This week, we hit a few atypical downloads for your finding pleasure, including an iPhone game and a D&D digital magazine. Check it all out below! Fastar – The new iPhone game that’s taking the iOS gaming world by storm. Fastar is an action RPG for when you just don’t have time for an Action [...]
Releasing in September, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole has been developed by Krome Studios (Xbox 360, Wii, PS3) and Tantalus Media (DS). Like every good movie tie-in game, it’s coming out for every console you can possibly handle. We’re sure an iPhone game is just around the corner. The pr folks say: [...]
As far as new features, major bulletpoints include a higher resolution screen (960×640), a 5 megapixel camera with flash, built-in video conference calling, and HD video recording.
If you didn’t pick up on it when it was released back in 2008, Poker Smash takes the “flip around objects to match them up in specific ways” gameplay from “match-three” puzzle games like Planet Puzzle League and Bejeweled, and adds the element of playing cards and poker hands — you’re not just matching same-colored blocks, but trying to match together better and better poker hands, from three-of-a-kind to a royal flush.
While we haven’t had a chance to actually try out the iPhone version of the game to see how it plays, if it’s anything close to as good as the XBLA game (which we gave an A+ in our review), it’d be two bucks well spent. You can find Poker Smash on iTunes here.
Apple has announced that sales of its iPad, launched in the US sixty days ago and internationally (in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK) last weekend, has reached over two million.
This announcement reveals that not only did the iPad outpace the iPhone’s launch in its first twenty-eight days (the point where it managed to sell a million), but that it has actually managed to over double sales compared to the original iPhone, which took seventy-four days to reach a million units.
Having played Car Jack Streets on the iPhone, I can say that having real buttons to press can only be a giant step forward. Virtual d-pads seem cool, until you’re barreling down the street, trying to escape the cops or catch another crook and beat him down. Then, they kinda suck. So this announcement about the release of the game for PSP, today, for $5, is SWEET! Also, since it’s a “mini,” it can be played on the big screen on your PS3. Super double plus good for console/portable integration!
Paul Farley, Managing Director of Tag Games, said, “We are delighted to launch Car Jack Streets as our first ever PSP and Playstation 3 title. The Mini’s platform is a perfect fit for Car Jack Streets and we know that the Sony fanbase are going to really enjoy the mix of retro and action game-play that Car Jack Streets provides. CJS is currently Tag’s most successful title and has been a hit across each of the platforms we have launched on to date. We fully expect the Mini’s launch to continue this trend and perhaps pave the way for a larger PSN release in future months.”
Check out these new release screenshots and stay tuned right here for any new details as they appear.
Sharing: It’s Win/Win
Scanning this morning’s headlines for some cool stuff to share with y’all, I came across this little gem:
Rhythm-Based Racing Experience with Tracks Designed by Motocross Champion
I couldn’t help but be interested. Combine off-road racing motor bikes by the folks behind ATV Offroad Fury for the PS2 with rhythm game nonsense? Seriously, we need to check this out. Oh, yeah, and they have an iPhone version. How cool is that?
Screenshots below. The Steam-based PC version will set you back $10, while the iPhone experience is $5. Pick your poison and see what you can see.
Sharing: It’s Win/Win
Electronista writes:
"Apple virtually dominates the Japanese smartphone market, MM Research Institute found in a new study. By the end of the fiscal year ended in March, the iPhone had 72.2 percent of the field with 2.34 million units on Japanese. Its next-closest rival, HTC, had just 11.1 percent, while local phones didn’t register until third place Toshiba’s 6.8 percent."
Robin Wauters of TechCrunch writes:
"According to the survey, which was held by Phones 4u, an online retailer of iPhones (and other phones) and thus utterly neutral any way you look at it, 54% of women stated that they would be more likely to date a man if he owns an iPhone."
John Herrman of Gizmodo writes:
"It’s such an obvious question: Why couldn’t Apple track this phone down? As it turns out, they may have had two chances to get it back-and blown them both."
