creator of 3D first person shooters like Wolfenstein and Doom, John Carmack was eager to develop games for the iPhone. Well, hopefully good things come to those who wait, because Carmack has just posted news that Wolfenstein is on its way, and there's more to come.

iPhone OS 3.0: What it Means for Gamers

By Jeremy, Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009 a 2:42 pm

TiPb has been following the iPhone and gaming for quite some time now. Now that the iPhone OS 3.0 announcement has come and gone, we've learned that there are 1000 new API's for developers in the SDK. This will not only help developers make better games but it also shows Apple is deadly serious about making the iPhone a true competitor to Nintendo and Sony within the handheld market. What a bright future there seems to be for iPhone gamers.

More after the break!

iPhone at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2009 Roundup

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Mar 15, 2009 a 12:39 pm

South by Southwest (SXSW) 2009 is trendy, twitter-filling, and the source of increasingly social iPhone news releases. What's going on this year?

FaceBook connect comes to the iPhone. Sure, they may just have redesigned their home pages to basically become Twitter with invitations to apps you don't want and events on continents you can't attend, but behind the scenes:

New Metal Gear Solid Touch for iPhone Screenshots

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 a 10:18 am

Konami has released some new shots of Metal Gear Solid Touch for the iPhone and iPod touch and they look... snakey! BGR quotes:

A special ‘Advance Edition’ of Metal Gear Solid Touch containing the first 12 stages of the game is scheduled for release on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch in March of 2009. The final release will follow with eight additional stages of gameplay, and will be available to existing players via a free update on the Apple App Store.

Quick App: Zombieville USA for iPhone

By Jeremy, Saturday, Mar 7, 2009 a 6:47 pm

Let me start off by saying if you are a fan of side scrolling shooters or zombies, spend the money and buy this game now. Zombieville USA [iTunes Link] is my new favorite iPhone game available in all of the App Store.

Quick App: DC's Watchmen MMO for the iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Mar 3, 2009 a 8:14 am

Quick App: Aqua Moto Racing for iPhone

By Jeremy, Sunday, Mar 1, 2009 a 8:40 am

Over the past two weeks, the App Store has seen its fair share of good quality games creating some waves among gamers, Aqua Moto Racing (iTunes link) being one of these games.

Are You Still Using Your iPhone Apps?

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Feb 21, 2009 a 8:57 am

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New iPod touch Commercial... Again Focuses on Gaming

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 a 10:56 am

Apple really, really thinks the iPod touch is the funnest ever, and just so they're sure we know it as well, they've released a second 2nd gen iPod touch gaming ~~music video~~ TV commercial.

TUAW's commenters pointed out Apple has even gone to the trouble of setting up a special App Store gaming page just for the games shown in the Franz Ferdinand covered commercial.

Will these commercials help sell iPod's to more gamers? Take a bite out of the upcoming Nintendo DSi pie? Or, like with the iPhone, is focusing on apps taking away from the core purpose of the devices (media + internet)?