For a long time now I have been mentioning in a few infrequent posts about a games that I used to play on the PC Called Jazz Jack Rabbit, I have also been complaining that the games is now stupidly hard to get hold of and that a revival is long over due for the green rabbit and his turtle slaughtering escapades. I was nosing through Kotaku today for something to post about and I may have stuck gold in [...]
Contributed by Helen Doherty Robot Unicorn Attack is a game most of you will already be familiar with. One of this year’s biggest hits, its camp charms came leaping unto the AdultSwim website in February, where it has so far achieved over 32 million plays. June saw the launch of its iPhone port, which proved so successful it inspired two recently launched reskins : Heavy Metal Edition and Christmas Edition. It is these iPhone versions of the game that this [...]
Contributed by Helen Doherty Out now for the iPhone for just £0.59 via the iTunes store is Doodle Smash, a game with more than a passing reference to the massively popular Doodle Jump. Both see you playing as a bouncing alien, controlling the action by tilting the iPhone left or right However, whereas Doodle Jump’s objective was to travel as far up as you possibly could, Doodle Smash now expects you to make your way down.
Contributed by Helen Doherty Crystal Defenders is, along with Voice Fantasy, part of a wave of Square-Enix apps to recently arrive on the iPhone. This fun little game has previously been released on everything from the iPod Nano to the Xbox (as a Live Arcade title), and its easy to see how its simple tower defence gameplay could be easily adapted to so many formats. It is more overtly connected to the Final Fantasy series than Voice Fantasy, lifting many [...]
Contributed by Helen Doherty Voice Fantasy is an innovative new iPhone (3G and newer) title from Square-Enix and Koto, where you generate Final Fantasy-style battlers using the power of your voice! Its not a game per se, as you don’t actually control your character during gameplay ; you merely watch as your creation battles it out, hilariously trilling whatever it was you said during their birth as their battlecry. But its feel and abundance of Final Fantasy influence makes it [...]
Ever since the release of the PSP there have been all sorts of rumors buzzing around that Microsoft would eventually create a hand-held Xbox system for the gaming world to enjoy. At games-com, our prayers have been answered…well…sort of.
