
Posted on 09 May 2012. Tags: college students, dungeons dragons, electronic entertainment expo, independence night, marketing plan, pocket heroes
a number of years ago, Brandon and Cody Pollet formed F5 Games as a clever option to sneak into Electronic Entertainment Expo and experience the gaming event firsthand. Both were college students with big ideas, and so they ended up leaving it with even bigger ones. E3 gave their studio a soul. When the App Store [...]
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Posted on 08 May 2012. Tags: first experience, global destruction, good measure, heat capacity, insect friends, photophobia, south africa
From the first actual time I launched Pandemic 2.5 [ $0.99 ], i used to be out to obliterate humanity. My implement of destruction was a virulent disease I called “Iloveyou”-named for a classic. Iloveyou started its life in South Africa, a humble disease with a single carrier. He probably didn’t even know he was [...]
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Posted on 07 May 2012. Tags: bumpy road, cutting room, game development, game ideas, improvisational style, jazz development, mechanics
Simogo , the studio behind Beat Sneak Bandit and Bumpy Road, leave lots of game ideas and mechanics at the cutting room floor because its games are the end product of an improvisational style of design that sheds structure in favor of a flow. Simogo calls this “jazz” development. We’ve covered this topic exhaustively prior [...]
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Posted on 07 May 2012. Tags: aka, aka c, art, great stuff, music action, number, plethora, submissions, Sworcery, Sword, Tumblr, video game, virtual jam
Sword & Sworcery [$ 4.99 / Micro ] is a terrific adventure with a number of hippest art and sound we’ve ever seen in a video game. It’s inspirational, too, as fans of the title have demonstrated by conjuring a plethora of art revolving across the themes, music, action, and scenes within the indie darling. [...]
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Posted on 07 May 2012. Tags: beta testers, control, early tuesday, few days, initial plan, launch, Launching, morning, nitty gritty details, site, tuesday morning, twitter, unfortunate events
Nearly a month ago we got into all of the nitty gritty details of what the upcoming TouchArcade app was going to do. Our initial plan involved launching the next Monday, but some unfortunate events put that in limbo. We’ve since gathered our forces, and are completely prepared for a Tuesday launch of the app. [...]
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Posted on 07 May 2012. Tags: great stuff, music action, submissions
Sword & Sworcery [$ 4.99 / Micro ] is an incredible adventure with a number of hippest art and sound we’ve ever seen in a video game. It’s inspirational, too, as fans of the title have demonstrated by conjuring a plethora of art revolving across the themes, music, action, and scenes inside the indie darling. [...]
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Posted on 05 May 2012. Tags: episode, featuring music, flight control, Game, independent game developers, Indie, jim guthrie, king of fighters, kitty korner, lifetime sales, oral reviews, original soundtrack, Show, Zune
In this week’s episode of The TouchArcade Show, we power through conversations about smart gyms and wearable heart monitors to be able to bring the newest, greatest, and the most effective in iPhone and iPad. On the top of the show, we dive into oral reviews of a bunch of cool games, including Brainsss and [...]
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Posted on 02 May 2012. Tags: blade ii, crazy deals, Games, infinity, rewards, Sword
This present day of crazy deals just doesn’t seem to wish to stop. Chair’s amazing sword fighter that has since spawned a complete series of games Infinity Blade [ $0.99 ] is on sale once again for 99¢. So, if you happen to missed the last 99¢ sale that took place around a month ago, [...]
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Posted on 01 May 2012. Tags: energy supplies, extensive guide, first person shooter, game developer, online first person shooter, weapon upgrades
2009 was a weird time for the App Store. Free to play games were building steam on other platforms, however the way Apple originally structured the in app purchase mechanic prevented it from being used on anything but paid games and apps. This policy was reversed in mid-October, and just a few hours later ngmoco [...]
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Posted on 30 April 2012. Tags: age of monsters, animated cartoon, animated style, gorgeous visuals, mysterious pair, unique art
At the present time, endless runners are looking to go above and beyond in some aspect if they hope to rise above the competition and get some attention. Enter Escape from Age of Monsters [$ 0.99 / HD ] an endless runner from Massive Joe Studios. Featuring an attractive and unique art style, Escape certainly [...]
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