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Star Command Review: Kickstarted Star Trek Sim Is Playable But Limited
| App Name: | Star Command |
| Platforms: | Universal |
| Genre(s): | Sim |
| Price: | $2.99 |
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Star Command is a game brought about by an early Kicksterter success story that almost turned into a Kicksterter failure. But now, two years and a second funding campaign later, this ambitious space sim has been loosed on the App Store. While Star Command isn’t everything it could be, it’s still a good game with [...]
Fish Out of Water! Review: Five Stars! A Pleasant Distraction with Endless Replay Appeal
| App Name: | Fish Out Of Water! |
| Platforms: | Universal |
| Genre(s): | action |
| Price: | $0.99 |
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If we had to think of some titles that have stood the test of time and become synonymous with iPhone gaming, chances are Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride would make the list. And what do these titles have in common? They were made by Halfbrick Studios—the same developers behind Fish Out Of Water!… In their [...]
Cut the Rope: Time Travel Review: The Formula Still Works
| App Name: | Cut the Rope: Time Travel |
| Platforms: | Universal |
| Genre(s): | Physics Puzzle |
| Price: | $0.99 |
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I hate reviewing iterative iPhone games. Angry Birds Seasons, Temple Run Oz, Doodle Jump Hop — there’s a real difference between a sequel and a skin, and sometimes it seems almost pointless to review them. So of course Zeptolab had to put out Cut the Rope: Time Travel, a new iteration on their popular Cut the Rope [...]
Forget about the Waiting List, Popular iOS Gmail Client Mailbox now Available Immediately for Everyone
It was hard to get overly excited about Mailbox back when it first released, seeing as by the time you got on the waiting list you were probably looking at a few weeks wait time. Frustrating as it was, the service continued to gain momentum as the user base multiplied, and to date Mailbox has [...]
Ridiculous Fishing Review: Yeah, You’re Gonna Get Hooked
Sometimes, an iPhone game enters your life at just the right time, and there’s little you can do to keep from giving it every spare moment you’ve got until you reach the credits at the end. A couple things came together to make Ridiculous Fishing just that kind of game for me. First, I picked [...]
Toy Story: Smash It! Review: Playful, Lighthearted Block Breaker
“To infinity, and beyond!” If you’re a fan of the Toy Story movies, and if you’d like a fun, well-made game featuring your favorite characters in that franchise, then look no further than Toy Story: Smash It!, the new physics puzzler from Disney. It’s fun, good-looking, and easy to pick up. I’m a sucker for [...]
Table Top Racing Review: Looks Brilliant, Offers Little in the way of New Gameplay
| App Name: | Table Top Racing |
| Platforms: | Universal, Optimized for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch |
| Genre(s): | Racing |
| Price: | $2.99 |
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When you pick up a new game in the App Store, chances are you’re looking for something to play on your iPad/iPhone that will either look great or be a blast to play. In some rare cases, you get both. I wish I could say this was one of those games, but Table Top Racing [...]
Play Real Racing 3 Right Now! Firemonkeys Launches its Newest Racing Game in New Zealand and Australia
Yesterday we got the news that Real Racing 3 would be the first game in the series to introduce a free-to-play model, and we were thrilled about it, because the more people exposed to an iOS game of this caliber the better… The Real Racing 3 excitement continues today, and in a much more tangible [...]
CraftedBattle Review: Mediocre Minecraft Cash Grab
I don’t know that I would have ever chosen to review CraftedBattle, the Minecraft-inspired FPS battle game from developer C-Apps, if I hadn’t seen it clinging to the top of the Top Paid App lists for most of January. At first glance the game looked like nothing more than a cheap attempt to cash in [...]
Hot New Games in the App Store! After Burner Climax, Beastie Bay, Roar Rampage, and More
With the Superbowl over, all those football-themed updates to our favorite apps are looking stale and dated, which of course means it’s time to pick up something new. Enter this week’s hottest new releases. It’s a good week for gamers, and below we’ll show you why. Read on for trailers and details. After Burner Climax [...]
