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Gearbox’s iOS Borderlands spin-off has at last been detailed and given a release date of October 31st. Borderlands Legends, as it is to be called, is an isometric top-down action RPG that stars the same characters who starred in the first Borderlands. Entertainment Weekly reports that unlike the console/PC game, …
Read More »Cave’s DoDonPachi Maximum coming to iOS this week
Former Windows Phone exclusive DoDonPachi Maximum is to be released on iOS this week. Cave’s shooter will also be the first title from the studio to feature iPhone 5 optimisation, making full use of the increased screen real-estate offered on Apple’s latest handset. That’s not the only way in which …
Read More »The Walking Dead Episode 3 hits iOS
The third episode of Telltale’s The Walking Dead has shambled onto iOS. The chapter goes for $4.99 and is available now on Apple’s app store for iPhone (4 and up) and iPad (2 and up) devices. With the release, the mobile version of the adventure title trails the PC and …
Read More »Terry Cavanagh’s Don’t Look Back arrives on iOS
Super Hexagon and VVVVVV creator Terry Cavanagh has released his indie classic Don’t Look Back on iOS and Android. That’s despite a temporary setback earlier this week when Apple rejected the submission due to the inclusion of the following text in its app description: Your app marketing text contains the …
Read More »Starhawk dev Lightbox confirms layoffs, shifting focus to iOS
Starhawk developer Lightbox Interactive has confirmed layoffs affecting two dozen employees, with the studio also revealing plans to shift away from console development entirely. Company president Dylan Jobe confirmed the news to GameInformer, adding that all of the employees were notified in advance and given severance packages. Jobe went on …
Read More »Lightbox Interactive lays off 24
Transition from console to iOS means cuts
Read More »Christmas classic The Snowman makes its way to mobile
Crash Lab developing game adaptation of upcoming sequel for iPhone, iPad and Android
Read More »Smash ghouls with BonusXP’s Monster Crew
Mobile start-up's first title is about card-collecting and monster-bashing
Read More »By the power of Grayskull! He-Man has the power on iOS
Chillingo has teamed up with Mattel and developer Glitchsoft to give He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe, the long-overdue iOS treatment. What, you’re under 30? Well, He-Man is the star of 1980s TV classic He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, as well as the equally popular action …
Read More »Square Enix defends high priced mobile titles
With a growing list of $15+ iOS games, Square Enix has finally emerged to explain why it has adopted a pricing structure adverse to what mobile gamers are currently used to. The publisher offers a handful of titles on the App Store, including games from Final Fantasy and The World …
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