All Entries in the "Games" Category
Steam’s Summer Sale: Daily deals for 3 more days
Steam’s awesome seasonal sale is back and once again, PC/Mac gamers can score top notch titles at up to 75% off. 9 featured deals are rotated on a daily basis, and today you’ll find the likes of Fallout New Vegas (now $4.99) L.A Noire (now $4.99), Total War Mega Pack (now $12.49) and more available for your gaming pleasure. Also impressive is their “Pack Deals“, where you can pick up a an entire catalog of games from over 20 publishers for one low price. One such example is the SEGA Hit Collection, which includes 72 games for a low price of $49.99 ($454.57 at regular price). The Steam Summer Sale will only lasts for 3 more days, so be sure to head over and take advantage of these amazing deals while you still can.
Update: Here’s a wicked deal if you’ve been waiting for a severe Civilization V price drop: Civilization V ($7.49 — 75% off), Civilization V Game of Year Edition ($12.49 — 75% off) and Civilization Collection ($24.99 — 82% off). They’re compatible with both Macs and PCs, and you have until tonight midnight (July 21st EST) to snag yours.
Fieldrunners 2 has landed on iPhone
Fieldrunners 2, the sequel to arguably the most celebrated tower defense game on iOS and one that ushered in a wave of TD games onto the plaform, has finally arrived on the iPhone. Developer Subatomic Studios spent the past several years creating Fieldrunners 2 and it clearly shows, with gamers treated to over 20 new levels and 20 unique, upgradable weapons, along with 3 different type of levels (Sudden Death, Time Trial, and Puzzle) and Retina Support to show off the gorgeous hand painted artwork. Currently, only the iPhone version is available ($2.99), with plans for an iPad release in the future. I’ve only logged about an hour or so thus far, but have already found it to be terribly addictive. Perhaps best of all, there are no IAPs to suck your iTunes credits dry; instead virtual currency can be earned in-game to buy items. Check out the extended gameplay video after the gap.
Subatomic Studios, Fieldrunners 2 - $2.99
10 New App Store Games To Watch [July 9 - 15]
The Rovio masses can rejoice, because the developer that created an empire apparently can do something besides disgruntled fowl. Their latest offering is a game called Amazing Alex, and it takes the concept of The Incredible Machine to the next level. Besides offering many prebuilt levels with the promise of more to come, it offers players a level editor to create and share their own masterpieces. If you’re itching to stretch your trigger finger you might try Metal Slug 3, the pixel perfect iOS port of a Neo Geo legend. Save some disheveled hostages, drive lots of cool vehicles, and join a friend for some Bluetooth co-op play. If you’re more of the adventurous type Avenue Flo could be right up your alley. This latest Diner Town offering from Play First ditches the time management pretense and lets you see familiar characters in a whole new way as you help Flo make sure a big wedding doesn’t turn into an even bigger disaster. Are you listening, Larry King?
iOS Deals of the Day – July 16th
Crazy Kangaroo (universal app) now Free
Looking for the latest app sales and deals for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad? Here’s our roundup today for the most recent freebies and price drops that are worth checking out. As always, they’re only good for a very limited time.
Jar On A Bar in Review – There’s A Dr. Seuss Joke Here Somewhere…
Physics based puzzle games are here to stay, and the desire to have a cute mascot is apparently not going away any time soon either. Thankfully Jar on a Bar has a third element that will hopefully ultimately make it a good seller – it is very addictive. The game even goes beyond that, however, as it takes a familiar concept and adds some mechanics that make it a whole new experience. I would be willing to say that it is probably the best game I’ve played in its genre. So let’s find out just what it is…
Rovio’s Amazing Alex arrives on iOS
With a billion Angry Birds downloads under Rovio Entertainment’s belt, the Finnish developer has released their first non-bird-slinging game on the App Store: Amazing Alex. Sure enough, it’s another physics puzzler, but this time with an Incredible Machine-style twist.
Meet Amazing Alex! This whiz kid has a boundless imagination and a houseful of fun toys that can turn anything into an adventure!
From cleaning up his room to battling cardboard robots in his backyard, Alex creates amazing chain reactions to get the job done with the maximum amount of fun! Now he has some challenges for you — and he wants to see the most creative solutions YOU can create!
Amazing Alex features 100 challenging levels across 4 locations and you can bet Rovio will be providing free updates in the future with even more levels. Best of all, players can create their own with 35 interactive objects and share them online with other gamers. The iPhone version of the game goes for $0.99, while the HD version for the iPad sells for $2.99. Check out the launch trailer after the break.
Rovio, Amazing Alex - $0.99
Rovio, Amazing Alex HD - $2.99
10 New App Store Games To Watch [July 2 - 8]
Christmas in July is over, but there were still some interesting games that made their way to the App Store this week. As a fan of the undead I’m willing to give most zombie games a try, and while I’m not a huge word game fan I quite enjoyed the time I spent with ZombieWords so far. It will definitely test your ability to spell words quickly, and proves that games don’t have to be action oriented to provide tense situations. If you’re in the mood for something a bit zanier, why not give Chillingo’s Jar On A Bar a try? The ability to flick pieces adds a whole new dimension to the game play, and the fish is really cute. Finally, strategy buffs might appreciate the turn based mayhem of Outwitters. If it’s got the same humor and ease of playability of its predecessor Tilt To Live then it should be an instant classic.
Squids Wild West in Review – The Good, The Bad, or the Ugly?
Everyone’s favourite squids have ridden their way back into our palms in The Game Bakers latest entry into the cult classic Squids franchise. Squids Wild West continues the story of the first game (TMA Review) and pulls the setting into an adorable underwater Western world. The Game Bakers have stuck to what they know, which in this case is a very good thing. While little has changed from Squids, subtle improvements have been made to the game’s fluidity, along with minor introductions such as mounted seahorses for your squid-slinging pleasure.
Defender Chronicles II: Heroes of Athelia in Review – Skeletal Genocide on an Evil Scale
As someone who spends quite a bit of time with the many forms of iOS, I see roughly as many Tower Defense games in a month as there are base foot soldiers in any given TD game. However, every so often one of them is good enough to break through my defenses and march straight into my good books. Such is the challenge facing Gimka Entertainment with their offering of Defender Chronicles II: Heroes of Athelia.
Yesterday in Review – Today or Tomorrow, What A Game
These days it seems like when you visit a web site dedicated to “adventure” games they’re talking about the latest hidden object game from Big Fish or the newest FPS from whomever. When I was growing up, however, adventure games were a lot more special. They were about stories and talking to interesting characters. There were interesting settings, and several sometimes mind boggling puzzles. It’s clear that the developers of Yesterday grew up in that same era, or at least have done their research. I also thank BulkyPix for helping bring this tale to my iPad screen.
